Open letter to the Pan Fraternity and the National Community
LIES, MORE LIES & DAMN LIES
While Sandra Blood of the Trinidad Guardian Newspaper is “used” to painting a rosy picture of Pan Trinbago, on the other hand there exists a dark side in the Board room of Pan Trinbago, characterized by division, deceit and cronyism.
Evidence of this division became stark reality with the recent resignation of the Vice President Carlan Harewood, with more to follow, and the barring of two other elected Board members from a recent ZOOM Emergency Board Meeting held on Monday 9th August, 2021.
In Blood’s latest attempt in the Guardian to glorify the Pan Trinbago President in her article titled “The Pan President” of Saturday 31st July 2021, she wrote “Pan Trinbago was able to secure a new accommodation at 37 Duke Street West with Ramsey-Moore successfully negotiating first year rent-free occupancy”. Nothing could be further from the truth!
Lies... Damn Lies... The truth is that the Duke Street Headquarters of Pan Trinbago was secured through the efforts of mainly Dane Gulston, together with Gerard Mendez and Carlan Harewood. In fact the President was not present, and had no involvement in the successful negotiations that secured the accommodation of the Pan Trinbago head office. At that time, the President was at her home in Tobago.
Mr. Israel Khan, the proprietor of the building, agreed to allow Pan Trinbago to occupy the building for eighteen months rent free, and not twelve months as was stated. The reasons given by Mr. Khan were: (1) He was in awe at not only Dane Gulston’s presence in his office, but was also very impressed by his talent and mastery of the Tenor pan, and Dane’s dedication and contribution to the nation’s culture. In turn, Mr. Khan saw his gesture as a way to also make his contribution to the nation’s culture.
(2) Mr. Khan acknowledged that we (Pan Trinbago) will have to spend a significant amount of money to make the building habitable.
After the rent-free period of eighteen months, it was Dane Gulston and Gerard Mendez who again went back to Mr. Khan and negotiated, and again was successful in convincing Mr. Khan to fix the rent at only half the market rate, which is what was initially intended. It is important that these facts be known so that the membership is not fooled.
Gerard Mendez
I do not understand how the president, a self-professed paragon of virtue and honesty could tell such blatant lies. Or is it a misprint? I do not understand also how the other members of the Central Executive who know the truth could acquiesce or remain silent in the face of such fabrications. But then again, Elections are coming.
Replies
Gerard Mendez
As a ground floor delegate at Pan Trinbago, you sir have completely failed in your mandate as an elected officer of the Association, you absconded your fidicuary responsibility as constitutionally outlined; You hand over the financial reins to the President and then come to cry Wolf.....on the President of the Association. Furthermore, I put it to you that your illiteracy at understanding your constitutional role, is only overshadowed by the fact that zero financial reports have come from this association under the Ramsey-Moore Tenure.
You are not fit for office. Please do not put yourself up for another office at PanTrinbago. #panBeforeBand not we the North with Carlon Harewood and Dane Gulston, let your friends go back to music, and enjoy your drinks and ole talk in All Stars yard....doh run for no office. Allyuh good for liming, deinking partying and liming, eating ah corn signing checks and rolling on....is different times....we hadda done ah dat. #realtalk
That is ALL Gerard Mendez have to say after ALL THE TIME I spend waiting. I have 20 times more INFORMATION in my files than that. This is a very LAME ASSAULT on BEVERLEY and I will not be surprised if that same REBEL TRIO doh join up with BEVERLEY again and win the next election to keep their PAY CHECKS COMING while PAN MEN and PAN YARDS STARVE.
Now ah have to wait to see what bullets DANE GULSTON is going to shoot -- but DANE is ah kind ah follower so he will only do what the other two tell him to do.
Imagine ROBERT HERNANDEZ hook up with these THREE FELLAHS and think that HE GOING AND BECOME PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO ... dem fellahs go drop him like ah hot potato when OCTOBER 1ST come and they realize that ROBERT lacks the ENTHUSIASM and DYNAMISM and NATIONAL RECOGNITION to win FRIENDS and INFLUENCE DELEGATES in this UPCOMING ELECTION.
Come on GERARD MENDEZ, if you are going to attack BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE bring out some heavy ammunition or I could lend you MY FILES if you want some REAL DIRT.
DANE: Is your turn now ... I am expecting some serious MUCKRAKING from you!!! And don't keep me waiting.
Ah like that CALYPSO REFERENCE that MENDEZ make; allyuh know ah love CALYPSO. And what else is new? Sandra Blood is a BEVERLEY PUPPET just like dem other PUPPETS.