South Quay, Port-of-Spain erupt­ed with colour, rhythm and Car­ni­val en­er­gy yes­ter­day, as mas­quer­aders pa­rad­ed be­fore judges and spec­ta­tors in a daz­zling dis­play of cre­ativ­i­ty and spir­it for Car­ni­val Tues­day.

The spe­cial unit com­pris­ing of­fi­cers from the Li­cens­ing Di­vi­sion and the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) was kept busy en­forc­ing ve­hi­cle reg­u­la­tions over the Car­ni­val week­end.

Po­lice of­fi­cers re­cov­ered nine knives and one icepick dur­ing an an­ti-crime op­er­a­tion in San Fer­nan­do for the J’ou­vert cel­e­bra­tions on Car­ni­val Mon­day,.

South mas­quer­aders ar­rived late as usu­al in San Fer­nan­do yes­ter­day, but the wait was worth it as they daz­zled in all their splen­dour, show­cas­ing not on­ly cre­ativ­i­ty but ex­cep­tion­al use of re­cy­cled ma­te­ri­als in their de­signs.

Af­ter mas­quer­aders’ hec­tic two-day “Pardy,” the po­lit­i­cal par­ties re­sume ac­tiv­i­ty from to­day with sub­mis­sion of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment’s (PNM) Tabaquite gen­er­al elec­tion nom­i­nees ahead.

A shoot­ing in­ci­dent around 4.30 pm near the St James Mar­ket has left one man dead and three peo­ple in­jured, as the an­nu­al Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions wind down here.

Carlis­ton “Ca­lyp­so Kerr” Kerr, the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion’s co­or­di­na­tor for Coun­ty Ca­roni is ap­peal­ing for re­gion­al Car­ni­val bod­ies to re­ceive full fund­ing to meet their bud­gets to en­sure suc­cess­ful events. He made the plea be­fore the start of Mon­day Night Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions host­ed by the Ch­agua­nas Bor­ough Car­ni­val Com­mit­tee.

Three masked men at­tacked a fam­i­ly at their Pe­nal home late Mon­day night, killing a 62-year-old re­tiree dur­ing a vi­o­lent rob­bery.

A day af­ter a mu­sic truck killed San Fer­nan­do res­i­dent and flag bear­er Sel­wyn Lit­tle dur­ing Car­ni­val Mon­day cel­e­bra­tions, Mon Re­pos/Navet Coun­cil­lor Nigel Cout­ti­er ex­pressed sor­row over the in­ci­dent.

On Car­ni­val Mon­day, of­fi­cers seized sev­er­al weapons and ar­rest­ed a man dur­ing an an­ti-crime op­er­a­tion at San Fer­nan­do J’Ou­vert cel­e­bra­tions.

Po­lice are search­ing for a man who stabbed an el­der­ly labour­er to death be­fore at­tack­ing his cousin at their Vista­bel­la home on Car­ni­val Mon­day.

Kes The Band touched hearts and unit­ed bod­ies in move­ments and melodies when they cel­e­brat­ed their 20th an­niver­sary in fine style at the IzWe Fes­ti­val last Tues­day night.