Jarrette narine silent on URP

LOCAL Government Minister Jarrette Narine yesterday ducked media questions about the future of the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) in light of the assassination of special project supervisor Mark Guerra on Sunday at Wallerfield.

Met at his Ministry at Kent House, Maraval, Narine declined to say whether the killing would cause the Government to reconsider the operation of the programme. Pointing to a copy of yesterday’s lead story in Newsday, Narine simply said: “That’s my final comment.”  In the article, Narine had said he knew Guerra had been employed last year as a co-ordinator but did not know him personally and had only heard of his death via radio. Pressed that his comments referred to just one person but not the whole programme, Narine remained mum, repeating: “That’s my final comment.”