this the PLP attempt to secure the hayshun vote in 2017?

But a recent news article said no international artists were booked. So why the sudden change?

I just shows that the organization is not organized.

Junkanoo Carnival - just what the country needs. Bahamas, the land of sun, sea and stupid government.

Wyclef has not been shy to speak on the Haitian/Bahamian issues and I hope they know what they doing by inviting him. I am still interested in what these folks are being paid - Wyclef is a has been but still demands a premium especially in these kinds of circumstances. How much is he being paid and whats the gulf between the local acts and the guests? They are spending the peoples money and we would like to know

@lkalikl - Wyclef Jean is an opportunist. He had zero concern in stealing from his own people, after the earthquake with his fake charity. He is in no position to talk about anyone mistreating Haitians.

The government should not be wasting money on yet another Haitian opportunist.

**"Haitian opportunist" is the best description for people of Haitian heritage!**

Haitians and Haitian Bahamians have been riding our country and people like jackass's for decades.

They assist each other in "working the system" to suck every penny from the Bahamas and NEVER give anything back.

Nobody ever heard of Haitians doing anything the Bahamas except exploit Bahamians.

**We need rid our country of these parasites!**

The point is who exactly will be listening to this has been at this joke parade? Wyclef Jean has no star power or credibility, not to mention he is a hypocrite and a fraud. What he did to Haitians is far worse than anything you're hoping he would expose against Bahamians. The every day atrocities of Haitians against other Haitians in Haiti is also far worse.

New lows for the government every day .............. how much these "stars" are getting paid to entertain the non-Bahamians at Carnival???????

Comrade Martin Luther King Jr. "Did Jesus Have KANAVAL 2016 In Mind
When He Called a Man a Fool?"

....///https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-6BNtq5RY

...both political parties have been handing out passports to sloop delivered peasants from Cap Haitian for years. This diaspora breed faster than any other mammal on earth. In two generations, there will not be any Bahamians with long terms roots in the House of Assembly. No, our boys for the last two decades have morphed into tribal chiefs of the West Africa persuasion and they have sold the soul of a nation with a deep and proud history. The whole situation is pathetic.

Comrade your comments that Haitians are fast breeding mammals is an incendiary post. It implies that one nation's people are better than another. I sure hope this thinking is not a part of how Bahamalanders intend to go about seeking solutions to our nation's illegal immigration issues.
Should we be importing 'foreigners' to sell tickets to attract attendees at Carnival 2016, absolutely not.

I am not your " comrade". I am not a communist nor a socialist. I believe I should not have to be subject to any of the fallout of unwed mothers whose babies' fathers are morons. I don't buy into the whole idea that I should trust "leaders" who deliberately make their electorate ( aka " brothers and sistas" ) the least educated per capita to GDP in the whole region. I think it beyond basic human rights that I or anyone else has to put up with the worst civil and private sector service due to " culture ". Getting fat, lazy and laughing all day long is cute for only so long,

No.....I have nothing at all that associates you to me. I could go on and on and list so many more instances but whats the point? I do believe that most right minded people will leave this madness in the next decade and let the international lawyers deal with it. You, obviously will have nothing to contribute in that court of law.

Good riddance.

**.......This definitely begs the question I've asked for quite some time.......**

"Steven Dillet, hero or trojan horse?"

This whole thing is and has been targeted at Election 2017 by the PLP. These are just warm ups. Bahamians are too fool. !

Meanwhile, the dump burns, the roads suck, BEC is sometimes, Scandal here, scandal, there, Corruption talk is everywhere, crime can't done, at least we still got the sun. Not much hope for any better anytime soon. Buckle up and deal with it, shabby times ahead.

Yep .......... the biggest Carnival is in Parliament ...... just put the front bench on either side of the Speaker in costumes and let the back benchers carry the drums, whistles and cowbells .................. BOL

Comrades I only wish I could the the credit for making this stuff up and no, the accompanying video, isn’t a fake production.
And, all we got's is we PM Christie doing he shuffle dance.
Organizing Comrades Kanaval12016, what in hell went wrong? Ya’ll had’s done blown Kanaval 2016’s foreigner entertainment budget that you went for Wyclef Jeanelle Jean, because you couldn’t book the other Haitian performer “Sweet Mickey”?
Haitian President Michel Martell “AKA Sweet Mickey” stepped down from office on February 7, 2016, but not before he released his song
Bal Bannann Nan (‘Give Them the Banana’)

Michel Martelly - "Ba'l Bannann nan" [Video Kanaval 2016] 'Ti lili' (Sweet Micky)
….//////https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlEQC79ZdZw

Funny, I told a friend a week ago when they originally said "there's no headliner": I bet they're paying two top acts the same thing, soooo... no single act is getting paid more than all others, sooooo.... "there's no headliner!".

These people have proven extremely untrustworthy. They play with words too much. It's been a deliberate campaign to deceive since "carnival is just a word" and "we're not importing Trinidad culture". It's not a good look for a cultural commission. They're looking more like a political organization every day. Why does culture have to have so much spin?

Remember "I report the numbers every week"? But a year later they can't provide audited statements? They need people with a reputation for honesty if they're to turn this thing around

I hope this means Machel is headlining Survival Weekend:)) happiest man alive..I don't gat no time for no worries.. and I ready to go on de road

**................This definitely begs the question I've asked for quite some time...................**

"Steven Dillet, hero or trojan horse?"

Who me? I love soca and have no apologies for that, I've loved Machel since the 90's when I first heard him. I've also openly stated that I want Junkanoo carnival to succeed though it's looking bleak. But I don't want it to succeed "at all costs", deception, overblown budgets, rigged contracts and branding Trinidad culture as Bahamian. Think of it like, I love the Bahamas but I don't like what's happening to it.

Hmmm...didn't know it was this bad. Why bring bad press when you have more than enough to handle already...

"*The singer, who made an unsuccessful bid for Haiti's presidency in 2010, reportedly paid himself $100,000 to perform in a charity concert and gave his family over $500,000 for unspecified work. Also, $37,000 was paid by Yele to cover the rent of Jean’s Manhattan studio.*

*The forensic audit covering the time period between 2005 and 2009 found $256,580 in illegitimate benefits to Jean and other Yéle board and staff members, as well as other improper transactions.*

*At the end of August, Derek Q. Johnson, Yele's chief executive, announced his resignation after Jean rejected a settlement offered by the attorney general that would have required the singer and the two other Yele founders to pay $600,000 in restitution ‘to remedy the waste of the foundation’s assets.’
Actor Sean Penn, who founded his own charity, J/P Haitian Relief Organization, told The New York Times in 2010, ‘My impression is that Yéle is at the service of Wyclef Jean and his reputation.’"

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