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May 2009

Give us jobs, Alutrint

Posted Thu, 28/05/2009 - 08:50 by Monique

By FELICIA RAMPERSAD Thursday, May 28 2009
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,100952.html

FOR the second consecutive day, the gates of Alutrint’s Aluminium Smelter Complex construction site at Union Estate in La Brea were blocked yesterday by angry residents who demanded job opportunites on the project.

The protesting residents alleged that Chinese labourers were being hired for the project over the unemployed locals.

A woman complained that she saw foreigners working on the construction site of the smelter plant.

Residents get jobs

Posted Thu, 28/05/2009 - 08:48 by Monique

Smelter work to continue...
Camille Bethel cbethel@trinidadexpress.com
Thursday, May 28th 2009
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_business?id=161483184

The building of the smelter is expected to resume today, after protesting residents living near the Union Industrial Estate were promised jobs by officials of the Alutrint aluminium plant and the contractor building a power station to supply the smelter.

The deal was negotiated yesterday, the second day of a demonstration that saw the billion-dollar construction project shut down. A team made up of residents from surrounding villages met with representatives of both Alutrint and the power plant builders yesterday and parties came to mutual agreements, the Express was told.

Enill: T&T ready for cleaner fuel

Posted Wed, 27/05/2009 - 09:35 by Monique

Aretha Welch awelch@trinidadexpress.com
Saturday, May 23rd 2009
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_business?id=161480977

Energy Minister Conrad Enill has predicted that Trinidad and Tobago's role in the energy sector will not diminish in the years to come, despite the world's new focus on cleaner burning fuels and renewable energy, as the country has already prepared for the changes which will come.

Speaking at a national award ceremony hosted by the South Trinidad Chamber of Industry and Commerce to commemorate this country's 100-year stint as a commercial producer of energy resources, Enill said, "In a future of clean fuels, we stand ready to engage the world with our expertise in the use of ... natural gas."

Residents upset over chopping of Samaan tree, 'illegal' temple

Posted Wed, 27/05/2009 - 09:33 by Monique

Renuka Singh
Sunday, May 24th 2009
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161481371

Irate Aranjuez residents are upset over what they claim is a display of political high handedness perpetrated by the Hindu group SWAHA to not only illegally build a temple in a playground in the area but also move to have a Samaan tree chopped down.

Residents came out onto the Coronation Street playground yesterday and angry words flew between them and the employees of the contractors called in to destroy the tree, Cascadoux Enterprises.

DrummiT2summiT2 takes environmental focus

Posted Wed, 27/05/2009 - 09:31 by Monique

Renuka Singh
Sunday, May 24th 2009
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161481367M/a>

A meagre crowd gathered at the St James Amphitheatre yesterday for the second installment of the Drummit2 Summit entitled DrummiT2summiT2 which focused on environmental issues.

Eleven-year-old Chatham resident, Nalini Singh took the podium and faced the arc of drummers to relate the story of life in Chatham nowadays to the small gathering.

Waste water talks flow

Posted Wed, 27/05/2009 - 09:25 by Monique

'Recycling the way forward'
Rohandra John
Monday, May 25th 2009
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161481584

Trinidad and Tobago must move in the direction of recycling its waste water for use again, because this will go a long way toward bringing about a sustainable supply.

This was the view expressed by David Harris, managing director of Construction Management and Engineering Services Ltd (CME), at a recent seminar entitled "The Water Cycle, Is it Sustainable?" held at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Port of Spain.

Dead fish washing ashore

Posted Wed, 27/05/2009 - 09:22 by Monique

...Villagers suspect farm waste
Camille Bethel cbethel@trinidadexpress.com
Tuesday, May 26th 2009
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161482061

Thousands of dead fish are washing ashore along a four-mile arc of coastline between the southwestern peninsula port villages of Erin and Chatham.

The fish killed are growing with every wave that touches the beach.

As of last night, however, no one could say what was killing the fish - mostly sardines. It began happening last Thursday.

Contacted yesterday, the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) said it had no official report on the dead fish incident. The Environmental Management Association's (EMA) Corporate Communications Manager Nyantara Gayah-Hassan said the authority had also not received any complaints.

MP wants probe into cutting of samaan tree

Posted Wed, 27/05/2009 - 09:04 by Monique

Kristy Ramnarine kramnarine@trinidadexpress.com
Tuesday, May 26th 2009
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161482075

Member of Parliament for St Joseph Kennedy Swaratsingh has launched an investigation into who gave authorisation for an 184-year-old samaan tree in Aranjuez to be cut down.

Over the weekend, residents staged a sit-in to save the tree - which towers over a small playing field along Coronation Street in Aranjuez - from being removed.

Speaking to the Express yesterday Swaratsingh said he has sought investigation into the matter.

Turtles deserve peace and privacy

Posted Wed, 27/05/2009 - 09:00 by Monique

Wednesday, May 27th 2009
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=161482548

I had the opportunity to visit the shores of Manzanilla on two occasions for the past week to view the beautiful turtles trying to lay their eggs.

Unfortunately not many turtles could rest comfortably and lay their eggs because of the disturbance of onlookers flashing lights, speaking loudly on their cell phones and taking pictures despite warnings from some onlookers.

'Residents close to Alutrint need to move'

Posted Wed, 27/05/2009 - 08:58 by Monique

Yolandra John South Bureau
Saturday, May 23rd 2009
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161480985

The people living in 55 houses which are too close to the Alutrint smelter plant under construction must leave, despite complaints that the new homes built for them are sub-standard.

The National Energy Corporation made this clear on Thursday, in response to complaints by some of the residents of Square Deal Village, located north of the Union Industrial Estate.