Ria Taitt Political Editor
\nTuesday, October 21st 2008<\/i>\t<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Patrick Manning on Saturday told the PNM General Council meeting that Government never had any intention of purchasing 200 luxury vehicles to transport VIPs during the two major international conferences to be held in Port of Spain next year.<\/p>\n
Manning told the meeting that he did not know where this notion came from. He noted that this country had hosted conferences before, and the Government never purchased vehicles for this. Proposal had option to buy VIP cars, say dealers<\/b><\/big><\/p>\n Curtis Rampersad Car dealers are confused about Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s statement that Government never intended to buy 200 VIP transport vehicles for two international summits being held in Port of Spain next year.<\/p>\n Car dealers maintained yesterday that the Request for Proposal (RFP) inviting them to tender for the supply and delivery of the luxury vehicles for the Summit of the Americas and the Commonwealth Heads of Government conferences included an option for Government to purchase the cars. Related News:<\/b><\/p>\n 200 VIP cars for ministries<\/a> Minister: VIP vehicles will be used by Public Service<\/a><\/p>\n Vehicle firms offer Govt summit VIP deal<\/a><\/p>\n Luxury vehicles for delegates next year bad spending\u2014Panday<\/a><\/p>\n Browne has doubts on ‘free’ VIP cars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ria Taitt Political Editor Tuesday, October 21st 2008 Prime Minister Patrick Manning on Saturday told the PNM General Council meeting that Government never had any intention of purchasing 200 luxury vehicles to transport VIPs during the two major international conferences to be held in Port of Spain next year. Manning told the meeting that he … Continue reading PM: We never planned to buy 200 luxury cars<\/span>
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\n“We do not propose to buy any cars,” he told the General Council.
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\nWednesday, October 22nd 2008<\/i> \t<\/p>\n
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\nFOREIGN AFFAIRS Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon yesterday revealed that the 200 new VIP transport vehicles which Government will acquire for next year\u2019s Fifth Summit of the Americas and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be \u201cabsorbed\u201d into government ministries when the summits are over.<\/p>\n