Trinidad Guardian
As Carnival celebrations continued into Tuesday night, with revellers trying to enjoy the last hours of celebrations on the streets, thousands left the city dejectedly as the music was brought to sudden end at 10 pm. Some pan lovers, who gathered at Coffee Street for Tuesday night’s steelband competition, also left angrily after police reportedly stopped Skiffle Steel Orchestra during their performance, although the celebrations were scheduled to end at midnight.
However, in an interview yesterday, Sr Supt Cecil Santana dispelled those claims, saying that the pan competition was allowed to continue until all bands had played. Explaining, however, why the DJs, food vendors and bars were shut down early, he said all those people operated under special events licenses which expired at 10 pm. Santana said the pan competition was not brought to an abrupt end, as all the bands were allowed to play. The bars, he said, were not functioning because their licenses had expired.
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why we are kept in line by British imperialism, dumbfounds me, I thought we were independent, then why are our leaders still maintaining the codes and statutes, emanating from central London, and the British aristocracy.
I think all our laws, permits and other forms of maintaining order should come from the people, not a imperialist controlled system that I think has run its course and should be abolished.
that's just my take as a black man living in a black populated world but controlled by whites our of west minister
shalom