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The Prime Minister of Barbados Visits NGC | ||
The Honourable David Thompson, newly elected Prime
Minister of Barbados, visited The National Gas Company of
Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) on February 20, 2008 as
part of his first official visit to the country.
Mr. Thompson lead a team of officials which comprised his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business, Mr. Christopher Peter Sinckler, the Caricom Ambassador-designate and Member of Parliament, Mr. Dennis Kellman, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Teresa Marshall and Permanent Secretary, Defence and Security, Office of the Prime Minister, Ms. Antoinette Williams. Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, Housing and the Environment, Senator the Honourable Tina Gronlund-Nunez, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, Mr. Leroy Mayers and the Chief Protocol Officer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, Ms. Sandra Honore accompanied the distinguished visitors. |
The
group met members of the NGC Board and executive and heard
presentations from NGC’s President (Ag.) Ms. Maria Thorne;
National Energy Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited
(NEC) President, Mr. Prakash R. Saith; the Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Planning, Housing and the
Environment, Ms. Esme Rawlins-Charles and eTeck’s Vice
President, Business Development, Ms. Wendy Fitzwilliam.
After the presentations, the Prime Minister of Barbados and
his party, accompanied by NGC’s Vice President, Gas
Transmission and Distribution, Mr. Stephen Julien, embarked
on an aerial tour of the world renowned Point Lisas
Industrial Estate before returning to Port of Spain. February 20, 2008 |