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PETROTRIN is being told recover every black cent of overpayment from a private lease operator who has been billing the company for oil that was never delivered in the sum of $100 million.
PETROTRIN is being told recover every black cent of overpayment from a private lease operator who has been billing the company for oil that was never delivered in the sum of $100 million.
TIME will tell whether or not the estimated $15 billion owed by CL Financial (CLF) to the State will be recovered. This was the word yesterday from well-placed sources in the wake of last weeks ruling in the Port of Spain High Court to liquidate the beleaguered conglomerate.
PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday condemned reported attacks on media personnel who were pursuing the fake oil scandal involving Petrotrin and A&V Drilling and Workover Limited.
Tropical Storm Maria was expected to be upgraded to a hurricane by 5 pm yesterday (Sunday). She follows in the wake of Irma, Jose and Lee, who has been downgraded to a tropical depression and poses no immediate danger.
A police corporal assigned to the Southern Division is expected to be interviewed today by two officers of the Professional Standards Bureau in connection with the assault of Guardian photojournalist Kristian De Silva.
Chairman of the United National Congress (UNC), David Lee, has condemned the recent attacks on journalists covering the fake oil story.