HDC bribery offer made to Sunday Express as $3.4B housing programme probe widens

Tue, 12 May 2026 06:00:00 -0400

A man claiming to represent the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) official at the centre of an alleged contract-collusion scandal met with the Sunday Express on Ariapita Avenue last Thursday and offered “compensation” in exchange for the story being dropped, according to the Trinidad Express.

The official is suspected of close personal ties to two contractors awarded contracts under the now-suspended $3.4 billion HDC housing programme. Following whistleblower submissions, the Office of Procurement Regulation (OPR) instructed the HDC to suspend the programme pending a full review.

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HDC bribery offer made to Sunday Express as $3.4B housing programme probe widens