90 million to refurbish Brian Lara Stadium

[nos_specialist]

Ohhh yes....i dunno if this was posted anywhere...but it make papers 90 million to refurbish a mothballed stadium....yup



Good Job PNM...daz superb money management there..

[Les Bain]

In light of the country preparing to ketch it mudda ass, what's the justification for this?

[antlind]

Payback time for all their supporters Throwing away good money.
That $90M could go towards setting up the children's hospital.

[Rory Phoulorie]

Ohhh yes....i dunno if this was posted anywhere...but it make papers 90 million to refurbish a mothballed stadium....yup. . .

Mothball is when you implement measures to protect the structure/facility during inactivity. UNC did not mothball the stadium, they just left it there to deteriorate.

But if that $90M estimate is correct, it would be very unwise of the PNM to even try to refurbish the facility at this time given what they are asking the population to do.

[DVSTT]

What a superb example of proper prioritising.

[Redman]

I was told it was actually much less.
The plan is Lara and co bringing t20 there...
If so the should let the private co fund the refurbishment

[computercentral]

90 million estimate to refurbish actually will cost 900 million after the commission of enquiry is over:shock::shock:

[mamoo_pagal]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20160119 ... ra-stadium

90mil without cost over runs.........remember eat healthy.

[DVSTT]

What was the original budget for the stadium?

[De Dragon]

What was the original budget for the stadium?

Somewhere just north of 200 mil IIRC. Don't envy the PNM position on this, 90 mil to finish, or delay and further deterioration will end up costing more. BTW didn't Noel Garcia say it was costing 20 mil to finish?

[cinco]

I was told it was actually much less.
The plan is Lara and co bringing t20 there...
If so the should let the private co fund the refurbishment

Trinidad requires more hotel facilities to host any sizeable sporting event. We have too many stadiums as is

[kavaninho]

Sick children will be treated there nicely..Kudos!

[Rory Phoulorie]

. . . Last November, Garcia toured the facility along with Sport Minister Darryl Smith, chairman of the TTCB and Lara. Smith said it was going to cost at least $90 million to complete the stadium which was still structurally sound. Garcia said the cleaning costs were included in the final cost of the project. . .

. . . In May 2014, former housing minister, Dr Roodal Moonilal said no work would have been done on the stadium until the next budget was delivered and the then government had estimated that $190 million was needed for completion. . .

So under the UNC, it was $90M to finish the facility and $100M to fatten the UNC cabal's bank accounts?

[TriniAutoMart]

Great is the...

[De Dragon]

. . . Last November, Garcia toured the facility along with Sport Minister Darryl Smith, chairman of the TTCB and Lara. Smith said it was going to cost at least $90 million to complete the stadium which was still structurally sound. Garcia said the cleaning costs were included in the final cost of the project. . .

. . . In May 2014, former housing minister, Dr Roodal Moonilal said no work would have been done on the stadium until the next budget was delivered and the then government had estimated that $190 million was needed for completion. . .

So under the UNC, it was $90M to finish the facility and $100M to fatten the UNC cabal's bank accounts?

I see you are an expert on cost estimation. The cost of the Brian Lara/ Tarouba stadium moved from $375 million to $642 million in October 2006 and then $885 million as at March 2008 of last year, to present day more than 1 billion dollars. So what did the extra 700 million go?

[zoom rader]

Awaits Habit7 to defend another bag ah PNM chit

[Habit7]

Awaits Habit7 to defend another bag ah PNM chit

So the stadium must not be finished and made possibly the largest sports revenue earner for the govt?

[wagonrunner]

Awaits Habit7 to defend another bag ah PNM chit

So the stadium must not be finished and made possibly the largest sports revenue earner for the govt?

[Dizzy28]

Awaits Habit7 to defend another bag ah PNM chit

So the stadium must not be finished and made possibly the largest sports revenue earner for the govt?

For the first time in a long time I on ZR here....why did this stadium go from 200m to 1 billion all under your beloved PM as line minister for Udecott??

[antlind]

If I was Lara I would ask them to rename that stadium.

[skulls]

If I was Lara I would ask them to rename that stadium.

He already did that

[heads]

over a billion $ in cost over run it's all good ,what about the cariri report on the steel and concrete used , ? the steel was not substandard and did the concrete pass the slump and psi test i don't think so ,so ppl tell me a stadium is more important than a hospital pnm will say yes ,and lara will not ask for d name to be change because he is a ...???

[DVSTT]

What about couva hospital?

[Habit7]

Awaits Habit7 to defend another bag ah PNM chit

So the stadium must not be finished and made possibly the largest sports revenue earner for the govt?

For the first time in a long time I on ZR here....why did this stadium go from 200m to 1 billion all under your beloved PM as line minister for Udecott??

With regard to cost, it seemed clear that the original estimate given in February 2005 in the sum of $272m was unrepresentative of the building which subsequently came to be designed and put out to tender. As noted in Section 23 below, the likely overall costs will have escalated some 2½ times. Part of this is accounted for by events and circumstances which were not foreseen at the date of the original estimate; however, a major part of the cost escalation must be attributed to the development of the design of the Stadium. While this was, from the outset, to be designated as "world class", the early decision to bring in internationally renowned designers seems to have been taken as an indication that there would be no constraint on the design. The roof design eventually adopted was needlessly costly, inappropriate and should not have been approved. An additional element of excessive cost arose from the needless overdesign of the steel structure in the absence of proper design information. In retrospect there is no good reason why a much more simple and cost effective design could not have been adopted, similar to that used for the existing stadia at Manny Ramjohn, Larry Gomes and Dwight Yorke Stadium at Bacelot, Tobago. UDeCOTT
should have drawn this to the attention of the Government at a time when a review of the design was still feasible.

http://www.jcc.org.tt/uffreport.pdf

[BRZ]

Why is this a priority?

What about the kids hospital?
Our current health system still have INNOCENT mothers dieing from simple C sections, yet what's being done about it?
Currently schools need repairs.
Early learning schools STILL not finished, what about all the nations kids who are at Montessori level that are awaiting these schools?
Recession? Yet you still cannot get US currency to buy.

But somehow in ALL of this frigg1ng bullsh1t this government believes that a f()ck1ng stadium needs to be finished whilst other stadii around the country remain unused.

[j.o.e]

South ppl like we cricket bai .... Lemme walk up the road and see some 20/20 nah. Fighting down south people right chu bai

[Habit7]

What about couva hospital?

Dr Khan and the UNC know why the hospital cannot open. They rushed to have an elaborate opening with the hope of winning votes, or if they lost to use as a political football.

$34M a year to have foreign nurses
By ANDRE BAGOO Saturday, February 8 2014

MINISTER of Health Dr Fuad Khan yesterday said it cost $34 million to staff hospitals with foreign nurses last year. Speaking during debate of legislation to reform the nursing profession, Khan said the Nurses and Midwives Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014 would potentially increase the number of nurses available on hospital wards, so much so that citizens could expect State medical care at health facilities to be available 24/7.

The legislation proposes to remove a mandatory examination which all nurses must sit in order to practice and replace it with a system of the granting of provisional certificates. The move would mean that graduates with nursing degrees or diplomas would be able to start working as nurses immediately, pending further qualification.

Khan said it cost $34 million to “inject” 300 foreign nurses into the system from Cuba, the Phillipines, St Vincent and the Grenadines and other countries. He said there is a tremendous shortage of nurses not only locally but internationally.

“The health sector is now facing a crisis and there is an incredible shortage of nursing staff,” the Minister of Health said. “There continues to be a severe shortage of nurses. This continues to be a perennial problem.”

http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,190388.html

Khan: Uganda doctors not coming
Wednesday, May 27 2015

HEALTH Minister Dr Fuad Khan yesterday said Trinidad and Tobago was no longer seeking to recruit medical personnel from Uganda to fill vacancies in the local health sector.

Khan made this comment in response to an Associated Press report which said plans for the “export” of 283 Ugandan medics to the Caribbean have been halted after that country’s foreign affairs ministry said most of those shortlisted were government employees and so ineligible.

According to that report, Ugandan activists said its government is now scared after its plan to send doctors, nurses, midwives and other specialists to Trinidad and Tobago met fierce opposition. Ugandan foreign affairs spokesman Fred Opolot told AFP the process was “on hold, awaiting a cabinet decision”. Opolot said that if the government approved the scheme it would mainly “target the private sector and those who are unemployed.”

http://newsday.co.tt/politics/0,211772.html

[racedriverpro]

Payback time for all their supporters Throwing away good money.
That $90M could go towards setting up the children's hospital.

How abt paying meh mingy backpay?

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[antlind]

Payback time for all their supporters Throwing away good money.
That $90M could go towards setting up the children's hospital.

How abt paying meh mingy backpay?

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Good point.

[racedriverpro]

Payback time for all their supporters Throwing away good money.
That $90M could go towards setting up the children's hospital.

How abt paying meh mingy backpay?

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Good point.

I just seeing that this govt taking the people for ah pack ah scunts...Rowley dont have to like Manning to learn something from him.

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