Caparo River News Today

More than $17 million will be spent to clean and desilt over 100 river tributaries and watercourses in the next two years, amid concerns from farmers over flooding.

If you drive south along La Clave Street in Chaguanas and pass the Caparo River on your way into Edinburgh 500, you may observe a beehive of activity at two

THE EDITOR: It is with total dismay that, under the Ministry of Works and Transport and Minister Rohan Sinanan, I realise that the residents of Caparo and environs would again be subjected to floodings, as has been the case for several decades. One feels very sad to hear the minister talking glibly in the media

THE EDITOR: The November 26 press conference by several ministers about dealing with the flooding all over the country was similar to the initiatives of former US president Donald Trump. It was a pappyshow moment. Not a message of comfort, but rather it was distressing as people were seriously hurt –financially, emotionally and socially. You

WITH a warning of fast rising river levels and severe weather, people living in flood-prone communities braced for more floods on Thursday.