Ven­dors had mixed views on Car­ni­val Tues­day con­cern­ing the ban on glass bot­tles in se­lect­ed ar­eas which in­clud­ed Port-of-Spain, San Fer­nan­do, the ma­jor bor­oughs and oth­er ur­ban ar­eas.

While Car­ni­val mur­ders de­clined this year, road fa­tal­i­ties in­creased with at least six peo­ple dy­ing in ve­hic­u­lar ac­ci­dents dur­ing the fes­tive sea­son.

Lovers of Tra­di­tion­al mas were treat­ed on Car­ni­val Mon­day night, when the Ch­agua­nas Car­ni­val Com­mit­tee staged its Tra­di­tion­al Mas show­case at Ram­saran Street, Ch­agua­nas.

De­spite the an­nu­al grap­pling for funds with the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC), San Fer­nan­do May­or Ju­nia Re­grel­lo says the busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty and band­lead­ers made this year’s cel­e­bra­tion pos­si­ble in the south­ern city.

Kees and Iw­er George’s “Stage Gone Bad” song seems to be the front run­ner for the 2020 Road March ti­tle.

Lil­lan Pierre is the 2020 Queen of J’Ou­vert, while her fa­ther Her­bert “Nat­ty” Pierre is the King of J’Ou­vert.

Of­fi­cers said on Mon­day morn­ing res­i­dents dis­cov­ered the body of Jabari Noel al­so known as “Fat­ta” while putting out the garbage.

Over­cast skies and a driz­zle failed to damp­en the spir­its of mas­quer­aders dur­ing the San Fer­nan­do Car­ni­val Com­mit­tee’s Pa­rade of Bands yes­ter­day.

The as­phalt was the stage, but rev­ellers mashed it up, shelled it down and if it was pos­si­ble, they would have “tun it over” for J’Ou­vert cel­e­bra­tions in San Fer­nan­do.

Vet­er­an mas­quer­aders Ted Eu­stace and Rox­anne Oma­lo were crowned this year’s Car­ni­val King and Queen, ear­ly Mon­day morn­ing.

iCan­dy has won the 2020 Ch­agua­nas J’Ou­vert Band of the year ti­tle with its pre­sen­ta­tion of Mas­quer­ade.

Sev­er­al ar­rests were made and il­le­gal weapons seized dur­ing a se­ries of an­ti-crime op­er­a­tions over the week­end con­duct­ed by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS).