A Message from Pan Trinbago

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago Inc. T.C. is a social and cultural body, incorporated by an act of Parliament, Act 5 of 1986 that clearly states its role and function which is further enhanced by cabinet minute no. 2007 of August 7, 1997 - Arrangements for Carnival 1998 and beyond.

Suddenly, in 2017 leading up to the national festival which is Carnival, where the organization produces the national Panorama competition as is the custom, to be a major part of the Carnival, the government of the day through the Ministry of Community Development Culture and the Arts, and the National Carnival Commission (NCC), is hell bent on usurping the role of Pan Trinbago and the two other major interest groups in the national festival and the authority given to them by the acts and the cabinet note of 1998.

Pan Trinbago views this as an infringement of the right to enjoy the fullness of our heritage instrument that was carved out through blood, sweat and tears by our pioneers who suffered humiliation and disrespect by the very society who labelled them rouges and vagabonds and outcasts. Today, after long and continuous struggles and sacrifices to develop this, our indigenous art form, and bring the entertainment and the performance aspect of the industry to an established level of acceptance, whilst we continue to aggressively pursue the production and manufacturing lines of a product that we have nurtured and developed from nothing to a potential billion dollar industry.

Suddenly, to them, we are unable to manage anything, and a forensic audit will be done on Pan Trinbago after the Carnival. We are not averse to any audit. However, for the past twenty years, Pan Trinbago has been providing our members and the line ministry including the National Carnival Commission with an audited statement which shows the state of our finances. Unlike the NCC, who have not had a financial audit into its accounts since 2004, and is in debt of over two hundred million dollars (TTD).

- See more at: http://www.panonthenet.com/news/2017/jan/media-release-pan-trinbago-1-26-2017.htm#sthash.SgZ7afuT.dpuf

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  • Who write that? Tommy or Learie? This executive brazen you know!!! "Lef we leh we carry on we bobol!!!" 

  • I find for an amateur politician Claude, everything that I have recommended to the powers that be, has been implemented,..and I have also RETURNED the Government Grant of $20000.00 for unsponsored bands issued today back to the Culture Ministry...along with our Assistance Grant of $13500.00 back to NCC....in accordance with PanTrinbago Panorama Rules 2017.....

    Todays Guardian, shows that in defiance PanTrinbago executives are in denial.....

    Doctor PM and Minister Dolly bring that government audit on NOW Minister Dolly right now for that foolish insidious act of condemnation to accuse the intervenors of hostile takeover ...before those executive officers BURN DOWN de office like WASA...before de audit even start....... And let the chips fall where they may....for that outta timing remark....please madam...start the audit NOW.......Peace
  • And no where in the Act did it declare the Steelpan a National Emblem along with the other Emblems.

  • Why doesn't Pan Trinbago keep quiet, hush dey mout!  We, through the State, have not taken away their rights to organize the talent of Pan into a sweet Festival for 2017. Stick with that now, nuh, and do it well. P T. We all will enjoy Panorama!.

    We demand that post-Carnival through a legitimate process we begin to bring to an end years of social injustice.

  • Truth be told, NCC has a legal mandate...can they remove Diaz ???

    LIke they say "he who has the GOLD makes the RULES.

    Tuesday, 14 April 2015 14:55

    Douglas: Lopez not fired as NCBA President

    The Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Dr. Lincoln Douglas, has clarified that the President of the National Carnival Bands Association was not fired from the NCBA, but removed from the Board of the National Carnival Commission (NCC).

    The Minister clarified the issue on CTV's Good Morning T&T on Tuesday.

    "Mr. Lopez is in no way removed as the President of the NCBA. What we are talking about here is the NCBA's nominee on the Board of Directors of the National Carnival Commission. The National Carnival Commission has oversight of all Carnival activities in Trinidad and Tobago."

    The Minister also explained that the various Carnival interest groups like Pan Trinbago, TUCO and the NCBA have representatives on the Board of the National Carnival Commission and they have all been requested to submit a report about the aspects of Carnival under their management.

    "Two of the Special Interest Groups responded, Pan Trinbago and TUCO, and the only one who didn't respond was the NCBA via Mr. Lopez. We wrote him a second time and said could you send the report and basically his response to that was that it's none of my business. In other words, he said this was confidential to the NCBA."

    http://ctvtt.com/ctv/index.php/c-news/news/item/4095-douglas-lopez-...

    • What is the problem? Just withhold funding.

  • Utter nonsense Pan Trinbago. Enough is enough.

  • After reading that I feel like I just got a Jedi mind trick done to me.

    JEDI MIND TRICK

    The Force can have a powerful effect on the weak-minded, a phenomenon Jedi sometimes take advantage of in pursuing their missions. An experienced Jedi can use the Force to implant a suggestion in the minds of those they encounter, encouraging them to comply with the Jedi’s wishes.

    • Andy they are not Jedi.  They are The Sith Order. Aliens who utilized the dark side of the Force. 

      the_sith_lord__darth_maul_pt_ii_by_synthesys-d9mmgwf.jpg?width=500

  • Well, the Mardi Gras (French Creoles/White People/Syrians/Politicians and Andy Narell) all want to launch a hostile takeover to control the BILLION DOLLAR industry that is PAN -- built by the BLOOD, SWEAT, TEARS and PAIN of the Canboulay (Black Men and Women) over the last 70 years in Trinidad and Tobago.

    So the question is: Whose side will the WHEN STEEL TALK FORUMITES take? Please tell the PRO which side you are on!!!

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