- 1 April, 2025
MACHEL, WODEMAYA AND HASELY
IN a land of declining educational standards, Machel “Mr. Fete” Montano has set a positive tone in skipping Carnival 2024 to focus on his studies.
CHUTNEY-SOCA TAKES A TURN
The pre-Carnival event named a song on national unity, “We are One,” by veteran Daddy Chinee, as the overall winner of a competition in which 80 contenders entered the preliminaries.
MACHEL: TM, YOGA AND ME
SOCA superstar Machel Montano has been speaking of the impact that transcendental meditation has had on him.
Montano said he has been practising TM and yoga since the year 2000 and they have positively influenced his creativity and his life generally.
WHAT ROHLEHR DIDN’T TELL US
NOW that the breathless tributes to Professor Gordon Rohlehr have subsided, I feel safe to emerge with a sober view. This is not to subtract from my appreciation of Rohlehr as possibly the definitive academic voice on calypso before ethnic politics became entrenched in Trinidad and Tobago.
MOONILAL GOES CHUTNEY
PROMINENT politician Dr. Roodal Moonilal is now being regaled in chutney. Singer Kenneth Seepersad copped the second position in the semi-final of the Soca-Chutney Competition with “Moonilal D Man With The Big Dhantal.”
CRIME PUTS NOTTING HILL MAS IN TROUBLE
A SPREE of violence has led to calls for banning the famous Notting Hill Carnival street parade.
