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Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les

To­ba­go Cor­re­spon­dent

The To­ba­go Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (TRHA) iden­ti­fied The Palms vil­las as its pre­ferred op­tion, ap­proved the pur­chase of the $19 mil­lion prop­er­ty since Jan­u­ary 2024, se­cured board ap­proval, and even at­tempt­ed to source for­eign cur­ren­cy for the down pay­ment—yet the pub­lic was not for­mal­ly in­formed of the trans­ac­tion un­til a press re­lease is­sued 17 months lat­er, af­ter the prop­er­ty was pur­chased.