PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaican dancehall artiste Adidja Palmer, also called Vybz Kartel, has been granted a allow to enter and carry out right here on the One Caribbean Unity Music Pageant on Could 31 beneath particular phrases and circumstances, together with the posting of a safety bond and restrictions on actions.
In a launch on Wednesday, Additional time Media stated sources near the organizing committee of Jacho Leisure stated Palmer was formally cleared to enter the nation through a allow beneath Part 10 (1) of the Immigration Act 22/2025.
The allow, labeled Type 17 with the title immigration laws, acknowledged – “This allow allows Mr. Adidja Azim Palmer, Holder of Jamaican Passport No (redacted) issued on August 12, 2024, to enter and stay in Trinidad and Tobago for seven days. This allow is due to this fact legitimate for the interval Could 27 to (redacted).”
The shape acknowledged that the holder is exempt from work allow and visa necessities for the acknowledged function. It stated this allow is perhaps canceled if the holder contravenes the circumstances acknowledged herein.
It additional stated the holder is required to put up a safety bond, however the determine was redacted. It additionally listed the actions which Palmer can and can’t take part in.
The agency acknowledged that he may solely conduct radio interviews between 9 am and 12 midday and 1 pm and three pm on Could 28.
It acknowledged that Palmer couldn’t take part in crime consciousness operate actions, panel talks, group walkthroughs, conferences with officers, and comparable forms of actions and conferences at any level whereas in Trinidad.
“Artiste should not talk any phrases or interact in any exercise which can possible be construed as selling a gang – opposite to the provisions of the Anti-Gang Act.”
The agency stated Palmer’s live performance repertoire ought to exclude materials that might be offensive, such because the music Good Like Jesus.
It acknowledged that the price for state-provided safety and different incidental bills was to be absorbed by the holder.
One Caribbean Unity Music Pageant lead, Jonathan Gomez, stated the clearance “paves the best way for the highest trending occasion of the weekend to welcome the highest trending artiste.”
He stated: “The Worl’ Boss has now been formally cleared to reach and carry out in Trinidad, so all roads result in the Queen’s Park Savannah this Saturday night time, the place Vybz Kartel will ship an electrifying efficiency, alongside a number of the nation and the area’s prime acts. Tickets are nonetheless obtainable in any respect marketed retailers and from our on-line suppliers. Kartel returns to the stage in Trinidad this Saturday for the primary time in 15 years, so this historic night time is to not be missed. See you all there!”
