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La Romaine taxi drivers to wear uniforms Friday 12 March 2021 San Fernando mayor Junia Regrello and Supt Ian Carty have a look at the uniforms of the La Romaine-Gulf City Taxi Drivers Association at a launch on Harris Promenade, San Fernando on Thursday. - Lincoln Holder Concerned about increasing reports of violence against women, members of the La Romaine-Gulf City Taxi Drivers Association decided to adopt a dress code. The move is geared towards making passengers, especially females, feel sa...

San Fernando mayor praises Fonclaire Steel Orchestra for community loyalty Thursday 4 March 2021 From left: Ryaad Hosein, councillor for Les Efforts East/Cipero; Susan Worrel, events manager for NLCN; Kenneth Arthur, Fonclaire committee member; Junia Regrello, San Fernando Mayor; Darren Sheppard, arranger for Fonclaire Steel Orchestra; and Elisheva Phillips, unveil a Fonclaire banner at the opening of its lotto booth and gift shop on Monday. - Marvin Hamilton SAN Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello h...

Black Stalin honoured with street in San Fernando Wednesday 17 February 2021 Patsy Calliste, wife of Dr Leroy "Black Stalin" Calliste, flanked by San Fernando mayor Junia Regrello, left, and Local Government Minister Kazim Hosein at the unveiling of Dr Leroy Calliste street, after converting part of Lord Street, San Fernando by the San Fernando City Corporation, Tuesday. PHOTOS BY LINCOLN HOLDER - A street-sign unveiling in honour of veteran calypsonian Leroy "Black Stalin" Calliste created a ...

Defending Chutney monarch keeps title, fire officer crowned Chutney Soca Queen Monday 15 February 2021 Defending Chutney Monarch GI Beharry during the pre-recording of his performance at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts. - Lincoln Holder HISTORY was created on Saturday night when Nisha Ramsook won the first Chutney/Soca Queen title and two brothers copped the first and second place in the Chutney/Soca Monarch competition. Reigning monarch Imran “GI” Beharry singing in the last p...

Nadia Batson gives an energetic performance during Skiffles Tempo In Sando Showcase. - CHEQUANA WHEELER THE atmosphere inside the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) on February 6 defied the reality that Carnival 2021 celebrations had been cancelled. All the elements identified with “the greatest show on earth” were on parade. Veterans and youths, representing the steelbands – CAL Skiffle and Skiffle Protégés – horn and rhythm sections, calypso, soca, chutney soca, sailors...

San Fernando student, 7, wins junior calypso competition Thursday 11 February 2021 Junior Calypso competition 2021 winner at City Hall San Fernando, Melody Nicholas, 7, of St Gabriels Girls performs her song "covid aint easy", backed up by Keshawn Gomez of San Fernando Boys. - Marvin Hamilton Seven-year-old Melody Nicholas has won the junior calypso competition hosted by the San Fernando Carnival Committee on Thursday. Melody, who attends St Gabriels Girls RC, wooed the judges at the City Hal...

Monday 1 February 2021 San Fernando mayor Junia Regrello unveils the Steve Achiba street sign in honour of the former steelband icon who brought national pride to San Fernando when he led Hatters to win its only national panorama title . With Regrello are Achibas wife Candice, daughter Adriana and son Jonathan. - Yvonne Webb IT was an emotional moment for his family on Wednesday as a street in San Fernando was named in honour of panman Steve Achaiba. Achaiba was one of the first pannists to wi...

Saturday 30 January 2021 Trumpeter Etienne Charles, left, Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, and Barbadian saxophonist Romaro Greaves will perform in Another Phase virtual concert being staged by HADCO Phase II Pan Groove on Sunday. - HADCO Phase II Pan Groove captain Terry Bernard is promising patrons that Sundays virtual concert, Another Phase, will be "epic." He said the approximately two-hour, pre-recorded show was originally scheduled to be broadcast on January 27 but was moved to January 31 to ac...

Carnival Tempo coming in San Fernando Nadia Batson - ONE southern steelband plans to maximise the time slot usually reserved on the Carnival calendar for the Calypso Fiesta show to stage an event targeting local and international audiences. CAL Skiffle Steel Orchestra will create an alternative event to help ease the Carnival tabanca and reconnect nationals and the diaspora with their favourite artistes via a virtual space. Calypso Fiesta, the annual calypso picnic where thousands would have ...

21 families benefit from housing programme - Lincoln Holder The Rowley government’s philosophy is that every citizen deserves access to affordable homes, said the Housing and Urban Development Minister, adding that the Housing and Village Improvement Programme (HVIP) positively affects families nationwide. At a handover ceremony on Wednesday at City Hall in San Fernando, Pennelope Beckles said since the programme’s inception, about 240 families from 14 communities have benefited. Another b...