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Udecott Scandal Deepens
Posted: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Minister: Too soon for final CHOGM cost
Foreign Affairs Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said yesterday that it was too soon to tabulate the final figure of the cost to host the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
Rowley: Udecott Scandal Deepens
THE EVIDENCE of Carl Khan, the ex-husband of Mrs Sherrine Hart, the wife of the Udecott executive chairman Calder Hart, who deposed family links between Mr Hart and a company his board awarded $668 million in contracts to, will not be challenged by Hart's lawyers via cross-examination in the Uff Commission of Inquiry.
Hart cops out: Uff stuns enquiry
UDeCOTT boss will not challenge damning testimony of wife's ex-husband
Rowley: Calder Hart linked to Sunway
An allegation that Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (Udecott) chairman, Calder Hart, awarded a multi-million dollar Government contract to his wife's brother and brother-in-law is now in evidence, unchallenged, before the Uff Commission of Enquiry...
We are not biased towards Hart—Uff
Commission chairman, John Uff, said yesterday the commissioners were not biased towards Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago(Udecott) chairman, Calder Hart, or any other party.
Carl Khan's statutory declaration
Engineer tells of litany of woes at Cleaver Heights
'Missing $10m' fades before commission
At the fourth phase of the hearing of the Commission of Enquiry into UDeCOTT and the construction sector, the issue of the 'missing' $10 million virtually faded into oblivion...
No $10M bobol
ERRORS that may have resulted in a $10 million discrepancy in the contract sum for the Cleaver Heights Housing project were likely due to constraints in resources and not to "any intention to provide improper financial benefits to any party involved", according to the former managing director of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Noel Garcia.
State nets $30m from Piarco
A settlement between the Government and two parties involved in the $1.6 billion Piarco International Airport terminal building project has resulted in a payment of $30 million to the State
AG recovers $250M from Piarco fraud
ATTORNEY GENERAL John Jeremie last Monday recovered another $30 million in compensation in the Piarco Airport fraud investigation from a court order issued after a settlement with Portguese firm, Grupo Soares, and its Florida subsidiary, Soares Da Costa Contractor Inc, of Puerto Rico in a fraud civil lawsuit filed by Jeremie in Florida.
Ramesh blanks Jack's call; Kamla to decide by Friday
Busy campaigning, UNC MP Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj will not appear on a Ramjack public meeting platform on Thursday, as UNC MP Jack Warner had stated recently.
French Govt never endorsed Alutrint smelter
The French Government never endorsed the Alutrint aluminium smelter in La Brea, and has no opinion on the controversial project. This was the feedback from Dr Wayne Kublalsingh of the anti-smelter lobby after a "cordial" half-hour meeting yesterday with the French Ambassador Michel Trinquier, at the Embassy, Tatil Building, Maraval Road, Port-of-Spain. The meeting began at 11 am.
Warner impressed with Aussies 2022 World Cup bid
Influential Fifa vice-president, Jack Warner says the tyranny of distance is Australia's only substantial hurdle to hosting the World Cup but has lauded the quality of a bidding campaign, which, he believes, has pushed Australia to the front of the race.
US Embassy: Query visa refusals via e-mail
People who want to query the reason why they were refused a visa to go to the United States should contact the Consular Section of the US Embassy in Port of Spain.
Five men beat, stab guard in city grocery
DRAMA unfolded in downtown Port of Spain as five men attacked a security guard, hitting him first with a concrete brick, then with their fists, before repeatedly stabbing him about the body in a supermarket.
...Guard fights for life after multiple stabs
Woman dead, man critical
THE stabbing death of a man described by police as a known gangster earlier this year, is believed to have been behind a shooting incident yesterday which claimed the life of a woman and left her common-law husband hospitalised in critical condition.
Morvant woman shot dead
As she slept in her Morvant home, 51-year-old Jacqueline Jones was murdered by gunmen who walked up to her bedroom window and opened fire early yesterday morning.
Teen raped at chutney fete, cops seek relative
A teenager who went to have a good time at a chutney show on Saturday night was beaten and raped by a male relative.
Soldier in court for rape
A 23-year-old soldier appeared before a Chaguanas magistrate yesterday charged with the rape of a woman.
$.5 million, guns seized in raid
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