Penny: Govt mum on $3.4b HDC ‘fiasco’

June 20, 2026

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Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles has called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to “fire the three Housing Ministers (Dr David Lee, Phillip Alexander and Anil Roberts) as well as the (Housing Development Corporation) board now”.

“The HDC, under a cloak of obfuscation and confusion, (on June 17) provided notice of the cancellation of the scandalous procurement proceedings relating to the award of the $3.4 billion contracts,” to contractors and “recently incorporated companies with no track record in housing”.

HOUSING MINISTER:

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