Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
UNC Political Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is greeted by Wake Ife Assembly drummer Richard Lewis on her arrival at the Southern Marine Pan Theatre’s Emancipation Day celebrations, Southern Main Road, Marabella.Marabella, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she will create a pan factory in T&T when she returns as Prime Minister.
Speaking at Emancipation celebrations held at Southern Marines Pan Theatre at the Marabella Trainline on Emancipation Day, Persad-Bissessar said it was regrettable that T&T invented the steelpan but does not sell the instrument.
“If you want to buy a steelpan right now you have to go to Japan to buy one. You think that is right?” she questioned.
Saying she planned to work closely with Pan Trinbago to expand steelpan education and training, Persad-Bissessar said: “The pan in schools programme was one way that my government recognised the Steelpan Movement....”
....The Opposition Leader also paid tribute to the Southern Marines Pan Theatre for its role in teaching pupils to play the steelpan.
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Really, work with Pan Trinbago to build this new steelpan factory in T&T.???
So, the plan is to compete against MITTCO owned and operated by the Hadad Brothers???
The question which begs an answer, what does Pan Trinbago have to say about all of this???
Another, who are the Master Tuners of the Steelpan that have signed up and attached their value to these various projects to make them successful???
What does the governing PNM have to say about this and other policies to support ...???
What do the Leaders of the Steelpan Movement have to say about all of this unfolding drama in the Mecca of Steelpan???
I would love to have Pan'tum The Ghost weigh in with his thoughts...
There are other pan factories. Are they competing or is Mittco competing with them?
Salah Wilson was quite correct with his call for a Ministry for Pan, run by pan people as far as possible...Clearly one cannot trust any politician to do justice to the instrument...
where this woman get those lies from. why Malomo didn't correct her. There r at least 2 pan factories I know of plus individual tuners who supply both d local & foreign market.She just grandstanding trying 2 bamboozle uninformed ppl 4 votes.
Apart from govts (all) dumping monies into an organization whose participants enjoy the perks. Who is doing what for pan? Not everybody’s bread is buttered, Sherman, some have no bread.
When the man (Rowley) promised a home for pan in 2015, was it for votes? Was it delivered, Sherman?
What did the people who got the votes do for pan, Sherman?
Some of the statements made are misinformed. However, she is aware that there is a disconnect with this present PNM administration and the pan fraternity. So it is politically tragic to get the right information and make the right promises.
Good Day Pan people please do'nt fall for that scrap now she out of office she playing the pan now to get back in office.
Please dont fall for that.And together with Beverly
Can that get her back in office? All politicians, even those in office now, try things that ppl fall for. Many regret. So, when we realize that they ALL play games with the ppl, then we’d get serious and skip the politics.