CAL board wants Nicholas to step down

Jack Warner and George Nicholas (Trinidad Guardian photo)

(Trinidad Guardian) The board of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) met with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday morning to express their dissatisfaction at the way chairman George Nicholas is running the state-owned airline. The board members also expressed their concern to Works and Transport Minister, Jack Warner. The CAL board, the Guardian understands, want Nicholas to step down. Warner has confirmed that there are “rumblings” within the board which he intends to investigate but said no decision will be taken without consultation with the Prime Minister or Attorney General Anand Ramlogan.

Warner expects the issue to be raised when he meets with all the state boards under his Ministry’s portfolio next Tuesday. In response, Nicholas