“I am saying to the nation that I signed it. I am proud of signing it, because this is what we need to do. And, …is a document to not only deal with Panorama. This is not a Panorama document. People getting mix up. …Is a document dealing with any other project that the steelband movement is to negotiate with the NCC going forward. The country is now taking a different turn. The government says they are going to fund different things, not only Panorama…any organised cultural event. They will look at it and if they feel they could fund it, they will fund it. That wasn’t being done before,” he said.
Diaz added, “So if now we have a document that is signed…that you could approach with a budget and get funding for it, what is wrong with that? Most of the institutions, football, all the regional Corporations have to comply and answer especially with regards to accountability. It doesn’t have any favour for the pan movement. At the end of the day, we have to be very prudent in how we approach things as an organisation.”
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2018
The government [GYPSY-NCC] says they are going to fund different things, not only Panorama…any organised cultural event ... and what is important is that the NCC [GYPSY] will negotiate with the steelband movement and other interest groups as they see it fit to FUND ANY PROJECT that the steelband movement wants.
2011
GYPSY: “However, Trinidad and Tobago—like many other countries across the world—is facing a changing economic reality,” Peters said. “Institutions, including the Government of this country, must take these new realities into account. “Given this, I am of the belief that those organisations which have traditionally DEPENDED ON THE STATE FOR FUNDING of their activities must begin to seek out and undertake new partnerships and opportunities to continue and accelerate their work.”
PAN TRINBAGO'S RESPONSE (Keith Diaz): The Pan Trinbago executive is upset over reports that Peters [GYPSY] has criticised the association for its DEPENDENCY on STATE FUNDING. And in addition, the steelband body is demanding an apology from Peters [GYPSY] for his claim that the Panorama competition is “killing pan.”
THREE MORE YEARS!!! THREE MORE YEARS!!! THREE MORE YEARS FOR KEITH DIAZ!!!
As long as BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE don't become PRESIDENT I could ACCEPT anybody else who wins, even though I did not ENDORSE that CANDIDATE!!!
Last time I used the word ACCEPT on this forum people convert it to ENDORSE -- but dem is too different words!!!