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At a
meeting (adjourned from December
16, 2010) held at City Hall,
Port of Spain on Thursday
December 30, 2010, the
membership of Pan Trinbago Inc.,
unanimously rejected the
position taken by the Cabinet of
this country on the matter of
reducing the players’ remittance
from one thousand dollars
(TT $1,000.00) to eight hundred
dollars (TT $800.00).
The
membership rejected also the
insult to their collective
intelligence by the State where
two million dollars
(TT $2,000,000.00) was being
offered as a first prize, whilst
taking back almost the
equivalent amount by way of
reducing the Players’ Remittance
-a question of taking from the
players to pay Prize money.
The membership unanimously
moved and approved the following
motions:
• Whereas the
Minister of The Arts and
Multiculturalism has made
several statements through
various forms of the media,
which demonstrated a serious
lack of respect for the
Association, which is a body
Incorporated by Act V of 1986,
and more than that, the holder
of the nation’s highest order —
the Trinity Cross, be it
resolved that Pan Trinbago
reject outright said statements
and do call upon him to
apologize to the entire
Steelband Movement for his
indiscretions.
• And
whereas the Minister of The Arts
and Multiculturalism has
unilaterally and without
justification has caused the
Players’ Remittance to be
reduced to eight hundred dollars
(TT $800.00, be it resolved that the
membership of Pan Trinbago
rejects outright this reduction
and calls for the immediate
re-instatement of a minimum of
one thousand dollars
(TT $1,000.00).
• And
whereas the Ministry of The Arts
and Multiculturalism has stated
that the first prize for
Panorama 2011 for the large
bands shall be two million
dollars (TT $2,000,000.00) in
keeping with the campaign
promise of the People’s
Partnership, be it resolved that
the membership of Pan Trinbago
reject this one-off Prize and be
it further resolved that the
allocations to the National
Panorama 2010 be the minimum for
2011.
Keith
Diaz
President
PAN
TRINBAGO
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