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Hillsborough, Carriacou, October 26th, 2023 – Preliminary work has commenced on the design and construction of a Halls of Justice for Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Registrar in the Attorney General’s Office, Xiomara Cherubim-Forsyth, led a […]

The services of a pan tuner have been secured to help with plans to revitalize steelpan playing within communities of Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Trinidad tuner Federico Gay, under an arrangement through the Division of […]

1996 is a pivotal year, for many reasons, for Calypso in Grenada. It will be the last ever Calypso Competition at the venue known as Queen’s Park, it will be the first Calypso title for […]

After three consecutive wins (1990,1991, 1992) Edson ‘Ajamu’ Mitchell opted out of the competition for the 1993 Carnival season. Many reasons were proffered for that decision but as always, the Calypsonian best documents current affairs […]

‘Last year the race was tough to the monarchy Everybody was rough, hard and ready’. These are the opening lines to Inspector’s 1991 song entitled, They Kill The King. Those lines inferred the quality of the Calypso competition […]

Arthur ‘Smokey’ Stephen won two Calypso titles in 1985 and 1986 with what could be considered heavy-hitting songs with immense lyrical content addressing political disturbances and social ills. In 1986 Edson ‘Ajamu’ Mitchell made the […]

The collapse of the Grenada Revolution in October of 1983 meant that the Flying Turkey who was serving in the People’s Revolutionary Army was once again private citizen Cecil Belfon and available to partake in […]