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PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says government will compile a report on foreign exchange (forex) distribution and leakages over the last decade. The contents of this report will be made public.

She made this disclosure at the post-Cabinet news conference at the Red House, Port of Spain on Thursday May 15. Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo, Planning Minister Kennedy Swaratsingh and Trade Minister Satyakama Maharaj have been given this assignment by the Cabinet.

Persad-Bissessar reminded reporters how such spoke about forex distribution during the election campaign. "This is a serious matter. We need to know where the forex went, to who it went. to why it went and how it was deployed those reports will come to us and we will share them with you."