Ari­ma Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion Deputy May­or Jo­van Roberts says no Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM)-led re­gion­al cor­po­ra­tion is un­der probe for al­leged cor­rup­tion - but there have been is­sues in two Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) cor­po­ra­tions.

Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) pres­i­dent Ains­ley King says ca­lyp­so is not on­ly alive but soar­ing, de­clar­ing that the art­form is firm­ly in good hands as it con­tin­ues to en­joy re­newed en­er­gy and pub­lic sup­port.

The Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah came alive yes­ter­day as waves of steel­pan mu­sic rolled across the stage, rhythm sec­tions puls­ing and draw­ing crowds of pan lovers who swayed, smiled and soaked in the Car­ni­val en­er­gy.

The minute Trinidad Val­ley Harps took the stage to de­liv­er David Rud­der’s an­themic Ral­ly Round the West In­dies, the au­di­ence knew this year’s edi­tion of the Medi­um Band semis was due to match the keen com­pe­ti­tion of pre­vi­ous years.

The Trini­bad sound­scape is of­ten de­fined by edgy, raunchy and at times out­right vi­o­lent lyrics. How­ev­er, two mu­sic in­dus­try stake­hold­ers are try­ing to change the face of the genre, as they urge some artistes to choose be­tween their mu­si­cal ca­reers and street life.

For the first time in al­most a decade, mas­quer­aders will take to a stage on Car­ni­val Mon­day and Tues­day in Ch­agua­nas.

Min­is­ter of Ed­u­ca­tion, Dr Michael Dowlath, says while many schools are “op­er­at­ing on life sup­port,” he has called for greater col­lab­o­ra­tion to deal with the chal­lenges sec­ondary schools are fac­ing to­day.

While it is in­tend­ed to be a learn­ing tool aimed at en­hanc­ing the learn­ing ex­pe­ri­ence for Pri­ma­ry School stu­dents, Min­is­ter of Ed­u­ca­tion Dr Michael Dowlath says the in­tro­duc­tion of an AI-pow­ered math­e­mat­ics tu­tor is not ex­pect­ed to re­place tra­di­tion­al teach­ers.

Pres­i­dent of the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO), Ains­ley King, says ca­lyp­so is not on­ly alive but soar­ing, de­clar­ing that the art­form is firm­ly in good hands as it con­tin­ues to en­joy re­newed en­er­gy and pub­lic sup­port.

That’s the warn­ing Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is­sued yes­ter­day evening to gangs and de­tainees, held dur­ing the State of Emer­gency, who were re­leased as it came to an end at mid­night.

As tears of joy and re­lief streamed down their faces while they em­braced de­tainees re­leased from the East­ern Cor­rec­tion­al Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­tre (ECRC), San­ta Rosa, yes­ter­day, rel­a­tives blast­ed the au­thor­i­ties as they ar­gued there was no jus­ti­fi­ca­tion for the State of Emer­gency (SoE).

Olive Green-Jack, who was de­tained for 81 days un­der the State of Emer­gency (SoE) for her so­cial me­dia post call­ing on Venezuela to at­tack the Prime Min­is­ter at her pri­vate res­i­dence in South Trinidad, says she has learnt her les­son.