SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, Jan 05 2015, CNS – Martin Joseph, who was served as minister of national security from November 2003 in the former People’s National Movement (PNM) administration is dead.
Joseph reportedly got into difficulty and drowned while swimming at a beach here this morning.
His body has washed ashore at Grange Bay.
“I just got information that the body has been recovered and in fact it is the case he has indeed drowned earlier this morning and of course everybody is in shock and traumatized,” said the Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Orville London.
London, a deputy leader of the PNM, speaking on radio here, said that Joseph, who served as parliamentary representative for the St. Ann's East Constituency from 1995-2002 and was appointed Minister of National Security in November 2003, was holidaying here with a friend and was not here on party business..
