Carisa Lee

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Pro­mot­ers As­so­ci­a­tion has se­cured a meet­ing with Min­is­ter of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Michelle Ben­jamin to­mor­row at a time and lo­ca­tion that has not yet been dis­closed.

This meet­ing comes in the wake of Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s an­nounce­ment that ma­jor sport­ing fa­cil­i­ties—in­clud­ing the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my (BLCA), the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um, and the Jean Pierre Com­plex—will no longer be avail­able for fetes as part of a wider crack­down on noise pol­lu­tion. Her an­nounce­ment has land­ed just months be­fore Car­ni­val 2026 (Feb­ru­ary 16 and 17), with many pro­mot­ers hav­ing al­ready booked events at these venues.