AGREE?? WE WANT MORE $$ TUCO upset over $1m Calypso Monarch prize: soca and chutney get $2m President of Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) Brother Resistance (Lutalo Masimba) has said it’s an embarrassment to citizens and the People’s Partnership government, for the winner of the National Calypso Monarch crown to expect only $1 million. He said there should be equity, since Government had pumped a considerable amount of money into the Chutney Soca, and Soca Monarch competitions, where there was a $2 million first prize, sponsored by the State. “The government has a responsibility to equity. I wrote a letter to the Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism (Lincoln Douglas) about the matter and to the Prime Minister (Kamla Persad-Bissessar) to raise it (prize money) but there has been no reply as yet. It is embarrassing to say the least. It is embarrassing to the people of Trinidad and Tobago and the government. There is a disparity in the allocation of the government’s support. We have to run 15 events, and the prizes alone for Chutney/Soca and Soca monarch are $2 million,” he said.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:00:05 +0000
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