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TIAH QUITS
Posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2022

TIAH QUITS
Diving tragedy probe...

PM scraps committee to probe divers' deaths, 3-member Commission of Enquiry coming

Dive instructor calls for accountability!
Because Parsotan is so protective of his profession, he has chosen to speak out against companies that use scuba divers to do jobs that should be reserved for commercial divers. He also sounded the warning about "halfway" commercial diving schools, which he says are ill-equipped to train scuba divers in that specialised field. Knowing how to scuba dive does not automatically mean one can do the work of a commercial diver. Parsotan explained the difference.

Kamla: Lock down Berth 6
She asked whether Paria has hired a dive company by the name of Hull Support Services Ltd to continue work on the pipeline where this incident happened. She said her information is that Hull Support Services Ltd conducted an orientation/safety meeting on Sunday to commence work or diving operations on the pipeline.

Kamla: Increases at pump will mean Trinidad and Tobago can't celebrate gas price bonanza

Venezuelans get one-year work permit extension
The notice was signed by National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds on February 9. It will apply to the 13,500 Venezuelans who re-registered in March 2021. Initially, 15,523 Venezuelans were registered, but some have left TT or did not re-register.

Central businessman to pay ex-WI cricketer $800k for Facebook libel
In ordering the payment of compensation, she said it would "serve to caution any defendant who uses Facebook or any other social media platform to libel and destroy a claimant's reputation that he will feel the punitive arm of the court acting to deter such behaviour."

Hospital defers Kelsey's surgery payment
The family had reached out to hospitals in countries such as Canada, Cuba and India for the treatment and received quotes amounting to $1.2 million.

"The goal after liaising with the local representative for Apollo is to have Kelsey leave Trinidad within the next two weeks for India, where she will commence salvage chemotherapy, which is not available locally, to bring her Leukaemia into remission. Kelsey will then undergo a bone marrow transplant that will cure her condition and allow her to live a normal life."

Mom begs for justice after death of daughter
Six months after her 17-year-old daughter Shaquana Hills died after being struck on the pavement by a car driven by a young driver, Adaffi Hills is begging the police to give her justice.




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