When Steel Talks has learned that Central Executive member Aquil Arrindell who served as Education Officer of Pan Trinbago, has resigned. His resignation comes on the heel of recent national protests and calls for the removal of the organization's ex
Read more…Take a look at this video and you will see for yourself that MY PRESIDENT is on the CUTTING EDGE of HEALTHY STEELBAND PRODUCTION. He does not used DISCARDED OIL DRUMS filled with CANCER CAUSING chemicals.
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I'm thrilled to share that my 2016 album "Red Head" is now available to listen for FREE on Spotify. You can also get a digital download version or individual tracks from iTunes and Amazon. The album kicks off with Mark Loquan's "Outta De Box" and the
Read more…The Washington Post
Washington, D.C., USA - ....“I completely separate the pan sound, because I want just the content of what I play to stand out,” he explains. “I’m never comfortable when people say, ‘Man, that’s crazy for a steel pan.’ For me, the
Just talk, talk, and more talk, I say this coming since 2009, when ( boogsie Sharpe ) and others voted Patrick Arnold out, and Keith Diaz in, it seems as they forgot that, when Diaz was manager of "Star lift" and band was on tour in florida USA, h
Read more…...Several band leaders and pannists claimed they were “embarrassed” when they went to the banks to cash cheques and were told they had “bounced cheques”.
Forteau said: “People were not following instructions. We instructed the regional chairpersons
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In light of the fact that the President of Pan Trinbago, Inc. — Mr. Keith Diaz has had a medical emergency today [January 5, 2017] at around 1:30 p.m. and had to be rushed to a medical facility, certain transactions critical
Yuh mean PAN MEN had all this power all this time and never used.
Or was it a TIME AND CHANCE kind of thing.
Well, we have the formula to deal with the NEXT PRESIDENT now.
And checks supposed to CLEAR TODAY. Or is that why the EXECS are running for s
Read more…Newsday
PANMEN who went to the bank yesterday attempting to cash cheques individually valued at $1,000, left empty-handed and singing a sour tune, after the cheques ‘bounced’ with bank officials saying there was no money to pay them.
This was confir
by Andre Moses
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ...Gradually and seemingly ‘unnoticed’ the crowds and national enthusiasm generated by the Steelband Panorama have begun to dissipate, and like West Indies cricket the symptoms of this ‘loss of energy’ are qu
Read more…Guyana Information Agency
Georgetown, Guyana, S.A. - Over the last five years, there has been a boost in the appreciation and participation in steel pan music. A committed investment has been made on a yearly basis for the provision of three steel
Read more…merrytonestothebone: Ah know that you will not get vex with me for borrowing your expression. But this drama is getting "curiouser and curioser". Just this morning I told bugs that the script was TOO ALL OVER THE PLACE little did I know that by night
Read more…Reports of PT checks bouncing like basketballs are all over the INTERNETS (like George Bush called it). Inquiring minds would like to know if Pan Trinbago issued these checks to the players as a collectors item. Just asking...
If these checks continu
Newsday
Concerns arose that pannists had not been paid, against a backdrop of Culture Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly saying the allocation had been sent to Pan Trinbago, against claims that Pan Trinbago is $30 million in debt and concerns about Pan Tr
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pamberi Steel Orchestra is a steelband located in the San Juan community of east Trinidad where the majority of the members were born and reside. Last year, 2016, there were National Champions emerging from within our commun
Panmen staged a peaceful protest outside the head office Pan Trinbago yesterday demanding the immediate resignation of its president Keith Diaz and the entire executive.
The protest was mounted in the wake of the non-payment of monies to panmen for P
Read more…Received from one Tobago Steelband, on behalf of other bands on the sister isle:
Subject: Emergency meeting---Did not take in consideration for Tobago bands to attend!!!!!
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Many Bands from Tobago cannot make it to that said meeting (emer
Read more…I remember the first time that I compared the political skills of Keith Diaz to Barack Obama on this forum some people found my comparison absurd and got mad at me. But, today, I could go further and say that Keith Diaz is proving to be a better poli
Read more…dont fal for the pres BS , STAND YOUR GROUND IF YOU WANT HIM OUT DOI TH RIGHT THING AND TAHE HIM OUT, GEt A LAWYER AND BE WELl REPRESENTEDE
Read more…Panorama could still be held,suspend present executives,with government,cdc ,pan players getting together.players were not paid for last year prize monies(was made to understand).which mean't the shows went on with limited funds.let committee from ba
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