{"id":17681,"date":"2018-07-10T13:57:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T17:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=17681"},"modified":"2018-07-11T11:09:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T15:09:15","slug":"panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail\/","title":{"rendered":"Panorama is back on as cooler heads prevail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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National Festivals Minister Daryll Matthew has confirmed that the boycott by the Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association (ABPA) of the ACB Panorama Competition<\/em> has been averted.<\/p>

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\u201cThe Prime Minister and myself met with members of the pan association earlier today,\u201d Minister Matthew explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe discussed the funds owed<\/a> and paid along with the issue of the roof.\u201d<\/p>

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Matthew explained that \u201cthe resolution that we came to was one we had previously discussed. It was accepted, by both parties, that we will utilize the area in front of the Carnival City stage and would provide a platform that is slightly raised on which the bands will perform.\u201d<\/p>

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(from left to right): Vernon Henry, Joseph “Jawato” Henry, Daryll Matthew and Dwayne Mussignton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is to be a site visit to the Antigua Recreation Grounds today to ascertain the cost of the additional platform. The Festivals Minister indicated that, \u201cThe Prime Minister assured the pan association that all additional funds necessary will be made available to accommodate the added feature.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Festivals Minister Daryll Matthew with members of the pan executive during their site visit at the Antigua Recreation Grounds today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pan association has previously held resolute on two main issues that would prevent them from participating in this year\u2019s competition: The poor sound quality as a result of the carnival stage roof; and the monies outstanding to the association totaling $130,000.<\/p>

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\u201cI would like to thank the pan association for continuing to engage with us while we continued to seek a resolution to this process,\u201d said Matthew.<\/p>\n

ABPA president Patrick \u201cStone\u201d Johnson confirmed that, \u201cWe have an understanding in principle.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cThe government has given assurances that certain undertakings will happen before the panorama night and, if they live up to their part, we will live up to ours.\u201d<\/p>

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The president was hesitant to say whether the association had given the Festivals Commission a deadline for completion of the stage, but did add that, \u201cWe will be doing evaluations even on the night of competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s ACB Panorama Competition<\/em> is slated to be held on Saturday, 4 August from 8:00 pm at Carnival City (ARG).<\/p>\n

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National Festivals Minister Daryll Matthew has confirmed that the boycott by the Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association (ABPA) of the ACB Panorama Competition has been averted. \u201cThe Prime Minister and myself met with members of the pan association earlier today,\u201d Minister Matthew explained. \u201cWe discussed the funds owed and paid along with the issue of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nPanorama is back on as cooler heads prevail - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Panorama is back on as cooler heads prevail\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Festivals Minister Daryll Matthew has confirmed that the boycott by the Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association (ABPA) of the ACB Panorama Competition has been averted. \u201cThe Prime Minister and myself met with members of the pan association earlier today,\u201d Minister Matthew explained. \u201cWe discussed the funds owed and paid along with the issue of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-10T17:57:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-11T15:09:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pm-matthew-johnson.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Panorama is back on as cooler heads prevail\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-10T17:57:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-11T15:09:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail\/\"},\"wordCount\":376,\"commentCount\":14,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:650\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pm-matthew-johnson.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/panorama-is-back-on-as-cooler-heads-prevail\/\",\"name\":\"Panorama is back on as cooler heads prevail - 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