{"id":1864,"date":"2009-11-10T03:53:08","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T07:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2009-11-10T20:21:16","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T00:21:16","slug":"opening-of-the-national-academy-for-the-performing-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=1864","title":{"rendered":"Official Opening of the National Academy for the Performing Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triniview.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_itemId=414658\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Official Opening of the National Academy for the Performing Arts (Northern Campus)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.triniview.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=415101&#038;g2_serialNumber=2\" title=\"The Official Opening of the National Academy for the Performing Arts (Northern Campus)\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opening of the National Academy for the Performing Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161555389\">PM&#8217;s $480m PRIDE<\/a><br \/>\nNational Academy for the Performing Arts a masterpiece, says Manning<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/politics\/2009\/11\/10\/pm-udecott-set-new-order\">PM: Udecott to set up new order<\/a><br \/>\nPrime Minister Patrick Manning yesterday formally opened the US$78 million National Academy for the Performing Arts Academy (North Campus) describing it as &#8220;a masterpiece.&#8221; And in his strongest vote of confidence in the Urban Development Corporation of T&amp;T (Udecott) and its executive chairman Calder Hart, Manning said the State-owned special purpose company which manages many of Government&#8217;s billion-dollar construction projects &#8220;is the instrument that the Government is using to bring about a new order in the construction sector.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/news\/0,110639.html\">Thank you Sherrine<\/a><br \/>\nUDECOTT chairman Calder Hart, whose wife Sherrine Hart has been linked to a Malaysian company his board awarded $668 million worth of contracts, yesterday thanked her for her &#8220;tremendous effort and support&#8221; as he opened the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port-of-Spain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/guardian.co.tt\/news\/general\/2009\/11\/10\/dancing-fountains-claim-spotlight\">&#8216;Dancing fountains&#8217; claim the spotlight<\/a><br \/>\nStreams of water spouted from the &#8220;dancing fountains&#8221; 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