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Govt rejects OWTU-led Patriotic's offer for refinery
Posted: Sunday, November 1, 2020
Govt rejects OWTU-led Patriotic's offer for refinery
"From the onset, this was and has been a very complex negotiation because we were attempting to sell a complex asset involving the sale of a multibillion-dollar state asset," Khan said. "As such, due diligence by the state was paramount in this exercise. These discussions are subjected to non-disclosure agreements. So, both parties are bound to keep those agreements."
Govt rejects Patriotic's counter-proposal to buy refinery
It was in September 2019 the Government announced that Patriotic Energies had won the bid to purchase the refinery, beating out 77 competitors. The first rounds of negotiations with the Government's ministerial team began in February and visit at the refinery was done in March. In July the Prime Minister had announced that the Government was ready to sign the deal with Patriotic. However, in the months that followed the union and the ministerial team were at loggerheads. On September 28 the Prime Minister gave the parties until October 31 to come to an agreement.
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Ministerial committee on reopening borders to meet
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A Caribbean Airlines repatriation flight from the JFK airport in New York to Trinidad was rerouted to Puerto Rico on Saturday night when one passenger on board began having severe medical issues.
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Panday has no faith in UNC internal election process
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Catholics welcome Pope's support for same-sex civil unions
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Trees on top of buses and cars. Roofs ripped off homes. Boats pushed onto the highway by surging seawater. Hundreds of thousands of people left in the dark.
61-year-old man charged with killing son
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