Newsday FEB 3, 2022
"TWO days after National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Winston “Gypsy” Peters announced that $25-$30 million has been allocated for a scaled-down version of Carnival, the government said on Wednesday no such budget has yet been approved.
Minister of Tourism, Culture, and the Arts Randall Mitchell, at a news conference at the ministry at Waterfront Towers, Port of Spain, said the figure quoted by Peters was “indicative” and has not been approved by the Cabinet."
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