RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Siparia May­or Dood­nath Mayrhoo says he in­tends to press ahead with plans to host a J’Ou­vert cel­e­bra­tion and cul­tur­al ex­trav­a­gan­za for the bor­ough’s an­niver­sary cel­e­bra­tions in June, de­spite op­po­si­tion from Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) coun­cil­lors and a Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) al­der­man who vot­ed against fund­ing mu­sic trucks and a band for the events.

Speak­ing at a press con­fer­ence last week, Mayrhoo ac­cused op­po­si­tion mem­bers of at­tempt­ing to “sti­fle” the progress of the Siparia Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion through po­lit­i­cal ma­noeu­vring ahead of the 2027 Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Elec­tions.