RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

For­mer work­ers of the Im­mi­gra­tion De­ten­tion Cen­tre (IDC), in­clud­ing re­tired po­lice of­fi­cers, have giv­en Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der sev­en work­ing days to ad­dress long-stand­ing com­plaints about un­paid gra­tu­ity and oth­er ben­e­fits.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, for­mer po­lice of­fi­cer John­son Gue­vara, who served for 38 years in the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice, said the group had been wait­ing years for pay­ments owed to them af­ter work­ing at the IDC. At least 38 oth­er re­tired of­fi­cers who worked at the IDC be­tween 2020 and 2023 are owed mil­lions of dol­lars.