Straughn: An investment in creative sector

Government is defending a staggering overrun of an originally approved $4 million for CARIFESTA XV to an additional $31.7 million revealed in the House of Assembly on Wednesday night.

The figure led to a verbal battle over the airwaves between Democratic Labour Party member Corey Greenidge, who sounded the alarm, and Minister of Finance Ryan Straughn yesterday during Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks radio call-in programme.

Greenidge’s demand

Greenidge’s call on Government to give...