The Car­ni­val sea­son usu­al­ly in­cludes al­co­hol con­sump­tion. Oc­ca­sion­al drink­ing may be part of cul­tur­al and so­cial events, but ex­cess al­co­hol in­take can neg­a­tive­ly im­pact women’s health. As women, we process al­co­hol dif­fer­ent­ly, which leads to stronger ef­fects with small­er amounts.

For years, ex­er­cise has been close­ly tied to ap­pear­ance. Many women be­gin a fit­ness rou­tine hop­ing to lose weight, shrink their waist­line or fit more com­fort­ably in­to their clothes. While these goals are valid, fo­cus­ing on­ly on how the body looks can cause you to over­look one of ex­er­cise’s great­est ben­e­fits: pro­tect­ing your heart.

For years, Rox­anne Oma­lo was best known for her com­mand­ing pres­ence on the Car­ni­val stage—a four-time Car­ni­val Queen (2018, 2020, 2024, 2025) whose poise, con­fi­dence, and sto­ry­telling cap­tured au­di­ences and cel­e­brat­ed cul­ture.

Bo­cas Lit Fest suc­cess­ful­ly launched its new Kaiso Con­ver­sa­tions se­ries with an en­gag­ing and well-at­tend­ed event fo­cused on the art of ca­lyp­so song­writ­ing, fea­tur­ing mu­si­cal icon David Rud­der. The ini­tia­tive re­in­forces the fes­ti­val’s long-stand­ing com­mit­ment to ex­plor­ing words, sto­ries, and ideas across gen­res, and to recog­nis­ing ca­lyp­so as a vi­tal part of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s lit­er­ary her­itage.

They may be get­ting down in age, but that didn’t stop res­i­dents of the Promise House fa­cil­i­ty in San­ta Cruz from tak­ing part in Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions.

Fresh off a sea­son of in­ter­na­tion­al ac­claim and cul­tur­al tri­umph, Trinidad and To­ba­go’s own Kes The Band is prepar­ing to car­ry the sound of the Caribbean across Eu­rope with the launch of their Roots, Rock, So­ca Tour, be­gin­ning April 30.

The na­tion’s pro­tec­tors trad­ed uni­forms for stage lights and ser­vice weapons for mi­cro­phones when the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) So­cial and Wel­fare As­so­ci­a­tion host­ed its 4th An­nu­al Pro­tec­tive Arms Monarch Com­pe­ti­tion at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s.

Avril Alexan­der hails from south Trinidad, and while her larg­er-than-life cre­ative tal­ent may have gone large­ly un­no­ticed at home in her ear­ly years, the in­ter­na­tion­al stage quick­ly recog­nised her gift.

So­ca sen­sa­tion Machel Mon­tano of­fi­cial­ly launched his much-an­tic­i­pat­ed al­bum, En­core, on Feb­ru­ary 6, de­light­ing fans with not on­ly the mu­sic but al­so be­hind-the-scenes in­sights in­to the cre­ative process.

By now, the en­tire pop­u­la­tion knows what’s on Aaron “Voice” St Louis’ mind: Woman and woman and rum. His lat­est song Cyah Be­have is now among the 2026 Car­ni­val an­thems, and he has even hint­ed at en­ter­ing the Road March race. But the in­fec­tious tune’s jour­ney start­ed just one month be­fore its even­tu­al re­lease date. In fact, it did not even be­gin in Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Breast can­cer is one of the most com­mon can­cers among women. This can dras­ti­cal­ly re­duce the qual­i­ty of life for many di­ag­nosed with this health is­sue. Our bod­ies are made up of nu­tri­ents that we ob­tain from the food we eat. This is why nu­tri­tion is so im­pact­ful when it comes to the health of your body.

Looks can be de­ceiv­ing. You might ap­pear healthy, ca­pa­ble and in con­trol, yet heart dis­ease can de­vel­op qui­et­ly. Many women jug­gle ca­reers, fam­i­ly re­spon­si­bil­i­ties and the men­tal load of keep­ing life on track. Over time, this con­stant pres­sure drains en­er­gy and places the heart un­der strain.