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 |  Subject: UTT paid Pena’s rent  Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:38 am | |
| If Pena had all that money to build a $30 million church, why was UTT paying her rent? - Quote :
UTT paid Pena’s rent
By COREY CONNELLY Saturday, July 31 2010
WORKS and Transport Minister Jack Warner yesterday alleged the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), during the tenure of the former PNM government, paid rent for the Reverend Juliana Pena — spiritual adviser of then Prime Minister Patrick Manning — for one year on a property owned by eminent attorney Bruce Procope.
Contributing to the debate on the Senior Citizens Grant Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives, a fiery Warner challenged Opposition members to deny his revelation. “Say no! Say no,” he stressed. The Opposition MPs remained silent.
Rev Pena remains at the centre of a controversy surrounding the construction of the Lighthouse of the Lord Jesus Christ Church, at a cost of $30 million, in the Heights of Guanapo. Her name is on the cornerstone of the church which is not yet completed and on which construction ceased just before the PNM lost the May 24 General Election.
Warner’s allegation came as he chastised the PNM for its mismanagement of the public purse through mega projects during its term in office. This, he insisted, prevented them from adequately addressing the needs of the country’s senior citizens.
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