Brazil contractor likely to be fired from road project – T&T PM

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said on Monday it was “quite likely” that the contractor—Brazilian firm Construtora OAS—will have to be fired from the multi-billion-dollar Point Fortin Highway extension project.

Rowley made the statement at the VIP Lounge of Piarco International Airport, where he hosted a news conference before departing on a 12-day trip to the US, UK and Ghana.

The Prime Minister raised concerns over the highway project as he took issue with a newspaper article which he said was written by a university lecturer whom he did not name.

“I have three university degrees and all from UWI and I am probably going to start another degree soon because I want to get one I am proud of,” said Rowley.

He said the article tried to give the impression that the Government, “out of spite and racism”, has stopped projects taking place in the country.

“I want to make it abundantly clear, that the three projects that this university political scientist referred had nothing to do with any action of this Government stopping it,” said Rowley.