Afra Raymond was interviewed on The Power Breakfast Show on Power 102 FM ,radio on Monday, 24 April 2023 with Paul Richards, Richard Ragoobarsingh and Wendell Stephens, on the impending proclamation of the Public Procurement law.
Afra Raymond is CNC3 interviewed on Morning Brew television programme on Monday 24th April 2023 with Jason ‘JW’ Williams on the impending proclamation of the new Public Procurement law. Video courtesy CNC3
Afra Raymond was interviewed by Kieron Samaroo of U97.5 FM Multicultural Radio’s Program, The People’s Platform on the impending proclamation of the new Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Property Act. Audio courtesy U97.5 FM.
This is an interview with Trinidadian journalist and television host, Fazeer Mohammed, on Saturday, 25 March 2023 detailing this serious challenge to implementation of the Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Property Act.
15:11 to 17:05 Afra Raymond calls on the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) to convene an examination of the Constitution Imbroglio
19:45 to 20:50 LATT should call out the Judiciary’s 29-page note—unsupported—to the Attorney General
22:44 to 25:25 Cost of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Roger Gaspard, SC’s new office space and the scandalous decision of the AGLA to accept those terms.
26:51 to 27:48 DPP Gaspard must explain the apparent inaction in the CL Financial matter based on the Colman Report
33.42 to 34:56 Disturbing existing Arrangements
46:26 to 47.24 (or to 47:49) CJ batting well outside his crease! Judicial Educational Institute
The Institute of Surveyors’ of Trinidad & Tobago held its ‘Land Policy for Sustainable Development‘ conference at UWI on 22-23 March 2023. Afra Raymond delivered the keynote address on Wednesday, 22 March 2023 on “Planning and Development.”
Afra Raymond was interviewed by Steve Khan, Richard Ragoobarsingh, Paul Richards and Wendell Stephens on the Power Breakfast Show on Power 102 FM discussing the collapse of the Piarco Airport corruption case that involved defendants all the way up to and including the Prime Minister. The pattern of the failure to convict white collar criminals in Trinidad and Tobago is noted and a solution is offered to reverse the trend. Audio courtesy Power 102 FM
Afra Raymond was part of an esteemed panel hosted by the the Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute (CCGI) discussing “The 2010 Uff Report into the Construction Sector in T&T – What have we learnt?” This panel was part of the CCGI’s ongoing online series of discussions on governance matters in the Caribbean, and was hosted by CCGI chairman, Nigel Romano, with Michael Bowsher KC from the UK and John Dowse from Canada.
Ceronne Bayley of Bayley’s Consulting Services specialising in Corporate Governance in Trinidad and Tobago chats with Afra Raymond, Managing Director of Raymond and Pierre about the importance of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Property Act and the need for its swift implementation. This is a part of her series of LinkedIn Live Chats with thought leaders on governance matters in Trinidad and Tobago.
‘Ambiguity and silence is the enemy of #ethics and #integrity.‘
Richard Bistrong @Richardbistrong
Manufactured consent is supported by “…effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a system-supportive propaganda function by reliance on market forces, internalized assumptions, and self-censorship, and without overt coercion…“.
Noam Chomsky
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act (PPDPPA or The Act) was approved by Parliament in 2015 and amended three times by this administration. The Regulations to The Act were approved by Parliament in January 2022, so the stage was set for implementation of this important law. This series deals with the intentional series of delays now emerging from our AG and the Judiciary.
Our Judiciary made formal objections to The Act, which was already approved by Parliament. It is a piercing irony that those submissions were unsupported by any citations or research, none whatsoever.
Professional Responsibility is one of the important lenses to examine the new Public Procurement law and the implementation challenges.
Grand Corruption is impossible without the active assistance, advice and scheming of Professionals — Lawyers, Bankers, Accountants, Engineers, Surveyors. The Thieves cannot function without the Professionals, after all, as the old saying goes: “The Upholder is worse than the Thief!” That old saying speaks to the particular responsibilities which are vested in the Professional Class.
Continue reading “Manufactured Dissent”‘The Truth eats Lies’
Marlon James. ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’
We must interrogate this Judicial intervention against the Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Property Act (PPDPPA) carefully to understand its perils.
Here are the three ‘red flags’ –
The three, taken together, taste terrible!
Continue reading “PUBLIC PROCUREMENT DELAYS – Understanding this CONSTITUTIONAL IMBROGLIO”
