The Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC) is al­lo­cat­ing a mere $750,000 to the San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion to run Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions in the south­ern city.

While San Fer­nan­do May­or Robert Par­ris says that $1.5 mil­lion to $2 mil­lion would have been suf­fi­cient to ex­e­cute their plans, he ac­knowl­edges that the al­lo­ca­tion took in­to ac­count the eco­nom­ic sit­u­a­tion of T&T, re­quir­ing a bal­anced and cre­ative ap­proach. He was speak­ing to re­porters at Skin­ner Park yes­ter­day, where he ad­dressed teach­ers at a re­ju­ve­na­tion work­shop ahead of the Ole Mas Com­pe­ti­tion at South Park Mall next week.

The work­shop aimed to teach the younger gen­er­a­tion about satire and so­cial com­men­tary as in­te­gral as­pects of the ole mas art form.