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New organiser promises rebirth of Carnival in Bermuda

BHW Ltd has handed over management of Bermuda Carnival to the newly formed Bermuda Mas Band Association. The BMBA is organising this year’s festival, which …
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S J Global Investments Launches Apprentice Scheme worth £50,000

A new apprenticeship scheme has been launched by S J Global Investments, a company specialising in commodity trading, private finance, business and project financing....
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Virgin Atlantic Restarts Flights to Caribbean

Virgin Atlantic is restarting flights to the Caribbean later this month. The airline will operate two flights a week from London Heathrow to both...
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Modern day Christopher Columbus?

Josh Butler skyrocketed to popularity when videos of his dancing were shared across multiple Caribbean social media accounts. But recently, those same accounts have...
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Global Carnivalz sets up Carnival Guild

Global Carnivalz, founded by carnival veteran and Hackney Carnival organiser Pax Nindi, is inviting carnival organisers to become members of the National Carnival Organisers’...
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Trinidad Carnival 2021 off says Prime Minister Rowley

Trinidad Carnival was spared at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, but it doesn’t look it will escape the shutdown next year. Speaking at the...
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The Lone Masquerader

This year’s Notting Hill Carnival was cancelled for the first time in its 54 year history, due to COVID-19 health concerns. Despite this, one...
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Meet the Winner of the Miss Guyana UK Contest 2020

Despite the pandemic causing disruption all across the world, the organisers of the Miss Guyana Online UK Contest 2020 managed to host the contest...
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Jamaica Carnival, Cancelled

Jamaican Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced that Jamaica Carnival 2020 will be cancelled. The festival, which had been moved from its...
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St. Kitts & Nevis celebrate 37 Years of Independence

St. Kitts and Nevis today Saturday 19 September, celebrates 37 years of independence from the United Kingdom.  The country, as the Federation of St Christopher and...
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Barbados to become a Republic

The government in Barbados has announced its plan for the country to become a republic before reaching its 55th year of independence, in November...
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Future Mas launches for Notting Hill Carnival 2021

Saturday 5 September saw the launch of a new children’s mas band, Future Mas, a collaboration between UCOM and Caribbean Sessions. For the launch...
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Antiguan Calypsonian King Swallow passes away at the age of 78

One of Antigua and Barbuda’s best-known calypsonians King Swallow (Sir Rupert Philo) has died at the age of 78. He had been ill for...
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Kes The Band goes live tonight with We Home

Kes the Band’s album We Home was launched on Friday, 28 August, and tonight - Monday 31 August - the band will host a...
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Trinidad & Tobago celebrates 58 years of Independence

Christopher Columbus landed on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago in 1498, and made them both Spanish colonies until 18 February, 1797, when the...
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Ms Desire’s Soca Raised Me wins virtual Groovy Monarch

Another first for Carnival was the ACASA virtual Groovy Monarch competition, which saw nine contestants vie for the crown. The groovy competition, which would...
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G-String crowned 2020 ACASA UK Calypso Monarch

This year has been a weird one in so many ways thanks to Covid-19 and the pandemic but, as they say, ‘the show must...
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Notting Hill Carnival Judge Leela Ramdeen yearns to play ah mas

This year, the 54th anniversary of Notting Hill Carnival, will find me sitting with my family in Trinidad, watching the first ever virtual NHC...
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BPSOCA Music Label plans to elevate Caribbean culture in UK music...

The BPSOCA Music platform launched on Friday 20 August 2020, for users worldwide. It aims to elevate Caribbean music genres in England today to...
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She is Saint Lucia, Let Her Inspire You

Saint Lucia is beautiful in so many ways. Her scenery is breathtaking - from the iconic Piton Mountains, lush rainforests and palm-fringed beaches to...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 ‘Vox Pop’: Shari

With Notting Hill Carnival 2020 taken off the road, what are your plans for the Bank Holiday weekend? And what will you miss the most? With...
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From street to screen – Notting Hill Carnival comes to your...

A socially distanced carnival – what foolishness is that? We know the answer, of course: a microscopic bit of parasitic protein has succeeded where...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 ‘Vox Pop’: Natasha

With Notting Hill Carnival 2020 taken off the road, what are your plans for the Bank Holiday weekend? And what will you miss the most? I...
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Pure Grenada, Just For You

Missing those tropical island vibes? The tri-island paradise of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique is ready with a big warm welcome and plenty to...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 ‘Vox Pop’: Farrah

With Notting Hill Carnival 2020 taken off the road, what are your plans for the Bank Holiday weekend? And what will you miss the most? The...
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So Melissa Simon-Hartman

This isn’t the first time we’ve spoken to Melissa Simon-Hartman, one of our favourite designers (and people); we last featured Melissa in the August...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 ‘Vox Pop’: Charlotte

With Notting Hill Carnival 2020 taken off the road, what are your plans for the Bank Holiday weekend? And what will you miss the most? With...
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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 ‘Vox Pop’: Jahan

With Notting Hill Carnival 2020 taken off the road, what are your plans for the Bank Holiday weekend? And what will you miss the most? As...
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Zinaida makes a Big splash in the Soca Industry

Despite the cancellation of the Saint Lucia 2020 carnival season, the ever-enterprising Zinaida McNamara-Phillip has added the title of Executive Producer to her list...
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Big screen Notting Hill Carnival action from Samsung

In the week leading up to Carnival, Samsung Electronics UK will be taking over a giant screen in Piccadilly Circus in London’s West End...
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Picture this! Getty Images and Notting Hill Carnival launch photography partnership

Picture agency Getty Images has teamed up with organiser Notting Hill Carnival Limited and NHCL’s parent organisation Carnival Village Trust (CVT) to create a...
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