Chalkdust delivers his triumphant performance during the 2017 Dimanche Gras show at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Sunday. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -Veteran calypsonian Chalkdust (Dr. Hollis Liverpool) broke the record which he held with the Mighty Sparrow ( Slinger Francisco) when he won the calypso monarch 2017 competition at the Dimanche Gras show at […]
The Trinidad Calypso Monarch 2017 competition By Carlton Joseph The ladies dominated Dimanche Gras 2017 and although Chalkdust won the Calypso Monarch title, the evening was a statement of the power of the female calypsonians, their consciousness, artistic development and overall rise in a once male-dominated genre. Interesting that this rise seems to be in […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Rondell Donowa, a 30-year old attorney, is one of the 15 finalists who will be vying for the crown in the Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Monarch competition at the Queen’s Park Savannah here on Sunday. Donowa who hails from South Trinidad, said that being in the final was the fulfilment […]
Calypso Rose (McCarta Linda Sandy-Lewis) has won the coveted Victoire accolade- France’s version of the Grammys – for her platinum-selling album Far From Home. The Victoire accolade is awarded by the French Ministry of Culture to the best musical artistes of the year. Calypso Rose’s album went platinum in France late last year, an achievement […]
By Oscar Walloo Calypsonian Dick Lochan, popularly known onstage as D’Juiceman, died on Thursday night at the Princess Margaret hospital in Toronto after a lengthy battle with leukemia. He was 68. The news of Lochan’s death shocked the local calypso fraternity as most were not aware that he had been seriously ill. Lochan […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica -Trinidadian soca artiste Patrice Roberts was the headliner of Bacchanal 2017 New Year fete and band launch at at Mas Camp, St Andrew, on Saturday. Her 30-minute performance ran the gamut of new 2017 material, like Big Girl Now, to her more popular hits such asOld & Grey and A Little Wine. Commenting […]
When Prim Singh started making and selling wontons at his rum shop in Trinidad more than 30 years ago, little did he know that the “Chinese dumplings ” would become ” big business ” for him in far off Canada. As he recalled, the snacks were so popular at his bar, that he was often […]
Canadian team, Club Aquatique Montreal (CAMO), has chosen Trinidad and Tobago as its winter training base. A team of 13—inclusive of two coaches—is scheduled to take part in a “packed training program ” in Central Trinidad. The Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT) is partnering with the Tourism Development Company (TDC) to facilitate […]
Scarborough’s first black-owned barber shop will close its doors for the last time on Saturday December 31. ” It’s going to be a very sad day for me and for so many of my loyal clients,” sighed Worrell Molligan, in announcing the closing of Conrad’s Barber shop at 3601 Lawrence Avenue East. The Trinidad-born barber […]
This week’s question: With the alarming rate of violent crime, including murder, in Trinidad and Tobago, do you believe it is safe to visit the country for the Christmas season? Damian Sogren Master of Ceremonies Home is home.Things have changed and crime has escalated but it’s bad all over the […]
