Buoys, marine anchors stolen at Pigeon Point

GML To­ba­go Cor­re­spon­dent

Five new­ly in­stalled buoys and 19 ma­rine an­chors used to se­cure bathing-area safe­ty bar­ri­ers have been stolen at Pi­geon Point Her­itage Park, prompt­ing Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine to con­demn what he de­scribed as a bla­tant dis­re­gard for pub­lic safe­ty.

In a me­dia re­lease on Tues­day, the Of­fice of the Chief Sec­re­tary (OCS) said the thefts fol­lowed ef­forts to strength­en safe­ty mea­sures at Pi­geon Point, Store Bay Beach Fa­cil­i­ty and Buc­coo Beach Fa­cil­i­ty af­ter the fa­tal jet ski ac­ci­dent that claimed the life of An­gel­i­ca Jo­gie on April 8.