{"id":8820,"date":"2015-05-08T07:17:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T11:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=8820"},"modified":"2015-05-08T07:17:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T11:17:08","slug":"rowley-exposes-new-e-mails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=8820","title":{"rendered":"Rowley exposes new e-mails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><I>By Anna Ramdass<br \/>\nMay 8, 2015  &#8211; <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/news\/Rowley-exposes-new-e-mails-303042111.html\">trinidadexpress.com<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?tag=keith-rowley\"><img src='http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blogimg\/rowley5.jpg' width='150' height='100' border='0' class='alignleft' alt='Dr. Keith Rowley' \/><\/a>ON THE heels of being suspended from Parliament over Emailgate, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley last night exposed more e-mails.<\/p>\n<p>This time he has shown new e-mails which allege that $60 million was transferred from First Citizens bank to three foreign banks.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nSpeaking at a People\u2019s National Movement (PNM) meeting in Arima, Rowley said he received a string of e-mails from a whistleblower who was concerned about the status of investigations into this matter.<\/p>\n<p>The money, said Rowley, was transferred from the account of the National Energy Corporation (NEC) to banks in the United States and Dubai and to an attorney\u2019s office in Antigua.<\/p>\n<p>The e-mails Rowley had in his possession detailed the transaction amounts and the dates\u2014the transfers took place in September 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Rowley said NEC lawyers picked it up and investigations were started.<\/p>\n<p>He said another e-mail purported to have come from Interpol where requests were sent to security officials in Antigua and Dubai asking for information and assistance in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Rowley said there were three separate unauthorised wire transfers and one of the e-mails drew it to his attention that no action has been taken against the perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>These e-mails, said Rowley, will never get into the Parliament under the present Government.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Finance Minister Larry Howai was in charge of FIrst Citizens at the time when the unauthorised transactions were said to have taken place. <\/p>\n<p><I>Source: <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/news\/Rowley-exposes-new-e-mails-303042111.html\">www.trinidadexpress.com\/news\/Rowley-exposes-new-e-mails-303042111.html<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anna Ramdass May 8, 2015 &#8211; trinidadexpress.com ON THE heels of being suspended from Parliament over Emailgate, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley last night exposed more e-mails. 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