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A weeping and emotionally distressed Catherine Balkissoon, Paria's acting technical lead, told the Commission of Enquiry (CoE) into the February 25 diving tragedy that the company did the best it could to save the lives of those involved. But she said that every day, she wonders if there was something more she could have done

PARIA’S acting technical lead Catherine Balkissoon admitted she was nervous moments before she testified at the Commission of Enquiry (CoE) into the February 25 Paria diving tragedy.

Talks had broken down with the lone bidder for the mothballed oil refinery, the Prime Minister disclosed, answering a question from Pointe-a-Pierre MP David Lee during prime minister's questions in the House of Representatives on Friday. Dr Rowley said, "On December 5, TPHL (Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Ltd) on the advice of its professional international advisers,

THE Tuesday sitting of the Commission of Enquiry (CoE) into the Paria diving tragedy has been postponed to Wednesday because of what CoE chairman Jerome Lynch, KC, called an upsetting and unacceptable development.

THE Opposition strenuously opposed measures proposed by government in the Finance (No 2) Bill, 2022 during debate in Parliament on Friday. The bill seeks to pass into law several measures stated during the 2022/2023 budget debate. Mayaro MP Rushton Paray said Clause 4, which amends the Corporation Tax Act to provide for an apprenticeship allowance

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government says discussions with the American company, Quanten LLC regarding the sale of the oil refinery that was closed in 2018 due to billions...

THE EDITOR: Trinidad, a small island in the Caribbean just over 40 miles wide and 70 miles long with a population of under 1.5 million, has achieved what many larger islands have failed to do. Tobago also. We have been the best in the world in some sporting events, in beauty, in some areas of

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.

LMCS dive operator Andrew Farah testified at the Paria Commission of Enquiry (CoE) on Thursday, that he and his team were willing to die to rescue their colleagues who were sucked into a 30-inch undersea pipeline at Pointe-a-Pierre on February 27. But, he expressed frustration about continually being told he had to await approval from

Kenson maintenance technician Houston Marjadsingh said he was not responsible for supervising LMCS contractors on any given day during the project being carried out on Berths 5 and 6 at Paria. He said his role was to determine what portion of the work had been carried out and report this to his supervisor. Marjadsingh was