Mr Kenny De Silva should be made Chairman for Life at the National Carnival Commission (NCC). Free entry to the North Stand for the Traditional Mas on Monday and a most sensible fee of $50 for Carnival Tuesday, will considerably recoup some of the money spent each year on this expensively constructed venue.
Vendors will stand to make a profit by selling delicacies to both locals and tourists. The same for Carnival Tuesday when I expect that the North Stand will be filled to capacity.
No mention was made of the entrance fee for the Grand Stand which, because of obscene over-pricing, has been practically empty for the Kings and Queens of the Carnival shows. This fee needs to be cut by 50 per cent or more. These past few years we have seen judges, the media and revellers but very few spectators.
Many spectators have taken to the streets thereby making it slow moving for bands navigating downtown Port-of-Spain. If Mr De Silva can guarantee adequate and well-policed parking at the Savannah things could start looking like long ago. And please Mr De Silva, toilets, toilets, toilets everywhere so the visitors can see that T&T exists in the 21st century.
This Carnival presents the opportunity for the entire police service to step up to the plate and make 2017 the safest one ever.
Our police are in dire need of a political face lift in this country where image is everything.
Lynette Joseph,
Diego Martin