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Licensing crackdown stall bands on avenue
A contingent of Licensing Officers yesterday cracked down on several music trucks carrying food, mobile restrooms and drinks for large mas bands, as they crossed one of the National Carnival...
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Downtown show for spectators
Apart from the late start of the mas bands crossing the judging point at South Quay, Port-of-Spain judging point yesterday, at times, there were lengthy gaps between bands and intervals of...
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Full Extreme overload at Savannah
Please play other soca music and not only Full Extreme.That was the plea from the Master of Ceremonies on the public address system at the Queen’s Park Savannah (QPS) yesterday as Carnival celebrations...
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13 females killed since Shannon
The public outcry following the December murder of bank worker Shannon Banfield may have subsided, but the brutal killing of females has continued with 13 women meeting their untimely demise since...
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Community in turmoil
Despite having a vigilant community watch and a snarling dog to protect them, two Siparia women met a brutal death at the hands of robbers just before the start of the hectic Carnival weekend.Police...
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96 kilos of weed seized in Cedros
Police have launched a manhunt for two men after seizing over $.7 million in high grade marijuana during a road block in Cap-de-ville, Cedros, on Carnival Monday.The marijuana, sealed in 170...
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Jammin’ still on Big Stage
The sun shone.They jammed.The rain came down.They were jamming still.When a medic was urgently needed for a masquerader, they still jammed.Even when a music truck broke down, they remained jamming.And...
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Socadrome delivers good entertainment
Despite rumours that Socadrome would have been no more after Carnival 2016, it was back yesterday, bigger and better and deemed the “Ultimate Carnival Experience” by the vast majority of spectators.The...
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Infamous Jackson doctor among revellers
Grenada-born, Trinidad-raised Dr Conrad Murray, the doctor blamed in Michael Jackson’s accidental death in 2009, was again in town to play mas with Hart’s Ultraviolet Jungle yesterday.Murray, who has...
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Sando parties to the Full Extreme
Although the number of masqueraders on the streets of San Fernando for Carnival 2017 seemed to have dwindled, those who came out in their vibrant, colourful costumes hit the streets to the ‘Full...
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Unacceptable
National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Kenny De Silva has apologised to the country, patrons and viewers of Sunday’s Dimanche Gras show for a number of production errors during the event.Following...
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Chaguanas reviving traditional mas
Traditional mas will stay on the Chaguanas Borough Corporation’s calendar of events, deputy chairman of the Chaguanas Carnival Committee, Orlando Nagessar, has promised.Nagessar made the comment during...
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Bring Asami’s killer to justice
One year after former Japanese pannist Asami Nagakiya was murdered in Port-of-Spain, Japanese DJ Selector Hemo is calling on the police here to ensure her killer is brought to justice.Nagakiya’s body...
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Coast Guard in record cocaine haul
Members of the T&T Coast Guard collaborated with their US counterparts in intercepting a fishing vessel carrying 4.2 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated street value of TT$837 million last month.In...
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Greed linked to crime spike
Archbishop Joseph Harris yesterday called upon Roman Catholics to be less materialistic in their lives as they prepare for Lent.Harris made the call while delivering the homily at the Ash Wednesday...
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Pos Mayor: Full Extreme reflected T&T culture
Port-of-Spain Mayor Joel Martinez says the 2017 Road March “Full Extreme” by MX Prime and Ultimate Rejects, with lyrics which says “the city could bun down, we jammin’ still”, is part of T&T’s...
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Veera’s baptism in Carnival
“Don’t let your disability hold you back. Enjoy life and make the best of it.”This was the message yesterday from 28-year-old Veera Bhajan, who was born without arms, to people who saw their disability...
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Police report drop in Carnival-related crimes
The T&T Police Service (TTPS) yesterday announced an 11 per cent reduction in serious crimes during this year’s Carnival celebrations.Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police Deodat Dulalchan made the...
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Zoo mourns Crocky’s death
Staff at the Emperor Valley Zoo have been plunged into mourning following the passing of one of its longest kept residents —a 55-year-old American male crocodile popularly known as “Crocky.”A...
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Aftermath of Carnival in Woodbrook Less paint, more urine
J’Ouvert revellers and masqueraders apparently heeded the warning of possible prosecution and spared many Woodbrook residents the expense of repainting walls and pressure washing buildings.Instead...
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