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Arimians walk out on Hazel Manning

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By Ralph Banwarie and Rhondor Dowlat
February 26, 2010 – newsday.co.tt

Former Minister of Education, current Minister of Local Government and wife of Prime Minister Patrick Mnning, Hazel Manning
Former Minister of Education, current Minister of Local Government and wife of Prime Minister Patrick Mnning, Hazel Manning
TWO WELL-KNOWN Arimians — parang icon Holly Betaudier, 85, and retired teacher and nutritionist Louis Horne — have taken Local Government Minister Hazel Manning to task for describing the borough as being “just bush” 56 years ago.

“It is a pity that the person (Mrs Manning) had to say something like that. If Arima was only bush, 56 years ago, I would never have gone to Edinburgh University in London. Arima was not bush then. Arima made me who I am today. That person really does not know what she is talking about,” Horne stated.
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