Brother Valentino remembered as cultural elder

An­tho­ny Em­rold “Broth­er Valenti­no” Phillip was yes­ter­day de­scribed as a cul­tur­al el­der whose mu­sic be­came part of the na­tion’s con­science.

The trib­ute came from Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) pres­i­dent Ains­ley King yes­ter­day, as rel­a­tives, friends, Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials and mem­bers of the cul­tur­al fra­ter­ni­ty gath­ered at the Cathe­dral of the Im­mac­u­late Con­cep­tion in Port-of-Spain to bid farewell to the leg­endary ca­lyp­son­ian.

“To­day, I stand be­fore you to pay trib­ute to a man whose voice, mu­sic, mes­sage be­came part of the con­science of our coun­try,” King told mourn­ers.