Paria chair: $1M pledge to dead divers’ families unpaid

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September 5, 2025

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Paria chair: $1M pledge to dead divers’ families unpaid

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RADHICA DE SILVA

Senior Multimedia Reporter

Chairwoman of Paria Fuel Trading Company, Nyree Alfonso, has confirmed that the $1 million promised by former Prime Minister Stuart Young to families of four divers and one survivor in the 2022 Paria diving tragedy has not been paid.

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