Plenty talk about PANORAMA and PAN TRINBAGO bubbling in the media. Could you imagine if the PAN PLAYERS had the VISION to sit out ONE PANORAMA how much directional change they could bring about. Please bear in mind that KEITH DIAZ and the PAN TRINBAGO EXECUTIVE need this PANORAMA more than ANYBODY ELSE in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD. Well, except for the culturally hungry EXPATS. Seems like the head of the NCC wants to control the Panorama ticket sales.
Yesterday, de Silva said: “The challenge is that all budgets for Carnival were cut by 25 per cent so everybody had to adjust. The NCC, in the interest of the special interest groups, disbursed directly to Pan Trinbago $5 million to pay the pan players. Apparently, they did not make the payments. When we realised that happened, the NCC board took a decision to pay the assistance to steelbands preparing for the 2017 Panorama competition, based on a list given to us by Pan Trinbago of bands that qualify for such assistance. We have made those payments directly to the respective bands.
“The situation right now that we are having a meeting with Pan Trinbago at 11 am today (Thursday) to determine the way forward for Pan Trinbago. We have met with Panvesco looking at a way forward, re: the auditing and sales of Panorama tickets, and those discussions are ongoing.”
http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2016-12-29/pan-danger-calypso-city
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Patrick Ramdoo: TAKE AH BOW!!! Yuh see the picture with the eye of an eagle!!! And that is why the PAN MEN should BOYCOTT and change the calculus. Collect the money owed for 2016 and then BOYCOTT 2017. But they will still have some major challenges picking a leadership team with ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS coupled with a dose of HONESTY.