The Government cannot continue creating chaos for our citizens and must be held accountable. Enough is enough! When will we have a single prosecution and conviction for the spate of piracy threatening our fisher folk?
EIGHT MEN MISSING AT SEA
Date: July 23th, 2019 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Last night around midnight, four (4) vessels were stolen from the Gulf of Paria in the vicinity of Carli Bay and Orange Valley. Several fishermen who were onboard these vessels were thrown overboard and 8 are still missing. One has made it ashore alive and is being questioned by the police. Earlier this morning […]
WHEN THE PEOPLE LEAD, THE LEADERS WILL FOLLOW
Date: July 16th, 2019 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) congratulate the Village of Castara, Tobago on their progressive move in banning the use of Plastic and Styrofoam food containers in the absence of Law. The rest of the country and our Cabinet should take example! Despite this Government’s expired promise to ban Styrofoam containers from January […]
Stop the Government blame game!
Date: July 3rd, 2019 Dear Editor/Newsroom, When we hear of mosquitoes our Government’s knee jerk response is to spray more toxic malathion/diesel mixture. Is that really the best response or should we not be ensuring the exhaustion of other options first? It’s not just Government’s fault! Unapproved, unregulated, unauthorized and poor planning or development has led to siltation of our […]
FOIA Amendments Undermine Our Democracy
Should we be “experimenting” with our democracy?
Who benefits from delay?
Until the public has been fully consulted on any parliamentary amendments, the notorious corruption of our hooded public officers will continue to erode our children’s future by draining our Treasury, giving away our patrimony and neutering our public interest movements.
FFOS defends the right to information
Date: June 12th, 2019 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Today 12th June 2019, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) have filed a High Court Judicial Review action with eminent Queens Counsel challenging the decision of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) to deny the public and civil society groups (like FFOS) complete copies of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports. The matter has been […]
Threatening our right to information
Civil Society is being threatened. It is time to stand up as one united body. Our elected leaders are leading our island down the slippery slope of dictatorship, which today our Venezuelan counterparts are fleeing
Accident or Negligence?
Date: May 28th , 2019 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Did the massive chemical fire which took place on Sunday 26th May 2019 in Pond “A” at Kaizen Environmental Services in La Brea occur accidentally or recklessly? Did this chemical fire occur because of the unapproved disposal of highly flammable hydrocarbon condensate? This fire released large volumes of carcinogenic chemicals into our air, […]
FFOS will not be silenced
FFOS and other civic-minded organizations have become crippled in terms of its ability to meaningfully participate in the decision-making process embodied in the Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) Rules, 2001 of the Environmental Management Act, 2000.