RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Con­tro­ver­sy fol­lowed the re­sults of Ca­lyp­so Fi­es­ta 2026 on Sat­ur­day night at Skin­ner Park, San Fer­nan­do, af­ter sev­er­al ca­lyp­so­ni­ans with strong po­lit­i­cal and so­cial com­men­tary failed to ad­vance to the grand fi­nal of the Na­tion­al Ca­lyp­so Monarch com­pe­ti­tion.

The out­come sparked de­bate among pa­trons and artistes at Skin­ner Park, with re­newed ques­tions about whether po­lit­i­cal kaiso was be­ing qui­et­ly side­lined by the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) and the judges, de­spite ca­lyp­so’s his­toric role as the voice of the peo­ple.