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MACHEL, VOICE IN TIGHT RACE
Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2026

MACHEL, VOICE IN TIGHT RACE
Road March battle goes down to the wire

Asami's last Carnival
Ten years later...

Dear Editor: Political commentary isn't all that Calypso is missing—where is the fun?
Where is the music to ‘turn a woman's body into jelly'? Where is the fun? The celebration? The ‘Spirit of Carnival'? (Fun fact: that actually used to be a judging criterion in Calypso).

"Long gone are the days when a calypsonian could win with a rum song paired with a party tune about fighting on Carnival Day! (Sparrow 1972 – Drunk & Disorderly and Rope). Once upon a time it was almost unthinkable that the Calypso Monarch would not also win Road March…"

Brutally beaten: Elderly home invasion survivor dies weeks later
Police are investigating the death of 79-year-old Mathodius Mathura, a man who had previously survived a brutal home invasion, after his body was found at a senior day care facility in D'Abadie on Tuesday.



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