Simon Baptiste News Today

THE phrase “we must always attempt to lift as we climb”, attributed to activist and scholar Angela Davis, underscores the significance of not pursuing success in isolation but actively contributing

The Trinidad and Tobago Music Company Ltd (MusicTT) announces its third annual music conference, RVRB eXperience (RVRB X), which will take place from July 5-7. A media release said this year’s conference theme is InSync and it will feature conversations, mentorships, and workshops on investing in music, synchronisation and music in film. The conference will

Soca star Machel Montano has announced an event called Machel 40 on Carnival Friday next year. Carnival will be held on February 20-21, with Carnival Friday being February 17.He announced it on his Instagram page on Wednesday. This also comes after Montano staged his final Machel Monday concert – The Wedding, a celebration of his marriage – in 2020 and began his soca cruise, Mele, collaboratively with Tribe. Mele was held for the first time in Mexico earlier this year because of the covid19 ...

Summit. leaders this morning were meant to go to a mangrove jungle and talk about the digital economy. they were meant to discuss issues about the climate as well as what to do about the worsening state of the global economy. instead, they will definitely be discussing the events overnight. now, little earlier on, i spoke with simon baptiste at the economist intelligence unit who is there for us in singapore and i asked him how much pressure the events overnight might put on asian countries who ...

In the property sector which has been such a big driver of growth. really the last thing china needs is a further deterioration in international relationships, which has been happening over the last few years anyway. i think hes probably trying not to make things better internationally but stop any further decline and stop any further issues coming at him from deterioration of relationships with the us, europe and other allies. so from that perspective, and escalation by russia will be unwelcome...

One week ago a group of actors, filmmakers, singers, producers, songwriters and other creatives, all of Caribbean descent or with a connection to our islands, gathered at Kiss Kiss Bang Bang nightclub in Hollywood. Outside was a crisp 15 degrees C

One week ago a group of actors, filmmakers, singers, producers, songwriters and other creatives, all of Caribbean descent or with a connection to our islands, gathered at Kiss Kiss Bang Bang nightclub in Hollywood. Outside was a crisp 15 degrees C

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad –Michael Cherrie, an award-winning actor from Trinidad and Tobago h...

Farmer Nappy wins The Monarch soca crown in no-audience final Sunday 14 February 2021 Darryl "Farmer Nappy" Henry sings Backyard Jam to win the 2021 International Soca Monarch competition, rebranded The Monarch, at the National Academy for the Performing Arts, Port of Spain in a pre-recorded final that aired on TV6 on Friday night. - Darryl “Farmer Nappy” Henry has won the 2021 International Soca Monarch (ISM), rebranded The Monarch, with his popular pandemic hit Backyard Jam. What was con...

National Carnival Commission chairman Winston Peters - Photo by Roger Jacob None of this years Carnival-related competitions will be counted as part of the official records, according to chairman of the National Carnival Commission (NCC) Winston Peters, though he said promoters were free to host any of them. “There is no Carnival 2021 so the NCC won’t recognise any winner for any event,” he said last Saturday when asked about The Monarch (the new name of the International Soca Monarch con...