The management team of calypso finalist Dexter “Derose” Peltier has asked Dominica Calypso Association (DCA) chief Judge, Patrick Pemberton, to exclude himself from the judging panel of the 2013 calypso finals.
In a letter to Pemberton, from attorney Joshua Francis, Derose’s team said that Pemberton “exhibited poor taste and unprofessionalism” when he appeared on Kairi’s Heng Program and allegedly made certain remarks about the calypsonian’s song.
They said issues of conflict of interest were raised and Pemberton put his role as a judge in disrepute.
Pemberton now has until midday Thursday to respond or legal action will be taken.
Below is the excerpt from the radio show which generated the entire controversy. The show took place on January 28, 2013.
The dialogue was between Pemberton, host of the show Kamala Jno Baptiste-Aaron and DCA President, Kelly Williams.
NO judge , no President of the Association should make comments,,,leave that to others,,,
So is he implying that if Pembo stands down, he will be the king, LMAO too much jokes, afuss people hate the truth lol, this is very funny
Derose matt and lennox too pappy show. That case will end like all matt and lennox cases, at the bottom of the pile or appeal appeal appeal.
What a laugh! I waiting for midday Thursday.
From what I read, it seems the hosts were discussing lines that could cause you to get sued. Over the years we have had many, many songs that calypsonians could get sued over. Many of these have gone on to win the monarch title (eg. Puppet man), road march (Eg. Run Solomon) and monarch of the tents (Eg. Pastor Rod). Were the libelous songs hurt by prejudiced judges? What about songs that are political or against the Catholic Church? I never hear requests to remove known political persons (like Lennox) or religious persons (like Fr Thomas) from the judging panel on the grounds that they will discriminate against these songs.
Why then is Derose Management insulting and discrediting the judging panel with insinuations that they are biased and that they cannot be trusted to make objective decisions? Are we saying it is only wrong if it is directly spoken; that no other factors demonstrate possible bias? Everyone has bias, my friends. What we trust is that the panel judges the show solely on the agreed-upon criteria.
There was no criticism of the calypsonian. Frankly, it was just a word of caution to him.
To now turn this thing around sounds like bitter taste in your mouth Delrose. Just relax, light your candle and pray that you avoid last place in the competetion
Derose need to calm the “freak” down. i mean i see nothing here that warrants suing pembo. Utter rubbish!!!
There is none so blind as he who will not see…You will not see the truth Mr Utter Rubbish!
DExter come out from the people show because on Sunday early morning you will be the laughing stock of calypso,
The audio clip should accompany the transcript. It also imputes that it was Delrose line than caused the booing of Scrunter. In the absence of the audio clip, this selective transcript will surely misleed anyone since it pales in comparison to the tone of the audio clip in itself.
Pembo’s legal team will sulely be singing praises to DNO for “lightening” the load of their back.
People please stop this craziness there are more important things in DA to deal with than wasting time on a stupid song. This is so childish where is freedom of speech. It seems you all are so desperate for a calypso crown
A judge must not comment publicly on any calypso in any way before the competition therefore Pemberton showed poor taste and must be removed as a judge in the competition
All the story and controversy in football, calypso and wherever; even in the bar next to me is men that causing all that ‘ro ro’! They sure how to bicker and nag!
Each time one opens the DNO page, the topic at the top is the Deros issue. Why is that the case for 5 days now? Is it because DNO writers are linked to Deros management team? Is that fair DNO? News should be fair and balance and the websit should not be used to show one’s biasness!! I am concern!!
As the president of the Calypso Association Kelly should not have voiced any opinion on the song. He is a finalist. I wonder if he was being genuine when he gave his criticism or if he had ulterior motive to destroy the song of an other fellow competit I would have felt or. In the three-way conversation, Ras Kelly said the most.
As a judge Pembo should have known better. He should have kept his opinion to himself. I would have felt the same way if I were Deros.
Don’t Dominicans know that Judges can’t comment on Matter they have to judge prior to the event..
Why are Dominicans so dam blind and double standard Society i get disgusted with how Backward A island they are…
They so Ignorant a deceased Prime Minister told Them so….these citizens are way too silly..
Think i need to re route my travel plans away to Places like St.Lucia and St.Kitts they at least Understand Issues..Not a Dominican.
How insulting…
You are a blasted fool! Stay away from DA. We don`t need your kind here. You disgust me!
I cannot get it??????? I don’t get it???? I read and reread and what is the issue????? I don’t get it?????? Making a mountain out of a molehill?? I still don’t get it??? Everything little thing now is a controversy. “that could have been a bit inflamatory”. Can someone not give their candid opinion. That is a non issue. foe I can say that I love Derose song but a line can be inflamatory but that doesnot mean that I don’t like the song?? That is why we love or adore persons so much that we cannot tell them that they are wrong. Howbeit we say is our children so we supporting them even in the wrong doing? From this we have to learn to be adults. I love my children but if they wrong, I have to let them know they wrong with love or else they can bite your ears when they really land in trouble.
so if the Judge say that a line is inflamatory, the singer should listen and probably twist the line not to be “inflamatory”. Peopl should try not to get sued or in trouble when they sing. The bottom line is respect for others even in calypso.
Hmm, what I deduce from all that is the chief judge was stating that there is a line in Derose’s song that says a calypsonian was paid and that could be a bit inflamatory…..right? If I am, can someone please explain what did the chief judge say that was wrong that warrants legal action to have him recuse himself from judging the finals?
I think the calypsonian should take heed and adjust his lyrics (if this is the case of course) in order to avoid being sued
PEEPING TOM you ask for more lines in order to conceptualizer the matter. DNO did not yet you are still able to comment. That simply shows that you are desperate and a drowning man will hold onto a straw.
Hope one day you stop making a fool of yourself just to appear loyal to politicians and party. By now you are fully aware that you are not well liked on this site- notice the number of times your comments get enough thumbs down to render those comments low and hidden. only a dumb dog does not realize that the expression maash (thumbs down) means go away. Maybe the expression shoo shoo , Fyaa malewez might just work for you.
There is a bigger story behind this story. The real story began years ago. Derose and his management are simply pawns, not smart enough to see this or too servile to care.
UTTER NONSENSE!
Garcon move on and stop trying to popularize your song.
Unless there is more to come, remind me. Why should pembo step down? Can a calypsonian be punished by the judges if his song is libelous?
EXCELLENT QUESTION! Can someone please answer?
grow up guys,this is calypso,more impotant subjects of greater concern for our country.
sue him!!!!
Alas poor nous.You mean Matt that have calypso in all that roro.. But allyou right because Pembo should have seen from way down that Derose had an inflammatory lines. I glad is Pembo ban that bringing him down. Feel what it is like when the shoe is on the other foot. Remember what goes around comes around, the pit being dug for a brother might just be the pit that you tumble in.Parlez Matt parlez.
Admin, I think the audio of the entire conversation should be put up on your site. Because in reading this, one can never capture the guist of the entire conversation. The whole conversation just sounded bad for people who are involved in calypso and judging this competition.
Mr Pembo should have taken the high road. He should have said “the quality of calypso this season has been great. There is always room for improvement but we are continuously improving the artform”. He could have gone the other way with his comments, off course, but very general.
The biggest issue there for me is that he singled out one individual.
well hope you delrose wasnt paid top sing. or maybe you are guilty. step down for what! mr pembo sould get stronger on that issue
@ h my same sentiment the man said nothing wrong u should have taken that and run if thats the case and fix your song,boy only in da.
The chief judge just said that particular line in the song could be libelous. He never said Derose song was not good. To me it was more a word of caution to the calpsonian rather than a criticsm to his song. This was taken in the wrong context by Derose management team and I see no reason why the chief judge should step down. Maybe it was an oversight by Derose management team not to see that line as libelous. Derose and his management team should rather thank the chief judge for pointing that out to them because later down the road he may be faced with a lawsuit if he does not restract that line
Yes die hard that is my understanding too as you can see from my comment. We must listen to people when we are cautioned and not take thing out of context. That is what we are sowing for our children to see that they cannot be corrected at no time. If we heed correction just as we heed the word and commandments of God, you see later down, we get ourselves in trouble.
Now I am not happy that certain individuals takes petty mole hills and make mountains out of it sometimes and lead those who are a little less intelligent than them astray. We all need correction at some point in ourlives. Yes we do since we are human beings and we are not perfect.
No where in his song did Delrose accuse any pariticular calypsoian of being paid to sing.
my goodness, that you paid a lawyer for. thanks dno for showing us the recordings. so many things people saying about calpsonian. mr. williams spoke to. well sue or no sue . no crown for you………….
Those people on that other radio station always looking for an “issue” to make their shows relevant. So that’s just one more. At the end of the day, that calypsonian not going further than so with those two “coshonee” songs of his
Wonder if ‘koshonyee’ IS NOT YOUR NAME OR YOUR SURNAME. It is surely your mindset. It’s people like you that need to ‘Go hide in a toilet’. It’s people like you i would say ‘Go To Hell! Go To Hell! Go To Hell. It’s not none of your dam business what Derose and his management team dol..
Wow! What is the role of the calypso association, really? Shouldn’t it be to represent the calypsonians, look after the interest of the artform? My point is this: Although calypsonians may have different writers, managers, come from different tents etc… at the end of the day they represent the artform and what we wish to put out there to the wider world. So perhaps the association should get a team of lawyers to preview the songs and to ascertain that there is no libelous content before they are released. But to comment, as president (and a finalist) about the content of the mans’ song is not right. Further to return to the Derose’s song; the calypsonians’s name wasn’t mentioned, nor the names of those who allegedly paid him to sing that song. We have heard much worse in calypso; calling politicians, lawyers and doctors’ names.
True dat, so he supports taking Checko to court.
Indeed! Kelly Williams should not have been made the comment. He is the President of the DCA!
The President have a right to his comments but while he is on the judging panel he have to stay away from making comments and especially on the Air the only time he can give his opinions or make comments is after the final show he didnt wate so you see no one is saying he shouldnt but the method in which he did it is not proper
Who sang the calypso that presents an entirely different picture of what Derose was saying about ‘Follow”. The worls knows it is Andrew :Scrunter” Bazil”. Only IKR seemingly did not know that Scrunter sanga song alleging that it is “you follow diffe’ that bwilley you follow”. A total opposite to what Delrose was presenting.
Let the lawyers contend in a civil court of law. The boggers cannot help Derose of Pembo.
Mr.Pemberton should have known better, he was the former manager of DCP, chairman of high profile boards ( NBD, NDFD)to name a few.And now to appear to be unfair, or taking sides. Thats not good for your good name and reputation. So please leave CALYPSIO alone, and get another hobby to be involve in.
did he really take a side
So hold one. Am I missing something?????? What is in the content of this excerpt that warrants a letter or the threat of a lawsuit??? My God…..
As the hea judge, he should not have said what he said on air. It is wrong.
Kelly as head of the committee and a competitor should not have said his piece either.
When persons are on position, they have to be careful of what they saying to the public.
It is BAD on both of them and they know that.
Counselor Joshua Francis will be laughing all the way to the bank.
That’s the ills of a Island where Standards are Definitely Not adhered to across the Board.
Also the Art form in Dominica FULLY lacks Structure And Ethics so in the end their Music and Will Surely not create a World Wide BOOM.
Unless the Majority of Dominica don’t eliminate That Small mindset nothing will Blossom.
Well the Facts the are going No where with this Crab like Mentality!
What I am getting from that dialogue sounds like a critical principle all judges have sworn an oath towards!!!
So the management team of the rookie calypsonian may not be able to get to the bottom of this after all.
The other point I want to make for the public to bear in mind is this: The chief judge was given mid-day Thursday to step down leaving a day and a half with an unintended outcome to allow scrunter the legitimate right to place an injunction on Friday to the rookie’s song and make him tremble.
Right thinking persons must stand up and urge Scrunter to place that injunction rightly so on this guy.
Matt and lennox were PUNKED…lololololol
Your issue is not calypso at all. It is more Matt and Lennox. Leave the two gentlemen alone. Go get a dose of integrity,and stop supoporting what’s wrong.
Talking integrity. Who misled the nation about the source of the IPO information that was leaked on December 16th. First it was a woman, then a mistakenly directed email. “Some people have technology and do know how to use it. Then it was Tony Astaphans. Which is the correct answer? Tell me. Hunter gave several different answers to questions posed to him and his name and reputation was murdered in the public media for giving different answers to his situation. Mr. Integrity par excellence is smiling even with his fabricated stories about the source of the information he broadcasted on the radio. Now go ahead and tellme which Dominican does not know who is the person involved and if I damaged his reputation why he could not sue?.
Mule, we are all human and Integrity doesn’t just start like an engine amd shuts off when you decide…these two men are no priest or pastor and we no what’s up with priest and pastor..and they are no pope or Jesus so take your dumb self and go play with yourself…maybe you might get more integrity there from these two gestapo kangaroo
This controversy may seem relevant to calypso followers but, at the end of the day, what does this have to do with bread and butter on the table of my countrymen? Whether Pembo is sued or he recuse himself from the show, this action or non-action will have little or no impact on the lives of Dominican. So let’s move on with the things which add value to life.
Well, look bowdell!
Boss Pembo blonder and he should just accept dat, be a man and step down yuh. That I checking der yuh. Yaaah.
pure nonsense!
When de social + ism will take full force, ‘too late shall be the cry’. Calypso is the voice of the people, let them talk.We shall reap what we are sowing if we can’t stand up for truth in this island.
President should not kill and destroy another man song in this manner. He should be responsible call a meeting and ask for new rules for songs.
So was the line in the song or not?
i think they should ask Kelly to step down also… it’s so sad… politics has engulfed every facet of dominica… even in calypso….. u can just see is a labour vs workers seen that going on… from the excerpt, Kamala looks out of touch… just nodding, saying yeah, yeah, mr pembo n blushing at the same time….
You know she was blushing on the radio show? How does blushing sound?
That’s it? Seriously? Have we been punked? Somebody paid a lawyer to make an issue out of that?
The young men on the street, the scurge of drugs in our communities, the high incidence of child abuse and domestic violence, the increase in cancer related deaths, the reckless driving on our roads…these are issues that we should be hollering and getting heated over.
So true
@really,these are the only issues u are concerned about eh? interesting.
It’s all about contexts and meanings, time and place… not ‘just dat?’… they wrong!
So far I have seen nothing that would warrant the kind of action taken by the calypsonian. Maybe it’s just me.
Pemberton AND Kelly should STEP DOWN BEFORE DE SHOW!!!!!!
You can’t be President and Competitor and bringing down other people song so with a host who is highly political and is after her own agenda. So you self undermining calypso and the association then. Magway Sa!
I see nothing here that the chief judge has said that has caused all this hoopla calling him to step down…Derose please don’t have your brother taking you for no pappyshow.
Good effort, DNO. Thank you.
However, a few lines preceding the first would probably have helped further to contextualize the issue.
A few lines before that then someone else will ask for a few more lines. When will it all end. There will always be a problem. Someone once said put some sheep a Shepard and a wolf in a field. The sheep will praise the Shepard for saving their life whilst the wolf will curse the Shepard for depriving him of a meal. In the end who is right? In this whole controversy we see what we want and no matter what is said or done it won’t end.
You have said it very right. Dominicans too like roro. Its as if its like life giving to them. All they do is sit and wait for something to pop up and off they go with their nonsense. Personally, I see no reason for all this useless talk. There are so many other things to be addressed in our country. I think both sides should apologize to each other and move on. Its high time we stop that foolishness in Dominica. God bless our beautiful country!