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1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Sandra L Blood

   The spine talks (opens the original)

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   When Trinida­di­an so­ca star Denise “Saucy Wow” Bel­fon, one of this year’s (2026) New York City Coun­cil Procla­ma­tion Hon­orees for cul­ture, per­forms and in­structs her au­di­ences: “Put your back in it” and “wine,” she isn’t aware that she’s lit­er­al­ly en­cour­ag­ing/pro­mot­ing spine well­ness. Win­ing is said to re­lieve stiff­ness, im­prove range of mo­tion and pro­mote pelvic aware­ness, while gen­er­al ex­er­cise pre­vents back in­juries and pain. Many peo­ple are born with spinal

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2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Sandra L Blood

   T&T beat reunites Japanese stars (opens the original)

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   Ten years af­ter first meet­ing in Trinidad and To­ba­go (T&T), Japan­ese so­ca singer Ann G (An­gel­la Gius­ti­ni) and reg­gae star HAN-KUN (Takuro Han­za­wa) have re­unit­ed on a T&T-pro­duced track where so­ca, reg­gae and pan meet. The pair teamed up on Radar—a Japan­ese-lan­guage love song—pro­duced by Ke­shav Chan­dra­dath Singh of Jus Now, which was re­leased on Au­gust 28 and is stream­ing on all plat­forms. Built around the in­vis­i­ble con­nec­tion be­tween two peo­ple, Radar ex­plores

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3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Sandra L Blood

   Amari Douglas is 2026 Nevin Roach Award for Excellence in Steelpan winner (opens the original)

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   From pick­ing up the steel­pan at five to lead­ing his school to a na­tion­al Panora­ma fi­nal as a first-time arranger, Amari Dou­glas is steadi­ly carv­ing out his place among To­ba­go’s emerg­ing young mu­si­cians. The 18-year-old has been named the 2026 re­cip­i­ent of the Nevin Roach Award for Ex­cel­lence in Steel­pan, be­com­ing the fifth Bish­op’s High School, To­ba­go, grad­u­ate to re­ceive the ho­n­our. Dou­glas was pre­sent­ed with a tro­phy and cash grant dur­ing the school’s grad­u

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4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Sandra L Blood

   Chef Xenon creates food of art, charm and love (opens the original)

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   At 199 Mil­ford Road in Crown Point, To­ba­go, there lies one of the hum­blest, culi­nary-friend­ly, ap­peal­ing and tal­ent­ed ex­ec­u­tive chefs and restau­ra­teurs. Trinidad-born Xenon Thomas de­vel­oped a dream he had since his ear­ly teenage years: to own a restau­rant—cook good food, show­case the beau­ty of di­verse foods, feed peo­ple, make peo­ple hap­py and cre­ate em­ploy­ment op­por­tu­ni­ties for oth­ers. He grew up in a house where fresh­ly cooked food, art, cul­ture and cre­ativ­i

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5. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Sandra L Blood

   ‘Steeped in heritage’ - the African diaspora’s first footprints of humanity (opens the original)

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   Last De­cem­ber, African singer/record­ing artist Tan­do N’Ko­su re­leased the spo­ken-word/at­mos­pher­ic track and al­bum project, I Am Africa (stylised I Am Afri­ka), which per­son­i­fies the African con­ti­nent as an eter­nal, di­vine moth­er. It speaks about the land, its peo­ple, and its heart­beat – cel­e­brat­ing African her­itage, na­ture, and iden­ti­ty. Its spo­ken open­ing: “I am Africa. The drum that beats with­in your chest. Eter­nal, fierce, and di­vine, fol­lowed by the haunt­ing

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