In com­mem­o­ra­tion of World Press Free­dom Day, we hear from a vet­er­an jour­nal­ist and broad­cast­er on her ca­reer and how she’s re­mained stand­ing de­spite the many tests and pres­sures.

Ladies were ser­e­nad­ed and cel­e­brat­ed all night long in Clifton Hill, Point Fortin, as ZZAG­GAA Fam­i­ly host­ed its 2026 Woman Is Boss event last Wednes­day.

Two love sto­ries, one stage—A Deal With Dark­ness lit up the Na­pari­ma Bowl from April 17 to 19, hold­ing au­di­ences spell­bound as per­form­ers brought lo­cal folk­lore vivid­ly to life in a haunt­ing and emo­tion­al­ly charged nar­ra­tive of love, sac­ri­fice and con­se­quence.

To­ba­go’s pre­mier jazz ex­pe­ri­ence is back with re­newed en­er­gy and am­bi­tion. Beach­front Jazz 2026, host­ed by Black Two Sug­ars, con­tin­ues the is­land’s rich tra­di­tion of jazz, kick­ing off to­day at the Mag­dale­na Grand Beach & Golf Re­sort as part of the To­ba­go Jazz, Mu­sic and Golf Week­end.

In an evening marked by re­flec­tion, sto­ry­telling, pride and ca­ma­raderie, Coast Guard re­tirees who served dur­ing the tur­bu­lent pe­ri­od of the 1970 Black Pow­er move­ment were ho­n­oured at a 56th an­niver­sary re­cep­tion in Long­denville.

On April 23, Span­ish-speak­ing em­bassies based in Port-of-Spain, co­or­di­nat­ed by the Span­ish Em­bassy, con­tin­ued their an­nu­al tra­di­tion of cel­e­brat­ing Span­ish Lan­guage Day at NALIS.

The Na­tion­al Coun­cil of Or­isha El­ders of Trinidad and To­ba­go (NCOETT) com­mem­o­rat­ed Earth Day 2026 with an an­ces­tral ob­ser­vance at the Lopinot An­ces­tral Grounds last Wednes­day, bring­ing to­geth­er devo­tees, cul­tur­al prac­ti­tion­ers and na­tion­al fig­ures in a gath­er­ing that un­der­scored en­vi­ron­men­tal stew­ard­ship, cul­tur­al con­ti­nu­ity and col­lec­tive re­flec­tion.

The fifth edi­tion of The French Panora­ma, a vir­tu­al steel­band com­pe­ti­tion held in France, took place on Sat­ur­day. Pre­sent­ed by the French Panora­ma As­so­ci­a­tion (FPA), the event was host­ed by its pres­i­dent and di­rec­tor, Wan­da Atkins.

As Autism Aware­ness Month comes to a close, we hear from Genevieve Wal­cott-Daniel the proud moth­er of Zi­dane Daniel, who was di­ag­nosed with autism. Genevieve tells us her fight to give her son a good life and en­sure he is in­clud­ed and re­spect­ed in so­ci­ety.

Your safe­ty on the road does not be­gin when you shift in­to dri­ve; it ac­tu­al­ly comes down to the crit­i­cal few min­utes be­fore you even turn the ig­ni­tion key. Get­ting in­to the dai­ly habit of per­form­ing a “two-minute walka­round” can pre­vent un­ex­pect­ed blowouts, sud­den en­gine fail­ure, and in­cred­i­bly un­safe dri­ving con­di­tions. It on­ly takes a mo­ment, but it can save you hours of stress.

Start­ing over your fit­ness regime every Mon­day af­ter do­ing noth­ing all month feels pro­duc­tive, but it is not.

Asha Bhosle, who died in Mum­bai on April 12, 2026, aged 92, was pos­si­bly the most pro­lif­ic play­back singer in the his­to­ry of In­di­an cin­e­ma, with a record­ed out­put of more than 11,000 songs across more than 20 lan­guages, as not­ed by Guin­ness World Records.