RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

While maxi taxi op­er­a­tors in South Trinidad say they sup­port the con­cerns raised by dri­vers par­tic­i­pat­ing in the na­tion­wide shut­down over out­stand­ing Gov­ern­ment pay­ments, il­le­gal com­pe­ti­tion and speed lim­it reg­u­la­tions, many have cho­sen to re­main on the road, say­ing they can­not af­ford to lose a day’s earn­ings.

As maxi taxi dri­vers along the Pri­or­i­ty Bus Route con­tin­ued their protest for a sec­ond day fol­low­ing talks with Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials, op­er­a­tors in Point Fortin, Pe­nal and Princes Town told Guardian Me­dia they shared many of the same frus­tra­tions but had fam­i­lies to sup­port and bills to pay.