NATUC calls for independent probe into Chaguaramas collision

The Na­tion­al Trade Union Cen­tre of Trinidad and To­ba­go (NATUC) is call­ing for a full, in­de­pen­dent and trans­par­ent in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to Sun­day’s boat­ing col­li­sion off Can­nings Point, Ch­aguara­mas, which left five peo­ple miss­ing.

In a state­ment yes­ter­day, NATUC gen­er­al sec­re­tary Michael An­nisette said the in­ves­ti­ga­tion must be free from “in­ter­fer­ence, in­flu­ence or favouritism.”

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He said the or­gan­i­sa­tion was con­cerned about al­le­ga­tions that a child, re­port­ed­ly about 12 years old, may have been op­er­at­ing one of the ves­sels in­volved in the col­li­sion.