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'MUSIC PIONEER’:
Herbert Ed Watson
‘MUSIC PIONEER’: Herbert Ed Watson

‘Dr Soca’ has died at 93

(Trinidad Express) Music pioneer and arranger of the Lord Kitchener hit “Sugar Bum Bum” Herbert Ed Watson has died.

FILE PHOTO: People shop for supplies in a supermarket ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Bridgetown, Barbados June 30, 2024.  REUTERS/Nigel R Browne/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People shop for supplies in a supermarket ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Bridgetown, Barbados June 30, 2024. REUTERS/Nigel R Browne/File Photo

Hurricane Beryl ‘extremely dangerous’ as it gains strength in Caribbean

PORT OF SPAIN / KINGSTOWN,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl strengthened as it churned toward the Caribbean’s Windward Islands today, according to officials, threatening devastating flooding and storm surges as life-threatening high winds picked up speed.

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