Reply by odw on September 13, 2015 at 1:07pm
The bio is impressive, but she's a novice in this particular area, under her portfolio Pan Trinbago is a different horse compared to TUCO and the other stake holders in the carnival industry. This will be on the job training for her, no hating here. I can understand the challenge she faces. The dynamics at play is going to be interesting for us to see. Again who's going to be the SHOT CALLER? We saw what happen to Gypsy when he tried to restrict their allocation. Lincoln tried to get them to provide data on their accounting and nothing happened. Has the public seen any accounting breakdown on the cost to stage the last Panorama or any of the pan competitions from the last 5 - 10 years? All I'm hearing is the members still waiting to get PAID. Correct me if I'm wrong. [And when is the FORENSIC AUDIT REPORT going to be released?]
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odw: Yuh real good, boy!!! Yuh get the PAN TRINBAGO VICE PRESIDENT (IN WAITING) to come on here and pay you a BIG COMPLIMENT. No other than the ALMOST RIGHT HONOURABLE GREGORY LINDSAY!!!!
And doh matter how I try to invite that man to come on this forum and do a little "Q" and "A" with the forum the man refuse meh offer.
Hey, maybe a caneman could have been PT prez. Wake me when it's over.
Ah CANEMAN as PT PREZ? Yuh want riot in the land or what? The next thing you will tell me that you want to see an AFRO-AMERICAN as GRAND WIZARD of the KKK. Boy dem AFRICAN-AMERICAN players make meh lose all meh money yesterday. They so focused on sitting down and kneeling down for the ANTHEM -- that when the game start dey playing in SIT DOWN and KNEEL DOWN and PROTEST mode and BIG BIG TEAMS loss to the worst teams in the league. And is me who pay the price.
But when yuh check the POLITICAL BRASS TACKS dem doh even know who the REAL ENEMY IS!!!
The "SHOT CALLER" is THE RIGHT HONOURABLE KEITH DIAZ!!! When KEITH DIAZ talk -- no damn dog bark!!! Look how he pay dem PAN PLAYERS $500 and everybody grab the check and run to the bank like if it was a MILLION DOLLARS. And look how he get DOCTOR DOLLY to DEEP SIX the FORENSIC AUDIT REPORT like if she was a real political novice. And look how he clear the overhanging debt and get a brand new slate to approach PANORAMA 2018 without the bounced checks or the banks grabbing the NCC deposit check or the stress of the LUXURY VEHICLES or De Silva hassling him (to the point of a heart attack) or Byron Serrette running his mouth in the MEDIA.
Is only Aquil Arrindell and Gregory Lindsay who eh get the 411 yet that KEITH DIAZ stands alone as the SUPREME LEADER of PAN IN THE MECCA until 2020.
Claude yuh missing the logistics here, the process was initiated by CIP they got the checks delivered.
Your big “Shot Caller” is more a Big SHOUT Caller, not politically astute enough to demonstrate the political skills-sets needed to handle the complexities of this (PT) organization. I can recall you saying at that time Diaz will eat Dr. Dolly raw, now she colluding with Diaz to con pan men and women?
If de man so politically skillful, when Rowley announced Aunty Joan will assist with the completion of the headquarters, he should’ve jumped at the opportunity to negotiate some deals to get it done. Smart money will tell you to draft up a PLAN to show the PM you both on the same page in addressing his concerns for the steelband movement.
A good manager or business leader would have seen the political advantages in getting it done. In business today personality may count for some. RESULTS is what distinguish the amateurs from the pros.
Rowley also assign Aunty Joan to mentor Dr. Dolly, let’s see who is being PLAYED. When George Goddard was functioning as the unpaid LEADER in the steelband movement he had the Doctor’s ear and STOOD his ground when it came to representing the membership. My guess is with his (Diaz) back against the wall, his integrity being question, your trust-worthiness becomes an issue. No negotiations with government to help advance the steelband movement?
Diaz modus operandi as a bar owner was to pay pan men to perform and have them spend the money at his bar. He did say that experience helped him run a steelband organization which got him elected as their leader. If pan people are willing to settle for this level of mediocrity I say they might just as well sign up for Trump University. If yuh don’t know better you can’t expect anything better.
PM to help find Pan Trinbago a home…
Published on Sep 23, 2015, 9:12 pm AST
After calling the unfinished structure that was intended to be Pan Trinbago’s headquarters in Trincity an “eyesore which represents the worst of Trinidad and Tobago”, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said: “We have to return to the idea of finding a suitable headquarters for Pan Trinbago.”
Rowley was the featured speaker at Caribbean Airlines Invaders Steel Orchestra’s 75th anniversary gala awards and dinner on Tuesday night at the Banquet Hall and Conference Centre at MovieTowne, Port of Spain.
“The building is a relic, something we refuse to accept. Maybe it was to be something marvelous that did not get to the right stage, but it is now standing in a canefield,” said Rowley.
“Why not find a place in Port of Spain for the headquarters? Some things belong in the city. It draws on its location and the headquarters of the steelpan should be where people are. It is within our ability to find a location; we have to fix that. Maybe we can use the building in Trincity for something else. But we will help. Anything I can do from the office I now hold will be done,” he added. ‘Yuille-Williams to assist’
Rowley said former minister of culture Joan Yuille-Williams, who was present at the Invaders function, will be talking to Pan Trinbago to assist. He also spoke about the issue of a home for CAL Invaders and said he hoped it was settled and, if not, it should be.
The Prime Minister touched on the discipline and disorder that come with playing pan—a discipline from which the national community can learn.
Using Panorama practice as an example, Rowley said: “Sometimes the arranger is trying to get a passage right, but almost everyone in the band is playing what they want. But it soon comes together and the piece is perfect.”
Talking about the Panorama competition, Rowley said: “We should unshackle ourselves from Panorama being the pinnacle of pan. The competition is limiting the instrument and the arrangers.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20150923/news/pm-to-help-find-pan-tr...
If you gave the CIP a CUBAN CIGAR and a BOX OF MATCHES -- they could NOT LIGHT THE CIGAR, politically speaking. They had ZERO to do with those CHECKS. That was a PRIVATE DEAL worked out between DR. DIAZ and DR. DOLLY.
I remember this article so well because ONE WORD stood out above ALL ELSE: "CANEFIELD!!!"
The "SHOT CALLER" reminded DOLLY who REALLY HAS THE POLITICAL POWER. So she FELL IN LINE and started to dance to KEITH DIAZ MUSIC. So there was no need to PICK SHE UP and PUT SHE INSIDE a BIG BIG POT!!!