Pan Trinbago to boycott Tobago carnival over $1.7m debt

Three weeks away from To­ba­go car­ni­val, Pan Trin­ba­go has de­cid­ed to boy­cott the an­nu­al fes­ti­val.

Pan Trin­ba­go head Bev­er­ley Ram­sey-Moore said the de­ci­sion was made by the To­ba­go re­gion, and was ful­ly sup­port­ed by their Trinidad coun­ter­parts. In an in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia on Mon­day, Ram­sey-Moore said the or­gan­i­sa­tion is still owed $1.7 mil­lion for last year's Pan Omega and Pan and Pow­der events.

She said mem­bers in­curred sig­nif­i­cant cost mo­bil­is­ing in prepa­ra­tion for Pan Omega 2026, sched­uled for Oc­to­ber 24, but will not take the stage with out­stand­ing bal­ances lin­ger­ing.