The Trinidad-based conglomerate, ANSA McAL Group, has bought the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ORTT) after President Anthony Carmona expressed his disgust at the attempt to sell the country’s highest award on the social website, Ebay.

The ANSA McAL Group paid US$25,000 for the medal that was awarded posthumously in 2011 to the late labour leader Adrian Cola Rienzi.

A statement issued by ANSA McAl Group, quoted the Chairman and Chief Executive, Norman Sabga as saying that the move has ensured the medal’s return to Trinidad and Tobago and so preserve its honour and dignity.

Sabga said he would seek President Carmona’s support to donate the 18-carat gold medal, packaged with the original award document, signed by former President George Maxwell Richards and stamped with the presidential seal, to the National Museum.

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