Morning Edition: 21st September 2023

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00:00:14 Good morning Trinidad and Tobago, I'm Marlon Hopkins,

00:00:16 and welcome to "The Morning Edition."

00:00:17 It's Thursday, 21st September, 2023.

00:00:20 Thank you very much for joining us this morning.

00:00:22 You all are enjoying the rain, I hope so.

00:00:25 You know, we have been speaking for the past few weeks

00:00:27 about the heat and how it has been impacting people.

00:00:31 Well, we got some rain yesterday,

00:00:32 we got some rain I suspect last night and to this morning.

00:00:35 So somebody up there apparently likes us, yeah?

00:00:40 So let's check out to see what's happening

00:00:42 in the Daily Express for today.

00:00:44 On the front page, from Pinal to Mayaro,

00:00:48 angry residents protest dry taps, water rage,

00:00:53 and one of the captions says, frustrated residents weld

00:00:56 a steel drill pipe across the road in Bristol yesterday

00:01:00 as they protest their lack of access to potable water.

00:01:04 The residents say they have been without a supply of water

00:01:06 for the past four weeks.

00:01:09 You all heard what I said?

00:01:11 Residents weld a steel drill pipe across the road,

00:01:16 you know, in Bristol, Mayaro.

00:01:18 And mumps without water,

00:01:20 residents of Loki Trace Extension, Pinal,

00:01:22 display their empty water bottles

00:01:24 during their protest yesterday.

00:01:27 So protest for water.

00:01:29 Fatima win Mucarapo Derby,

00:01:31 stopped East Mucarapo secondary player, Malachi Henry,

00:01:35 right, gets to the ball ahead of Fatima College's

00:01:38 Michael Chavez during their secondary school's

00:01:41 football league premier division match

00:01:43 at Fatima College ground, Mucarapo, yesterday.

00:01:47 Is the score here, yeah?

00:01:48 However, Chavez eventually got on the score sheet

00:01:53 as Fatima won five, zero.

00:01:56 Capital Boys eliminated,

00:01:58 AC Port of Spain lose three, two in Caribbean Cup.

00:02:01 Whatever could have gone wrong,

00:02:03 went wrong for AC Port of Spain in the first half

00:02:05 of their 2023 Concacaf Caribbean Cup Championship Group A

00:02:09 preliminary round match last night

00:02:11 against visitors Golden Lion of Martinique.

00:02:15 - Let me just say, you know, sport people,

00:02:18 they have a lot of discipline,

00:02:20 and they have a lot of what you would call it, boy,

00:02:24 of which I don't have.

00:02:27 Let me just say it that way.

00:02:29 If I'm on a team and that team starts to get bad leaks,

00:02:34 I don't know about all, I may walk off, you know.

00:02:37 Not I may, I will walk off.

00:02:38 So that's why I have never played too much sport.

00:02:41 I've been interested in sport,

00:02:43 but you know, I just don't have that boy.

00:02:45 But so to all the sporting people out there,

00:02:48 a special good morning to all of you.

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00:03:13 That's a beautiful picture.

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00:06:41 - And welcome back everyone,

00:06:43 and a very special good morning to all of you

00:06:45 if you're now joining us.

00:06:46 So first on the agenda this morning

00:06:48 is the proposed anti-crime talks

00:06:50 between the government and the opposition.

00:06:52 And weighing in on the issue today is criminologist

00:06:55 Dr. Randy Seepersad.

00:06:56 Dr. Seepersad, good morning.

00:06:57 - How are you?

00:06:59 - Good to see you here.

00:07:00 Dr. Seepersad, well this is a topic that we have discussed

00:07:04 every time I suspect that we would have discussed

00:07:08 the crime situation in Trinidad and Tobago.

00:07:11 Is this what the country has been hoping for, sir?

00:07:14 - Well, it's a very positive development

00:07:18 and I'm hoping that something really good comes out of it.

00:07:20 I think that the extension of the Olive Branch

00:07:24 by the government to the opposition

00:07:26 is something that we've needed for a very, very long time.

00:07:28 It's something that we haven't seen really

00:07:31 in the criminology landscape and the security landscape.

00:07:35 So I really hope this represents a shift

00:07:38 in terms of what is expected going forward

00:07:41 in terms of the cooperation and so forth.

00:07:43 - What is different this time around?

00:07:45 Because it's not the first time that the government

00:07:47 and the opposition has had talks.

00:07:50 So what is different this time around you feel?

00:07:53 - Well, in my mind, we're at a breaking point.

00:07:56 We've reached a level that, I mean,

00:07:58 if we don't go back, if we don't do something,

00:08:01 we might reach a point and some would argue

00:08:03 we've already reached a point where,

00:08:05 you know, things are so bad

00:08:06 that they probably can't be fixed.

00:08:08 Now, I'm an optimist.

00:08:09 - Yes.

00:08:10 - And I would still always maintain

00:08:11 that things could be fixed

00:08:12 and there are things that could be done.

00:08:14 But we've reached a point that is at such a level

00:08:19 beyond intolerable.

00:08:20 In fact, we've passed that point quite a bit now.

00:08:24 And, you know, we just need to do something decisive.

00:08:26 Otherwise it's going to be pain and blood

00:08:29 by the citizens of this country.

00:08:30 - You feel that the politicians understand the pain

00:08:37 and the suffering that citizens have been going through.

00:08:40 That's number one.

00:08:42 And do you also feel that the politicians feel the weight

00:08:47 of their responsibility to deal with the situation?

00:08:51 - I am sincerely hoping so

00:08:54 because it's in the papers every single day.

00:08:56 You were speaking just a little while ago

00:08:58 about some residents not having water for four weeks.

00:09:02 That is utterly unimaginable, to be honest.

00:09:05 And this is what we were talking about, water, right?

00:09:08 Think about when it comes to the security of people,

00:09:11 to their lives, their children,

00:09:13 people going in and breaking into people's homes,

00:09:16 stealing, doing whatever they do

00:09:17 and killing them and leaving them for dead.

00:09:20 You know, I hope sincerely it's not just politics.

00:09:24 I hope it's not an impending election around the corner

00:09:27 in a couple of years.

00:09:28 I really hope that it's a sincere move

00:09:31 in terms of the government.

00:09:32 And I hope that the opposition responds really

00:09:35 with the same level of sincerity

00:09:37 and they put the country first

00:09:39 and that politics really doesn't trump this process.

00:09:42 - Yeah.

00:09:43 What do you think about the way that they are proposing

00:09:46 to have these discussions?

00:09:48 So of course on the weekend,

00:09:50 the prime minister would have sent out a letter

00:09:53 officially inviting the opposition leader for talks.

00:09:58 And after receiving Pasad, Biseser's proposal.

00:10:02 So they are going to exchange proposals, I suspect,

00:10:07 or bring all of their proposals to the table.

00:10:10 And after that, they are going to establish teams

00:10:13 comprising four members of the opposition

00:10:16 and four members of the government

00:10:18 to discuss the initiatives proposed.

00:10:21 How do you feel about this process?

00:10:24 - No, it's a very good start to the process

00:10:26 because it brings the parties to the table.

00:10:28 It brings the ideas to the table.

00:10:30 And that's most important

00:10:32 because different people would have different ideas

00:10:34 and not all of them would be bad.

00:10:36 You would see some synergies among the ideas,

00:10:39 some commonalities, and you could draw from that.

00:10:41 But again, the diversity of views

00:10:43 that could potentially be represented there

00:10:46 really widens the game in a sense

00:10:49 that it brings more option.

00:10:50 My suggestion would be that even

00:10:53 at those very high level talks,

00:10:55 you perhaps bring in one or two other stakeholders,

00:10:58 especially those at the highest level,

00:11:02 perhaps in some of the various sectors

00:11:05 that deal with national security,

00:11:06 even the academic sectors.

00:11:08 Perhaps if it is at the level of the teams,

00:11:11 when you split out the teams to do that,

00:11:13 so you have that kind of input

00:11:15 because you don't want solutions to be generated

00:11:18 that really are at odds with the reality on the ground,

00:11:22 what people know, what are the solutions

00:11:25 that have been empirically shown to work, et cetera.

00:11:28 So you want that level of groundedness

00:11:31 to happen at a very, very early level

00:11:34 because quite often it is,

00:11:36 due to our system and other factors, how it works,

00:11:39 that politicians are really non-specialists in their areas.

00:11:43 And you want to ensure that in addition to the politicians

00:11:47 having a say in what happens,

00:11:49 the persons in the security sectors

00:11:51 who know what is happening on the ground,

00:11:53 persons with experience in criminology

00:11:55 from the various universities,

00:11:57 get involved very early.

00:12:00 So you have that kind of input.

00:12:01 And all it will simply do is broaden

00:12:04 the range of ideas that you have

00:12:06 and give you more from which to draw.

00:12:08 - Yeah.

00:12:09 I know that the opposition has suggested

00:12:13 that this discussion,

00:12:15 more and more people need to be involved in this discussion.

00:12:19 One of the conditions that the opposition

00:12:21 has already laid down

00:12:23 is that they want former police commissioner, Gary Griffith,

00:12:27 to be a part of the talks.

00:12:28 Do you have a position on that at all?

00:12:31 - I would fully support that.

00:12:32 He has a wealth of experience,

00:12:34 not just in the police service,

00:12:36 a wealth of experience in security.

00:12:38 And I don't think you could go wrong.

00:12:40 It's at this point,

00:12:42 very, very good to incorporate a diversity of views.

00:12:44 So I would be fully supportive of that.

00:12:46 - Yeah.

00:12:47 We're also seeing that the opposition,

00:12:49 they plan and they have,

00:12:51 over the past few days,

00:12:52 they have sent out a number of issues

00:12:56 that they would like to deal with at the talks.

00:12:58 They have sent out a number of proposals.

00:13:01 One of them is the stand your ground legislation

00:13:04 that the government has flatly rejected.

00:13:09 Do you think that there is still a need

00:13:12 to have this proposal being reintroduced

00:13:17 and put on the table for discussion?

00:13:20 - Well, the thing is,

00:13:22 there are already self-defense laws in place

00:13:24 in Trinidad and Tobago,

00:13:26 which would cater to that.

00:13:27 So in my mind,

00:13:29 the way that it has been proposed

00:13:31 sounds almost like a bit of politicking.

00:13:34 It's a bit of narrative to sway the public,

00:13:37 to entice the public in terms

00:13:39 of what could potentially be done,

00:13:41 but you're going to run into a lot of legal problems there

00:13:43 with that kind of approach.

00:13:46 So that is something that really requires

00:13:47 some serious rethinking.

00:13:49 And I would suggest that we move away

00:13:52 from the political kind of narratives

00:13:54 that are very emotive and that evoke

00:13:58 certain kinds of emotional reactions.

00:14:00 Let us move away from that

00:14:01 and let us move to the hardcore empirical work

00:14:05 that is out there.

00:14:06 There's a lot of solid scientific work

00:14:08 that tells us what could be done.

00:14:11 And let us perhaps stop playing politicians

00:14:13 for a while with the crime problem,

00:14:16 because it's one that really deserves

00:14:18 serious empirical kind of data-driven considerations.

00:14:22 - Doesn't these proposed talks

00:14:24 also provide the opportunity

00:14:27 for a type of out-of-the-box thinking?

00:14:31 Because as I said,

00:14:32 we are already seeing proposals being put forward,

00:14:37 but they are proposals that have been tried and tested,

00:14:41 and in some areas they have failed.

00:14:44 So getting back to the question,

00:14:46 it does provide the opportunity

00:14:49 to come up with new solutions to this problem of crime.

00:14:53 - So I fully agree,

00:14:55 and we're at the point where we do need to think

00:14:58 outside of the box.

00:14:59 But having said that,

00:15:00 I dare say that there aren't so many things

00:15:03 that have been really tried and tested.

00:15:05 You know, we have a culture where sometimes

00:15:08 we have good ideas on paper,

00:15:09 but we don't really implement it.

00:15:11 It's, in my mind, much more a failure of implementation.

00:15:15 And sometimes, even when we implement

00:15:17 and it's tried and tested as it were,

00:15:20 and we have the empirical results,

00:15:22 we still don't put the money behind it.

00:15:23 And I'll give you a very, very good example.

00:15:26 From 2014 to '17,

00:15:28 the Ministry of National Security

00:15:30 implemented something called the Cure Violence Model,

00:15:33 which is a gang reduction intervention

00:15:35 in 16 communities in the Port of Spain area.

00:15:38 And an independent evaluation was done.

00:15:41 It showed that there was a 36.8% decline

00:15:45 in murders and woundings and shootings in gang communities.

00:15:49 Now, that's no small feat.

00:15:50 That's a serious achievement.

00:15:52 36.8% when murders and woundings

00:15:55 in the rest of Trinidad and Tobago went up by 16.4%.

00:16:00 Now, you think about that.

00:16:02 You think about a program that could do that

00:16:06 in some of those communities

00:16:08 with gangs on the East-West Corridor.

00:16:10 That is a no-brainer that the model works extremely well.

00:16:14 And it took the government several years after,

00:16:17 before they put the program back in place

00:16:19 under a new name, Project Building Blocks,

00:16:22 which you may know was headed by Mr. Garry Grant

00:16:26 from the Ministry of National Security.

00:16:28 And very, very successful model.

00:16:30 Again, the funding period came to the end in December 2022.

00:16:34 And to my knowledge, hasn't been renewed as yet.

00:16:37 So even when we see on the face of it sometimes

00:16:41 something that works exceptionally well,

00:16:45 the will to really put it in place and make it happen

00:16:48 and fund it sometimes isn't there.

00:16:51 So you don't only have to think out of the box.

00:16:53 Yes, you do.

00:16:55 Absolutely.

00:16:56 And I fully welcome that.

00:16:57 We need it.

00:16:58 But there are also solid solutions out there

00:17:00 that we need to really seriously consider.

00:17:03 - Yeah.

00:17:03 And Dr. Sipasad, I think that many people will agree with you

00:17:06 because we know the work that the university

00:17:10 has been doing over the years

00:17:12 and compiling reports and so on.

00:17:14 We know that those reports have been dispatched

00:17:17 to the relevant agencies and so on.

00:17:20 But why is there, you think, this delay

00:17:24 in implementing the suggestions, the recommendations?

00:17:28 We also know, and I was a bit shocked

00:17:31 when a learned attorney was telling me the other day

00:17:36 that we have so much laws in place

00:17:38 to deal with the gangs and to deal with crime.

00:17:41 And he was telling me that it's really,

00:17:46 as you referred to, it's really the will of the legislators

00:17:51 and the politicians and even the police

00:17:54 to enforce some of these laws in Trinidad and Tobago.

00:17:57 - Well, I think that will is part of it.

00:18:00 Nowadays, one of the biggest issues becomes finances

00:18:03 because quite apart from will.

00:18:06 And I think in terms of the will part,

00:18:08 the politics really sometimes trumps the situation

00:18:12 that politicians may make decisions

00:18:14 that they feel would be politically expedient

00:18:17 as opposed to those which might actually get the job done.

00:18:20 So at the back of their minds,

00:18:21 there's always this thing about getting back into power.

00:18:25 They want to do things that might be politically not risky

00:18:28 and that would get them the popular confidence

00:18:31 to get that vote.

00:18:32 But of course, with the crime situation,

00:18:35 it's as bad as it gets, as we saw, right?

00:18:39 So that's one particular situation.

00:18:42 But the next big situation and the limitation

00:18:45 that we face is finances.

00:18:47 And we have to find creative ways to deal with that

00:18:50 because the thing is a lot of these programs,

00:18:52 especially the good programs, they do cost a lot of money.

00:18:56 Now, there are two solutions,

00:18:58 two simple solutions that I could suggest to that.

00:19:00 One is that you reach out or the government reach out

00:19:03 to international funding agencies.

00:19:05 There is a lot of money out there.

00:19:06 And I kid you not, there is a lot of money out there

00:19:10 for the design and implementation of interventions

00:19:15 to reduce crime and violence.

00:19:16 Right now, I could tell you of a USAID funded project

00:19:19 in Grenada, Guyana and St. Lucia.

00:19:23 And it's funded with 30 million US dollars over five years.

00:19:26 And it started in November of last year.

00:19:28 And the focus is to build your resilience

00:19:31 and reduce crime and violence.

00:19:33 There is money out there,

00:19:34 whether it's from the European Union, USAID, IDB, the OAS.

00:19:39 There are a lot of sources that the government can check.

00:19:41 And secondly, we should stop seeing the crime problem

00:19:44 as one that falls within the remit

00:19:46 of only the Ministry of National Security

00:19:49 because other ministries, as I keep saying,

00:19:51 other ministries, NGOs, other agencies have a role to play.

00:19:55 And we can capitalize on the reach

00:19:58 and the resources of other entities.

00:20:00 So we maximize the benefits that other entities can bring

00:20:05 in the fight against crime.

00:20:07 - Yeah, Dr. Sipisad, already for the year,

00:20:10 and we have spoken about this,

00:20:13 we spoke about this a few weeks ago,

00:20:15 but we are over 400 murders for the year.

00:20:20 Since then, that the last time that we spoke,

00:20:26 do you see any let up?

00:20:28 Because there is great concern

00:20:30 that we could be facing another situation this year.

00:20:36 Re-statistics of last year where we went over 600 murders.

00:20:41 - I don't see any let up,

00:20:43 but then there are approaches which could bring that

00:20:46 under control very, very quickly, right?

00:20:48 And in the field of criminology,

00:20:50 there's something referred to as proximate causes.

00:20:53 If you look at those drivers,

00:20:55 which directly precipitate violent events,

00:20:58 at least those that you know that are happening

00:21:01 with high frequency, for instance,

00:21:02 those related to gang violence, right?

00:21:05 We know that gang related murders

00:21:07 account for about 30 to 40% of the homicides in the country.

00:21:11 And there are factors that really precipitate

00:21:14 gang rival reason and gang violence.

00:21:17 If we tackle those kinds of areas very hard,

00:21:20 we could get very quick returns.

00:21:22 And that's one of the things

00:21:23 that the Cure Violence Model does that I mentioned to you,

00:21:27 because in the three-year period that it was implemented,

00:21:29 it was able to result in a very drastic reduction.

00:21:33 So what we should really focus on as a government

00:21:35 if we want to make a quick gain,

00:21:38 is those approaches that focus on the proximate causes.

00:21:43 And of course, in those talks that the government

00:21:44 plan to hold, they need to also think also

00:21:48 about the more distal causes to bring the problem

00:21:51 under control in the long run.

00:21:53 So we're talking about issues in families

00:21:55 with educational achievement, employment,

00:21:58 those kinds of things that will bring the problem

00:22:00 under control in medium to long term.

00:22:03 But you need to think also of, as I said,

00:22:06 proximate causes, because they bring the problem

00:22:09 under control in the short term,

00:22:12 and it gives you very quick gains with those approaches.

00:22:15 - Yeah, Dr. Siphasad, you have been speaking about data,

00:22:19 and you have been speaking about solutions.

00:22:21 And I'm thinking that the university

00:22:26 continues to do a lot of work

00:22:28 when it comes to analyzing the crime situation.

00:22:31 So my question is, though,

00:22:33 does the, do law enforcement agencies,

00:22:37 or do they have a relationship with the university

00:22:42 and with criminologists and persons such as you

00:22:49 that do have this information that can pass it on to them,

00:22:54 so that they may be better to fine tune

00:22:58 what they have to do?

00:22:59 - Yes, we do have this kind of relationship,

00:23:02 and we do share information.

00:23:04 We will integrate with the Ministry of National Security

00:23:06 from time to time, and assist them with some of the work

00:23:10 and some of the analysis that they have to do.

00:23:12 But of course, sometimes you feel very much

00:23:16 at this junction between what the data might show,

00:23:20 or what you might recommend,

00:23:21 and in terms of what is actually implemented.

00:23:24 So at the level of the universities in the country

00:23:27 and the research entities,

00:23:29 even international funding agencies,

00:23:31 which will do very good bits of research

00:23:33 and give it to governments across the region,

00:23:36 what we tend to find is we give them a menu of choices,

00:23:39 or we give them recommendations.

00:23:40 But quite often, you, unfortunately,

00:23:43 you see, you know, sometimes very few.

00:23:46 You see a kind of a picking and choosing

00:23:49 from among those things,

00:23:50 and you may see just very few of those things

00:23:52 actually being put in place.

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00:24:02 - Yeah.

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00:24:10 Well, Dr. Randy Sipasad,

00:24:11 thank you very much for speaking with us this morning, sir.

00:24:14 We always appreciate your views

00:24:17 anytime that we have to talk about the crime situation.

00:24:20 So we do appreciate it.

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00:26:57 - And welcome back everyone.

00:27:06 So the police are reporting this morning.

00:27:09 This is information that has just come to hand

00:27:13 of a deadly or deadly shootings in the Guanapo area.

00:27:18 All right, so we already have the names

00:27:22 of the deceased and the wounded.

00:27:25 I'm not going to give you that

00:27:26 because further information needs to be gathered

00:27:29 in connection with that.

00:27:30 But let me give you the ages of these persons.

00:27:34 So we're talking about the deceased.

00:27:37 Well, four persons are dead.

00:27:40 Five persons are wounded.

00:27:43 Now this happened,

00:27:44 this would have happened between around 1230 AM.

00:27:51 Yeah, here are the ages.

00:27:55 10 years.

00:27:56 Two persons were 17 years and one person was 19 years.

00:28:02 Those are the deceased.

00:28:05 The wounded, two are 14 years.

00:28:09 One is 18 years.

00:28:11 One is 21 years and one is 25 years.

00:28:16 Yeah, and it's a mixture when you come to the deceased

00:28:21 and the wounded, some are young women

00:28:26 and some are young men.

00:28:29 So overnight, 1230 AM, there was a shooting in Guanapo.

00:28:35 Four are dead and five are wounded.

00:28:39 So we are trying to gather as much information

00:28:42 in connection with this matter.

00:28:43 And we will have it on the news for you a little later.

00:28:47 Yeah.

00:28:48 Digest that, ponder on that, don't wonder.

00:28:53 All right, so the countdown is on

00:28:55 to the finance minister's October 2nd presentation

00:28:58 of the national budget.

00:28:59 So joining us now via Zoom is the president

00:29:02 of the Trinidad and Tobago Automotive Dealers Association,

00:29:05 Visham Barber.

00:29:06 Good morning, Visham.

00:29:08 - Good morning, Marlon.

00:29:09 Thank you for having me this morning.

00:29:11 - Of course.

00:29:12 So Visham, as we move closer to the presentation

00:29:14 of the budget, do you have any concerns?

00:29:16 Is there anything you'd like to see

00:29:18 in the finance minister's presentation?

00:29:21 - Yes, Marlon, we do have a lot of concerns.

00:29:25 First of all, I would like to see no changes

00:29:28 regarding the exemption for this budget.

00:29:31 As you are aware, we have exemption

00:29:34 on hybrid and electric vehicles.

00:29:36 The electric vehicle exemption is due to end

00:29:40 the 31st of December this year.

00:29:43 And on the hybrid one, when we got the exemption,

00:29:47 the minister, for some strange reason this time,

00:29:50 did not put a sunset clause or an expiry date

00:29:54 on that exemption, which was very troublesome

00:29:57 from the day we got that exemption.

00:30:00 I pointed that out because what could happen here

00:30:02 is that the minister could get up tomorrow morning

00:30:05 and say, "This exemption has ended,

00:30:08 and cars that we have purchased,

00:30:10 the contractual arrangement that we have had in place

00:30:13 to purchase cars would be voided

00:30:16 because we won't be able to bring in these cars

00:30:18 with the exemption that was expected."

00:30:21 So I hope to see a date on this legal notice

00:30:25 for the hybrid and then for the electric one,

00:30:29 which ends 31st December, 2023,

00:30:32 I would like to see a continuation of that exemption.

00:30:37 - Yeah, Visham, go ahead.

00:30:39 - Yeah, and we have several other issues,

00:30:41 Marlon, but you go ahead.

00:30:42 - Yeah, all right, thank you very much.

00:30:44 But Visham, today, last week,

00:30:51 one of the banks announced

00:30:55 that they are going to cut the credit card limits

00:31:00 of customers, and those cuts are expected to kick in today.

00:31:06 How is this going to affect, I suspect,

00:31:13 some of your membership and also the customer

00:31:18 when it comes to purchasing vehicles?

00:31:24 - Right, Marlon, this is nothing new.

00:31:26 Card has been reduced over the past few years.

00:31:31 Cards were 100,000 US and they got reduced,

00:31:35 then they went down to 20,000, then 10,000.

00:31:39 So this is an ongoing change that we have to adjust to.

00:31:43 But if it has been adjusted from time to time

00:31:47 and still the Forex is being used up, right?

00:31:50 You have to ask yourself,

00:31:52 is there really a great shortage of US,

00:31:54 or is it priority being given to different sectors

00:31:58 and other people are made to make the sacrifice

00:32:01 so others could benefit?

00:32:03 Because I have been looking at this,

00:32:05 and cards have been reducing over the past few years.

00:32:10 And just so what you will tell people,

00:32:11 and when they're traveling,

00:32:12 you only have $2,000 to use on your card.

00:32:15 We need to find a proper system of accountability

00:32:19 where this US is going.

00:32:21 A central bank governor was fired

00:32:24 because he gave the information

00:32:27 as where the Forex was going.

00:32:30 This accountability has to come from the central bank

00:32:34 and the citizens need to know

00:32:36 where the Forex is being used up.

00:32:38 Because of the fact that small and medium businesses

00:32:42 are suffering, Marlon, it's the first time

00:32:44 I'm owing suppliers a large amount of money

00:32:47 and other dealers like myself, and we can't pay.

00:32:50 The bank is just saying that they have no Forex.

00:32:52 Yes, they are giving the explanation

00:32:54 that the VAT bonds were given,

00:32:57 and this is why companies are not converting.

00:33:00 But besides all that, this should have been a discussion

00:33:05 held with the finance minister

00:33:06 before these VAT bonds were given,

00:33:08 he would have known the shortage of Forex,

00:33:10 and he should have given an injection from central bank

00:33:15 to kind of facilitate that shortfall.

00:33:19 And this did not happen.

00:33:20 So people who had to order goods for Christmas,

00:33:22 I think the time might have gone already

00:33:25 because this is September, end of September.

00:33:27 So a lot of persons might not have goods

00:33:29 coming in for the Christmas

00:33:31 because we are also faced with other problems like shipping.

00:33:35 We have a big problem with customs.

00:33:37 So there are various problems,

00:33:39 and this is only component that he distressed

00:33:41 it is causing businessmen in this country.

00:33:44 - But Visham, surely you and your members

00:33:48 need thousands and thousands and thousands of US dollars

00:33:53 to bring in vehicles in Trinidad and Tobago.

00:33:57 So how are you able to do that

00:34:01 as we look at the wider issue of the shortage of Forex?

00:34:06 - Right, and there's another thing, Marlon.

00:34:08 You know there's a tribal black market in this country.

00:34:11 - Of course. - The tribal black market.

00:34:12 So the black market, you have no choice

00:34:15 but to resort to the black market to buy your Forex

00:34:18 and to continue to pay your suppliers

00:34:20 and keep your business running.

00:34:21 And this is something, again, the Minister of Finance,

00:34:25 I can say if a person is earning their Forex,

00:34:29 you cannot force them to sell it to the bank

00:34:31 at a much lower rate.

00:34:33 They will negotiate and get the best price.

00:34:35 That is the best business practice.

00:34:38 And I cannot see why we have to resort

00:34:42 to this sort of black market business

00:34:44 when we have the government in place,

00:34:47 you have a central bank,

00:34:48 you are saying we have nine months reserve,

00:34:51 and we have other things in place

00:34:53 that you can put in place

00:34:54 to kind of avoid this sort of transaction taking place

00:34:59 and for making people pay additional

00:35:02 and go to great lengths to get this Forex.

00:35:05 So certain discussions need to take place.

00:35:08 And not only discussion, Marlon.

00:35:10 You know the minister, they will say,

00:35:11 well, let's have a consultation.

00:35:13 Let's have a meeting.

00:35:15 You know, the minister, he said that.

00:35:17 He's going to have a discussion about the Forex.

00:35:18 But do they really take the advice

00:35:21 and all the suggestions that are given?

00:35:24 No, they don't.

00:35:25 They go about doing their own business,

00:35:27 doing their own thing, facilitating their own people.

00:35:30 And this is why small and medium businesses

00:35:32 and people at the lower end of the scale

00:35:34 continue to suffer in this country.

00:35:37 - Yeah.

00:35:38 Visham, what are some of the other issues

00:35:39 you want to lay on the table this morning?

00:35:41 - Right, Marlon, we had issues.

00:35:44 Again, this Forex, we'll come back to this.

00:35:46 The government, about three, four years ago,

00:35:48 they continue to reduce the age of the cars

00:35:51 from six years to four years to three years to two years.

00:35:54 And we keep telling them,

00:35:55 don't you think this will consume more Forex?

00:35:58 Or is it that will drive people out of the market?

00:36:00 It will cause people, businesses to shut down.

00:36:03 And they continue to go this way.

00:36:05 So when they're complaining about Forex right now,

00:36:07 I watch them and I think, this is what you all want.

00:36:10 You all want businesses to close down.

00:36:13 Because when you come with this harsh, draconian measures,

00:36:16 what happens is that businesses are forced to shut down.

00:36:20 So we have the problem of the Forex.

00:36:21 We have the problem of the age restriction.

00:36:25 So that needs to go back to about five or six years,

00:36:28 when you can still get a very good car.

00:36:31 You will consume less Forex.

00:36:33 - At a cheaper price.

00:36:34 - Again, we'll get the boost.

00:36:36 - And consumers or people who want to buy vehicles

00:36:40 can get these vehicles at a cheaper price.

00:36:42 If you revert to the five years.

00:36:45 - Revert to the five years, right?

00:36:46 That is a problem.

00:36:47 And Marlon, what is very, very concerning

00:36:50 to a lot of citizens also is this crime.

00:36:53 The government, if they are not dealing with the Forex

00:36:54 and they are not dealing with the crime,

00:36:56 then it is only causing businessmen

00:37:00 not to want to invest, to close up shop.

00:37:02 And it is very, very disturbing every day.

00:37:04 I mean, every day here in these things.

00:37:06 And if you're told, this is a crime

00:37:08 as you're told by me a lot of times,

00:37:10 and a lot of dealers, a lot of persons

00:37:13 are feeling the pain and the pangs

00:37:15 of this loss of family members and everything.

00:37:18 And you cannot compensate for this.

00:37:20 So we need to get the government to act.

00:37:24 And act, I say, they must do what is beneficial

00:37:29 for the general citizens and not just a few in this country.

00:37:32 This is what has been happening.

00:37:34 So I want to look at that.

00:37:36 I want to also shine in a few things here.

00:37:39 You know, who controls Marlon?

00:37:41 We have to find out who controls the distribution

00:37:44 of Forex in this country.

00:37:46 If it is controlled by the central bank,

00:37:49 if it is controlled by the commercial banks,

00:37:51 if it is somewhere influenced by the minister's decision,

00:37:55 these are things we have to get clarity on

00:37:58 because I'm not hearing anything

00:38:00 from the central bank governor, right?

00:38:02 With regards to this shortage of Forex,

00:38:04 the bank will just call you and tell you,

00:38:06 well, look, your card has been reduced now

00:38:09 to 5,000 or 3,000 or 2,000.

00:38:12 Man, they are cards people have, and they have to travel,

00:38:15 and they have a minimal amount, you know,

00:38:16 1,500 US and 2,000 US.

00:38:18 If you go, people travel out of the country

00:38:20 for medical reasons or anything,

00:38:22 that can't do anything for them.

00:38:24 And then it is very difficult to access Forex

00:38:28 from the bank through a wire transfer

00:38:31 or anything like that.

00:38:31 It's very difficult.

00:38:32 So this is a situation we are in now

00:38:35 that is going to really cause this country

00:38:38 to go down a very slippery, slippery slope

00:38:41 because you won't have investment,

00:38:43 you will have unemployment,

00:38:44 you will have businesses shutting down,

00:38:46 and all these are the fallout

00:38:48 of this problem we are facing now.

00:38:50 And it is tragic.

00:38:52 - Yes. - It is very tragic.

00:38:54 - But Visham, we just have about a minute again

00:38:56 before we come to the end of our discussion.

00:38:58 Anything else you'd like to add before you leave us?

00:39:01 - Yes, Marlon, I would like to see,

00:39:04 really see the budget,

00:39:05 some measures put in place for the persons.

00:39:09 I'm not just talking about,

00:39:10 you say you're going to reduce our electricity bill

00:39:14 or something like that,

00:39:15 but something tangible

00:39:16 and something that can really bring change.

00:39:18 We also have an issue right now

00:39:20 where I wouldn't like to see the interfere again

00:39:22 with the fuel subsidy,

00:39:24 as they have been talking,

00:39:26 because of the fact that it is already where it is.

00:39:29 And you know, we got some,

00:39:31 I got some recent parliament commentary

00:39:36 from this finance minister,

00:39:37 where he was saying that where premium fuel

00:39:40 was costing $4 and something,

00:39:42 that was when the last administration increased it to 575,

00:39:46 and he was giving suggestions,

00:39:47 and he was saying that it's costing,

00:39:49 why have you increased it to 575 and things like that?

00:39:52 So if it was costing $4 and something

00:39:54 for the same gallon of premium fuel in 2015,

00:39:58 let us know why it has changed so much,

00:40:01 and it is so much more now,

00:40:02 because oil price now till then

00:40:04 would have been around the same price.

00:40:06 So I wouldn't like to see any increase

00:40:10 that would affect the citizens of this country,

00:40:12 and let's get real policies in place

00:40:15 that can bring change to the citizens of this country.

00:40:17 - Visham Babwa, it's always good speaking to you.

00:40:20 Thank you very much.

00:40:21 - Thank you very much, Marlon, have a nice day.

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00:44:00 What we can do in the meantime though

00:44:02 is that we can take some of your calls.

00:44:03 You're calling us on 623-1711.

00:44:06 The extension is 1995, but you have to call us now

00:44:09 because we do have some limited time.

00:44:11 Getting back to the incident that I told you about earlier

00:44:14 about in Guanapo, so four deceased, five wounded.

00:44:18 So here are the details.

00:44:20 Around 12.30am, the persons were all asleep at home

00:44:25 at La Retreat Extension at the heights of Guanapo

00:44:30 with other members of the family

00:44:32 when several loud explosions were heard.

00:44:35 A man dressed in black with a hoodie covering his head

00:44:37 was seen leaving the scene and escaped in some bushes.

00:44:41 A check was made and all persons mentioned,

00:44:44 which I'm not going to give you the names as yet,

00:44:46 were found to be suffering from gunshot wounds

00:44:51 about their bodies.

00:44:52 Now, first responders from the NDTF North

00:44:56 and Arima police officers along with an EHS

00:44:59 conveyed the injured persons to the Arima Health Facility.

00:45:03 Four persons were pronounced dead on arrival

00:45:07 and the others are currently being treated.

00:45:09 All right, investigations are continuing.

00:45:11 Tabakit.

00:45:13 - A pleasant morning to you, Mr. Hopkinson.

00:45:15 - And to you too, sir.

00:45:17 - Look, let me add my two cents quickly.

00:45:20 Mr. Hopkinson, I think the only thing left right now

00:45:26 is to call a state of emergency.

00:45:29 Marlon, let's move in on these criminals.

00:45:33 I am saying the government would have collapsed

00:45:36 in terms of national security.

00:45:40 I think as Dr. Rowley, as the Prime Minister,

00:45:43 the National Security Council,

00:45:45 let him talk to the top security official there in America,

00:45:50 move in this country and call a state of emergency.

00:45:56 Look at the news you just brought to us.

00:45:59 Trinidad does not manufacture guns.

00:46:02 Where the guns is coming from?

00:46:05 I am saying to you, Mr. Marlon Hopkinson,

00:46:09 it is time we call a state of emergency

00:46:14 and move in on this criminal.

00:46:17 Tabakit out and out.

00:46:18 - Tabakit, thank you very much for your comments this morning.

00:46:20 You're calling us on 623-1711.

00:46:23 The extension is 1995.

00:46:26 So you do have the opportunity to call us now.

00:46:29 We just have a few minutes again.

00:46:33 So as I told you this morning,

00:46:35 people, all of us have been complaining about the heat.

00:46:38 So we got some rain yesterday.

00:46:40 We got some rain last night and into this morning.

00:46:43 So I'm seeing a story in the Daily Express today

00:46:47 where shoppers are also being affected by the heat

00:46:51 and vendors are also being affected.

00:46:55 I'm also seeing where prison officers are being affected

00:47:00 because of a faulty air conditioning, air conditioned unit.

00:47:05 Officers are baking,

00:47:08 says the report in the Daily Express today.

00:47:11 So you're calling us on 623-1711.

00:47:15 The extension is 1995.

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00:47:31 Faizabad, good morning.

00:47:33 - Good morning, Marlon.

00:47:34 Good morning, Trinidad and Tobago.

00:47:35 - Yes.

00:47:36 - Marlon, as I know it,

00:47:37 you need to have the best man for the job.

00:47:39 - Ah.

00:47:41 - Clearly, Dr. Rowley and his team

00:47:43 has been apprentices for the last eight years

00:47:46 and they didn't learn anything.

00:47:48 You went to get this country out of this morass

00:47:51 that is our soul and servant.

00:47:53 It's a cold election now

00:47:56 where the citizenry can have confidence in leadership.

00:48:01 Clearly, they don't have it now with crime.

00:48:03 Everything is failing in this country, Marlon.

00:48:05 We're in a failed state.

00:48:07 Whether you want to believe it, yes or no,

00:48:09 that is where we are and we need to take action

00:48:12 to have it corrected ASAP.

00:48:14 Thank you, my brother.

00:48:15 - Thank you very much, Faizabad.

00:48:16 700 cases of suspected child labor in Trinidad and Tobago.

00:48:21 Now, this is startling news.

00:48:23 Children are often spotted vending at malls

00:48:27 and street corners during school hours.

00:48:30 In some rural communities,

00:48:31 they have to take a break from school

00:48:34 during peak farming, fishing, or hunting season.

00:48:39 So 700 cases of suspected child labor.

00:48:44 You're calling us on 623-1711.

00:48:46 The extension is 1995, so you can please call us now.

00:48:51 Piti Valley, good morning.

00:48:54 - Hi, Marlon, morning.

00:48:56 - Morning.

00:48:56 - Listen, you know, we're in a real bad way.

00:48:59 And blaming the government or blaming this one won't help.

00:49:03 What I think we need is to go back to like Burroughs days.

00:49:08 We didn't talk bad manners.

00:49:10 When you live by the gun, you die by the gun.

00:49:12 You know, sending some good police divisions

00:49:16 and go and weed out those criminals.

00:49:19 Weed them out, shoot them.

00:49:23 Don't bring them back to jail.

00:49:26 The only people who are not baking in the heat right now

00:49:29 is the criminals.

00:49:30 Thank you, Marlon.

00:49:32 - All right, well, I do know that people are going to agree

00:49:35 with extrajudicial killings.

00:49:38 At that time, Mr. Burroughs would have operated.

00:49:45 It's a very different time

00:49:46 that police are operating in today.

00:49:50 So we understand your frustration.

00:49:52 It's a very serious time,

00:49:55 but hopefully these talks that are expected to happen soon,

00:50:00 there are going to be some solutions that we can work with.

00:50:06 We do have another caller on the line.

00:50:08 Good morning, caller.

00:50:09 Caller, you there?

00:50:11 - Good morning, Marlon.

00:50:12 - Morning.

00:50:13 - Morning, our national treasure.

00:50:14 God bless you, brother.

00:50:15 - Thank you very much, sir.

00:50:17 Go ahead.

00:50:17 - Marlon, I'm just totally concerned.

00:50:20 Yeah, I want to talk to you a while now,

00:50:21 but it has been going worse

00:50:24 with all the countries actually existing.

00:50:26 There's no plans for the kids.

00:50:29 There was the heat wave in India.

00:50:32 It occurred in China.

00:50:35 Obviously, it'll be in the Kermit Snow later.

00:50:39 The vacation passed two months plus.

00:50:42 There was no planning by the ministry

00:50:45 or the ministry of education

00:50:47 as to how they'll assist the kids in school.

00:50:50 Is there a cool down system?

00:50:51 Are they giving the kids water

00:50:55 and other reagent liquid to help them?

00:50:58 That could put in place.

00:50:59 If they talk to NGOs

00:51:01 and they go and spend some money from the schools on that,

00:51:04 no parent will agree at all.

00:51:06 Be very happy about that.

00:51:07 So we need to protect our young.

00:51:11 (indistinct)

00:51:13 - We're losing you.

00:51:14 All right.

00:51:15 - We need to protect our elderly

00:51:17 and our children who are in school

00:51:19 trying to study in this heat.

00:51:22 Yes, we may put something in place

00:51:23 where there's a boot or location,

00:51:24 the officer who's the rehydrate officer,

00:51:28 the agent officer of the cases.

00:51:30 And at some time during the day in the classroom,

00:51:32 the kids will get this nice, bearish cool down

00:51:35 and understand the heat stress,

00:51:37 the problems and make sure they're hydrated.

00:51:39 - Yes.

00:51:40 - You know?

00:51:41 - Thank you.

00:51:42 Thank you.

00:51:43 So I have to agree with you.

00:51:46 This is a good opportunity for

00:51:48 the companies that sell beverages.

00:51:55 And I know that what the doctors are going to say,

00:51:59 not the sweet beverages,

00:52:00 I'm talking about the water.

00:52:03 This is a good opportunity for you

00:52:04 to give back to the community

00:52:06 and supply some schools with water

00:52:09 because of the heat.

00:52:10 Yeah.

00:52:11 So let's see what happens.

00:52:13 You're calling us on 623-1711.

00:52:16 The extension is 1995.

00:52:20 This is our last call.

00:52:22 All right.

00:52:23 - Then move me.

00:52:24 - Caller.

00:52:25 Yes.

00:52:26 - I just called to tell you,

00:52:29 I hear you're moaning yesterday

00:52:31 about how much rain in town

00:52:33 and God bless you so much.

00:52:36 Up here was only sun.

00:52:39 You never get rain balloons.

00:52:41 Only sun.

00:52:42 Hot, hot sun.

00:52:44 Only this morning, rain fall.

00:52:47 Thank you.

00:52:48 - Yeah.

00:52:50 You had to do a rain dance.

00:52:53 Yeah.

00:52:53 But I know other parts of the country,

00:52:56 they got some rain.

00:52:59 So we're thankful for that rain.

00:53:01 So thank you to all of our callers.

00:53:02 Thank you to, thank you for all of your views.

00:53:06 We are going to a very short break.

00:53:08 Do we have an image for them?

00:53:10 We do.

00:53:11 A beautiful image there.

00:53:11 And as I said, we need to get your name

00:53:14 so I can say a very special good morning to you.

00:53:16 We are taking the break

00:53:18 and we also have some news for you.

00:53:19 We're coming back.

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00:54:16 K is for keeper, like Nicholas Puran.

00:54:19 - No, K is for cans.

00:54:21 So what the letter P is for?

00:54:22 - P is for Puran, boy.

00:54:24 P is for porn.

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00:55:22 - The history of our people is a great history.

00:55:24 And it's our duty to tell that story.

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00:56:03 - Good morning, I am Ansel Gibbs with a news update.

00:56:10 The Ministry of Education is being asked

00:56:12 whether the new education policy includes

00:56:17 students being taught about sexual orientation.

00:56:21 - To promote and legalize homosexuality in our country.

00:56:24 - Which you don't agree with.

00:56:26 - No, no, that is beside the point.

00:56:27 - No, that's not, Mr. Omen, I'm saying to you

00:56:30 that equity and quality education

00:56:32 deals with our school infrastructure,

00:56:35 our teachers, and so on,

00:56:36 making sure that our institutions

00:56:39 are available to teach our children.

00:56:41 So I wanna thank you for your contribution

00:56:43 and assure you that it does not deal

00:56:46 with comprehensive sexuality education.

00:56:50 - Nearly 50 Venezuelan nationals have been deported.

00:56:54 TV6 understands on Wednesday morning,

00:56:56 a group of people gathered outside

00:56:59 the Venezuelan Embassy in Port of Spain.

00:57:02 Several migrants and caregivers

00:57:04 reportedly got official instructions

00:57:07 to bring the children of detained women to the embassy

00:57:10 so they could be deported to Venezuela with their mothers.

00:57:14 The group was later taken to the heliport in Chagaramas

00:57:17 and then deported.

00:57:19 And in the weather, both islands can expect

00:57:24 a few periods of cloudiness and showers,

00:57:27 which may be interrupted by some sunshine.

00:57:29 The Met Office says there's also a medium chance

00:57:32 of isolated thunderstorm activity.

00:57:35 Street or flash flooding and gusty winds

00:57:38 are possible with heavy downpours.

00:57:41 Temperatures will climb to 35 degrees Celsius in Trinidad

00:57:45 and 33 in Tobago.

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01:00:08 - Three hours in Gethsemane,

01:00:09 he dragged that tire called salvation for man.

01:00:12 - Lift my eyes unto the hills.

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01:00:40 - Welcome back.

01:01:06 I have one more interview for you

01:01:08 before the program ends today.

01:01:11 But let me read something for you.

01:01:13 All right, so earlier I attempted to read this for you.

01:01:17 So Mahabia Wyatt, Antwine, Cloud, and Celestine

01:01:21 receive IWFTT awards.

01:01:24 Now it is the inspirational champion of women award

01:01:29 at the International Women's Forum, Trinidad and Tobago,

01:01:35 inspirational women gala awards at the Hyatt, right?

01:01:39 So at the event, you had,

01:01:43 you remember former independent senator,

01:01:46 Diana Mahabia Wyatt?

01:01:47 Well, she was one of the recipients of the award,

01:01:50 of one of the awards,

01:01:52 and she said that Trinidad and Tobago

01:01:53 is a wonderful place, right?

01:01:56 She said, "People are not aware of how fortunate they are."

01:02:01 And asked, "Does anybody in the media

01:02:04 ever stop to say how absolutely wonderful Trinidad is?"

01:02:09 She continued, "If you listen to the news,

01:02:11 you see disasters all over the world,

01:02:14 and people who are dying in war and conflict,

01:02:18 and we have Trinidad.

01:02:20 We have a world of one religion fighting against another,

01:02:24 and we have a country in which there are probably

01:02:27 more religions than we can count,

01:02:31 and nobody thinks anything unusual about that.

01:02:35 We live in a world where racism

01:02:39 is really paramount in terms of conflict,

01:02:42 and you look around Trinidad,

01:02:44 and you look at all the dogma that we have,

01:02:49 and nobody really takes that on

01:02:51 because everybody celebrates

01:02:53 everybody else's holidays and celebrations.

01:02:57 So we are very fortunate.

01:03:00 We don't realize how fortunate we are,

01:03:02 and we don't talk about what we have.

01:03:06 I don't think that there is one person here

01:03:09 that does not have in their family,

01:03:12 an extended family, people who are of other races,

01:03:16 or other religions, or of other interest groups,

01:03:21 and we take it for granted.

01:03:23 Yes, of course, we have conflict,

01:03:26 but I think that we are fortunate in a way

01:03:29 that we don't realize, and we can be an example

01:03:34 to the rest of the world with just what Trinidad is

01:03:38 and our community.

01:03:40 Mahabia Wyatt said she was humbled

01:03:43 to receive the Inspirational Champion of Women Award

01:03:46 for her work through her battered women's shelter

01:03:49 and described this period of her life

01:03:52 as the harvest period.

01:03:55 She said, "I'm in the last few years of my life.

01:03:59 "It is harvest time for me.

01:04:02 "It is just being here with people I admire,

01:04:04 "realizing that some of the things

01:04:07 "that are very important to me

01:04:09 "have made a difference in people's lives."

01:04:13 So some profound words there from Diana Mahabia Wyatt.

01:04:18 Of course, she would have, as I said,

01:04:21 she was a former independent senator,

01:04:23 and she would have done a lot of work,

01:04:27 her and her organization, to help

01:04:30 what has been called battered women in Trinidad and Tobago.

01:04:34 So as I said, some profound words,

01:04:36 some words to reflect on,

01:04:39 because we do have, and I may sound optimistic,

01:04:45 but we do have things that we should be proud about.

01:04:49 We do have things that are going well

01:04:51 in Trinidad and Tobago, but we do have our problems,

01:04:55 and we do have to address it, right?

01:04:59 I'm not going to say we have our problems

01:05:01 like other parts of the world,

01:05:03 because usually the persons who say that,

01:05:05 it's really a cop-out, so I'm not going to say that, yeah?

01:05:10 But I still believe in Trinidad and Tobago, yeah?

01:05:15 Another story that is of interest,

01:05:20 and we did have that story on the TB6 News last evening,

01:05:25 and it's a story written by Elizabeth Williams.

01:05:28 Good morning, Elizabeth.

01:05:30 And it tells of pupils in Tobago fainting and unwell,

01:05:35 and schools asking for fans to keep cool.

01:05:40 Now, the present heat wave is affecting school children

01:05:42 across Tobago, with reports of some feeling unwell

01:05:47 and some fainting.

01:05:49 Now, Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association

01:05:52 Tobago officer, Braden Roberts, told the Express yesterday

01:05:55 that a request for fans has been made

01:05:58 by various Tobago schools to the Division of Education.

01:06:03 He says, "Several of our schools are asking for fans,

01:06:06 "and I'm not certain if the division has been caught off guard

01:06:10 "where that is concerned,

01:06:12 "but we all know the financial challenges."

01:06:15 So the information I would have received

01:06:17 is that they were procuring fans.

01:06:20 I don't know how soon those fans would be made available,

01:06:23 but that's where we are.

01:06:26 So Roberts said, "It is a task to keep children cool

01:06:31 "at Tobago schools as classrooms are extremely hot

01:06:34 "and buildings are not ideal for the present climate."

01:06:38 All right, so we are going to a very short break.

01:06:40 We're coming back.

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01:10:04 - All right, so welcome back.

01:10:04 So you know the saying, health is wealth.

01:10:06 Well to all fitness buddies, this segment is for you.

01:10:11 Sharla, I'm talking to my producer here.

01:10:13 I've never heard fitness buddies before,

01:10:15 but I'll take that, all right?

01:10:17 So Providence Girls Catholic School

01:10:18 will be having its annual 5K entitled Be Fit and Fab.

01:10:22 Here to tell us more about the event

01:10:24 is committee member and teacher

01:10:25 at Providence Girls School, Annalise Castillo.

01:10:29 Miss Castillo, good morning and thank you very much

01:10:31 for coming.

01:10:31 - Good morning, thank you so much for having me.

01:10:33 Good morning to all your listeners.

01:10:35 So I'm here today to encourage everyone

01:10:37 to come and support our Be Fit and Fab 5K,

01:10:41 which is happening this Saturday, right?

01:10:44 And we gather at TGI Fridays

01:10:48 that paved area opposite there, right?

01:10:51 And the start time is at 6 a.m., okay?

01:10:55 Now the race begins at First Citizens Bank.

01:10:59 So our home base is opposite TGI Fridays,

01:11:02 but the race itself starts by First Citizens Bank

01:11:06 by Juningham Avenue there.

01:11:08 And we would proceed around the savannah

01:11:11 and finish at TGI Fridays.

01:11:13 - Yeah, who's the race for?

01:11:15 - Well this is to raise funds for our school

01:11:17 'cause we have a lot of electrical upgrades

01:11:19 that we would like to do

01:11:20 and for general maintenance of the school

01:11:22 'cause you know it takes a lot to maintain a school, right?

01:11:26 And we are government assisted,

01:11:28 but we have to raise funds to keep our school running.

01:11:31 - Yeah, I think what I was trying to ask is,

01:11:34 is it that, is it a particular section of the society

01:11:39 that you're catering for?

01:11:40 Is it children, is it teenagers, is it--

01:11:43 - We are catering for everyone, right?

01:11:45 Because it's open to the public.

01:11:47 So we are looking at, you could bring entire family,

01:11:50 you know we love promoting family,

01:11:51 come be a part of our Providence family, right?

01:11:54 So adults, the fitness enthusiasts,

01:11:57 if you are part of the running community, we welcome you.

01:12:01 Come on board.

01:12:02 - Yeah.

01:12:03 There is a registration fee and how do people register?

01:12:07 - So the registration is $130

01:12:11 and you could go online at Race Roster, okay?

01:12:15 Now you could always go on any of our social media pages

01:12:20 on Facebook, on IG.

01:12:22 On Facebook it is Providence Girls Catholic School

01:12:26 and Instagram is @providencegirls, right?

01:12:29 And you would see all of our flyers,

01:12:32 you could scan our QR code, all right?

01:12:34 And it takes you to raceroster.com, all right?

01:12:39 Now there is also a virtual race option.

01:12:43 Let's say if you can't make it on the day.

01:12:45 So you just choose that option

01:12:46 and participants can walk at any location

01:12:49 that is convenient to them.

01:12:51 You could even use a treadmill, right?

01:12:53 All they have to do is use a device

01:12:55 that would capture the distance

01:12:57 and we have different types of apps that you could use.

01:12:59 So some Strava, you have RunKeeper, RunStatic.

01:13:04 So any device that is compatible

01:13:06 with your Android or iPhone, that's fine.

01:13:10 You would take a screenshot

01:13:11 and email it to us at providence.psg@gmail.com

01:13:16 before September 30th

01:13:18 and you collect your medals at the school.

01:13:20 - Ms. Cassidy, you're only giving out medals and things too?

01:13:23 - Yes, we have customized medals.

01:13:25 So I brought one to show you.

01:13:27 - What, let me see it.

01:13:28 (laughs)

01:13:29 Yeah, boy.

01:13:30 So you all getting this boy?

01:13:33 So it's, so whether a person participates physically

01:13:40 or virtually, they are going to get this.

01:13:42 - Yes.

01:13:43 - Yeah.

01:13:44 - Right.

01:13:45 - All right.

01:13:46 - Yes, so I'm glad that you like it.

01:13:48 (laughs)

01:13:50 - Let me see, I have some notes here.

01:13:56 The race begins at 6 a.m.?

01:14:01 - At 6 a.m., yes.

01:14:02 Bright and early.

01:14:04 Okay, and again, for this particular race,

01:14:07 we feature something new

01:14:09 as compared to the last time when we did it in 2019.

01:14:12 We are now doing electronic timing.

01:14:14 - Yes.

01:14:14 - Right, so again, we are moving with the times

01:14:17 and I encourage everyone to come out and support.

01:14:20 We are doing it top notch, right?

01:14:22 So we have electronic timing, bibs,

01:14:25 and of course, as you see, the customized medals

01:14:27 for all the participants who cross the finish line.

01:14:30 All right.

01:14:31 We have cash prizes and hampers for the top three male,

01:14:35 the top three female,

01:14:36 and we also catering to four our younger ones.

01:14:39 So either your student or child under 16,

01:14:44 we also have special prizes for them.

01:14:46 - Yeah.

01:14:46 - Yes.

01:14:47 - I see that you all are also having breakfast.

01:14:50 - Yes.

01:14:51 So, I mean, it's early in the morning.

01:14:53 And when we come back at the grounds of our home base,

01:14:57 we have free samples and giveaways

01:15:00 as well as breakfast on sale.

01:15:02 Now our breakfast option would be a breakfast box

01:15:06 and we have vegetarian and meat as well, right?

01:15:09 It would be $35 and just come and fully enjoy

01:15:14 the morning with us.

01:15:16 - Yeah.

01:15:17 - Right, it should be between six to nine or 10

01:15:20 in the morning, but the race starts exactly at six.

01:15:23 - Now, Ms. Castillo, these days are very, very hot.

01:15:25 I don't know what the weather will look like on that day.

01:15:28 - Yes.

01:15:29 - What sort of mechanisms have you all put in place?

01:15:33 - Well, we have two water stops along the route

01:15:35 to keep runners hydrated, as well as at the home base,

01:15:39 we will also be giving out water as well.

01:15:42 - Yeah.

01:15:43 - I would also like to-

01:15:45 - I suspect you also have medical staff.

01:15:47 - Yes, we have ambulance, everything.

01:15:50 We would have police,

01:15:51 troopers in the route with us as well.

01:15:56 So we are on the road this year.

01:15:59 So the first time we did it,

01:16:00 it would have been along the track around the Savannah.

01:16:04 - Yes, yes.

01:16:05 - But now we've gone on the road path.

01:16:07 Okay, so we've taken all of the necessary steps

01:16:11 required to do it on the road by contacting the police,

01:16:14 having ambulance, everything, right?

01:16:16 The categories that we also included for special prizes

01:16:22 would be eldest male, eldest female,

01:16:27 our first providence student

01:16:29 and first providence teacher or staff member as well.

01:16:33 So we have a lot of different categories.

01:16:36 So, you know, let everybody feel special, yeah?

01:16:40 And again, anyone who, just a point to note,

01:16:44 anyone who registers today,

01:16:46 the collection, your collection day will be tomorrow, right?

01:16:51 And anyone who registers tomorrow,

01:16:53 their collection date would be on the day itself.

01:16:57 So distribution of packages is from today at the school

01:17:02 from nine to 3 p.m.

01:17:04 So 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and tomorrow.

01:17:07 So those who are already registered

01:17:10 will start collecting from today.

01:17:12 But persons who go online and register today,

01:17:15 their collection date will be Friday.

01:17:17 And then those who register on Friday,

01:17:19 their collection date will be on Saturday morning from five.

01:17:23 - Is there any person in particular

01:17:25 when they arrive at the school for their packages

01:17:27 that they need to ask for? - They come to the office.

01:17:29 They just have to come to the office

01:17:31 and they will be dealt with.

01:17:33 - Yeah. - Yeah.

01:17:33 - Any other information you'd like to give us, miss?

01:17:36 - Yes.

01:17:37 When persons see our medal,

01:17:41 I just wanted to highlight that

01:17:43 it really speaks to the heart of providence

01:17:46 because this represents the inner eye,

01:17:48 which is our providence logo.

01:17:50 - Yes.

01:17:51 - And it is a sculpture

01:17:55 that is our focal point in our school.

01:17:58 So in case persons are wondering,

01:17:59 oh, I wonder what shape this is.

01:18:01 We wanted to promote that because this inner eye

01:18:04 is the message that problems are overcome by peace.

01:18:07 That's the message with it.

01:18:08 So I just wanted to highlight that

01:18:10 as well as special thanks to all of our sponsors

01:18:14 and partners, including Anse Macal, Panini Cafe,

01:18:18 Sticky Wings, Trotters, Blue Waters, Holiday Snacks,

01:18:23 Hong Wing, A.S. Bryden, Chattock Food Products,

01:18:27 Five Islands Water and Amusement Park,

01:18:30 Adams Bagel, Kiss Baking Company, Bermudez,

01:18:35 Ellisley Court Limited, MK Productions,

01:18:38 NCRHA and our organizer, Runtree and Bagel

01:18:40 'cause we've been working really closely with them

01:18:42 and I really applaud their efforts

01:18:44 in taking us through the process.

01:18:46 - How has registration been going thus far?

01:18:48 How has the response been?

01:18:50 - Okay, so I think that the response has been,

01:18:54 you know, it's been good,

01:18:55 but I think we could still push more

01:18:57 because we cater for even on-the-day registration as well.

01:19:01 - But how many people are you catering for?

01:19:04 - About 500 participants.

01:19:06 We have the facilities for five.

01:19:08 We have not reached five as yet.

01:19:09 So if we could get the push and people could come out,

01:19:12 that would be great.

01:19:14 Again, you go into www.raceroster.com/77744.

01:19:20 That is the website.

01:19:23 Now you could always contact us for more information

01:19:25 at 624-1429 or 304-3773,

01:19:30 as well as send us an email to providence.psg@gmail.com.

01:19:37 - Yeah, and again, this is an aid

01:19:41 to help the school meet certain costs.

01:19:44 - Yes, because we want to always develop

01:19:46 our school facility.

01:19:48 - Yes.

01:19:49 - You know, our school is over 150 years old,

01:19:52 so we always have to do upgrades.

01:19:53 And right now we are focusing on electrical upgrades.

01:19:56 - Yes.

01:19:56 - Right?

01:19:57 Again, this Saturday, 6 a.m., our race begins.

01:20:03 The race begins at First Citizen Bank,

01:20:06 where we proceed around the savannah

01:20:08 and we end in front of TGI Fridays.

01:20:10 - Yes.

01:20:11 Ms. Castillo, it was a pleasure speaking with you

01:20:13 this morning.

01:20:14 We hope that you have a bumper event on the weekend.

01:20:19 - Thank you so much.

01:20:21 - And a successful event.

01:20:22 - Thank you.

01:20:23 - Thank you very much for coming again.

01:20:24 Yeah?

01:20:25 Okay, so that's gonna be it for me

01:20:26 on the morning edition for today.

01:20:28 Remember that James Saunders comes up next.

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01:26:47 - Well, it is a bong stuff for the Ghana Amazon Warriors

01:26:52 as the chicken curry have been pulled out

01:26:54 by the curry chicken.

01:26:55 We've got all of that action,

01:26:57 lots to talk about on today's show.

01:26:58 We dig behind the scenes and we tell you

01:27:01 how the roundabout goes with the eliminator.

01:27:03 All of that and more is coming up.

01:27:05 It is the Baltimore Cricket Show.

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01:27:15 All right, so I'm still trying to learn

01:27:21 that Fabian Allen dance.

01:27:23 You don't get a whole body shot of me

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01:27:32 Welcome back to the Baltimore Cricket Show

01:27:33 where it was a match royale as the Chumbago Knight Riders

01:27:37 took on the Ghana Amazon Warriors last evening

01:27:40 in Providence before a sold out crowd.

01:27:43 And it was a wonderful bowling performance

01:27:46 by the Chumbago Knight Riders,

01:27:48 restricting the Ghana Amazon Warriors for a meager score

01:27:52 before chasing it in the end

01:27:54 with quite a few balls to spare.

01:27:55 Take a look.

01:27:56 - Bowled.

01:27:58 That's gone a long way.

01:28:02 First Republic back, maximum.

01:28:05 - Get him.

01:28:09 Should be gone, Chadwick Walton takes it.

01:28:11 - The beat.

01:28:12 - Salam kill on fire.

01:28:16 - Always been a good feeler, Dwayne Bravo.

01:28:19 Bang on target.

01:28:22 - Lovely shot.

01:28:28 - Ball toss.

01:28:31 - Clubbed.

01:28:33 With immense power.

01:28:38 - Did he get enough?

01:28:39 Did he get enough?

01:28:40 Yep, you betcha.

01:28:42 And he will get four.

01:28:46 - Oh, that is so clean.

01:28:50 Two bounces and fizzes into extra cover.

01:28:54 - Question marks.

01:28:55 Do not get into there to any play.

01:28:59 - Oh, big shout, big shout.

01:29:02 - This is what he can do.

01:29:05 This is what he does.

01:29:08 - Takes him on.

01:29:09 Over extra cover.

01:29:11 - Enough on it.

01:29:15 Just enough.

01:29:18 - Not a biggie, is it?

01:29:25 - Yeah, they've seen enough.

01:29:27 They're leaving.

01:29:29 The winning run.

01:29:33 No Narine, no Gopnik.

01:29:35 No Narine, no Goptil.

01:29:37 No problem for TKR.

01:29:40 Chadwick Walton has led them into another final

01:29:44 of Republic Bank CPL 2023.

01:29:48 - Well, thank you so much Colin for that kiss.

01:29:51 I'm sure my producer would have certainly enjoyed that.

01:29:54 Shala, still that was for you.

01:29:56 All right, so much to talk about of course.

01:29:58 Chadwick Walton getting to 80.

01:30:00 Waka, Salam kill.

01:30:01 Terence Hines, Sunil Narine missing the match.

01:30:04 We will talk about all of that and more

01:30:06 in a Zee Bowlemount Cricket Show.

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01:33:33 - Welcome back to the Bulldomound Cricket Show

01:33:42 where the Trinbago Knight Riders,

01:33:44 well, they beat the Ghana Amazon Warriors

01:33:46 by seven wickets last evening.

01:33:48 Look at that, Chaddy Walton

01:33:50 with the 80, not all from 57 deliveries.

01:33:53 Puran was the next best scorer, 33.

01:33:56 And well, Mr. Booze Paulad, 23 from 15,

01:34:00 leading the way for the Trinbago Knight Riders

01:34:02 who successfully chased the score of 166 to seven

01:34:06 set by the Ghana Amazon Warriors.

01:34:09 And well, I tell you what,

01:34:13 lots of exciting cricket action.

01:34:14 We must thank our friends from Republic Bank

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01:34:19 So thank you very much to Republic Bank

01:34:21 who hosted a viewing party last evening.

01:34:24 Well, tell you what,

01:34:25 there was a party in Providence Stadium

01:34:27 after the match for the Trinbago Knight Rider fans.

01:34:30 And we certainly enjoyed all of the moments.

01:34:33 One of the persons that they were able to chat with

01:34:35 was one of the eliminated coaches, Darren Sammy,

01:34:38 who happens to be the West Indies coach

01:34:40 and he spoke at length.

01:34:42 - On the spot now, three teams remaining in the competition.

01:34:44 Who is your favorite?

01:34:45 - Well, look, I mean, I always,

01:34:50 you look at Jamaica, you know what they did last year,

01:34:53 come from same scenario and go on.

01:34:56 But I really love to see a new team win this year.

01:34:58 You know, so I'm rooting for the home team.

01:35:01 I'm rooting the home team to go all the way

01:35:03 now that I'm not here, you know,

01:35:04 'cause I'm sure Ghana's second favorite team

01:35:07 would have been St. Lucia.

01:35:08 So we're gonna return them that favor.

01:35:10 - What do you think the Warriors need to do though?

01:35:11 Because they have been there five times already

01:35:13 and never got over the hurdle.

01:35:14 - Yeah, it's just like me.

01:35:15 I've been there two times in the run, I've not won.

01:35:17 But look, I think it's on the day, you know.

01:35:21 First of all, don't think, okay,

01:35:23 we've been there five times and we've lost.

01:35:26 Think we are in the finals and we are going to win,

01:35:29 you know, and again, it takes the senior players,

01:35:33 it takes proper planning and at the end of the day,

01:35:35 they go out and execute.

01:35:37 The same way you've played that got you to the finals.

01:35:41 I mean, we've won two big finals.

01:35:44 The same way you've played that got you to the finals,

01:35:47 it's just another game.

01:35:47 Bring that same mentality, that same attitude

01:35:50 and hopefully the same intensity.

01:35:52 And yeah, I think Ghana should win it this year.

01:35:56 I'm rooting for them.

01:35:57 - Oh yeah, songs like Fox can't get the grips

01:36:01 type of situation from Darren Sammy.

01:36:03 Of course, what am I to know?

01:36:04 He's certainly more experienced than I am.

01:36:06 Well, Darren Sammy though,

01:36:07 speaking of what experience he spoke,

01:36:09 in fact, I lamented the fact that

01:36:11 didn't see that many new talent emerging

01:36:14 in this year's CPL competition.

01:36:17 - Any young players you have seen in this tournament

01:36:20 that you could pinpoint for the future?

01:36:22 - Yeah, I was hoping that, you know,

01:36:24 looking at the World Cup squad, what we need.

01:36:26 I was hoping that, you know,

01:36:28 some spinner come up and put their hands up,

01:36:32 but we've not seen that.

01:36:34 You know, you look at the wrist spinners,

01:36:37 the local wrist spinners that we have,

01:36:39 barely got any opportunities to play.

01:36:42 And I was hoping that, you know,

01:36:45 some young fast bowler come through,

01:36:47 but nobody actually has made a big jump to say,

01:36:53 "You know what, I'm going to break through

01:36:55 in that World Cup squad."

01:36:56 The guys who've been playing,

01:36:58 you know, the Romario Shepherds,

01:36:59 you know, Shea Hope, you know, Johnson Charles,

01:37:02 and these guys still put their hands up.

01:37:04 No opener has really set the tournament apart

01:37:07 from my youngster from Pakistan, you know,

01:37:11 at the top of the order.

01:37:12 But I think playing on these conditions,

01:37:16 we're going to find them at home.

01:37:17 So I'm pretty confident that the squad that we'll have,

01:37:22 from what I've seen, I'm going to be okay.

01:37:24 Some senior guys are performing,

01:37:27 and I see roles that I could get for them

01:37:30 in the senior team, but I'll be watching.

01:37:35 We still have the Super 50, you know, to come up.

01:37:38 I think that would be the last one-day tournament,

01:37:41 or white ball tournament before the World Cup.

01:37:43 - All right, this is us looking for newcomers.

01:37:46 Darren, Sammy, some very interesting thoughts.

01:37:48 Can't wait to get my analysts to chime in on that

01:37:51 in just a bit.

01:37:52 But first, let's go behind the scenes

01:37:54 and see what's happening there.

01:37:55 - Might be one of the most exciting

01:38:08 Republic Band fans I have ever been in

01:38:11 through the entire tournament.

01:38:13 I have a husband and wife with me.

01:38:15 So let me ask you guys,

01:38:17 if the Warriors do not come through tonight,

01:38:20 how's the household going to feel?

01:38:22 Are you going to fight?

01:38:23 Does this affect your marriage?

01:38:24 Because I feel this is a Warrior couple.

01:38:26 - No, it won't affect us.

01:38:27 - It won't affect us.

01:38:28 We're going to win Friday and then win Sunday.

01:38:30 - Oh, great stuff.

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01:42:48 It's a rainy day here in Trinidad and Tobago,

01:42:51 and well, rain runs for the Trinidago Knight Riders,

01:42:54 of course, getting the seven-wicket win

01:42:56 over the Ghana Amazon Warriors.

01:42:57 It is time to bring in my good friend Marcus Daniel,

01:43:00 our cricket analyst from Tobago on the inside.

01:43:02 Marcus, it is pouring cats and dogs on the outside.

01:43:06 Is that Guyanese Amazon Warriors' tears

01:43:08 perhaps falling from the sky?

01:43:10 - You know, I mentioned,

01:43:12 I'm gonna say good morning to you,

01:43:13 and of course, good morning to your viewers.

01:43:15 And I mentioned last night

01:43:16 in a little friendly live we had on Facebook there,

01:43:21 that I hope the authorities in Guyana,

01:43:24 they put things in place for flooding,

01:43:27 because only tears, only tears.

01:43:29 But it's raining here in Trinidad and Tobago,

01:43:31 but that's tears of joy.

01:43:32 That's tears of joy,

01:43:34 as our beloved Trinidago Knight Riders,

01:43:37 they have secured a fifth spot in the CPL Finals.

01:43:40 - Well, what a match it was,

01:43:42 certainly for the Trinidago Knight Riders.

01:43:44 Chadwick Walton, I tell you what,

01:43:46 he's got cat lives.

01:43:48 Dropped twice, but he went on to make 80,

01:43:50 leading the team to victory.

01:43:52 Are you surprised by anything that you saw in the match?

01:43:56 - Well, when we were fielding, right,

01:43:59 I call it, I changed his name from Chadwick to Tragic,

01:44:03 because I mean, he got Terrence Hines injured.

01:44:07 And I felt that, you know,

01:44:10 just seeing his body language after that drop catch,

01:44:13 I said to the guys,

01:44:14 he is gonna come good with the bat,

01:44:16 because the management and the staff,

01:44:19 Kyron Pollard and the senior guys,

01:44:21 they gave him a lot of confidence,

01:44:22 and they supported him,

01:44:24 because, to be told,

01:44:26 he did not have a really good start to this CPL,

01:44:29 but he's very experienced.

01:44:31 Remember he played with the Guyana Amazon Warriors,

01:44:33 back in 2017, he also played with the Jamaica Teller Wars,

01:44:36 and he came out last night, big game, big playoff,

01:44:40 lots of experience, lots of experience,

01:44:43 and he would have taken the Trinidago Knight Riders home

01:44:45 with a well-played 80, a match-winning 80.

01:44:48 And I love what he said after,

01:44:50 in that, you know, the team, they gave him that support,

01:44:53 because he really wasn't having a really good CPL,

01:44:56 but you just need to qualify for the playoffs,

01:44:59 and then the big players will show up,

01:45:01 and I'm really happy for him.

01:45:03 It now leaves the TKR management in a particular situation.

01:45:07 What's gonna happen if it is that we have

01:45:08 Martin Goktel back for the finals?

01:45:11 Is he gonna be rested,

01:45:12 or are we gonna leave out Casey Carty?

01:45:14 I mean, a good situation to have,

01:45:15 if I were Kyron Pollard as captain

01:45:17 of the Trinidago Knight Riders.

01:45:19 - Yeah, it certainly brings selection headaches, indeed.

01:45:22 Now, we've seen a Trinidago Knight Riders team

01:45:24 where we've had players who've been match winners

01:45:27 at various times in the tournament,

01:45:30 and Chadwick Walton certainly adding his name

01:45:32 to that list as well.

01:45:33 Let's talk about bowling as well.

01:45:36 Winning the toss, how important

01:45:37 you thought that was last evening?

01:45:39 - Yeah, James, and as I told you the last time

01:45:42 we spoke here on this Bowling World Show,

01:45:44 the toss, for me, that was the most important thing

01:45:47 going into last night's match.

01:45:49 Whoever won that toss would have bowled first,

01:45:51 and Guyana, they love to chase a total.

01:45:53 Setting a total, not too good.

01:45:56 The two times they defeated us previously, right,

01:45:59 they chased successfully.

01:46:01 Obviously, at the Queen's Park,

01:46:03 we were convincingly, right,

01:46:05 and obviously, they defeated us

01:46:07 in the other contests, chasing as well.

01:46:09 I felt that they were obviously

01:46:11 at least 21 short last evening,

01:46:14 and that's because of good planning.

01:46:15 As Pollard would have said, they won the toss,

01:46:18 and they wanted to bowl against

01:46:19 this Guyana-Amazon Warriors team,

01:46:21 and they had plans for every single player.

01:46:23 Setting a total in Guyana,

01:46:27 it's always a tricky prospect

01:46:30 because you want to get at least 200 runs on the board,

01:46:33 or more, to at least put some pressure on the team

01:46:35 that are going to chase you.

01:46:37 But, I mean, winning the toss was the most important thing

01:46:39 last night there, and I was so delighted

01:46:41 that Pollard won the toss and chose to bowl first.

01:46:43 - All right, so I guess it's chicken curry

01:46:45 for a while longer, Marcus.

01:46:46 I'm going to keep you around for just a second

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01:46:50 - It's coming our way as well.

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01:47:34 Tickets, you know, a couple of friends

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01:51:04 - All right, still doing my Fabian Allen dance.

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01:51:19 on the "Bowl Them Out" Cricket Show.

01:51:21 Marcus Daniel is still with us,

01:51:22 and well, he's sharing the goodies,

01:51:24 the good news, in fact, about the TKR success.

01:51:27 And Marcus, I've got to ask,

01:51:29 is this the turning point in this encounter,

01:51:32 or is it still too early to see?

01:51:34 - In terms of TKR winning the title?

01:51:37 - Well, in terms of TKR versus Guyana, Amazon Warriors,

01:51:40 let's start there.

01:51:41 (laughing)

01:51:42 Rad battle.

01:51:43 - If you look at the head-to-head, it's 14-14.

01:51:46 And I know that the Warriors,

01:51:48 they will want to get into that final

01:51:49 to actually get into that 15 category.

01:51:52 But, you know, we spoke so many times about

01:51:56 pressure moments,

01:51:58 and TKR last evening won the big moment.

01:52:00 And over the years, Guyana been to five finals,

01:52:05 and we were not able to get over the line.

01:52:07 And it says that, you know, when it comes to pressure,

01:52:10 or there's something on the line,

01:52:11 there's something about this Warriors team.

01:52:13 And I like the fact that product spoke about

01:52:16 planning for this Guyana-Amazon Warriors team.

01:52:19 It spoke about the games that they would have been defeated

01:52:21 this season, and they gave others opportunity,

01:52:24 in that they will fill it out Guyana-Amazon Warriors,

01:52:26 because all TKR knew is just to get to the playoffs,

01:52:29 and then we'll turn the screws on.

01:52:31 To be very honest, I'm not too sure that the Warriors

01:52:33 will get past the Talawans, in fact, tomorrow night,

01:52:36 I predicted a TKR versus Talawans final from the outset,

01:52:40 and I'm sticking to that.

01:52:41 - Yeah, I was just about to ask that.

01:52:43 They've got to head all around the mulberry bush

01:52:46 to face a Jamaica-Talawans team that has won three in a row.

01:52:51 How difficult is that fixture?

01:52:53 - Yeah, very, very, very difficult.

01:52:55 I mean, having been defeated so heavily last evening,

01:52:59 albeit they were without one of their leading players

01:53:02 this season in Kimo Paul, and I'm really hoping

01:53:05 that he recovers as quickly as possible,

01:53:08 because he has Western-ish duties to take care of.

01:53:11 But they were well-upped last night,

01:53:12 they were beaten strongly last night.

01:53:14 I'm not too sure what's gonna happen in that dressing room,

01:53:17 but it takes strong men, championship-winning men.

01:53:21 And I was disappointed, I'm not too sure

01:53:23 what happened to Imran Tahir.

01:53:25 He did not show up at the post-match interview.

01:53:29 Is that with leadership?

01:53:31 Could he walk to the post-match

01:53:33 or he had something with his voice?

01:53:35 And also, in terms of their psyche,

01:53:37 it's a big match for them tomorrow.

01:53:40 I know that their fans will show up tomorrow

01:53:42 against that Talawans team, but three on the bunks.

01:53:45 Been there, done that before in the Jamaica and Talawans.

01:53:48 And as I said before, I can't see them going past Jamaica.

01:53:51 All be it the tosses as important as well tomorrow.

01:53:55 Who won the toss and who won the bowl first

01:53:57 to get rid of that Jew factor.

01:53:59 But let's see, let's see.

01:54:01 I'm sticking with my prediction, James.

01:54:03 It's Jamaica-Talawans versus TKR in the Panthers on Sunday.

01:54:06 - Well, I tell you what, Paul the octopus is gone,

01:54:08 so we need a new prediction guru,

01:54:11 and you're gonna be that person.

01:54:13 Marcus Chidamas.

01:54:15 I'm giving all my pundits Chidamas surnames.

01:54:18 - So, Marcus, let's work around that

01:54:23 in terms of going the Mulberry Bush way.

01:54:25 Of course, playing on Friday and also playing on Sunday.

01:54:29 How difficult is it?

01:54:31 Is it a disadvantage for the Amazon Warriors

01:54:34 playing this chain of matches

01:54:35 on the back end of the tournament, you think?

01:54:38 - Yeah, and that's an interesting point, eh?

01:54:41 Because each team, each territory,

01:54:43 they have four home matches,

01:54:45 and then you have to prepare for the playoffs and the final.

01:54:47 So, obviously, they would have wanted to win last evening

01:54:50 to give their players with little niggles

01:54:52 enough time to rest for Sunday's finals.

01:54:54 So, no, they have to play on Friday,

01:54:56 and then they have to play, if they win on Friday, on Sunday.

01:54:59 So, the only advantage maybe,

01:55:02 they have the 12th man on their side

01:55:04 in terms of the home crowd.

01:55:05 But, you know, after your four games home,

01:55:10 you can come to have two games to win the title,

01:55:12 the playoff game and then the finals.

01:55:14 So, I don't look at it as so much of a disadvantage.

01:55:17 You know, you have home advantage

01:55:19 in terms of familiarity with the pitch.

01:55:21 The code is on your side.

01:55:23 That will obviously boost your confidence.

01:55:26 And you'll want to play before a more home-biased code

01:55:30 than playing in a code where Trinidad or, let's say, Barbados.

01:55:35 So, disadvantage maybe for the aging players,

01:55:38 but not so much for the team itself.

01:55:40 - All right, Marcus, we're gonna be looking at you,

01:55:43 and maybe I'll be asking for lots of numbers

01:55:45 if you do get your prediction right.

01:55:46 Marcus Daniel, of course, our cricket analyst from Tobago.

01:55:49 And what a way to close our show here

01:55:52 on the Boulder Mount Cricket Show.

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01:55:59 Thank you so much, and until tomorrow, catch you later.

01:56:02 - Not the biggie, is it?

01:56:12 - Yeah, they've seen enough.

01:56:14 - They're leaving.

01:56:16 The winning run, no Narine, no Goptil, no problem for TKR.

01:56:25 Chadwick Walton has led them into another final of Rep...

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