This year saw a staggering boost in royalty payments by COTT to its members and international affiliates with a total distribution of over $8.4 million representing a 42 percent increase or $2,507,871.50 over last year’s figure of $5,920,939.01.
Distributions to COTT members from royalties received from international collecting societies realised an overall increase of 148 percent ($932,125.18 in 2007 as compared to $376,497.53 in 2006). Total royalty distributions allocated to COTT members in 2007 amounted to $4,982,131.41 an increase of 46 percent compared to $3,411,162.73 in 2006.
Full Article : newsday.co.tt
By Sean Nero
Kings and Queens competing in next year’s Carnival are up-in-arms over a proposal by the National Carnival Band’s Association (NCBA) to take the semifinal round of the contest to Skinner Park in San Fernando.
The contestants are today describing the NCBA’s intent to relocate the competition as an effort to make things “worse†than what they experienced at this year’s competition held at the Jean Pierre Complex, Port-of-Spain, when the Queen’s Park Savannah was no longer available.
Full Article : guardian.co.tt
Rebutting National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Keston Nancoo’s statement that it was PanTrinbago who took decisions on the staging of Panorama. The national pan body president Patrick Arnold, yesterday emphatically declared that pan competitions are a part of the Carnival programme and Government is in charge of Carnival.
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By Joan Rampersad
Thursday, December 20 2007
Faced with a wave of questions from the media on the chaos and bacchanal surrounding Carnival 2008, both Culture Minister Marlene Mc Donald and National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Keston Nancoo beat a hasty retreat from the La Boucan Room of the Hilton where next year’s Carnival was officially launched.
The two presided over an elaborate two-hour launch of the Reign of the Merry Monarch replete with speeches and presentations from a range of culture personalities. However, both Mc Donald and Nancoo steered well clear of several controversies surrounding Carnival 2008.
Full Article : newsday.co.tt
Officials of Caribbean Prestige Foundation for the Performing Arts (CPF) unveiled plans for the 2008 edition of the International Soca Monarch competition during an official launch Tuesday night at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain.
CPF spokesman Keenan Munroe said the competition will be more intimate. “We will be taking a more interactive approach to the Soca Monarch. People can look forward to a lot leading up to the show. There will be a lot of campaigning which will involve a bmobile caravan and ticket giveaways,†he revealed.
Full Article : newsday.co.tt
Bunji’s back
After a one-year hiatus, three-time International Soca Monarch Bunji Garlin returns to the competition in 2008 to challenge defending champion, Iwer George, with whom he once shared the coveted title.
Full Article : trinidadexpress.com
Anna Ramdass aramdass
Friday, December 14th 2007
Prime Minister Patrick Manning did not stop construction of Carnival 2008 facilities at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Culture Minister Marlene McDonald said yesterday.
She was responding to questions after she announced that Carnival 2008 will officially be launched on December 19.
Full Article : trinidadexpress.com
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