Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has ac­cused the Gov­ern­ment of ar­ro­gance, claim­ing it is push­ing through ma­jor leg­is­la­tion with­out giv­ing the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) and key stake­hold­ers ad­e­quate time for con­sul­ta­tion.

The In­ter­na­tion­al So­ca Monarch (ISM) com­pe­ti­tion will re­turn to Trinidad and To­ba­go’s cap­i­tal for Car­ni­val 2027 and will ho­n­our the late, leg­endary ca­lyp­son­ian Slinger “Mighty Spar­row” Fran­cis­co. 

The clo­sure of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Car­ni­val Mu­se­um has prompt­ed in­ter­ven­tion from Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Min­is­ter Michelle Ben­jamin, who says she has di­rect­ed min­istry of­fi­cials to en­gage the in­sti­tu­tion’s lead­er­ship as ef­forts be­gin to ex­plore ways to re­open it.

Vet­er­an pro­mot­er Randy Glas­gow has re­newed his call for the Grand Stand at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah to be re­named in ho­n­our of Slinger “Mighty Spar­row” Fran­cis­co, months af­ter first propos­ing the trib­ute.