NYREE ALFONSO, SWWTU counsel at the Commission of Enquiry (CoE) into the Paria diving tragedy, on Wednesday apologised for having attributed to a trade union the appearance of a controversial witness at the CoE on Monday and Tuesday. Dive school owner Glenn Cheddie had been grilled in cross examination by Prakash Ramadhar, counsel for bereaved
ATTORNEY Nyree Alfonso called for the introduction of mandatory safety standards for TT's commercial diving sector, on Wednesday at the Paria Commission of Enquiry (CoE), at the International Waterfront Centre, Port of Spain. The CoE, under Jerome Lynch, KC, is probing last February's tragic deaths of four men sucked into an pipeline undersea belonging to
PARIA Commission of Enquiry (CoE) chairman Jerome Lynch, KC, questioned the relevance of evidence given to the commission by diving instructor Dr Glenn Cheddie about the incident on February 25, 2022, when four divers died after they were sucked into a 30-inch pipeline at Berth 6, belonging to Paria Fuel Trading Co Ltd, Pointe-a-Pierre Kazim
EASTERN Emergency Response Services Ltd (EERESL) chief of operations Andy Johnson said the company's personnel were not trained to do underwater rescues.
Changes have been made to the health and safety aspects of operations at the Paria Fuel Trading Company following the February 25, 2022 tragedy at an undersea pipeline that claimed the lives of four LMCS Limited divers.
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