Rishard Khan

rishard.khan@guardian.co.tt

Dis­cus­sions con­tin­ue in­to the fate of the Ca­lyp­so and Ex­tem­po monarch com­pe­ti­tions to­day and the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC) Chair­man, Win­ston "Gyp­sy" Pe­ters hopes a de­ter­mi­na­tion can come as ear­ly as Tues­day af­ter­noon.

In a brief up­date with Guardian Me­dia, Pe­ters said the NCC is meet­ing with the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) at 2 pm.

"I am hav­ing a meet­ing with TU­CO's rep­re­sen­ta­tives to look at their fi­nances," he said.

The com­pe­ti­tions hang in lim­bo as TU­CO says the $1.5 mil­lion al­lo­cat­ed for them is not enough to run both events. Over the week­end TU­CO's Act­ing Pres­i­dent Ains­ley King told Guardian Me­dia a min­i­mum of $1 mil­lion will be need­ed again to car­ry on both shows.