Monday, June 2, 2025

Probe into Kartel pay

Tancoo looks into artiste’s US$950,000 forex fee as fans demand money back after concert fiasco

A section of patrons before the start of the One Caribbean Music Festival on Saturday night.

A section of patrons before the start of the One Caribbean Music Festival on Saturday night.

EDISON BOODOSINGH

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo says he is in­trigued by the amount of for­eign ex­change be­ing men­tioned in re­la­tion to pay­ment fees for artistes in­volved in the One Caribbean Mu­sic Fes­ti­val and has re­quest­ed an in­ves­ti­ga­tion. This, even as the neg­a­tive fall­out from Adid­ja “Vy­bz Kar­tel” Palmer and oth­er for­eign acts pulling out of the event con­tin­ued yes­ter­day.

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A section of patrons before the start of the One Caribbean Music Festival on Saturday night.

A section of patrons before the start of the One Caribbean Music Festival on Saturday night.

EDISON BOODOSINGH

Probe into Kartel pay

Tancoo looks into artiste’s US$950,000 forex fee as fans demand money back after concert fiasco

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo says he is in­trigued by the amount of for­eign ex­change be­ing men­tioned in re­la­tion to pay­ment fees for artistes in­volved in the One Caribbean Mu­sic Fes­ti­val and has re­quest­ed an in­ves­ti­ga­tion. This, even as the neg­a­tive fall­out from Adid­ja “Vy­bz Kar­tel” Palmer and oth­er for­eign acts pulling out of the event con­tin­ued yes­ter­day.

Lady Lava performs during the One Caribbean Music Festival at the Queen’s Park Savannah yesterday.

Lady Lava performs during the One Caribbean Music Festival at the Queen’s Park Savannah yesterday.

COURTESY: KEVON DUKE

Patrons disappointed over ‘flat’ concert experience

Physical altercations mar ending

Months of an­tic­i­pa­tion and plan­ning came to an an­ti-cli­mac­tic end yes­ter­day morn­ing, as scores of pa­trons of the One Caribbean Mu­sic Fes­ti­val left the show’s venue—the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, Port-of-Spain—in no­tice­ably low­er spir­its than when they ar­rived.

Police engage a patron after he allegedly threw objects on the stage at the One Caribbean Music Festival at the the Queen's Park Savannah on Sunday morning.

Police engage a patron after he allegedly threw objects on the stage at the One Caribbean Music Festival at the the Queen's Park Savannah on Sunday morning.

COURTESY: SOCIAL MEDIA

CoP orders probe into beating of concert patron

Act­ing Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Ju­nior Ben­jamin says he ex­pects a re­port in­to an in­ci­dent in which of­fi­cers were caught on video beat­ing a man dur­ing the One Caribbean Mu­sic Fes­ti­val by the end of to­day.

Janea Elder

Janea Elder

Six-year-old among five killed on nation’s roads over weekend

Tragedy struck over the week­end along the Sir Solomon Ho­choy High­way, as five peo­ple lost their lives in two sep­a­rate road traf­fic crash­es, in­clud­ing a six-year-old child and her par­ents, prompt­ing au­thor­i­ties to is­sue a stern warn­ing about an uptick in reck­less dri­ving.

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A section of patrons before the start of the One Caribbean Music Festival on Saturday night.

A section of patrons before the start of the One Caribbean Music Festival on Saturday night.

EDISON BOODOSINGH

Probe into Kartel pay

Tancoo looks into artiste’s US$950,000 forex fee as fans demand money back after concert fiasco

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo says he is in­trigued by the amount of for­eign ex­change be­ing men­tioned in re­la­tion to pay­ment fees for artistes in­volved in the One Caribbean Mu­sic Fes­ti­val and has re­quest­ed an in­ves­ti­ga­tion. This, even as the neg­a­tive fall­out from Adid­ja “Vy­bz Kar­tel” Palmer and oth­er for­eign acts pulling out of the event con­tin­ued yes­ter­day.

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News

A section of patrons before the start of the One Caribbean Music Festival on Saturday night.

A section of patrons before the start of the One Caribbean Music Festival on Saturday night.

EDISON BOODOSINGH

Probe into Kartel pay

Tancoo looks into artiste’s US$950,000 forex fee as fans demand money back after concert fiasco

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo says he is in­trigued by the amount of for­eign ex­change be­ing men­tioned in re­la­tion to pay­ment fees for artistes in­volved in the One Caribbean Mu­sic Fes­ti­val and has re­quest­ed an in­ves­ti­ga­tion. This, even as the neg­a­tive fall­out from Adid­ja “Vy­bz Kar­tel” Palmer and oth­er for­eign acts pulling out of the event con­tin­ued yes­ter­day.

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