Date: February 20th 2019 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) are encouraged by the recent questions on the fisherfolks’ “regular” gas crisis posed in Parliament by the Honorable Opposition Senator Wade Mark, and welcome the lifeline thrown by the Hon. Franklyn Khan, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries. However we condemn the politicizing, the displaying of racially […]
Date: January 19th 2018 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Fishing is the only source of income for our fishers who have invested in their vessels, engines and nets and are now faced, without any forewarning or viable alternatives, with a fuel crisis. There is no more regular gas and we are forced to use super gas which costs us double. The consumer cannot […]
Date: April 11th, 2018 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Today there is now a free flow of persons, creatures, and contraband through the Venezuelan-Trinidadian marine border. Seasoned seamen know that everyday the risks are increasing. $30 Billion TTD have been spent in the last four (4) years by the Ministry of National Security, which is directly responsible for our Coast Guard who have […]
Date: January 31s 2018 Dear Editor/Newsroom, The Bloomberg exposé has brought to light a dark reality that Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) have been cautioned not to speak about. There are dangerous shipments and trans-shipment activities everywhere on our coasts. Our seamen are being robbed of their vessels and kidnapped for ransoms after being taken to a hidden […]