TOBAGO’S bandleaders are fuming mad, saying the THA should have told them long before the start of the Carnival season, that they needed to open business bank accounts in order to access grants to assist with their presentations.
They are calling for an urgent meeting with Secretary of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Burris, and Tobago Festivals Commission Ltd interim CEO Janelle Drysdale-Job to discuss the issue.
During an emergency meeting by the Tobago Mas Bandleaders Association on January 31, at its camp office in Smithsfield, Scarborough, members said they fear the newly implemented criteria, may not allow them to get the grant in time for Carnival, which is less than two weeks away.
They said the THA should have told them about this fundamental change in doing business much earlier in the season so they could have made the necessary arrangements. Read More
Connelly, C. (2024, February 1). Tobago bandleaders need business account or…No Mas Money - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Newsday.co.tt. https://newsday.co.tt/2024/02/01/tobago-bandleaders-need-business-account-or-no-mas-money/
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