In the early hours of Saturday 9 July Saint Lucia crowned new Groovy and Power Soca Monarchs, the finals of the competition were held to a packed crowd at The SAB, Vigie Playing Field, Castries, Saint Lucia.

The Groovy segment saw nine competitors while the Power soca segment, saw ten performances.

In the end, Saint Lucia crowned two new monarchs, the results are as follows:

Groovy Soca Monarch

Winner: Ricky T – Live Life (Mal Palé)
First runner-up: Ti Blaxx – Purge Them Out
Second runner-up: Qpid – One In A Million
Third runner-up: Ezra D’Funmachine – Drift

Power Soca Monarch

Winner: Fross – Eat Man Money
First runner-up: Ricky T – Done
Second runner-up: Dhirv 2Funny – Are You Dumb
Third runner-up: Ezra D’Funmachine – Pass me Straight

Dezral made his calypso debut during the truncated 2022 season with two winning tunes; Legacy and Calling all Saints. His entries landed him in the final which took place on July 9 at the Sab playing field. 10 finalists—including Ti Carro, who began the night as the incumbent calypso monarch from 2019—infused theater and theatrics supported by compelling prologues and concluding epilogues of their musical offerings to make a case for the 2022 Calypso Monarch title.

A police operation landed one man in custody after the discovery of a very large quantity of what is believed to be cocaine on Sunday, July 10, in Dennery.

Details surrounding the incident are still coming in, however, the suspect is expected to make a court appearance today to answer to charges.

Meanwhile, an investigation is also ongoing into the discovery of about five kilos of cocaine at the General Post Office on Friday, July 8.

Information received is that the drugs were destined for England.

There are no further details at this time.

Chastanet made the comments Wednesday during the HTS Evening News.

He said he had zero confidence in Pierre’s offer to solve the problems.

“He has a problem with tourism. He has a problem with agriculture. He has a problem with manufacturing. In fact, the entire economy is starting to collapse under him, and he has no solutions,” Chastanet declared.

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