In a rare move for a sitting head of government, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar took to the platform at Labour Day celebrations in Fyzabad, where she pledged her commitment to the promises made during the election campaign earlier this year about workers.

She provided an update on the potential reopening of the state-owned Petrotrin refinery at Pointe-a-Pierre.

"We made a commitment that we would consider exploring what we can do to open that refinery. What we have done as a government is agreed to establish a committee to develop a strategy to reactive the refinery," Persad-Bissessar said.