Thursday, April 12, 2007

Mas on D Road Again for 2008

This article taken from yesterdays express says it all. According to the Minister of Culture,Joan Yuille-Williams, construction of the National Carnival and Entertainment Centre would not be completed in time for Carnival 2008.

She said it would be built by 2009, which means masqueraders could find themselves parading on the road in front of the Queen's Park Savannah next year, as they did for Carnival this year.

$450m Carnival Centre comes to a halt

-Juhel Browne


Wednesday, April 11th 2007


Construction of the proposed $450 million National Carnival and Entertainment Centre has come to a halt because the design is being reviewed.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning made the announcement yesterday almost a month and a half after the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (Udecott) said the Request for Proposals for the project were to have been issued "in the coming weeks". Read more...

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