REDACTED -IC Petrojam Investigation - Donations October 2019 final

Page 197 of 215 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 the late Councillor Owen Palmer and questions the sincerity of the representations. The Director of Investigation makes its conclusion on the basis that Mr. Owen Palmer is deceased and as a result the Director of Investigation is unable to corroborate the following: a. The representation by Dr. Wheatley that he had divested all matters pertaining to donations within his constituency to the late Councilor Palmer; b. The representation by Mr. Lionel Myrie that the late Councilor Palmer instructed him to forward emails requesting donations from Petrojam Limited on behalf of Homestead Citizens for Action Benevolent Society; and c. The representation by Mr. Oswald Williams that the late Councilor Palmer verbally contracted him to construct the classrooms at the Homestead Primary School; 10. The DI concludes that the approval of the donation in the amount of US$60,000.00 (J$7,560,000.00) and J$6,000,000.00 by Dr. Perceval Bahado-Singh, former Chairman, Petrojam Limited, to the Scientific Research Council, constituted a conflict of interest. The DI premises his conclusion on the fact that Dr. Cliff Riley, Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council, is not only an academic affiliate of Dr. Bahado-Singh but was revealed to be a close friend. The DI’s Investigation also revealed that Dr. Cliff Riley was a groomsman at the wedding of Dr. Bahado-Singh. 166 166 Please see Photograph 1 enclosed herein.