Duke sends 20 PSA workers on leave
EXCITED: Incumbent president of the Public Service Association Watson Duke. -
President of the Public Services Association (PSA) Watson Duke says he intends to improve the state of the association, beginning with sending 20 employees on mandatory vacation on Tuesday.
Speaking in a video streamed on the PSA s Facebook page, Duke said the decision to send workers on leave was in keeping with the association s collective agreement with the Banking,Insurance and General Workers Union (BIGWU) to ensure all employees use their vacation time.
Citing the agreement, he said workers were not allowed to carry over leave on a yearly basis and said he was going to clean up operations at the union by ensuring members got value for money.
Perenco employees who tested negative for COVID-19 check into the Tradewinds Hotel in San Fernando on Monday night. Over 50 of their co-workers who tested positive for the virus are now in quarantine at the University of the West Indies’ Debe campus. Photo: Trinidad Guardian TRINIDAD GUARDIAN
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Perenco Trinidad and Tobago Limited yesterday shut down COVID-hit offshore platforms in its Teak, Samaan and Poui fields and transported all workers to either state facilities or other locations for quarantine pending testing.
This after Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh reportedly intervened in the matter following continuing complaints from workers.
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh. -
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says the offshore Perenco rigs are now being sanitised after a recent covid19 outbreak.
He was speaking at a press conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann s on Wednesday afternoon.
Over the past week, the media have reported that over 30 of Perenco s offshore workers have tested positive for covid19.
The reports, which included interviews with workers, claimed covid19 patients on a rig were being allowed to mingle and interact with other workers, and some were allowed to return home without being tested for the virus.
In a release on Tuesday, the company said it has been following the public health guidelines despite recent media reports.
Perenco employees who tested negative for COVID-19 check into the Tradewinds Hotel in San Fernando on Monday night. Over 50 of their co-workers who tested positive for the virus are now in quarantine at the University of the West Indies’ Debe campus.
Perenco Trinidad and Tobago Limited yesterday shut down COVID-hit offshore platforms in its Teak, Samaan and Poui fields and transported all workers to either state facilities or other locations for quarantine pending testing.
This after Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh reportedly intervened in the matter following continuing complaints from workers.
Yesterday evening, 16 more workers who tested positive, along with a French national, were transported to the University of the West Indies’ Debe campus for state quarantine. The French national, however, was taken by ambulance to an undisclosed location.