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Just as former workers of the now-defunct Caroni (1975) Ltd were honoured with land as promised as part of the VSEP package, the government also intends to honour previous agreements to allocate land to former Petrotrin workers as part of their termination benefits.

Minister in the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs, Ernesto Kesar, made the announcement on November 30 at the Pointe-a-Pierre roundabout.

Scores of former Petrotrin workers, including retirees and other members of the Oilfields Workers' Trade Union (OWTU), had gathered to mark the seventh year since the closure of the Petrotrin refinery.