The Chair­man of the Pe­nal/Debe Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion (PDRC), Dr Allen Sam­my, has con­firmed the Cor­po­ra­tion has re­ceived fund­ing from the Cen­tral Gov­ern­ment to the tune of $105,000.

In a news re­lease, Dr Sam­my says the dis­burse­ment fol­lowed re­cent me­dia re­ports which high­light­ed that sev­er­al key pieces of equip­ment in the Cor­po­ra­tion— cesspit emp­ti­er trucks, back­hoes, rollers and brush cut­ters, among oth­ers—"were ly­ing idle, ow­ing to the ab­sence of a diesel sup­ply”.

“Af­ter ex­changes of cor­re­spon­dence with Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert (De­cem­ber 3rd, 2021), and the Ho­n­ourable Prime Min­is­ter Dr. Kei­th Row­ley (Jan­u­ary 20th, 2022), on the fail­ure of the state to re­lease funds for the pur­chase of diesel at the Pe­nal Debe Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion, a cheque in the sum of $ 105,000 was re­ceived on Feb­ru­ary 8th, 2022, to meet this need and as­so­ci­at­ed ve­hi­cle main­te­nance ex­pens­es,” the re­lease stat­ed.