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Details of $120m spent in legal fees
Posted: Saturday, June 8, 2024
AG partly reveals details of $120m spent in legal fees
ATTORNEY GENERAL Reginald Armour told the House of Representatives on Friday he had partly acceded to a call by Barataria/San Juan MP Saddam Hosein for details of attorneys awarded state briefs to the tune of $120 million. This sum was part of an extra allocation of $124 million to his ministry as a $2.3 billion supplementary allocation to the 2024 national budget approved last Monday by the House's Standing Finance Committee (SFC).
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