Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Sport Minister Gary Hunt says the second closest bid for the large controversial national flag at the Hasely Crawford Stadium that cost taxpayers $2 million was just $275,000 less, but came with no guarantee to deliver the flag and flag pole in time for the Caribbean Games to be held in this country next year.
Newsday (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
CARONI EAST MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh yesterday expressed sympathies for Carolyn Hunt, the wife of Sports Minister Gary Hunt, who has been diagnosed as deaf following a sudden deterioration of her hearing. His comments came as an outpouring for Mrs Hunt also occurred on her husband's profile on Facebook, the social networking site.
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
As he stood firm yesterday in his decision not to allow sporting facilities to be used for cultural shows and fetes, Sport Minister Gary Hunt received the backing of several key stakeholders in the sporting fraternity.
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Show promoters are up in arms over recent statements by Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Gary Hunt, and they are looking forward to Good Friday 2010 when they hope to make a bobolee of him and beat him mercilessly.
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Would Sport Minister Gary Hunt please let us know why a private company can put up a giant-sized flag on a giant-sized pole at Macoya for under $150,000, yet his Sports Company required more than 13 times that amount to do the same job at the National Stadium, Portof Spain?
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Hunt: National flag at stadium pricelessSport Minister Gary Hunt does not know how much the large flag at the Hasely Crawford Stadium cost the Government. But he believes that one cannot put a price on national pride. Hunt was responding to a report that the flag cost $2 million during yesterday's post-Cabinet media conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann's. He said he was sure that the price...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Sport Minister Gary Hunt says "there are some major structural elements" at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba that are "posing some challenges at the moment". Hunt added, however, that there are contingencies in place to address them. "When I was there two weeks, three weeks ago, we were fairly confident we were going to be able meet the schedule, but you know...construction...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Minister Gary Hunt, congrats for a fine job in hoisting such a beautiful flag at the National Stadium. Truly as you say, ’It’s all about national pride.’’ I agree! But while Port of Spain is basking in national pride, we in Point Fortin are experiencing national disgrace. Can you and the Cabinet agree to send some flag money to us?
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Minister Gary Hunt, congrats for a fine job in hoisting such a beautiful flag at the National Stadium. Truly as you say, ’It’s all about national pride.’’ I agree! But while Port of Spain is basking in national pride, we in Point Fortin are experiencing national disgrace. Can you and the Cabinet agree to send some flag money to us?
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... help from Toyota Trinidad & Tobago Limited; Allen’s Funeral Home, Tunapuna; Minister of Sport Gary Hunt; and the Congress of the People (COP). But his promoter Patricia Constantine of Blue Promotion still has not raised half of the estimated $500,000 needed to stage the card. The card will see Sinnette (18-1) facing Mackie (18-4), who inflicted Sinnette’s only professional loss on...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... the people of this country. This attitude is common to so many in the current administration, like Gary Hunt and his ’so what’ about the expensive flag, Jerry Narace and his ’so what’ on dengue and swine flu, Karen Nunez-Tesheira’s ’so what’ on the proposed housing tax and, of course, in the lead and setting the example, the prime minister’s ’so what’ on the massive expenditure on...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
TEENAGE mothers, young men who have done ’jail time’ , disabled young people and any other people between the ages of 18 and 29 who are marginalised, and find it hard to get a loan from a ’normal’ bank, will now have access to loans to start their own businesses. While some might say these persons are receiving a ’bligh’ from the Government, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Gary Hunt,...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs have expressed their profound sympathy to the friends and family of national volleyball captain Mark Daly who died Thursday in a vehicular crash on the Solomon Hochoy Highway. Daly was employed as a volleyball coach at the Ministry, assigned to the Caroni district. Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Gary Hunt said Daly’s untimely death sent shockwaves...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Culture Minister Marlene McDonald says she will meet with Sports Minister Gary Hunt to discuss the move by his ministry to ban cultural events from the Hasely Crawford Stadium and Jean Pierre Complex.
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning and his Sport Minister Gary Hunt are of course right in restricting the use of our sporting facilities to their original design purposes. Popular sporting activities such as football, cricket, cycling and athletics can and are indulged in just about everywhere in the country. Playing cricket at the local sporting ground, or football in the Savannah can however...
