PNM supporters get cash

PORT-OR-SPAIN – Ten people, linked by the chain of friendship or family to the PNM, raked in $84 million in legal fees during the years of the Patrick Manning administration, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan disclosed to the Senate yesterday.
“Amongst those ten, a former Government minister’s husband, brother, brother-in-law,” Ramlogan said. “Sister-in-law too,” added Senate leader Subhas Panday.
Urban Development Corporation Of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT), the AG disclosed, spent $110 million in legal fees and $72 million went to one law firm. UDeCOTT also spent $28 million in legal fees to defend. (Trinidad Express)