00:20and it is a pattern of administrative disrespect
00:26about a week and a half ago
00:30pan players finally got their allowances from carnival 2026
00:36and if you look at the picture you would even see how almost upset the
00:41minister was looking in a facial expression
00:45to pay these pan people their money
01:08these are not criminals these are professional
01:11musicians disciplined young people for any of you all that have ever been to a
01:16pan yard around carnival time it takes a lot of discipline
01:19to have 80 people playing the same thing at the same time in the same way together
01:24as one it is a true symbol of unity in our country
01:28these are decorated cultural ambassadors of the national instrument of trinidad
01:49in other words the emancipation support committee had to negotiate
01:55beg plead with suppliers to wait for payment
02:01now i want you to put this into perspective
02:03we are now in july emancipation is in august at the beginning of august
02:11the emancipation support committee does not know what the allocation is going to be for 2026
02:23there's been non-payment to most vendors for flavor village among these vendors
02:31are cultural icons they asked me not to call their name in any platform but we do have some cultural
02:37icons that performed at the flavor village that are in need of their payments and they have not been paid
02:42yet for flavor village
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