IFInnis Francis

1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Innis Francis

   Building the community, one young athlete at a time (opens the original)

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   Bri­an Lon­don has carved his name in Trinidad and To­ba­go’s cul­tur­al land­scape, but he has al­so worked be­hind the scenes with young peo­ple who as­pire to be­come ath­letes. Hav­ing ac­quired na­tion­al recog­ni­tion as a lo­cal artist, he is al­so an avid sports­man. Lon­don’s hu­mil­i­ty is flat­ter­ing; he sim­ply wants peo­ple to see him as a man who is a “builder of young peo­ple.” A mile­stone ac­com­plish­ment for most ca­lyp­so­ni­ans, he made it to Di­manche Gras 12 times, in­clu

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2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Innis Francis

   Demi’s legacy gives young talents a chance to shine (opens the original)

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   En­ter­tain­er Damion Melville con­tin­ues to keep the can­dle of char­i­ty lit through the lega­cy of his daugh­ter, De­mi Melville, by nur­tur­ing the hearts and tal­ents of oth­er young girls and boys. Through fundrais­ing events, Melville hosts the De­mi Melville En­ter­tain­ment Con­cert three times a year, show­cas­ing the tal­ents of chil­dren while rais­ing funds to help oth­ers. More than 20 young­sters took to the stage at the Pleas­antville Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre for the gospel con­cert

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3. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Innis Francis

   Carlene Wells: From calypso stages to gospel ministry (opens the original)

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   A name syn­ony­mous with the en­ter­tain­ment in­dus­try of Trinidad and To­ba­go, and who stood in the are­na along­side sev­er­al oth­er strong fe­male front­line acts who helped to pave the way for many of the tal­ents hap­pen­ing to­day, is Car­lene Wells. Wells, dur­ing her sec­u­lar years as an en­ter­tain­er, is a for­mer Ju­nior Ca­lyp­so Monarch win­ner, placed third as a pre­vi­ous Song Fes­ti­val fi­nal­ist, and a fe­male front­line act with sev­er­al of the lead­ing ca­lyp­so bands i

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4. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Innis Francis

   Exosia Mas: When the legends of mas become the muse (opens the original)

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   You know your worth when oth­ers qui­et­ly present you with flow­ers for your body of work. When you are recog­nised as one of the greats who have pro­duced abun­dant­ly for the cul­tur­al land­scape of Trinidad and To­ba­go, be­ing no­ticed speaks vol­umes. This came in the 2027 band launch pre­sen­ta­tion from Ex­osia Mas, Leg­ends of Mas, at the Li­ons Cul­tur­al Cen­tre in Port-of-Spain re­cent­ly. Band­leader Col­in Prov­i­dence said the works of the pi­o­neer­ing band lead­ers in­spired th

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5. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Innis Francis

   Big Man Ting: How a family trip sparked a food business (opens the original)

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   When you hear “Big Man Ting” (BMT) in col­lo­qui­al lan­guage, it means se­ri­ous busi­ness that on­ly an adult can han­dle. With that in mind, BMT is the sig­na­ture food of Irie Dawgz Grill­mas­ters: burg­ers and hot dog meals. Irie Dawgz Grill­mas­ters is a fu­sion of grilled food that caters to the taste buds of loy­al cus­tomers, es­tab­lished by Ke­shav Shaun Ramdeen. It was a sim­ple fam­i­ly trip to Mar­gari­ta that opened his eyes to bring­ing the “wow fac­tor, keep­ing in line with a v

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