Police have blamed the carelessness of parents for the high incidents of children being separated from their guardians during this year’s Carnival.

Plagued by controversy for its lyrical content, multi-title Road March winners Burning Flames copped top honours last night as the Carnival curtains came down with their “Kick Een She Back Doh” song.

Six stabbings, a shooting and a man struck on the head with an object, are just a few of the reports of violence that kept lawmen and emergency medical personnel busy on Sunday and Monday.

Two newcomers to the Party Monarch finals have promised to bring their A-games to take home the top spots on August 4.

The curtains are finally coming down on Antigua’s carnival festivities today after the final day of the annual celebration was postponed by four days because of bad weather.

Tropical Storm Emily may have rained, quite literally, on the Carnival Development Committee’s parade on Tuesday, but the CDC now hopes that Saturday would prove to the ideal day for a redo.