REDACTED -IC Petrojam Investigation - Donations October 2019 final

Page 156 of 215 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 Another ‘Round Robin Resolution’ which was reviewed by the DI, bore the signatures of Dr. Perceval Bahado-Singh and Mr. Richard Creary and for the PDV Caribe S.A., the signatures of Maria A Colmen Ares, Williams Martinez and Ramon Uzcateg were observed. Mr. Floyd Grindley, the then General Manager, Petrojam Limited, by way of a response dated July 23, 2019, stated, inter alia , the following in relation to the donation in the amount of J$1,845,653.58 which was made by Petrojam Limited to St. Mary Technical High School: “ A donation request to renovate the Chemistry Laboratory at the St. Mary Technical High School was received by Petrojam, at this time I do not specifically recall who submitted it to me. … It was subsequently conveyed to me by the Chairman, that this school is located in the area where Director Richard Creary is the counselor and as such, he wants the company to support same. However, this information did not influence the decision of the company to make what it considered to be a useful and needed donation to the education sector. … … I supported the submission to the Board for approval based on two (2) premises. First, it was not outside the norm for Petrojam to support educational efforts…