Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan and former and current Port Authority of T&T (PATT) board members are among stakeholders called to appear before the Joint Select Committee (JSC) which will look into the procurement for and maintenance of the Cabo Star and Ocean Flower 2 next week.
In a release yesterday, the Office of the Parliament said three consecutive meetings starting on Monday through to Wednesday have been scheduled before the JSC on Land and Physical Infrastructure at the Parliament, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain.
The committee will meet in public with officials including: Sinanan; Dhanmattee Ramdath, Deputy Permanent Secretary (Ag.); Marvin Gonzales, Director, Legal Services Unit; Duane Murray, Senior Legal Officer and Ronald Alfred, Director, Maritime Services.
Also with the current PATT board, including: Alison Lewis, Chairman; Adrian Beharry, Deputy Chairman; Ainsworth Mohammed, Commissioner; Tommy Elias – Commissioner; Dexter Jaggernauth – Commissioner and Suzette Baptiste – Commissioner.
Acting chief executive officer of the T&T Inter-Island Transport, Leon Grant, PATT’s General Manager/CEO Charmaine and Michelle Scipio-Hosang, the Manager, Fast Ferries will also appear.
Former PATT board members include: Christine Sahadeo - Former Chairman; Radha Permanand - Former Commissioner; Glenn Wilson - Former Commissioner; Ken Wright - Former Commissioner; Melissa Alexis-James - Former Commissioner and Ferdinand Ferreira - Former Commissioner.
Other Stakeholders to appear will include: Fitzgerald Hinds, MP and Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs and Former Minister of Works and Transport; Stephen Cadiz - Former Minister of Works and Transport.
OTHERS TO APPEAR BEFORE JSC
T&T Inter-Island Transport Company: Hafeez Mohammed - Divisional Manager, Operations and Ticketing; Vilma Lewis-Cockburn - Manager, Marketing & Public Relations; Nadine Pierre-McKenzie - Accountant (Ag.); Michael Bahadoorsingh - Manager, HSE (Ag.); Michelle Scipio-Hosang - Manager, Fast Ferries; George Ronalds - Team Lead, Operations and Safety; Anil Ramdial - Manager, Strategic Planning
Bridgeman’s Services Group: Andrew Purdey - Vice President
Other Stakeholders: Alfred McMillan - Marine Consultant, Nyree Alfonso - Attorney
Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union (SWWTU): Michael Annisette - President
Ken Shipping and Marine Services Ltd: Lester Kenny - Managing Director
Intercontinental Shipping Limited: John Powell - Managing Director
Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association (THTA): Christopher James - President, Kaye Trotman - Representative, Dedan Daniel - Representative, Ted Greis – Representative
Other Stakeholders: Dianne Hadad - Former President, Tobago Chamber of Commerce, Kelvin Charles - Chief Secretary and Secretary of Education, Innovation and Energy, Tobago House of Assembly, Assemblyman Watson Duke - Minority Leader, THA
Inter-Island Truckers and Traders Association: Horace Amede - President, Wazir Ali - 1st Vice President, Robert Tardieau - 2nd Vice President, Samuel Applewhite – Secretary