The year 2016. Image by Artis Rams
For bloggers in the Caribbean, “2016” has nearly become an obscenity. Adjectives now used to describe this “annus horribilis” include “sucky”, “terrible” and “the worst”. The thing that drove netizens over the edg
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Government allocations f
Read more…Panorama will re-branded as The "Trinidad and Tobago Panorama Festival" in 2017. Bands will stay in panyards for preliminaries. The will simultaneous judging throughout country. Panorama will now be viewed as a one month festival promoting a greate
Read more…Part of the reason the originators of viral content are stripped from their labor is because they don’t technically own their pro
Read more…Imagine that a TRINIDAD GIRL gets killed in a store on a Monday and the body gets discovered on a Thursday and the supremely competent TRINIDAD POLICE did a CSI on the scene and removed all incriminating evidence. On the following Monday the coroner
Read more…It is my understanding that STEELBANDS started receiving money today directly from the NCC -- with my client (Keith Diaz) being left out of the picture. It seems to me that the NCC is going to be running the WHOLE PANORAMA.
At the same time I saw a p
Read more…Mixed Metals - Fast Forward Posted by Rare And Strange Instruments
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Published on Dec 16, 2016, 9:59 pm AST
By Michael Mondezie Trinidad Express
Preparations for several Carnival 2017 national competitions and events have been stalled due to the non-payment of annual governm
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'Pal' Joey Lewis passes - 2-8-2016 -- click for more
Japanese Panist Asami Nagakiya is murdered - 2-10-2016 -- click for more
Former Prime MinisterA version of this article was posted on Facebook, Pan People Steelband’s Public Group.
For 30 years Pan People Steelband has been a pillar of support for the community, developing our own initiatives, programs etc., and supporting others designed to
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Brooklyn, New York, USA - Multicultural art, non-profit organization Tropicalfete, Inc. is excited once again to unveil their annual year-end event presentation. This season’s offering is billed as ‘A Musical Gift to the Community - Tropicalfete Cou
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PELHAM GODDARD was born in Clarence Street in St. James, Trinidad on December 12, 1946. The son of a seaman and a school teacher, he attended St. Crispin's EC school. His love affair with music began ear
Read more…Does any know which version came first? Would you consider the Van Dyke Parks version heavily calypso influenced?
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Mr. Serrette: In your over-ambitious quest to become the next president of Pan Trinbago, you stole classified information from the desk drawer of MY PRESIDENT (The most honourable Keith Diaz) and ran to every media house making false accusations and
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Parading down cold, wind-swept streets on the back of a flat-bed truck is a far cry from jamming under palm trees swaying in a Caribbean breeze,but it’s all in a day’s work for members of the Golden Harps Steel Orchestra.
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Even so ... the number of EXPATS who could provide MEANINGFUL contributions to the progress is EXTREMELY LIMITED. And the number of LOCALS who could even come to the table to have a discussion is miniscule.
All the GLOBAL PROGRESS for PAN came from E
Read more…Does Panorama add hundreds, thousands, or millions of US and other foreign currencies to the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago or does it brings in nothing and is a big burden to Tax payers hard earned monies. Does it brings in more than w
Read more…Written by Guyana Inc Staff
It is no surprise that within the past few years there has been an increase in not only the participation but also the appreciation of steel pan music in Guyana. This is due in part to the actions of the Ministry of Educa
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Regrello will be sworn in as an Alderman.
Regrelllo was an Alderman and the Deputy Mayor during the last council.
He was also a former MP and Councillor.
The swearing in for the Council is tentatively carded for Monday.
Read more…Keith Diaz teef out all the money and lead PANORAMA to bankruptcy. Not a word from the voices of authority. Bugs used to call the DIAZ CREW gangsters but now the Police Complaints Director calling the POLICE gangsters. So Keith Diaz coming out clean
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