Trinidad hosts mini-summit - Manning under fire for generosity as host

published: Friday | August 15, 2008 Manning - file Five CARICOM leaders met in Trinidad on Thursday to discuss matters relevant to the regional integration movement, according to an official statement issued Tuesday. Prime Minister Patrick Manning played host to Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, the newly-elected Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas as well as St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves and St Lucia's Prime Minister Stephenson King. The meeting will also be attended by the foreign affairs minister of Barbados, Chris Sinckler. Thomas, who was elected on July 8, was making his first official visit to Port-of-Spain. But his two-day visit has been clouded in controversy following public criticism over the alleged extravagance of the visit. Private jet The Government took out full page... [read full story]