Employees at the Department of Culture have downed tools refusing to work until government moves swiftly to address the leaky roof, smelly offices, and mouldy environment in which they have been working for months.

Prize winners for the 2011 Carnival celebrations have been paid only five weeks before they are due to yet again showcase their skills for this year’s festivities.

Culture Minister Eleston Adams has given the clearest indication yet of when victorious Carnival contenders will get their prize monies, promising the payout in a matter of weeks.

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.

The public will have to wait another week to find out who will lead the Carnival Development Committee (CDC) after Minister of Culture Eleston “Namba” Adams failed to deliver on a commitment to name the members of the board yesterday.

Minister of Culture Eleston ‘Namba’ Adams has shrugged off suggestions that the five-month vacuum faced by the Carnival Development Committee (CDC)

Minister of Culture Eleston Adams can’t make up his mind on whether the kind of lyrical war waged by the two of the Edwards brothers of Burning Flame’s fame is harmful or beneficial.