Trade and Commerce Minister Anthony Hylton, says there will be no quick resumption to the scrap metal trade because there will be a need for more consultation. The scrap metal traders however are getting impatient and restive and are questioning the government promises for a quick resumption in the scrap metal trade.
It would therefore seem that despite Anthony Hylton opposition to the closure of the trade when it was done by the former minister and his suggestions at the time on what should be done to keep it open, he has yet to develop such a plan.
This is part of the reason why I refuse to take anything from any politician at face value.
In the mean time traders continue to stock pile tonnes of scrap metal, awaiting the reopening of the trade, which seems to be some time off based on the Minister’s comments today.
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EDITORIAL – Gangs Of Gordon House Should Repay Olint Cash
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Feb 13 (Reuters) – National fundraising committees for the Democratic and Republican parties, President Barack Obama, and other major politicians have declined to return campaign donations totaling $1.8 million from Houston financier R. Allen Stanford, now on trial for allegedly masterminding a $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
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On April 3, Minister of Works and Infrastructure Jack Warner said the lucrative scrap iron industry is out of control and needs review. He was responding to the theft of part of a steel bridge along the Southern Main Road, Point Fortin days before.
Warner said thieves, posing as workmen, used a welding torch to remove part of the bridge which had to be closed while experts examined its structural integrity
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