MP says Point Fortin will fly again despite Borough Day cancellation
Point Fortin Mayor Kennedy Richards Jr. - Marvin Hamilton
FOR the second successive year, Borough Day celebrations have been put on hold due to the pandemic.
Sunday would have seen the culmination of a month-long calendar of events which would have brought economic fortune to individuals and the community as a whole.
However, its MP Kennedy Richards Jr is confident Point Fortin will spread its wings and fly again.
In 2020, then Point Fortin mayor Richards had to take the tough decision to curtail the month-long activities as covid19 was declared a pandemic.
MP pledges support for covid19 positive mayor
ILL: Point Fortin Mayor Saleema Thomas. - Lincoln Holder
Point Fortin MP Kennedy Richards Jr has extended best wishes to Mayor Saleema Thomas who has tested positive for the coronavirus.
“The constituency and I stand with her at this time, to wish her a speedy recovery and all God’s blessings. She will get through this,” he said on Sunday.
Thomas, who is expecting her third child, confirmed on Saturday morning that she had contracted the virus and is in isolation at her home. She expressed some anxiety at being positive for this virus while pregnant.
Social Development outreach continues in Point Fortin
Social Development Minister Donna Cox
Photo source: Ministry of Social Development
Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox visited Point Fortin on Monday, when she held several meetings and visits to various stakeholders in the area.
In a release, the ministry said Cox was accompanied by permanent secretaries Jacinta Bailey-Sobers, Sheila Seecharan, and deputy permanent secretary Vijay Gangapersad.
They met with Point Fortin MP Kennedy Richards Jr at Techier Road and Point Fortin Mayor Saleema Thomas at the borough corporation’s headquarters in Mahaica.
The meeting with Richards was “to discuss matters of mutual interest in an efforts, to ensure that no one is left behind.”
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WASA CEO Alan Poon King. -
LAND and Physical Infrastructure Joint Select Committee (JSC) chairman Deoroop Teemal observed on Wednesday that out of the eight top executive posts in the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), people are acting in seven of them.
Teemal made the comment after Opposition Senator Anil Roberts asked WASA CEO Alan Poon King, during a virtual committee meeting, whether or not he has been confirmed in that position.
In response, Poon King said, I have been acting in the position since December 2018.
He added that WASA s board will be directed by the Public Utilities Ministry in due course as to whether or not he will be confirmed.