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When the new di­rec­tors of Paria Fu­el Trad­ing Com­pa­ny are ap­point­ed, one of the first things they would have to con­sid­er is the State com­pa­ny’s po­si­tion on a se­ries of charges un­der the Oc­cu­pa­tion­al Safe­ty and Health (OSH) Act re­lat­ed to a 2022 tragedy that claimed the lives of four divers.

As the case came up for hear­ing be­fore act­ing Deputy Chief Mag­is­trate Bri­an Dabideen, yes­ter­day morn­ing, Paria’s lawyer Gilbert Pe­ter­son, SC, re­quest­ed time to seek the po­si­tion of the com­pa­ny’s in­com­ing board of di­rec­tors, which is ex­pect­ed to be ap­point­ed fol­low­ing last week’s gen­er­al elec­tion.

Pe­ter­son said, “Your wor­ship is aware of an event that took place last Mon­day, and be­cause it’s a State en­ti­ty I think it prop­er to com­mu­ni­cate with a new board.”