Tobago, W.I. - [Patrick] Arnold [former president of Pan Trinbago] told Tobago News, "This new government will be a big plus for the culture and arts of Trinidad and Tobago." He recalled "it was the last UNC government which gave the carnival interest groups the right to run their own shows and keep the gate receipts." Arnold added, "The carnival groups also had control of the Dimanche Gras show in Trinidad and all the carnival groups were given a substantial increase in their financial grant for carnival." He said "under the PNM, we in Pan Trinbago only received $47,000 to run our affair for a whole year. I often had to use my own money to pay our office staff. It was the then UNC government which changed our situation; we even got land for the development of our head office."
Arnold recalled that "the former UNC government sought to help us develop our organisation so when Ramesh Maharaj was Attorney General, he held weekly meetings with us and when Kamla took over as AG she continued to meet with us but all that ceased when the PNM came back into government."
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why dont they talk when in power
sing for our supper
we know that pnm was only talk and no walk and plenty party and pappyshow
but yet they continued
hope the pan trinbago h q can be completed one day soon
i say this because of the economic situation with whats left