“What is Bor­ough Day with­out a lit­tle bac­cha­nal?” Point Fortin MP Ernesto Ke­sar re­marked on the back-and-forth be­tween him­self and Point Fortin May­or Clyde James over fund­ing for Point Fortin Bor­ough Day 2026.

Both men shook hands as they greet­ed each oth­er at Fri­day’s mil­i­tary pa­rade in the heart of the bor­ough, which saw crowds of res­i­dents lin­ing the streets for the an­nu­al spec­ta­cle. Speak­ing to jour­nal­ists, Ke­sar in­vit­ed T&T, the Caribbean and the world to vis­it Point Fortin for the fes­tiv­i­ties, say­ing the cel­e­bra­tions had al­ready start­ed and were go­ing to be “epic.”

He stressed that de­spite re­cent ten­sions over fund­ing, co­op­er­a­tion re­mained nec­es­sary be­tween him­self and the bor­ough cor­po­ra­tion.