Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - In what can only be described as a total lack of confidence in Pan Trinbago to represent the interests of the players of the steelpan instrument - the players themselves have decided to take matters into their own hands. Brewing for months now, has been the massive discontent; the pan musicians and Pan Trinbago have been on a collision path.
There has been no shortage of words by the Trinidad and Tobago steelpan community articulating their anger, frustration and displeasure with Pan Trinbago, the governing body of Pan in Trinidad and Tobago. In what many have described as a blatant display of gross disrespect by the organization, to date these musicians have not been paid for their participation in the 2016 Panorama competition - while the 2017 Panorama is mere weeks away.
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Nice political manipulation by Keith Diaz; he is a truly a great politician.
Play your best hand, Mr. Diaz, if you want to hold on to that $25,000 a month job plus another $5,000 in perks. Don't talk about global travel and access to ONE AND ALL in the STEELBAND and GREATER community. Did I leave out the loan officers at the banks?
Dr. Dolly got to buckle because she never face the hard scrabble T&T life like you!!!
Bugs and Cecil cannot truly appreciate your POLITICAL GENIUS.
“The Minister (Dr. Nyan Gadsby Dolly) don't want to have no meeting with us - all the meeting is with the NCC (National Carnival Commission) - and we have written to the Prime Minister (Dr. Keith Rowley) asking for a meeting, and we have not received a meeting. And we are asking for our allocations and to discuss Panorama, and we have a lot of things to discuss.”
What kind of slackness is this with the PRIME MINISTER and the Minister of Culture REFUSING to meet with the PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO? These politicians need to know that we control 350,000 votes so if they want to win the next election they had better meet with MY PRESIDENT and hand him the $10,000,000 to pay these PAN MEN and the $25,000,000 in allocations for 2017 before these PAN MEN strike for this PANORAMA.
[Come on President Diaz: Dem fellahs love and live for PANORAMA too much to STRIKE. Doh let dem bluff yuh. Doh let men like Cecil and Bugs and Bertel and Oswald and odw and Dane and merrytonestothebone BLUFF YUH -- Panorama is the SUPER BOWL of their year. Dem arrangers eh about to PASS UP all that BIG MONEY. Don't get weak on me Mr. President. We will survive this storm and when we do -- remember who your staunchest supporter on this forum is and give me the rights to produce a GREATEST HITS PANORAMA CD. Please, Sir!!!]
The whole executive board of Pan Trinbago needs to resign immediately before even considering a boycott.
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David Rudder - Bigger Pimpin'