Golden Lane Fisherman expected to return home
Golden Lane Fisherman Vernon Duncan is expected to arrive home.
Golden Lane Fisherman Vernon Duncan is expected to arrive home.
Fisherman Vernon Duncan has been found. Public Relations Officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Kirk Jean -Baptiste explained that Barbados Coast Guard officials discovered Duncan and two other Trinidad and Tobago nationals in Barbados waters on Saturday.
What was described as an eyesore at the Charlotteville junction is no more, as the old fishing facility has finally been demolished. The area next to the facility which was overgrown with bush has also been cleared.
The Tobago Homicide division on Monday morning announced that an investigation has already been launched into the death of the fisherman who was said to be in his seventies, Gordon Eastman.
Moriah fisherman Elias Edwards has a million dollar question. He wants to know how soon he will be compensated after losing his boat to rough seas in February. It was on February 26th that Mr. Elias Edwards reported that his boat was completely destroyed by large sea swells at Courland Bay in Plymouth.
The decision to construct a new fishing depot in Charlotteville while welcomed, seems to be causing an endless string of woes to fishermen and residents. Today the residents tell us about the horrors they are enduring after the old facility was partially demolished.
Two former Capital of Paradise crew members are still waiting on officials at the Tobago House of Assembly to fulfill promises which were made to them back in 2008.
From the dilapidated jetty, the decision to cut the trees lining the beach to the inappropriate fishing depot, the fishermen of Plymouth seem to be plagued with a long list of woes.
Stakeholders came together today to witness the handing over of a piece of equipment which will assist in locating fishermen who may encounter problems while at sea.