Sharmain Babollal December 10th 2018

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The politician that she is, Beverley Ramsey Moore is making the job as President of Pan Trinbago seem far more important than it really is.
Still riding the wave of being the first woman to be president of the ”World Governing Body of  steelpan, the Katzenjammers frontliner is falling into the mould set by her predecessors bringing nothing new to the table at the same time pulling in “her people” closer to fortify her position.

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  • HIGHLIGHTS:

    “Don't look for money outside of the eight million dollars to treat with your debt,” is what Chairman of the National Carnival Commission, Winston Gypsy Peters is reported to have telegraphed to the new Executive when he met with them.

    She (Beverley) was engaging the Prime Minister and the Minister of Culture  to lend her money to make up the prize money, admin payables and  players’ remittance, a total of TT$ 20 million by her estimation.

    Still “proud and elated to be elected by you as the first female president,”  Ramsey Moore (seen celebrating in the video) said she “never thought we would be in the wide ocean”. Never mind it was willful ignorance.
    “The debt is  in the vicinity of TT$60 million  because a number of bills and figures  that  were not presented to the auditors
    "It’s not TT$30 million as they said before but more like $60 million. We have to reduce expenditure and increase revenue.
    "The government must provide an enabling environment,” she added going for good measure as if she was in a position to call any shots in the government.
    Indeed, Mrs Ramsey Moore does not have the mandate of the divided steel band fraternity. None of the persons who contested the elections against her slate, except for Peter Morancie, showed up at the extraordinary meeting.
    Still on a high Moore declared “ since the elections I have been congratulated everywhere I walk and we need to inspire others to invest in us.”
    But she was less than inspirational, town say, when she was introduced to banker  Richard Young at the Starlift panyard recently.
    'You is the man with the money," she was overheard saying, as Young seemed to have mentally recoiled.
    Everything she had to offer to the membership was coming from the government. That, after all, was the riot act read to her by the Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley when they met at The Invaders’ Parang and Pork. There she was admonished and told not to dare oppose the NCC.
    There was  $24,000 available for spending when we entered.
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    Central Executive. Photo Sharmain Baboolal
    “We owe the bank TT$1.5 million
       “For 2018,  we have TT$7.6 million as the balance. We need TT$12.1 million to pay prizes and  TT$3.6 for players remittances and TT$3 million for admin payables   “Basically we need TT$20 million to clear off all of 2018.
        “We borrowed TT$276,000 to pay the rent and we get out- give us a round of applause,” she declared without clarifying that indeed TT$300,000 was borrowed from PANVESCO.
       “I have spoken to the Prime Minister and Madame Minister and hope to organize to get a loan from the NCC to get the prize money.
    “I borrowed money from the Tobago Region and the Eastern Region,” she declared without specifying the sums of money and what repayment plans there are.
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