On No­vem­ber 1, the Rapid­fire Kidz Foun­da­tion held its An­nu­al Gala Din­ner at Achie­vor’s Ban­quet Hall in San Fer­nan­do.

Last week, fresh off the run­ning of ANSA Mo­tors’s Glow Green 5k in Port-of-Spain, we made a brief men­tion of sus­tain­abil­i­ty, the cause for which that event was staged. We’re go­ing to fin­ish the con­ver­sa­tion; but be­fore we do, a word about these events.

Pan Trin­ba­go’s To­ba­go Steel­pan and Pow­der Pa­rade lit up the is­land on Oc­to­ber 25, start­ing from the Coast Guard Base at the cor­ner of Ca­lyp­so Rose Boule­vard and Or­ange Hill Road.

Ca­lyp­so Queen Ter­ri Lyons de­liv­ered a per­for­mance des­tined to be re­mem­bered—pow­er­ful, heart­felt, and brim­ming with the raw emo­tion that has de­fined her artistry. Tak­ing the lead role in the lo­cal­ly pro­duced film Queen of So­ca, Lyons cap­ti­vat­ed au­di­ences with her grace, au­then­tic­i­ty and com­mand­ing pres­ence on screen.

The num­ber of T&T na­tion­als vis­it­ing Turkey has been on the rise, sig­nalling grow­ing in­ter­est and stronger ties be­tween the two na­tions.

When the Mex­i­can Em­bassy in­vit­ed guests to dress as catri­nas and catrins—the el­e­gant skele­tal fig­ures that em­body Mex­i­co’s dis­tinc­tive re­la­tion­ship with death—or­gan­is­ers were pleas­ant­ly sur­prised by the en­thu­si­as­tic re­sponse.

On Oc­to­ber 23, DH Mai­son host­ed an ex­clu­sive Hol­i­day Cock­tail and Shop soirée, wel­com­ing a se­lect group of guests to an evening that per­fect­ly cap­tured the spir­it of the sea­son.

Fash­ion of all types at Spain’s Na­tion­al Day held at the res­i­dence of Am­bas­sador, Her Ex­cel­len­cy María Cristi­na Pérez Gutiér­rez in St Clair.

The heart­beat of T&T’s cul­ture will once again re­sound through the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah when Pan Trin­ba­go launch­es the 2025–2026 Na­tion­al Panora­ma Fes­ti­val to­mor­row at 4 pm.

From the mo­ment she could reach the kitchen counter, Chan­tal Boynes was drawn to the dance of flavours and aro­mas at her grand­moth­er’s stove. Her grand­moth­er, a cater­er and pro­fes­sion­al­ly trained chef, wel­comed her grand­daugh­ter in­to the kitchen, teach­ing her the art of cook­ing with pa­tience and love. It wasn’t long be­fore cook­ing be­came sec­ond na­ture. At just ten years old, Chan­tal pre­pared her first full meal—cur­ry chick­en and rice—com­plete­ly on her own.

The three-day Jit Sama­roo Fes­ti­val, host­ed be­tween Oc­to­ber 31 and No­vem­ber 2, com­bined mu­sic, film, and con­tem­pla­tive el­e­ments to re­flect on the life and work of the late steel­pan arranger/com­pos­er, Jit Sama­roo, who would have turned 75 on Feb­ru­ary 24.

Peo­ple who de­vel­op emo­tion­al in­tel­li­gence (EQ) skills are said to have a bet­ter chance of suc­ceed­ing than those who live on an emo­tion­al roller­coast­er. But since not every­one is open to coun­selling ses­sions to learn about self-aware­ness, self-reg­u­la­tion, em­pa­thy, and so­cial skills, EQ coach Kelline Theophille has found an un­con­ven­tion­al way to help those hes­i­tant to take the tra­di­tion­al route—Promise Jars.