00:00according to jacko entertainment reasonable efforts were made in an attempt to resolve the problems
00:05ahead of the one caribbean music festival but they proved futile only one international act out of
00:12the four listed to perform turned up jacko entertainment acknowledges that it has led to
00:18widespread disappointment and frustration but says everything changed when the headline act
00:23adija palmer better known as vibes cartel publicly pulled out on the day of the show
00:28the company states quote this unforeseen development triggered a rapid sequence of negative
00:34consequences our sponsors withdrew the vip experience that was dependent on their participation was
00:40compromised and patrons were left understandably dissatisfied while the show did proceed it did not
00:47resemble the original description and for that we deeply regret not achieving the expectation standard
00:54for such a promotion end quote jacko entertainment says it is aware of the concerns among all
01:00stakeholders including patrons partners and local performers in this vein the company states quote
01:07we hear you and we accept that there is an obligation to address the consequences at this
01:13time we are undertaking a full internal review to determine what went wrong and how this could be
01:19avoided we will develop a responsible fair and sustainable strategy that addresses the fallout from the
01:26situation mitigates the damage and honors our commitment to all involved end quote it is asking
01:33for a period of seven to ten days to conduct this assessment following which it is committing to providing
01:40a transparent update on the findings as well as to begin putting the necessary mechanisms in place to respond to
01:46what it says are quote unquote individual concerns including those relating to potential refunds
01:53it calls what has transpired a steep learning curve for the company meanwhile cartel took to his instagram
02:01to address the issue of his cancellation indicating that he was placed in a situation that brought him
02:07at loggerheads with not only the government of tnt but also the culture the artist claimed that the first time
02:14was the planning of the event for carnival which he was an objection to and then came to school visits
02:20which the government shut down deadline after deadline crying after crying you just couldn't manage a
02:27cartel show another thing to tell the people then in a discussion my only regret in the situation is that
02:34the trinidad people at them you're up out of the chance to see cartel after so many years also on saturday the team of
02:42sizzler kalanji issued a statement confirming that the artist would not have been performing at the event
02:48they said they were communicating back and forth for weeks over financial issues and in the end there
02:54was a failure on the part of the promoter to honor the contractual agreement alicia boucher tv6 news
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