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A DAY after the prime minister banned all fetes at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy (BLCA) in Tarouba, the TT Promoters Association (TTPA) has described the sudden ban on using not only the academy, but all Udecott-controlled facilities to host fetes and other Carnival-related events as “destructive, short-sighted and a death knell for the entertainment industry.”

In a press release issued on November 12, the association called for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in the hope that she would reconsider her decision.

However, in a terse response to a query by Newsday, the prime minister said on the evening of November 12: “I have no intention of meeting with the TTPA. The decision stands and will not be reversed.”