{"id":3129,"date":"2017-09-08T11:12:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=3129"},"modified":"2017-09-20T10:33:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:33:39","slug":"khan-conflict-of-interest-on-galicia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/khan-conflict-of-interest-on-galicia\/","title":{"rendered":"Khan: Conflict of interest on Galicia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article\"><b>ENERGY Minister Franklin Khan yesterday questioned how attorney Nyree Alfonso was recruited under the former People\u2019s Partnership (PP) government in 2013 to find a replacement for the MV Warrior Spirit and her law firm joined a group of companies which tendered for that replacement vessel.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"article\">Khan also asked how Inter-Continental Shipping Limited (ICSL), which was not invited to tender for that vessel, ended up replacing Alfonso\u2019s firm and winning the bid. He said this resulted in the procurement of the Super Fast Galicia which replaced the Warrior Spirit on the domestic seabridge.<\/p>\n<p>ICSL are the brokers for the Galicia which is owned by the company Trans-Med.<\/p>\n<p>Khan posed these questions to the Port Authority\u2019s board of directors as the Parliament\u2019s Land and Physical Infrastructure Joint Select Committee (JSC) continued its enquiry into the domestic seabridge at Tower D of the Portof- Spain International Waterfront Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the situation as \u201ccuriouser and curiouser,\u201d Khan told Port chairman Alison Lewis, \u201cIf that my dear lady, is not at best impropriety, I don\u2019t know what is.\u201d In response to Khan\u2019s questions, Lewis said Alfonso was retained by the former transport ministry in 2013 to assist with the procurement of a replacement for the Warrior Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/news\/0,248644.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: \u00a0David Whelan (flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENERGY Minister Franklin Khan yesterday questioned how attorney Nyree Alfonso was recruited under the former People\u2019s Partnership (PP) government in 2013 to find a replacement for the MV Warrior Spirit&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":3171,"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":[154,153,137],"class_list":["post-3129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-conflictchallenge","tag-legal","tag-trinidad-and-tobago"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Conflicting-Instructions-Traffic-Signs-David-Whelan-flickr.jpg?fit=1024%2C730&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-Ot","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4684,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/trinidad-government-files-lawsuit-as-sea-bridge-controversy-continues\/","url_meta":{"origin":3129,"position":0},"title":"Trinidad government files lawsuit as sea bridge controversy continues","author":"Michele Marius","date":"March 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"PORT OF SPAIN \u2013 The Trinidad and Tobago government has filed a lawsuit against the broker for Super-Fast Galicia Intercontinental Shipping alleging that it broke a contract to provide services on the sea bridge between the two islands. 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