Not sure if the money gained by the hotels where everyone stayed, the plane tickets and all what the outsiders purchased while in TNT was enough to justify what was spent to host the summit. However, it did put small TNT on the map for something positive. When China hosted the olympics it was the same thing their pollution crisis was outrageous. It happens everywhere around the world. There are tons of people out there who see the advantages of inviting and only clean up when they're arriving.
I am an American born (both parents Trini's) and have been visiting TNT for the past couple of years. Even as an American I am SO PROUD to say that I am a TRINI. I think your initiatives in bringing awareness to issues you see as "problem" is good. I call it problems because obviously there has to be a solution. If there is not a solution then all it is... is complaining. The fact that Trinidad is now known for something other than Carnival, partying, drinking & crime makes me feel good.
yuh right !!! we need more like you. de cop did not win bcause de unc play dutty politics !!! we too CLEAN in de cop. now, about de spree manning had to feed his ego, its jus sickening !!!! de man on ah trip to wine and dine de world wid we money . WE MONEY MANNING!!!!! NOT YOUR OWN!!!! what come out ah it???? nada. he sind, an de res abstain???? waste waste!!! wat about de las summit??? he implement any of wat he sing on to do???? we have to remove him and teach him a few lessons.
The man mek a good point.. trinidad and tobago shouldnt run like this. We are the gem of the caribbean now we look like a mini yard. Would like to hear the rest of his rant. As 4 juscoolguy yuh point vaild however did they go over d budget for d summit. But fixing the country should a come first before any summit. The gov just a rape the people of sweet TNT
at least id this is a consolation they won't spen so much in november cause they already spent money to put the things in place for the america summit , is now to maintain and just 'touches ups' will have to be done in november lol
Well that's my 2 cents lol, and i think is time we the people put back our country on the right track 2012 (election) here we come! Please let there be a miracle that the oppositions can unite or something, cause if that do not happen patos will be there till 2020
u raised 2 key points....ur right, the outrage for the expense is too little too late. When i protested this way back in 2007, everyone said i was over-reacting. We are some how still not able to predict manning's behaviour ....even after all these years of nonsense...it is so frustrating
Technically we are all hypocrites, because i'm sure we all have put aside money to host some event, or by some thing that was not necessary at the time. Plus we have known for two years that we were going to host these summits and no one objected, we sat back and let it happen and guess what the commonwealth heads summit is going to come and go just like this summit
.....the 2nd thing is, i dont think we shud have hosted the conference even if he made an allowance for it by saving....it really is a question of priorities....we have too many other things i cud spend $1billion on
good job i enjoy all your videos, but i have some food for thought i agree gov't shud not have spent all the money but let's say 2 years ago when they got the nod to host the summit 'when money was plenty' and they decided to put aside 1 billion dollars in a bank account (similar to how we trinis put aside thousands to host our christmas parties, carnival costumes etc) , then the money they are using now is from the fund they set aside. so they budgeted for the summit What do you think?
oh thats why you're so bitter...
COP didn't win.
Well thats democracy for u, u get a gov't of the people, therefore the people are...
Well buckle up because there seems to be no alternative in sight.
WHO SAY A BRIDGE TO TOBAGO!?! JUST 25 BILLION...
Habit7 2 years ago
..good video...
scrampersad 2 years ago
...erm how come de video cut off abruptly so?
Anyway,
Great vid.
I voted for COP for the same reasons you did and got lambasted for it from my "friends" who voted for PNM nad UNC.
As much as I love my country I can't stand this sheep mentality we have. However,I am glad to know that there are many people like you out there.
Keep talking and keep thinking!
Xenophile4Ever 2 years ago
Not sure if the money gained by the hotels where everyone stayed, the plane tickets and all what the outsiders purchased while in TNT was enough to justify what was spent to host the summit. However, it did put small TNT on the map for something positive. When China hosted the olympics it was the same thing their pollution crisis was outrageous. It happens everywhere around the world. There are tons of people out there who see the advantages of inviting and only clean up when they're arriving.
bholafun 2 years ago
I am an American born (both parents Trini's) and have been visiting TNT for the past couple of years. Even as an American I am SO PROUD to say that I am a TRINI. I think your initiatives in bringing awareness to issues you see as "problem" is good. I call it problems because obviously there has to be a solution. If there is not a solution then all it is... is complaining. The fact that Trinidad is now known for something other than Carnival, partying, drinking & crime makes me feel good.
bholafun 2 years ago
u cute no hell lol
nicholas868 2 years ago
reallly? really?
msking1991 1 year ago
yuh right !!! we need more like you. de cop did not win bcause de unc play dutty politics !!! we too CLEAN in de cop. now, about de spree manning had to feed his ego, its jus sickening !!!! de man on ah trip to wine and dine de world wid we money . WE MONEY MANNING!!!!! NOT YOUR OWN!!!! what come out ah it???? nada. he sind, an de res abstain???? waste waste!!! wat about de las summit??? he implement any of wat he sing on to do???? we have to remove him and teach him a few lessons.
sara9146 2 years ago
The man mek a good point.. trinidad and tobago shouldnt run like this. We are the gem of the caribbean now we look like a mini yard. Would like to hear the rest of his rant. As 4 juscoolguy yuh point vaild however did they go over d budget for d summit. But fixing the country should a come first before any summit. The gov just a rape the people of sweet TNT
madness2k10 2 years ago
that was a really good discussion of the issues, but how it cut off in the middle so?
re: cop i'm not sure that they put up enough candidates to win
trinikimmie 2 years ago
at least id this is a consolation they won't spen so much in november cause they already spent money to put the things in place for the america summit , is now to maintain and just 'touches ups' will have to be done in november lol
Well that's my 2 cents lol, and i think is time we the people put back our country on the right track 2012 (election) here we come! Please let there be a miracle that the oppositions can unite or something, cause if that do not happen patos will be there till 2020
juscoolguy 2 years ago
u raised 2 key points....ur right, the outrage for the expense is too little too late. When i protested this way back in 2007, everyone said i was over-reacting. We are some how still not able to predict manning's behaviour ....even after all these years of nonsense...it is so frustrating
supertrini09 2 years ago
Technically we are all hypocrites, because i'm sure we all have put aside money to host some event, or by some thing that was not necessary at the time. Plus we have known for two years that we were going to host these summits and no one objected, we sat back and let it happen and guess what the commonwealth heads summit is going to come and go just like this summit
juscoolguy 2 years ago
.....the 2nd thing is, i dont think we shud have hosted the conference even if he made an allowance for it by saving....it really is a question of priorities....we have too many other things i cud spend $1billion on
supertrini09 2 years ago
Trinidadians don't know what they want. Maestro's Mr Trinidadian sums it up nicely. That simple.
By the way, supertrini, how do you propose T&T solve the crime problem.
skylimitone 2 years ago
The decision was made when Trinidad was giddy with money.
That was two years ago. We couldn't very well pull out abruptly.
TrinidadAdventistGay 2 years ago
@juscoolguy All intellectuals do not generalize so that negates all your arguments
VSM101 1 year ago
good job i enjoy all your videos, but i have some food for thought i agree gov't shud not have spent all the money but let's say 2 years ago when they got the nod to host the summit 'when money was plenty' and they decided to put aside 1 billion dollars in a bank account (similar to how we trinis put aside thousands to host our christmas parties, carnival costumes etc) , then the money they are using now is from the fund they set aside. so they budgeted for the summit What do you think?
juscoolguy 2 years ago