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Otto Carrington
Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation chairman Josiah Austin has defended the corporation’s recent spending on Independence Day celebrations, back-to-school drives, and other social support programmes, stressing that most of the funding came from private sponsorship and internally raised revenue rather than central government allocations. In an interview with Guardian Media, Austin said about three-quarters of the costs were covered by sponsorship, with the balance coming from the corporation’s own revenue-generating activities.
“Every corporation is responsible for raising its own revenue, and we raised a lot this year,” Austin explained.
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