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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Business chamber ready to play role in refinery discussions

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29 days ago
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Confederation of Regional Business Chambers Coordinator, Jaishima Leladharsingh

Confederation of Regional Business Chambers Coordinator, Jaishima Leladharsingh

The Con­fed­er­a­tion of Re­gion­al Busi­ness Cham­bers (CR­BC) is ready to col­lab­o­rate on the Gov­ern­ment’s plan to over­see the re­open­ing of the Pointe-a-Pierre re­fin­ery, but their ex­act role re­mains un­clear.

This was the word from the con­fed­er­a­tion’s co­or­di­na­tor Jaishi­ma Lelad­hars­ingh yes­ter­day, in the wake of Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s rev­e­la­tion that Gov­ern­ment would set up a com­mit­tee to as­sess and man­age the process of restart­ing the re­fin­ery.

“We had an ini­tial agree­ment to col­lab­o­rate (with labour rep­re­sen­ta­tives), but there have been no fur­ther con­ver­sa­tions since then,” Lelad­hars­ingh told Guardian Me­dia.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar made the an­nounce­ment dur­ing the Labour Day cel­e­bra­tions in Fyz­abad, as she point­ed out that the Pointe-a-Pierre re­fin­ery has been idle since its clo­sure by the pre­vi­ous ad­min­is­tra­tion.

“The Gov­ern­ment recog­nis­es the im­por­tance of the re­fin­ery to Trinidad and To­ba­go’s en­er­gy se­cu­ri­ty and eco­nom­ic fu­ture,” Per­sad-Bisses­sar said.

“We are com­mit­ted to bring­ing to­geth­er all rel­e­vant stake­hold­ers — labour, in­dus­try, and Gov­ern­ment — to en­sure this process is trans­par­ent and ef­fec­tive.”

Yes­ter­day, Lelad­hars­ingh re­vealed that a sec­ond meet­ing in­volv­ing the con­fed­er­a­tion and labour rep­re­sen­ta­tives is planned to clar­i­fy their in­volve­ment.

“To say there is some­thing de­fin­i­tive at this point would be pre­ma­ture,” he ex­plained.

“Right now, the con­fed­er­a­tion sits and waits, hop­ing to be in­clud­ed as part of this com­mit­tee. As dis­cus­sions con­tin­ue, it’s cru­cial that all voic­es are heard to guar­an­tee the re­fin­ery’s suc­cess­ful and sus­tain­able restart.”


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