Krystal Kayy

The government’s public sector vaccine mandate has been yet again extended but this time it seems by default as Prime Minister Dr . Rowley has left for Qatar. First set to take effect on January 17th, Dr. Rowley said public servants who show up to work unvaccinated will be placed

Some positions within the Public Service simply do not allow for the work from home arrangement according to Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration Claudelle McKellar as he addressed the Joint Select Committee on the impact of the work from home and other alternative work arrangements.  McKellar sought

Frustrated Plant Quarantine Guards are warning that there would have been a lot more illegal items entering different ports of entry in recent times.  In a conversation with PSA Media yesterday, the spokesman for the 12 guards who have not been on active duty for the past two years said,

Despite an overwhelming number of parents agreeing that face masks should remain part of the attire among school-children and their teachers, the leader of the First Wave Movement, Umar Abdullah said he has numerous studies showing face-masks are useless and therefore he does not support the measure imposed by the

Employees and retirees of Trinidad Cement Limited have staged demonstrations outside the company’s Claxton Bay compound for almost two months, twice a week, expressing their frustrations about the nonpayment of cost of living allowances (COLA) and other benefits.  Tuesday was no different, just one day before TCL management was set

The Prime Minister has said there is currently no retrenchment exercise at the Telecommunication Services of Trinidad and Tobago, currently in front of the Cabinet.  In Parliament on Friday, he further dismissed Secretary General Clyde Elder’s claims of over 400 workers being affected. According to him, “Restructuring is not only

Urgent reform is required at the National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago as the company is currently running at a deficit. These were the words of Executive Director Niala Persad- Poliah. “Expenditure has been growing because of the aging population and people are living longer healthier lifestyles so the

Trinidad and Tobago Police Service(TTPS) will investigate 31 rental applications that were forwarded by the Social Development and Family Services ministry as Minister Donna Cox once again admitted that there were several discrepancies in its distribution.  This was after her ministry undertook a review of its systems and internal controls

As of January 31st, 2022, the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) has a liability of $27 million to the National Helicopter Service and proposes to clear this debt in just six months.  This may immediately spark the question of how, so Chief Administrator at the Tobago House of Assembly Mrs.

Close to 500 police officers are being investigated by the Professional Standards Bureau(PSB) over the past four years. Of that number 76 have reached before the courts.  The revelation was made at a national security joint select committee(JSC) that was hosted by Port-of-Spain South Member of Parliament, Keith Scotland.  MP

President of the Public Services Association(PSA) Leroy Baptiste has warned Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley that the demonisation of the Water and Sewage Authority(WASA) workers will not be tolerated by the PSA.  Instead, President Baptiste outlined alternative problems facing the company which he placed squarely under the responsibility of the

According to Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, the Human Resource Department at the Tobago Regional Health Authority does not have the authority to vary any policy made by the THA Executive Council. This as he gave an update on developments in Tobago and details of what was

While the National Training and Security Company Limited(MTS) workers are frustrated, upset, and complain bitterly, they are still doing their jobs.  That was the perspective put forward by Judy Charles, President of the Transport and Industrial Workers Union who spoke to PSA Media on Tuesday and said that just Monday

Clarence Mendoza, Chairman of the Concerned Parent Movement of T.T wants the Education Ministry to add more cleaners from the National Maintenance Training and Security Company Limited(MTS) into the secondary schools.  Speaking to PSA Media on Monday’s reopening of schools, Mendoza said that he along with the Parent and Teacher

The lack of basic amenities, cleaning supplies, and medication were just a few challenges that employees at the San Fernando General Hospital said that they faced every day.   Those were some of the concerns voiced to PSA Media when they visited the hospital alongside Public Services Association(PSA) Industrial Relations Officer,

After months of harassment and bullying from the management of the North West Regional Health Authority, Radiographers attached to the Port of Spain General Hospital are finally speaking out. These workers say that management does not recognize or treat them as human beings with feelings and families, but rather as