President Hunte and the OfficeGate Affair

I picked up this on another blog: http://caribbeancricket.com/topic/892185


Is true wha' mi hear???

Personal property (home) get fix up under de guise of offices....to de chune of over US$200k, courtesy of WICB???

Family member named as landlord / lady to collect rent of U$6k per month paid by WICB?

CFO mek payment on verbal instruction from Prez....no have no written record to substantiate payment???

Hilaire mekking US$250k per annum to run Champions Trophy OC???

Rass bowy........dem man nah mek sport

Those who know this blogger would know that he has good sources.

This is an earlier post by another blogger:

I indicated earlier on a previous thread that will provide info on the Hunte office in SLU. Now I am reporting.

Previously a constituency off for Mr Hunte in his political life in the tpwn of Gros Islet right along the route Castries.

It is obviously from the highway that renovatons has been done to the property with cameras all round the building.

A visit inside reveals a very well laid-out classy office building with high-end furniture. Met male and female staff there sporting WICB branded clothing.

Interestingly the newest addition to staff Dr. Ernest Hilaire was in the day I visited.

Is the renovations to the building worth the allegged tab of USD150 thousnd? Well that is difficult to tell though it seem high.

Something is very wrong if all of these things are true. And the bloggers have not even looked at the political connections and accusations surrounding Dr. Hunte's tenure as UN Ambassador.

Something is fishy and it is not the fishing boats at Gros Islet!

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Julian Hunte's Lavish Office?

This is an extract in today's Trinidad Guardian:

"An office in St Lucia which is used by the president of the West Indies Cricket Board, Dr Julian Hunte, is now the subject of raging controversy.

And WICB officials are calling on Dr Hunte to clear the air on the circumstances surrounding the acquisition of the office.

Board members claim that some US$150,000 was spent to construct the office on property owned by Dr Hunte.

“It is not unusual for the president to have an office in the country in which he lives. But it is the first time that WICB money has been spent on a property belonging to the president for his own use,” said a Board source.

The official also claimed that Dr Hunte recently sent an invoice to the WICB claiming rent for the office during the period of his tenure.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the WICB, Dr Donald Peters confirmed that the WICB was paying for an office in St Lucia but could not verify if the building was owned by Dr Hunte.

“I am aware that the WICB has an office in St Lucia for which we are paying but I cannot say where it is located and who owns the building,” said Peters.

Another interesting development is the hiring of Ernest Hillaire to work in the president’s office in St Lucia.

Hillaire is a countryman of Dr Hunte and was among the failed candidates for the job as chief executive officer."

I happen to know that the report about the President's office is true. It is scandalous and ridiculous, smacks of nepotism, arrogance and unethical behaviour. And the CEO, who signs the cheque for the rental does not know "where it is located and who owns the building"? This smacks of incompetence. There is actually more to the CEO than meets the eye. Was Ernest hired by the President directly without Board sanction? Was the position described by the CEO advertised?

This is absolutely unacceptable!

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