Sto­ry by Nigel Teles­ford 

Dance­hall megas­tar, Vy­bz Kar­tel (aka Adid­ja Palmer) has been cleared to ar­rive and per­form in Trinidad ahead of the One Caribbean Uni­ty Mu­sic Fes­ti­val sched­uled for Sat­ur­day night at the Queen's Park Sa­van­nah in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. 

Sources close to the or­gan­is­ing com­mit­tee of Ja­cho En­ter­tain­ment told Over­time Me­dia that the "God Is The Great­est" singer was of­fi­cial­ly cleared to en­ter the coun­try and per­form on Sat­ur­day. The of­fi­cial let­ter stamped by the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty and dat­ed as at May 26, 2025 is la­belled as Form 17 from the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go is sub­ti­tled "Im­mi­gra­tion Reg­u­la­tions" and "Per­mit Is­sued By The Min­is­ter Un­der Sec­tion 10 (1) of the act 22/2025 reads:

"This per­mit en­ables Mr Adid­ja Az­im Palmer Hold­er of Ja­maican Pass­port No. (XyZ123) is­sued on Au­gust 12, 2024 to en­ter and re­main in Trinidad and To­ba­go for a pe­ri­od of sev­en (7) days."

The per­mit fur­ther out­lines con­di­tions un­der which Palmer can do ra­dio in­ter­views (be­tween 9 am - 12 noon and 1 pm to 3 pm), pro­hibits the trend­ing artiste from par­tic­i­pat­ing in any group, com­mu­ni­ty or of­fi­cial "Crime Aware­ness Func­tions" or meet­ings and asks that his per­for­mance reper­toire be adapt­ed to "ex­clude ma­te­r­i­al that may be con­sid­ered of­fen­sive for ex­am­ple the song 'Good Like Je­sus'". The per­mit al­so fur­ther states that Palmer "must not com­mu­ni­cate any words or en­gage in any ac­tiv­i­ty which may like­ly be con­strued as pro­mot­ing a gang, con­trary to the pro­vi­sion of the An­ti-Gang Act".

Dig­i­tal Mar­ket­ing Lead for the One Caribbean Uni­ty Mu­sic Fes­ti­val, Jonathan Gomez told Over­time Me­dia that the clear­ance "paves the way for the top trend­ing event of the week­end to wel­come the top trend­ing artiste". 

He said:

"The Worl Boss has now been of­fi­cial­ly cleared to ar­rive and per­form in Trinidad, so all roads lead to the Queen's Park Sa­van­nah this Sat­ur­day night, where Vy­bz Kar­tel will de­liv­er an elec­tri­fy­ing per­for­mance, along­side some of the na­tion and the re­gion's top acts. Tick­ets are still avail­able at all ad­ver­tised out­lets and from our on­line providers. Kar­tel re­turns to the stage in Trinidad this Sat­ur­day for the first time in 15 years, so this his­tor­i­cal night is not to be missed. See you all there!"