FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2025
VOLUME 119, No. 33
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The section adjacent to the Quay Wall at the new Kingstown Port was up to recently, still exposed, the sand having being drawn out to sea during a period of declutching. (Photo Credit: Travis Harry)
by DAYLE DASILVA HE PORT MODERNIZATION PROJECT in capital Kingstown continues to generate controversy. The latest played out during the debate in the House of Assembly Dr. Godwin Friday, Leader of the Opposition, said, given the lack of transparency on the Port Project progress, his side could not support a request for a further allocation.
Parliament, August 8, on the Supplementary Appropriation Bill tabled by Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves. The Bill sought to authorize government to spend an additional EC$98.6 million and while it received unanimous approval by the government side of the House, the Opposition did not support the provision that allowed for a further allocation to the Port Modernization Project. The Bills allowed for to EC$28.2 million to be spent
on the roads programme; EC$41.75 million for the post Hurricane Beryl housing recovery programme; EC$3 million to cover the cost of accommodation in apartments and guest houses for persons displaced by Beryl; Continued on Page 3. Camillo Gonsalves, Finance Minister, referred to the problems the Port Project has experienced even as its construction remained ongoing.