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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 Band Launches

We may only be in February, but preparation for Notting Hill Carnival 2020, which this year will take place on the Sunday 30 and...

Joseph Charles - Thu 06 Feb 2020

News

Machel Monday will end at Ten with a Wedding

There has been, for the last 10 years, one day in the Trinidad Carnival calendar when no other promoter has dared to throw a...

Joseph Charles - Wed 29 Jan 2020

News Results

International Soca Monarch semi-finalists announced

It’s the time of year when we wait feverishly for the roll call of artists who’ve made it through to the semi-final rounds of...

Joseph Charles - Tue 28 Jan 2020

Film & Television News

Help support the Queen of Soca movie

With just a few days left to reach their target of US$15,000, producers of Trinidad’s first ‘soca movie’, Queen of Soca, are calling on...

Joseph Charles - Mon 13 Jan 2020

News

Chutney Soca Monarch semi-finalists

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Trinidad’s Chutney Soca Monarch competition. This year’s theme is The Journey, and to celebrate the anniversary both...

Joseph Charles - Sun 12 Jan 2020

News

Benjamin, Lloyd and Walker in 2020 Honours

Three bright stars from the Caribbean are among those recognised in the Queen’s 2020 New Year Honours. Despite their archaic titles, the Honours remain...

Stephen Spark - Sat 04 Jan 2020

Feature News

Maxine Collins, Entrepreneur

Maxine was born in Hackney, to Trinidadian and Jamaican parents, but spent her early childhood in Couva, Trinidad, with her maternal grandparents. Since returning...

Katie Segal - Wed 01 Jan 2020

News

Musician Roy Noel passes away

It is with sadness that we report the passing of musician Roy Jeremiah Noel. Roy was born in Grenada in 1952, subsequently attending Henry...

DRM Jones - Mon 30 Dec 2019

News Soca People

Helena B

There wasn't a dry eye in the Tabernacle, Ladbroke Grove, as Helena B (Helena Bedeau) sang her moving song, A Mother's Tears. This was...

DRM Jones - Sat 28 Dec 2019

News

Baron marries his manager and partner Sherma Orr

Trinidadian soca crooner The Baron (Timothy Watkins) has married his long-time manager and partner Sherma Orr, she has been managing Baron for the past...

Joseph Charles - Sat 28 Dec 2019

News

Cummin Up offers a free Christmas meal

Richard Simpson, owner of the Caribbean takeaway chain Cummin Up, takes that sentiment seriously. For the eleventh year, Cummin Up will be providing a meal...

Joseph Charles - Mon 23 Dec 2019

News Review

Ten Years of Chocolate Nation

Saturday 23 November saw Chocolate Nation Mas celebrate their tenth anniversary, which they combined with their thank you party for Notting Hill Carnival 2019....

Sharon Buckley - Fri 20 Dec 2019

News

Miss Jamaica takes Miss Word 2019 crown

The final of the 2019 Miss World competition was held on Saturday 14 December at Excel London in Docklands, and Miss Jamaica, Toni-Ann Singh,...

Joseph Charles - Mon 16 Dec 2019

News Soca People

Brother B, we all need some brotherly love

As we sit down to talk about life, soca and, in particular, his new album, you cannot help but notice the tall, elegant and...

Sharon Buckley - Fri 13 Dec 2019

News

Miss World Trinidad & Tobago speaks to the House of Lords

Miss World Trinidad & Tobago, Tya Jane La Shon Ramey, was chosen by the organisers of the Miss World competition to speak at the...

Joseph Charles - Thu 12 Dec 2019

Feature Health & Fitness News

Avoid flu this winter

November saw the annual freeze settle in for the long, dark winter – and with it, familiar ailments such as cold or flu. These...

Michelle Johnson - Wed 11 Dec 2019

News

Vanya Reid ‘Pan Woman’, 1977-2019

Vanya was born, in 1977, with an appreciation of music way beyond her years, with an ear that spanned time and genre. At the...

Katie Segal - Tue 10 Dec 2019

News Travel

Saint Lucians takeover Las Palmas

The weekend of 15 November 2019 heralded the launch of the 30th Annual Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria; the...

Tue 10 Dec 2019

Caribbean News

Caribbean Tourism Organisation to close its UK doors

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) announced in October that, as part of a major restructuring exercise, it will close its UK office at the...

Joseph Charles - Tue 03 Dec 2019

News

Goodbye and thanks for all the sweetness – Beeraahaar bows out

Notting Hill Carnival has lost another of its iconic mas bands. Carnival 2020 will be the poorer for lacking the beauty of Beeraahaar Sweet...

Stephen Spark - Mon 02 Dec 2019

News

Barbados celebrates 53 years of Independence

Barbados celebrates its 53rd year of independence from Britain today Saturday, 30 November. After more than 300 years of unbroken colonial rule by Portugal,...

Soca News Staff - Sat 30 Nov 2019

News Travel

Caribbean Airlines hold back on adding Boeing Max 8 to its...

Caribbean Airlines, which was scheduled to next month increase its fleet by the inclusion of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, will now delay...

Joseph Charles - Tue 12 Nov 2019

News

Mustapha Matura

Mustapha Matura was a powerhouse of talent. Known primarily for the plays he penned, Mustapha also dabbled in poetry, and was a published children’s...

Katie Segal - Tue 05 Nov 2019

News

The Commonwealth of Dominica celebratres 41 years of Independence

Dominicans at home and abroad today celebrate the island’s independence from Britain on Friday 3 November, 1978. This year marks the 41st anniversary of...

Soca News Staff - Sun 03 Nov 2019

Feature News

My Pageant Journey, Lee-Ann Goddard – Ms Trinidad & Tobago 2018

I can still hear those words clearly in my mind: “So, the winner of Ms Trinidad and Tobago UK National Queen 2018 is…" The presenter...

Lee-Ann Goddard - Sat 02 Nov 2019

News

Antigua and Barbuda reaches its 38th year of Independence

The twin island state of Antigua and Barbuda today Friday 1 November celebrates 38 years of independence. Antigua and Barbuda became an associated state...

Joseph Charles - Fri 01 Nov 2019

News

St Vincent and the Grenadines celebrates 40 years of independence

Today, Sunday 27 October marks 40 years of independence for the nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines, a former British colony, which became...

Soca News Staff - Sun 27 Oct 2019

News

Are you the next Miss Barbados UK?

The call is on for contestants to take part in the Miss Barbados UK 2020 competition, as the event enters its fifth anniversary. It’s simple...

Joseph Charles - Sat 19 Oct 2019

News

She who wears the crown

For 35 year old soca lover Shona Muraldo-Parks, the sky is definitely not the limit - as she reaches for the stars in more...

Sharon Buckley - Sat 19 Oct 2019

News

Inaugural Black British Theatre awards

On Sunday 27 October the first Black British Theatre Awards (BBTA) will take place in Islington, London, at a venue yet to be announced....

Joseph Charles - Sat 19 Oct 2019

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Notting Hill Carnival 2020 Band Launches

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International Soca Monarch semi-finalists announced

Help support the Queen of Soca movie

Chutney Soca Monarch semi-finalists

Benjamin, Lloyd and Walker in 2020 Honours

Maxine Collins, Entrepreneur

Musician Roy Noel passes away

Helena B

Baron marries his manager and partner Sherma Orr

Cummin Up offers a free Christmas meal

Ten Years of Chocolate Nation

Miss Jamaica takes Miss Word 2019 crown

Brother B, we all need some brotherly love

Miss World Trinidad & Tobago speaks to the House of Lords

Avoid flu this winter

Vanya Reid ‘Pan Woman’, 1977-2019

Saint Lucians takeover Las Palmas

Caribbean Tourism Organisation to close its UK doors

Goodbye and thanks for all the sweetness – Beeraahaar bows out

Barbados celebrates 53 years of Independence

Caribbean Airlines hold back on adding Boeing Max 8 to its...

Mustapha Matura

The Commonwealth of Dominica celebratres 41 years of Independence

My Pageant Journey, Lee-Ann Goddard – Ms Trinidad & Tobago 2018

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