TIC to help victims of Tropical Storm Bret

TIC 2017 opens on Thursday and runs until Sunday at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya.

The association also said yesterday that its membership readily came forward to donate more than 400 hampers “which they envisioned would be essential in such a critical period for those affected.” To date, hampers have been distributed to people living in areas such as Caparo, Endeavour, Las Lomas, Rio Claro and Brasil.

“However the process has not curtailed, as members continue to be moved to send assistance,” the association said.

TTMA president Christopher Alcazar said, “While it is devastating to see the damage after the storm, it is heart-warming to see the manufacturing community rally together.

I think this response is important to note not as a PR initiative but rather what should be highlighted is that it is up to us all as a community of ‘Trinbagonians’ to lend a helping hand to those who need it.

The TTMA secretariat thanked all who assisted in its relief effort but said special mention had to be made of the companies “who answered the call immediately and without reservation”.

These include National Flour Mills, Premium Products, VEMCO, Nestle Trinidad, Dumore Enterprises, Langston Roach Industries, S.M. Jaleel & Company, Trinidad Tissues, Associated Brands, John Dickenson & Company (W.I.), CGA, Happi Products, Ace Printery Fed-Traders, Albrosco, Global Marketing Enterprises, Angostura, Caribbean Packaging Industries, Bermudez Biscuit Company and the staff of NGC.