The French Panora­ma, a grow­ing show­case of steel­pan ex­cel­lence, is or­gan­ised by the French Panora­ma As­so­ci­a­tion (FPA), es­tab­lished in 2025 un­der the di­rec­tion of Wan­da Atkins and co-di­rect­ed by Math­ys Me­u­nier. How­ev­er, the event it­self pre­dates the or­gan­i­sa­tion, with its first edi­tion held in 2022.

It’s a dif­fer­ent type of Ba­jan in­va­sion — not so­ca, but dance­hall. Torell “Mas­taa T” Wor­rell had no idea what be­gan as a quick freestyle in the stu­dio would spread across the re­gion like wild­fire. In fact, it even be­came the most-lis­tened-to song on Ap­ple Mu­sic in Trinidad and To­ba­go. Here’s the sto­ry be­hind his lat­est sin­gle, Tea Tea, one of the hottest dance­hall tracks for 2026.

A star-stud­ded cast, in­clud­ing three for­mer Ca­lyp­so Mon­archs, turned out in sup­port of a trib­ute con­cert held in ho­n­our of the Mori­cia Ca­gan Foun­da­tion, cel­e­brat­ing the life and lega­cy of the late cul­tur­al fig­ure.

Book­shelf spot­lights Trinidad and To­ba­go writ­ers mak­ing their mark on the in­ter­na­tion­al lit­er­ary stage this week.

WE Au­to, along with Pro­fes­sion­al Garage Ltd, will be help­ing read­ers bet­ter un­der­stand com­mon ve­hi­cle is­sues and how to ad­dress them, to stay safe on the road.

When­ev­er Ash­ley Gon­salves drops a child in­to her pool, par­ents flinch. Some turn away be­fore the child even hits the wa­ter. Known to her lit­tle swim­mers as “Aun­tie Ash­ley,” the sur­vival swim coach stays calm, guid­ing them through the mo­ment that can turn fear in­to con­fi­dence. Her ses­sions sim­u­late re­al-life emer­gen­cies where the re­sponse must be in­stinc­tive. Chil­dren learn to hold their breath, roll on­to their back, and float un­til help ar­rives—a move that can save lives.

(Cul­tur­al DMV News, Mary­land, US) In a re­gion known for its cul­tur­al depth, the Caribbean and African Women of Im­pact (CAWI) Hon­ors, held on March 22 in Sil­ver Spring, Mary­land, USA, brought to­geth­er a pow­er­ful cross-sec­tion of voic­es—bridg­ing con­ti­nents, dis­ci­plines, and lived ex­pe­ri­ences in a way that felt both in­ten­tion­al and nec­es­sary.

Riesa Ram­sa­hai-Herdé’s pas­sion to make a dif­fer­ence was shaped in her ear­ly years, where her late un­cle’s Down Syn­drome high­light­ed her fam­i­ly’s strength and the lim­its of lo­cal sup­port. Schools then fo­cused main­ly on aca­d­e­mics and failed to equip him with the ba­sic skills need­ed to live in­de­pen­dent­ly. He re­mained re­liant on loved ones through­out his life un­til he died in 2021. It was on­ly while trav­el­ling abroad that Riesa saw a dif­fer­ent re­al­i­ty. She wit­nessed peo­ple with Down Syn­drome ac­tive­ly work­ing and con­tribut­ing to so­ci­ety.

Af­ter suc­cess­ful stag­ings in 2024 and 2025, the Pot on Point Com­mu­ni­ty Culi­nary Fes­ti­val will re­turn for this year’s Point Fortin Bor­ough Day Cel­e­bra­tions. It will be held on April 25 at the Gar­den Jew­elz Foun­da­tion in New Vil­lage.

Dur­ing this week, salt in­take needs some at­ten­tion, es­pe­cial­ly for women’s health. Salt is im­por­tant for bod­i­ly func­tions, but con­sum­ing too much can af­fect health long-term. As women, our salt in­take is im­por­tant when it comes to man­ag­ing high blood pres­sure, heart health, hor­mon­al bal­ance and main­tain­ing well­ness at every stage in life.

At a time when au­di­ences are con­stant­ly scrolling for the next clip or re­play, for­mer school teacher turned ac­tress Avion Crooks took a de­lib­er­ate­ly dif­fer­ent route: one night, one au­di­ence, no dig­i­tal af­ter­life. Her sec­ond stand-up com­e­dy pro­duc­tion, One Night On­ly… is Long Time, lived up to its name—a three-hour im­mer­sion in dis­tinct­ly Trinida­di­an hu­mour that re­ward­ed those present at the Na­pari­ma Bowl on April 9.

Tues­day morn­ings at Tiffi­ni’s Re­tiree’s Sewing Club al­ways serve up a healthy dose of laugh­ter, stitch­ing, and ca­ma­raderie. With on­ly four seats avail­able, the at­mos­phere in her Curepe stu­dio is in­ti­mate, en­sur­ing that no one gets lost while mas­ter­ing a bob­bin or a back­stitch. If a stu­dent miss­es a step or for­gets an in­struc­tion, they jok­ing­ly an­nounce they are head­ed to the “naughty cor­ner”, on­ly to have a friend shout that they’ll be join­ing them.