US$5 million from sale of GT&T shares unaccounted for

Government has obtained documents which show that the US$5M thought to be outstanding from the sale of GT&T shares was collected prior to President David Granger taking office and efforts are underway to detect the money trail, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says.

“What I can say is that Mr Harmon has been able to retrieve some documents which tell a different story. That story being of course that the (US) $5M was paid so we are trying to track down to whom, how and where,” he told reporters at a post-cabinet press briefing at the Ministry of Presidency yesterday. He said the payment was made before May 16, 2015.

Trotman made the disclosure after being asked about Minister of State Joseph Harmon’s recent controversial trip to China. He said officially, the minister travelled to represent government in a National Industrial and