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DOSE OF REALITY: No significant return, says Mitchell Millions spent promoting Carnival, but...

DAILY EXPRESS September 27th, 2018

More than $500 million was spent on promoting Carnival over the last ten years and Trinidad and Tobago failed to get a significant return in terms of its investment, says Tourism Minister Randall Mitchell.

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Forteau and Michael Joseph: I have to CONGRATULATE you TWO MEN because you all made BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE and THE CIP look like two little HUNGRY DESPERATE PUPPIES yesterday!!!

What a shame to see BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE and THE CIP capitulate like little HUNGRY DESPERATE DOGS yesterday in THAT MEETING!!!

GREGORY LINDSAY: YOU and BEVERLEY owe this forum AN APOLOGY!!!

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Ah doh know nothing about the NEW YORK PAN SCENE and WIADCA but I get the impression that this was a WONDERFUL WEEKEND of CELEBRATION

Leading up to the PANORAMA I did not see the USUAL COMPLAINTS!!! And even though I did not pay much attention to all the BROADCASTS (I only listened to ONE STEELBAND in the PANORAMA -- I tried to give DESPERS USA a listen the following day ... but I

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If it is JUST ABOUT having A WOMAN as PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO -- Then CANDICE ANDREWS-BRUMANT name should be at the TOP OF THE LIST ...

UP THE RANKS to PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO!!!

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PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES: KERON VALENTINE!!!

Newsday September 27th, 2018

This is the CANDIDATE with the BEST RESUME!!!

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This is the question: Has the STEELBAND COMMUNITY in TRINIDAD & TOBAGO evolved SOCIALLY enough to ELECT A WOMAN PRESIDENT(of PAN TRINBAGO)?

And my answer to that question is: NO!!!

So I could not see A WOMAN winning the LAST ELECTION and I still don't see A WOMAN winning this ELECTION. My analysis (right or wrong) does not reveal MY POSITION on the issue. I have said before that I could

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They want to take away my freedom of speech on THIS FORUM: Well yuh think yuh could go to CNN and tell DON LEMON not to BASH TRUMP -- Yuh MAD oh me LARD OHH!!!

Just by chance I was in the middle of formulating a TOPIC about the selection of candidates for the UPCOMING PAN TRINBAGO ELECTIONS. And now it may seem a little reactionary, but it is NOT. So here goes.

After hundreds of emails and phone calls and b

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Dr. Clifford Alexis has been awarded the Chaconia Medal (Silver)

When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Dr. Clifford Alexis.

Dr. Clifford Alexis has been bestowed one of Trinidad and Tobago’s highest honors, the Chaconia Medal (Silver)

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RICHARD FORTEAU is facing a PERSONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: Give up the job and end up a VAGRANT on the STREET or POSTPONE THE ELECTION CYCLE!!!

If I was FORTEAU, I would REVISIT 2012 and POSTPONE THE ELECTIONS until 2021. By that time I would THOROUGHLY FIX MY BUSINESS and then MOVE ON!!!

Ah like the 2021 idea because that will keep DIAZ IN OFFICE til 2020 and my CRYSTAL BALL would not have

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I fully Support the Honorable Beverley Ramsey Moore for the TOP Pan Job of Trinidad and Tobago

I fully Support the Honorable Beverley Ramsey Moore for the top leadership role for Pan in Trinidad and Tobago. Why would someone with her intellect, experience, accomplishments, fair play and fundamental interest in the good of pan be unqualified to

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So where is THE CIP -- if not FRAGMENTED?

THE CIP turned out to be NOTHING BUT MAMAGUY!!! But dey coulda never FOOL ME.

LOOK!!! THE NEW VISIONARIES after how many years reunite and COMING AGAIN with some kinda new sobriquet to fool PAN PLAYERS. And THE CIP split up like ... ah have so many e

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I know that this is a PAN FORUM but this is "CALYPSO HISTORY MONTH" down in the MECCA OF CALYPSO!!!

Think hard about this: Calypso is the first LP record album to sell over one million copies. In the history of AMERICAN MUSIC!!!

Trinidad Guardian (Nasser Khan) September 30th, 2018

Oc­to­ber was of­fi­cial­ly de­clared “Ca­lyp­so His­to­ry Month” in

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SECOND TERM OF PAN CLASSES FOR ADULTS AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE CONCERT.

SECOND TERM OF PAN CLASSES FOR ADULTS AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE CONCERT.

 

By Aquil Arrindell

Poem by Eulalie Colthrust

 

This Saturday 8^thSeptember 2018, our new term of music lessons begin for adults at 10 am and for children at 11.30 am at the San C

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I am looking for MARK JUDGE and BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE and I can't find either one of them ...

Please -- somebody -- bring BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE to THIS FORUM to tell us about her PLAN FOR PAN. Well, it is kind of late to find MARK JUDGE because the OBAMA SUPREME COURT will be almost set (-1) by next week.

But there is a whole month before the

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... and speaking of getting the PAN HISTORY RIGHT both in TRINIDAD and NEW YORK!!!

Neville Jules has stated that Ellie Mannette's claim that he was the first person to sink a 55-gallon drum is a false claim. The modern term for a "false claim" is FAKE NEWS.

Jules said he and Ellie first saw the 55-gallon pan at a pan competition in

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Ken "Professor" Philmore has passed - September 30, 2018

When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Ken “Professor” Philmore. He will be missed.

• New York Champion Arranger Ken “Professor” Philmore Dies From Injuries Sustained In Vehicular Accident In Trinidad
  

• Condolences to The

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Steel band rocks to Danforth Strong

Toronto Sun

The bullets that shattered a beautiful summer night along the Danforth were replaced Sunday with the joyous sounds of a sizzling steel band.

Just before 10 p.m. on July 22, gunshots rang out in one of the city’s most beloved and safest n

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Cecil Hinkson, get a pen and piece of paper and write down these two words: KENDALL WILLIAMS!!!

... and then put the PIECE OF PAPER in a drawer in your bedroom. And I will tell you when to take it out!!!

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Music lovers are mourning the loss of steelband icon Ken “Professor” Philmore

New York Champion Arranger Ken “Professor” Philmore Dies From Injuries Sustained In Vehicular Accident In Trinidad

Global - Music lovers are mourning the loss of steelband icon Ken “Professor” Philmore who passed away around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday 30,

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BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE FEVER ON THE FORUM; EVERYBODY looking to make BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE the Next President of PAN TRINBAGO!!!

Well the least that this candidate could do is to come on THIS FORUM and present her MANIFESTO!!! I don't want no TALKING POINTS eh. I want SPECIFICS. (Allyuh reminding me of the 2006-2012 election campaign period in America with all the GREEN TALK -

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