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PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her government has inherited a $4.42 billion "hole" which needs to be filled in order to keep the country running. She pledged her government will find the money to do so.

Speaking at the first post-cabinet press briefing at the Red House on Thursday May 8, Persad-Bissessar said her government had been examining the country's true financial state after being elected on April 28 and ministers and parliamentary secretaries were sworn in on May 3.

She said the most important consideration was the country’s month-to-month cash flow which gives an estimated update of the government’s immediate status by month.