{"id":2990,"date":"2017-08-25T10:25:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T15:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2017-09-20T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:32:28","slug":"something-crooked-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/something-crooked-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"SOMETHING CROOKED HAPPENED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article\"><b>PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley is convinced something crooked took place in the procurement of the Ocean Flower II. He made the point at a news conference at the Magdalena Grand Hotel in Tobago yesterday after close to two hours of talks with stakeholders on the problems facing the domestic seabridge. Rowley was confident that investigations by Cabinet appointed investigator Christian Mouttet, the Integrity Commission and the Parliament\u2019s Land and Physical Infrastructure Joint Select Committee (JSC) would discover the truth about the circumstances under which the Ocean Flower II was procured.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"article\">He said the Port Authority is now \u201cworking overtime\u201d to acquire the services of another passenger ferry before the TT Express goes on dry dock. Expressing confidence that more vessels would be available during the upcoming winter period, Rowley said the Authority will broaden its search to all parts of the spectrum to find an appropriate passenger vessel for the seabridge.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded reporters that Cabinet has already agreed to put out a tender for a new cargo vessel built to Government\u2019s specifications.<\/p>\n<p>Rowley said this arrangement could result in a two to three year contract being signed for that vessel\u2019s usage. He said once the Spirit and the Express have undergone their long overdue maintenance, they should be able to service the seabridge for at least another two years.<\/p>\n<p>Rowley disclosed stakeholders agreed to a proposal to appoint two more Tobagonians to the Port Authority\u2019s board of directors to ensure there is no repeat of the problems now facing the seabridge. He also announced that a committee comprising representatives from Government, the Tobago House of Assembly and the private sector will be established to deal with operational issues on the seabridge.<\/p>\n<p>He rejected claims by some that yesterday\u2019s meeting was \u201ca waste of time.\u201d Rowley said contrary to those claims, the discussions were fruitful.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/news\/0,248028.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: \u00a0katie chao and ben muessig (flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley is convinced something crooked took place in the procurement of the Ocean Flower II. He made the point at a news conference at the Magdalena&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":3005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[144,145,125,113,137],"class_list":["post-2990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-marineshipping","tag-port-authority-of-trinidad-and-tobago","tag-public-procurement","tag-tenders","tag-trinidad-and-tobago"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Crooked-fence-katie-chao-and-ben-muessig-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C681&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-Me","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2989,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/heads-must-roll-including-mine\/","url_meta":{"origin":2990,"position":0},"title":"HEADS MUST ROLL&#8230;INCLUDING MINE","author":"Project Calls","date":"August 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"HEADS must roll over the failed leasing of a passenger ferry for the domestic seabridge, said Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan, replying to reporters\u2019 queries at a function at the Caroni Licensing Office yesterday. 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