The year 2025 marks the 45th an­niver­sary of Los Par­ran­deros de UWI —a mile­stone that is re­mark­able by any stan­dard, but par­tic­u­lar­ly in the mu­sic world, where groups and artistes of­ten fade away with alarm­ing speed.

In keep­ing with an­nu­al tra­di­tion, thou­sands braved the steep, wind­ing roads of Paramin, Trinidad, for the 16th edi­tion of Parang on D Hills.

Two Sun­days ago, ex­act­ly one week fol­low­ing the open­ing of the new Mega­s­tore in San Juan Courts teamed up with TCL—one of its no­table elec­tron­ics part­ners—to host the TCL View­ing Event. The event was de­signed to show­case TCL’s ad­vanced quan­tum dot mi­ni LED (QD mi­ni LED) tech­nol­o­gy fea­tured in the world’s largest tele­vi­sion—the 115” Mi­ni LED TV, as well as the TCL Art TV.

Stu­dents of Bish­op Anstey Trin­i­ty Col­lege East re­cent­ly had the op­por­tu­ni­ty to mon­e­tise their cre­ativ­i­ty while giv­ing back to their school com­mu­ni­ty at the in­sti­tu­tion’s an­nu­al Christ­mas Pop-Up Mar­ket.

YTEPP Lim­it­ed has tak­en a ma­jor step to­ward nar­row­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go’s dig­i­tal di­vide with the launch of its new ICT Mo­bile Train­ing Bus, apt­ly named Train­ing on Wheels.

It was a night brim­ming with warmth, mu­sic, and Christ­mas cheer as Joel John brought the true spir­it of the sea­son to life at his con­cert, Christ­mas: A Time To Love. Held on No­vem­ber 23 at the South­ern Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts (SAPA), the event en­veloped the au­di­ence in fes­tive mag­ic from the very first note.

“Be­cause of His Love,” a heart­warm­ing Christ­mas con­cert se­ries staged at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, from No­vem­ber 28-30, de­liv­ered three nights of mu­sic, dra­ma and dance that res­onat­ed deeply with au­di­ences.

The spir­it of Christ­mas came alive in Pan­choo Lane, Bound­ary Road, San Juan, as LSA Health­care Ser­vices Ltd, in part­ner­ship with the Share Dig­ni­ty Foun­da­tion, host­ed its an­nu­al Christ­mas par­ty for chil­dren in the com­mu­ni­ty.

Bel­lis­si­ma Bal­loons and Gin­ger Lily Or­gan­ics TT, led by founder and eco-en­thu­si­ast Day­chelle Mor­ris, is in­ten­si­fy­ing its mis­sion to pro­mote en­vi­ron­men­tal re­spon­si­bil­i­ty through a grow­ing se­ries of cre­ative, hands-on work­shops for chil­dren and adults.

“I made a de­ci­sion that I was not just build­ing a coach­ing busi­ness. I was build­ing a move­ment: a green­house, a pro­tect­ed, nur­tur­ing, high-growth space where Caribbean women could come to breathe dif­fer­ent­ly, think big­ger, re­set emo­tion­al­ly, and grow fi­nan­cial­ly.”

It was a night burst­ing with joy, colour, and pure tal­ent as stu­dents of the Chris Bal­bosa In­sti­tute of Per­form­ing Arts lit up the stage at the Ex­pres­sions of Christ­mas Stu­dent Recital & Soirée, held on De­cem­ber 7 at the San Fer­nan­do North Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre.