No food in the fine print
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A former legal officer for the Universal Service Fund testified about contracts with the Caribbean Maritime University and a private training school. She stated that these contracts did not include provisions for meals for youth training participants. Instead, the agency provided a monthly stipend of $10,600. These payments were made fortnightly to help participants pay for food and transportation.
A former Universal Service Fund (USF) legal officer yesterday testified that neither of the agency’s contracts with the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) nor with a private training institution made provision for meals for participants in an unattached youth training programme. Instead, she said participants received a monthly stipend of $10,600 from USF, paid fortnightly, to assist with transportation and the purchase of meals.
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