Par­lia­men­tary Sec­re­tary in the Min­istry of Tourism, Dr Neil Go­sine, says there are plans to reg­u­larise the beach chair ven­dors at Mara­cas Beach.

The De­sali­na­tion Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (De­sal­cott) has in­formed the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) of the an­nu­al shut­down of its Point Lisas De­sali­na­tion Plant to al­low for main­te­nance. The shut­down is sched­uled from Au­gust 18 to 24. The plant, which pro­duces 40 mil­lion gal­lons of wa­ter dai­ly, sup­plies the Point Lisas In­dus­tri­al Es­tate and sup­ple­ments sup­ply to cen­tral and south Trinidad.

The Down­town Own­ers and Mer­chants As­so­ci­a­tion (DO­MA) is warn­ing that in­ef­fi­cien­cies at the Port of Port of Spain and in Cus­toms op­er­a­tions are reach­ing “a cri­sis point”.

Dr. Neil Parsan has been ap­point­ed Am­bas­sador and Per­ma­nent Rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go to the Unit­ed Na­tions, New York.