Barge that overturned off Tobago was not from Guyana – Edghill

Nyree Alfonso

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill says that representatives from MARAD will visit Trinidad to discuss the recent oil spill off the coast of Tobago but he denied that the barge that overturned and leaked was from Guyana.

The Minister told Stabroek News yesterday that the barge which is being referred to as the Gulfstream or Coolie Boy doesn’t belong to Guyana as was reported in the Trinidad Express.

“As it relates to the barge that overturned in Tobago I can say it doesn’t belong to Guyana”, the Public Works Minister stated.