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00:00:00 ♪ I never die in this party atmosphere ♪
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00:00:12 - All right, a very special good morning Trinidad,
00:00:14 and to everyone in the rest of the world.
00:00:15 I'm Marlon Hopkinson, and welcome to the morning edition.
00:00:18 It's a beautiful, cool,
00:00:21 kinda wet day in Port of Spain today.
00:00:24 I know that we got some rain overnight,
00:00:26 and some rain this morning,
00:00:28 so be careful on the roadway out there.
00:00:31 I was told about an accident this morning.
00:00:33 Feed me the information.
00:00:34 Where is it again?
00:00:35 - Carroni.
00:00:38 - Between Monroe Road.
00:00:40 - Carroni.
00:00:41 - And Carroni, right?
00:00:42 So if you, on the southbound lane.
00:00:44 So if you're heading south this morning,
00:00:47 there's an accident.
00:00:48 Again, give me the information.
00:00:49 Between where?
00:00:50 Carroni and?
00:00:51 - Monroe.
00:00:52 - And Monroe Road.
00:00:52 So be, well, be careful,
00:00:54 but I suspect you can prepare for some traffic
00:00:58 this morning, yeah?
00:00:59 So it's time to take a look at the Express newspaper.
00:01:01 On the front page today, not very good news.
00:01:04 Four young relatives slain while asleep in a Rima.
00:01:08 Five wounded.
00:01:10 Bloodbath.
00:01:12 The victims are Shane Peterkin, Tiffany Peterkin,
00:01:16 Faith Peterkin, and Ariana Peterkin.
00:01:20 And to the bottom,
00:01:22 following the distraught relatives tragedy,
00:01:25 relatives of the Peterkin family speak with officers
00:01:27 from the Homicide Bureau following a mass shooting
00:01:30 yesterday morning at La Retreat Extension, a Rima.
00:01:34 Four of the nine people in set who were shot died.
00:01:38 To the back page now, keeping it cool.
00:01:42 TKR Skipper stresses balanced approach ahead of CPL final.
00:01:47 Trinbago Knight Rider Skipper,
00:01:48 Kiron Pollard is keeping a level head.
00:01:51 After his side clinched a place
00:01:53 in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League final
00:01:55 following a comprehensive seven wicket victory
00:01:58 over the Guyana Amazon Warriors
00:02:01 in the first qualifier on Wednesday night.
00:02:04 Let me see what Pollard is saying.
00:02:05 Pollard said he was very proud and happy
00:02:08 with his team's performance
00:02:10 after Chadwick Walton's unbeaten 80
00:02:13 left a packed Guyana National Stadium in Providence silent
00:02:17 with many fans heading for the exit
00:02:20 long before the final round was scored
00:02:22 and the penultimate over.
00:02:24 Yeah, it's going to be good news if TKR wins.
00:02:27 Yeah, let's hope for that.
00:02:29 So it's always good when we get some good news.
00:02:33 So it's time to remind you about Trinbago,
00:02:34 your nice feature to participate,
00:02:36 WhatsApp your videos and images to 737-3778.
00:02:41 We do have a picture for you
00:02:44 from Charlottesville to Bagel.
00:02:46 And you know, we've been getting a lot of these pictures.
00:02:49 Sunset or sunrise.
00:02:52 We're not sure really,
00:02:53 but beautiful pictures all the same.
00:02:56 Studio, what are you calling this this morning?
00:02:58 Huh?
00:03:00 I don't know is not a very good answer.
00:03:06 So there's a cliff there and a tree.
00:03:10 (laughs)
00:03:15 I'm getting so much suggestions from the studio
00:03:18 this morning and all I'm hearing is noise.
00:03:21 All right, we'll, what's that?
00:03:26 The sun?
00:03:26 Glory?
00:03:31 Only getting creative.
00:03:35 All right, so this picture,
00:03:36 we'll call it glory this morning.
00:03:38 And again, if when you are submitting
00:03:42 your pictures and videos,
00:03:45 please put your name
00:03:46 because we want to say a special good morning
00:03:48 to you, all right?
00:03:49 So that's a picture of glory, yeah?
00:03:51 So we have a packed program for you today.
00:03:54 Of course, we have been having discussions
00:03:57 concerning the upcoming budget.
00:03:59 So that's first on the agenda.
00:04:01 And secondly, this morning,
00:04:04 we are going to be discussing those,
00:04:07 the mass killing, if I can put it that way,
00:04:10 in Guanapo.
00:04:11 So I know you would not want to miss that interview
00:04:15 that we have coming up this morning.
00:04:17 But we are going to kick off the program today
00:04:20 with members of the trade union movement.
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00:06:45 - Welcome back everyone.
00:07:06 The studio is in a celebratory mood this morning.
00:07:08 I guess they're preparing us for the long weekend.
00:07:11 We must not forget that.
00:07:13 And let me just say, be careful this weekend.
00:07:16 We want you right back here on Tuesday.
00:07:18 All right?
00:07:19 So we are going to be continuing our discussion
00:07:21 on the upcoming budget this morning.
00:07:24 We do have with us today,
00:07:27 Ozzie Waring, General Secretary of JATOM.
00:07:30 And we also have Trevor Johnson,
00:07:32 Assistant General Secretary
00:07:33 of the Joint Trade Union Movement, JATOM.
00:07:37 Gentlemen, thank you very much
00:07:38 for joining us this morning.
00:07:40 - Yes, thank you for having us.
00:07:42 - Marlon, yes.
00:07:44 - Mr. Johnson, let's begin with you
00:07:46 as we look forward to the Finance Minister's presentation
00:07:50 on October 2nd.
00:07:52 Does JATOM have any concerns?
00:07:57 Is there anything that JATOM would like to see
00:08:00 in the Finance Minister's presentation?
00:08:02 - Certainly Marlon, and thanks again for having us.
00:08:08 And yes, the labor movement is certainly looking
00:08:12 at the budget from a national perspective.
00:08:15 Of course, our key interests would be issues
00:08:19 that impact workers and how they're able
00:08:23 to have a sustainable livelihood
00:08:26 during the next upcoming period.
00:08:31 So we're looking at the whole aspect of three planks,
00:08:35 which I think Ozzie, my colleague Ozzie,
00:08:37 will get into in more detail.
00:08:40 But I want to remind you that since Labor Day 2023,
00:08:45 we would have begun to send some signals to the government
00:08:51 on some key aspects that would need attention.
00:08:56 One of them at the time would have been the whole aspect
00:08:59 of the minimum wage.
00:09:00 And I think we have had discussions on that prior,
00:09:05 because it's very important, Marlon,
00:09:07 for us to put this in the context of a living wage.
00:09:11 And from all that I've seen,
00:09:13 the comments and commentary I've seen,
00:09:15 economists, et cetera, I think everybody agrees
00:09:18 that there must be a shift and an increase
00:09:21 in the minimum wage to make it what we would constitute
00:09:25 to be a living wage.
00:09:27 Because the people are the workers
00:09:30 at the lower end of the income bracket,
00:09:32 they certainly need to have an increase.
00:09:35 And we had advocated for an increase of 30%,
00:09:38 because minimum wage workers at present
00:09:41 earn $140 a day to $700 a week,
00:09:46 simply is not sustainable.
00:09:48 We had also spoken then on Labor Day
00:09:52 about the whole aspect of the retirement age,
00:09:56 because we think we'll see government put a push
00:09:59 towards the retirement age, a longer retirement age.
00:10:04 But that is something that concerns us,
00:10:06 and from the feedback we have been getting,
00:10:09 concerns the citizenry of Trinidad and Tobago.
00:10:13 The majority of persons would want to retain their option
00:10:17 to be able to retire at age 60,
00:10:21 and be able to engage some other aspect of their lives.
00:10:26 So that is something that we would have raised.
00:10:30 The issue of fuel prices,
00:10:32 we believe that there has to be a reconciliation
00:10:35 between the, because we saw a significant drop
00:10:39 at one point in fuel prices,
00:10:44 but there was no attendant or corresponding adjustment
00:10:48 at the pump in Trinidad and Tobago.
00:10:51 And if we're talking about the liberalization
00:10:54 of fuel prices, then we believe that the government
00:10:57 has to look at that in terms of bringing some relief
00:11:01 to the citizenry.
00:11:03 I could mention here as well, of course,
00:11:06 we know that outstanding negotiations
00:11:09 is always an issue facing the labor movement.
00:11:12 And whilst we have seen,
00:11:14 I would say some enforced settlements
00:11:16 through the special tribunal
00:11:18 at the industrial court of 4%,
00:11:21 I want to say simply that we cannot have a one size fit
00:11:26 all approach to collective bargaining
00:11:29 and negotiations in Trinidad and Tobago.
00:11:32 There are different categories of workers,
00:11:34 there are different skill sets,
00:11:36 there are unions that have had and engaged
00:11:38 in job evaluation and market surveys,
00:11:42 and to bring a sort of like a one size fits all,
00:11:46 is not going to cut it.
00:11:48 And quickly to end this input here,
00:11:52 we really, really need, workers are,
00:11:56 even with those settlements,
00:11:57 workers have been brought up to 2019
00:12:00 and not all of them, mind you.
00:12:01 So which means that there's still,
00:12:03 this is pre COVID pandemic, mind you, 2019.
00:12:07 So we still talking a three to four year gap
00:12:09 between the income of the average worker
00:12:13 in Trinidad and Tobago and 2023 where we are now.
00:12:18 So those are some immediate concerns
00:12:21 we would like to put on the table
00:12:23 that we expect the government to address
00:12:26 and give serious consideration to in its 2023, 2024 budget.
00:12:31 - Yeah, Ozzy, what are some of the other issues
00:12:34 that you think that the government must consider?
00:12:37 - Yes, thanks a lot, Marlon.
00:12:39 Always good to be on a program with you
00:12:42 and of course with my fellow comrade Trevor Johnson.
00:12:44 You know, Marlon, allow me to just say something
00:12:47 about the budget.
00:12:48 - Yes.
00:12:49 - Contrary to how you and I may look,
00:12:51 I think we are more or less the same age, okay?
00:12:54 And I think you would be very well aware
00:12:57 since you were a young boy, like myself,
00:13:01 the budget always is a big national event.
00:13:05 It's always, you know, something that our parents
00:13:08 would huddle around the radio or,
00:13:10 well, in those days it didn't really have live streaming,
00:13:12 but really the radio.
00:13:14 And just to hear what is going to happen,
00:13:16 there's always this level of anxiety.
00:13:19 Nobody is sure.
00:13:20 People have a fear that, you know,
00:13:24 it's going to affect their daily life and so on.
00:13:28 And that is a problem, Marlon,
00:13:32 because it means that our national budget
00:13:35 is disconnected from some medium or long-term vision
00:13:40 for the future of Trinidad and Tobago.
00:13:43 And the second thing is the process itself.
00:13:45 The process is not democratic.
00:13:48 And I just want to say that from the trade union movement
00:13:50 point of view, we have always advocated
00:13:53 for participatory budgeting.
00:13:55 So those are two sort of general points
00:13:57 that I wanted to make about our budget,
00:13:59 that it's disconnected from a medium and a long-term vision
00:14:03 for where the country needs to go.
00:14:05 And secondly, that the process itself is undemocratic.
00:14:09 Now, having said that,
00:14:11 I want to put what Comrade Johnson said into context.
00:14:14 He talked about our three pillars.
00:14:16 And from the trade union movement,
00:14:17 our three pillars is mitigation, stabilization,
00:14:20 and transition.
00:14:22 And the Labor Day demands,
00:14:25 because sometimes our bourgeois economists and commentators
00:14:30 tend to be dismissive of labor's demands,
00:14:33 but those demands fit within certain economic categories.
00:14:38 So for example, increasing the minimum wage
00:14:41 is really part of economic sustainability,
00:14:44 where you have an increased disposable income
00:14:48 for employed people,
00:14:49 and therefore will contribute to increasing demand.
00:14:52 And if you increase the demand side,
00:14:54 then you can have more economic activity.
00:14:58 The question of not increasing the retirement age,
00:15:01 our proposal was, listen,
00:15:02 you need to improve revenue collection.
00:15:05 Those employers who are taking monies from the workers,
00:15:10 but not remitting it to the NIB.
00:15:13 When we talk about reducing fuel costs
00:15:15 and not a property tax,
00:15:17 that is in the context of economic mitigation.
00:15:20 How can we reduce the cost of living generally
00:15:25 in Trinidad and Tobago?
00:15:27 So I think it is important for us to suggest
00:15:31 that labor's demands do fit
00:15:33 within certain economic categories,
00:15:35 which speaks to economic sustainability
00:15:38 and economic mitigation.
00:15:39 - Yeah.
00:15:40 But Mr. Johnson, just touching
00:15:44 and jumping off of Ozzy's point there,
00:15:47 since the trade union movement would have made these demands
00:15:53 there was also a concern,
00:15:56 how is government going to afford this?
00:15:58 Of course, the argument has been,
00:16:00 well, we're just coming out of the pandemic,
00:16:03 and we're finally seeing things improving economically.
00:16:10 There has been a call for patience
00:16:15 from the trade union movement and other organizations.
00:16:21 So again, how is the government going to afford
00:16:25 what the trade union movement has been calling for?
00:16:28 - Well, I just want to remind Marlon
00:16:31 that of course it's not just demands
00:16:35 or recommendations being made by the trade union movement.
00:16:40 We also have significant recommendations
00:16:43 from the business sector.
00:16:45 - Of course.
00:16:45 - And some of which is calling for relief in various areas.
00:16:49 So we just need to put that in context.
00:16:52 It's not just workers that are making these demands
00:16:55 or recommendations.
00:16:57 And the government itself would have signaled recently
00:17:01 and that there has been improved economic activity
00:17:06 for this country.
00:17:08 I think we're looking at something like a 3% growth
00:17:12 in GDP over the next year or so,
00:17:16 so that we are seeing some improvements.
00:17:19 The minister of finance has indicated from time to time
00:17:24 that there is positivity, if I can use that phrase,
00:17:29 so that we expect that the government is going to,
00:17:32 how should I put it,
00:17:34 marshal that whatever increased revenue, et cetera,
00:17:39 into some of these areas.
00:17:42 I know we have a lot of capital expenditure, et cetera,
00:17:45 to deal with, but the government, we believe,
00:17:48 has to look at what revenue flows that it is getting
00:17:52 and to be able to make the appropriate allocations
00:17:56 accordingly, which is why my colleague,
00:17:58 Comrade Ozzie, would have spoken about the whole process
00:18:01 of the democratization of the process,
00:18:05 because if you have constructive dialogue
00:18:07 with the labor movement, with the business sector,
00:18:12 before the budget, then certainly it will enable us
00:18:17 to have constructive input and recommendations
00:18:21 into the process.
00:18:22 And quickly, the other thing I want to mention,
00:18:24 because it's in the recommendations that we have sent
00:18:28 or sent in to the government, to the Minister of Finance,
00:18:32 the whole issue of wastage.
00:18:34 There are still many, many streams, Marlon,
00:18:37 of revenue collection.
00:18:40 We have seen, just recently, I think it was indicated
00:18:45 of a particular segment of government spending
00:18:48 X million a year in rent for a property
00:18:51 that it has not occupied.
00:18:53 And how many times we hear the Auditor General
00:18:55 in his report speak to millions and sometimes hundreds
00:19:00 of millions of dollars in wastage.
00:19:02 And this is something that the government,
00:19:05 year in, year out, has been promising to address,
00:19:08 and it has not been able to address.
00:19:10 So we are challenging the government
00:19:12 that it has to make a serious effort on the issue
00:19:16 where there's wastage, where there's overlap of expenditures.
00:19:21 We are certain that these are areas
00:19:24 that the government can address
00:19:27 in order to manage its flow of revenue
00:19:31 and be able to allocate a decent increase,
00:19:35 not just to the minimum wage workers of Trinidad and Tobago,
00:19:38 but also in all the areas within the public sector
00:19:43 and state sector where workers are operating still
00:19:48 on 2016, 2017, 2018 salaries,
00:19:52 but are being expected to meet 2023 prices,
00:19:57 which in most cases, when you hear prices increase,
00:20:01 it's like 10, 20, 30% that workers are expected
00:20:04 to meet that gap.
00:20:07 So that this is something that we are serious about.
00:20:10 The government needs to be able to meet that gap
00:20:13 by increasing its efficiency in many areas.
00:20:17 - Yeah.
00:20:18 Yes, Ozzy.
00:20:19 - Allow me to elaborate, all right?
00:20:21 Because I think your question
00:20:22 is actually a really good question
00:20:23 and ties into my earlier point
00:20:26 about this absence of a medium and long-term vision
00:20:31 for the future of Trinidad and Tobago.
00:20:34 Because it's more than simply
00:20:35 how will the government pay for this?
00:20:38 It's how do we grow our economy in a way that is sustainable?
00:20:43 Now, I want to put back on the table
00:20:45 Labor's economic alternative plan.
00:20:48 It is a plan that we developed in 2016.
00:20:51 It was rejected and it continues
00:20:53 to be rejected year after year.
00:20:55 But let me just remind Trinidad and Tobago
00:20:57 what that is and the vision of that.
00:20:59 It has three parts, a fiscal policy,
00:21:02 a monetary policy, and a social policy.
00:21:04 In terms of the fiscal policy,
00:21:06 we are suggesting that you use 3% of GDP
00:21:08 for public investment.
00:21:10 And here are the areas, agriculture.
00:21:13 So imagine expanding, excuse me,
00:21:18 expanding our food sovereignty and food security.
00:21:21 Investment in infrastructure in terms of roads
00:21:25 so that we can increase productivity.
00:21:28 Expanding energy products, Marlon.
00:21:30 We still, this kind of extractivist type of economy,
00:21:33 plantation economy where we are simply producing
00:21:36 raw material and exporting it.
00:21:38 We are suggesting, no, there's so many different byproducts,
00:21:43 energy products that we can look at
00:21:46 and that would require innovation,
00:21:48 technology, investment in technology,
00:21:50 research and development.
00:21:52 And then special projects in manufacturing
00:21:54 and tourism, for example, and even maritime
00:21:57 because of our location.
00:21:59 In terms of the monetary policy,
00:22:01 and this is where our recommendation is really interesting.
00:22:04 The idea is to create an industrial development fund
00:22:09 because Marlon, you realize that we don't have
00:22:11 an industrial policy.
00:22:12 So we close our steel plant, we close our refinery,
00:22:16 we have petrochemical plants closing,
00:22:19 we have manufacturing closing and leaving,
00:22:21 like for example, Unilever.
00:22:23 - Yes.
00:22:24 - But nobody has an idea, okay,
00:22:26 what is the future industries for Trinidad and Tobago?
00:22:29 And the labor movement is saying,
00:22:32 create an industrial development fund.
00:22:34 Now you, and of course, to tie into your question
00:22:37 on how will we fund it?
00:22:38 Listen, we can capitalize the fund, Marlon,
00:22:41 by just using local sources,
00:22:43 like for example, the credit union movement,
00:22:46 which has a huge asset base of 10 billion,
00:22:49 NIB with an asset base of 27 billion,
00:22:52 local banks with their excess liquidity,
00:22:54 and you know they always decline hundreds of millions
00:22:56 of dollars in profits, well reinvest it.
00:22:59 Reinvest it in an industrial development fund
00:23:02 that will help finance an industrial policy
00:23:05 that whereby the country itself as a whole
00:23:08 is investing in future industries
00:23:11 that will in effect grow a sustainable economy.
00:23:16 - Ozzy, it would be remiss if I didn't ask this question
00:23:19 as we move into this budget season here.
00:23:23 Is the trade union movement,
00:23:26 more so the OWTU, JATOM,
00:23:30 are they still interested in the refinery?
00:23:33 - The fact is, Marlon,
00:23:36 that a lot of our foreign exchange problems
00:23:39 comes from the fact that they closed the refinery.
00:23:41 We warned in 2018 that that will happen,
00:23:44 and we continue to warn every year.
00:23:46 We believe that having this asset sitting there,
00:23:50 idle, I mean becoming almost scrap iron,
00:23:53 is such a disgrace to our national heritage.
00:23:57 Imagine, after we boast of 110 years of refining,
00:24:02 we have basically scrap iron in point of view.
00:24:06 The trade union movement continues to advocate
00:24:09 for the restart of the refinery.
00:24:12 There is still an interest in it,
00:24:14 and I think even as we go through
00:24:16 a process of energy transition,
00:24:18 because you still have to finance the transition,
00:24:21 and that is a way in which
00:24:22 we could have financed the transition.
00:24:24 So we continue to demand that that refinery be restarted,
00:24:29 and that the workers and the communities
00:24:34 that have been so negatively affected
00:24:37 can see some semblance of hope again,
00:24:42 because that is what is happening in Trinidad and Tobago,
00:24:45 a lack of hope.
00:24:46 When I heard you this morning,
00:24:47 I could not believe, because I have not seen the papers,
00:24:50 but I could not believe what you read, Marlon.
00:24:53 This is Trinidad and Tobago.
00:24:54 This is what we have become,
00:24:56 and why have we become this way?
00:24:58 People want to blame everybody else.
00:24:59 It's because there's a lack of political leadership
00:25:02 that says to the country, listen,
00:25:04 this is the future.
00:25:05 There is hope in that future.
00:25:07 We can build a Trinidad and Tobago
00:25:10 where people can have a decent standard of living.
00:25:13 You know what has happened?
00:25:14 People have moved from decent jobs
00:25:17 with good terms and conditions to precarious work,
00:25:20 where you're hustling.
00:25:21 People who had a stable job now have to hustle
00:25:24 to put food on the table, Marlon.
00:25:26 I mean, I think labor, I'm saying here this morning, Marlon,
00:25:30 labor is presenting a vision.
00:25:33 We are not just making demands.
00:25:35 We are saying that our Labor Day demands
00:25:39 fit within certain economic categories
00:25:41 in terms of the mitigation, transition, sustainability.
00:25:46 We are saying that labor's economic alternative plan
00:25:49 has built in it, very importantly,
00:25:51 the development of an industrial policy
00:25:55 with just transition built inside of it
00:25:58 to be funded by an industrial development fund
00:26:01 using the asset base of local sources.
00:26:04 - Yeah.
00:26:05 All right, gentlemen, we have really run out of time,
00:26:08 but Mr. Johnson, I'm going to give you one minute
00:26:11 for your final comments.
00:26:13 - Certainly, thanks, Marlon.
00:26:16 As my colleague Ozzie would have indicated,
00:26:21 we just want to indicate labor is not just here
00:26:25 making demands, we are still participating.
00:26:28 Up to the last week, in the last week,
00:26:30 we have been participating in consultations
00:26:34 held by the Minister of Labor on HIV policy
00:26:39 in the workplace, on child labor, et cetera,
00:26:42 so that our context is not just a matter
00:26:45 of making demands for increased wages.
00:26:49 What we are looking for is sustainability,
00:26:52 as my colleague Ozzie would have looked at.
00:26:55 I mean, increased productivity for the nation,
00:26:59 and of course, that's a discussion for not this morning,
00:27:03 but labor is basically signaling to the government
00:27:06 of Trinidad and Tobago that you need to pay attention
00:27:11 to the citizenry, to the working people
00:27:15 of Trinidad and Tobago, to the retired persons
00:27:18 of Trinidad and Tobago, how they live,
00:27:22 to even to business, but you need small business
00:27:25 and micro enterprises in particular.
00:27:28 We expect and hope that the budget will bring a vision
00:27:32 and bring clarity in terms of moving our economy forward
00:27:37 into a level of sustainability and bringing hope,
00:27:41 again, as was echoed by my colleague,
00:27:44 bringing hope to the citizenry of Trinidad and Tobago.
00:27:49 Thank you, Marlon.
00:27:50 - Yeah, gentlemen, it's always a pleasure
00:27:51 having a discussion with members
00:27:53 of the trade union movement, so thank you very much
00:27:55 for that opportunity this morning.
00:27:58 Thank you, Marlon, for having us.
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00:30:29 - All right, so welcome back.
00:30:42 We are turning our attention now
00:30:44 to the situation in Guineppo.
00:30:46 You remember yesterday that four young people
00:30:48 were shot dead, and also there are five people
00:30:51 fighting for their lives at hospital right now.
00:30:54 On the line at this time, we do have the ACP,
00:30:56 Crime, Winston Mirage.
00:30:59 ACP, good morning.
00:31:00 - Hi, good morning, Marlon.
00:31:02 Good morning to the listening public there.
00:31:05 - ACP, I don't know if you got the opportunity
00:31:07 to look at the newspaper this morning.
00:31:10 Guineppo residents seeking justice
00:31:12 after four slain in shooting,
00:31:14 blood of our children on the ground,
00:31:17 the wild, wild east tipping point for the nation,
00:31:22 ACP Mirage, there is the feeling
00:31:25 that because of yesterday's situation,
00:31:27 a line has been crossed.
00:31:29 - Yeah, indeed, indeed.
00:31:32 No, I haven't had the opportunity to look at the headlines,
00:31:35 but I could well imagine what it must be.
00:31:39 And that line was crossed a long time ago, Marlon.
00:31:43 Whether we choose to admit it or not as a society,
00:31:48 we crossed that line, Trinidad lost its innocence
00:31:51 a long, long time ago.
00:31:53 And I am hearing you saying that one of the headlines
00:31:57 indicates the community is crying out for justice.
00:32:01 - Of course.
00:32:01 - But I am almost certain, Marlon,
00:32:05 that the perpetrators of this crime
00:32:08 and other similar incidents
00:32:11 reside right in the community.
00:32:14 So the question is,
00:32:16 a community defines how it wants to be policed.
00:32:21 Is it only when something happens,
00:32:23 there is a hue and a cry for justice?
00:32:26 Or is it when it is in the making,
00:32:29 the citizens are so responsible and civic minded
00:32:33 that they engage the police
00:32:35 or other law enforcement agencies
00:32:37 to bring to the fore issues that are happening
00:32:41 so that an intervention can be made,
00:32:43 perhaps to stop this ultimate heinous kind of result?
00:32:48 So it's not a cast as illusions or anything like that,
00:32:54 but it's for the community to wake up and understand
00:32:57 we have lost our innocence.
00:32:59 And when things are happening,
00:33:00 come forward and inform those in authority
00:33:03 so that the intervention can be made.
00:33:06 - ACP, it's not the first time
00:33:09 that we have heard comments such as yours.
00:33:12 I'm sure it's not the first time
00:33:14 that you have made such comments
00:33:16 where you're asking people in the community
00:33:20 to share the information with the police.
00:33:23 But there has always been the problem, sir,
00:33:26 that people are living in fear.
00:33:30 They are fearful that if they share the information
00:33:33 with the police, that that information
00:33:35 is going to fall into the wrong hands
00:33:39 and then there is going to be
00:33:41 some level of retaliation against them.
00:33:43 - Yes, and I will not bury my head in the sand
00:33:48 and make believe that we do not have complicity
00:33:51 within the institution.
00:33:52 But then it's a balancing act.
00:33:55 Where then would you prefer
00:33:58 to place yourself as a citizen?
00:34:02 Something is happening.
00:34:04 There is the likelihood that if you share the information,
00:34:06 it could be disclosed.
00:34:10 There is also the likelihood that when you share it,
00:34:13 something positive could be done.
00:34:15 Are you prepared to take your chances
00:34:16 and wake up to what we woke up to yesterday morning?
00:34:20 And the complicity is in the minority.
00:34:24 Now, apart from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service,
00:34:27 if the issue of anonymity and confidentiality
00:34:30 is a grave concern,
00:34:33 there are other agencies that you can share
00:34:37 the information with.
00:34:38 And one that comes readily to mind
00:34:41 is the Crime Stoppers Platform,
00:34:43 where that information is treated
00:34:45 with the strictest confidentiality.
00:34:47 Passed on to law enforcement,
00:34:49 those with responsibility,
00:34:51 and the information is thereafter actioned.
00:34:54 So while the police is not the only institution,
00:34:59 there are other places that the citizen can go to
00:35:02 share information.
00:35:04 But certainly it must be shared.
00:35:06 I mean, what is happening in the community?
00:35:08 This is the end of a process,
00:35:11 of something that was happening over a period of time.
00:35:14 This is the result.
00:35:15 And I'm saying share the information.
00:35:17 Let's say through Crime Stoppers,
00:35:18 you try to identify someone with whom you can confide in,
00:35:25 and, you know, pause an intervention to be made.
00:35:29 This cannot be good for Trinidad and Tobago
00:35:32 because I am hearing last night,
00:35:34 I'm listening to the news there,
00:35:36 where the Prime Minister,
00:35:37 who is attending an international conference,
00:35:40 disclosed this type of activity
00:35:41 to the international community.
00:35:43 Imagine the far-reaching implications
00:35:46 for Trinidad and Tobago as a society, as a people.
00:35:49 It does not look good.
00:35:51 So my call is for communities
00:35:54 to share whatever information you have.
00:35:56 Yes, the issue of breach of confidence is real,
00:36:00 but there are other avenues that we can take
00:36:02 to try to circumvent that confidentiality issue.
00:36:08 - Yeah.
00:36:08 I also see yesterday that there was a statement
00:36:11 from the police commissioner,
00:36:13 where she would have said that police have to regroup
00:36:15 and get on the ground to find the killers
00:36:18 of the four young people in Arema,
00:36:21 giving an indication, I suspect, ACP,
00:36:25 that it's not business as usual, read this matter.
00:36:29 And there is some level of urgency
00:36:33 in bringing persons to justice
00:36:35 in connection with this matter.
00:36:37 - Yep, well, indeed, this matter
00:36:40 and other crime-related issues,
00:36:44 and I will share with you some of the initiatives
00:36:47 that we have put in place.
00:36:48 Quite some time ago, six to eight weeks ago,
00:36:52 we have removed police officers
00:36:56 from certain administrative and clerical positions
00:36:58 after joining the operational element of crime fighting.
00:37:02 What that says simply is that
00:37:05 we have put more people on the ground.
00:37:07 That redoubling has been happening
00:37:10 for quite a significant period of time,
00:37:13 because we recognize that presence and visibility
00:37:16 has the propensity to bring some level of comfort
00:37:20 to ease that fear of crime,
00:37:22 notwithstanding this reprehensible act
00:37:27 in this remote region.
00:37:29 We will continue to do what is required
00:37:32 to try to bring this level of criminality
00:37:36 to some level of control.
00:37:38 So yes, the commissioner has in fact spoken.
00:37:41 The police is redoubling its efforts.
00:37:44 We don't don't, Marlon, you would be aware of that.
00:37:47 And we try different strategies.
00:37:50 We redirect resources accordingly.
00:37:53 But I'm still saying,
00:37:55 notwithstanding the efforts of the police,
00:37:57 the community, the society at large
00:38:00 has a responsibility also to help police it.
00:38:04 - Could you share with us today
00:38:07 the state of the investigation
00:38:08 in connection with this matter?
00:38:10 - Yes, well, I was in contact with my counterpart
00:38:13 at the Homicide Bureau of Investigation
00:38:16 after late last night.
00:38:17 And he has assured me that all resources and systems
00:38:21 are out on the ground at this time,
00:38:24 continuously and vigorously pursuing the investigation.
00:38:28 I can't speak too much about it
00:38:30 because it is at a delicate stage.
00:38:32 I can say on the social side,
00:38:34 the victim witness and support units are present,
00:38:39 providing that level of counseling and assistance,
00:38:45 social intervention to the family
00:38:47 and other members of the community.
00:38:50 And that's an extension of the service
00:38:52 that the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service provides.
00:38:55 All resources are on the ground
00:38:57 and we really want to bring some closure
00:39:00 to this particular incident and incidents generally.
00:39:04 - Yeah.
00:39:05 ACP Winston Mirage, is there anything else
00:39:07 you'd like to share with us
00:39:08 before you leave us this morning?
00:39:10 - Yes.
00:39:12 Closing comments, Marlon.
00:39:13 I mean, it is a despicable act.
00:39:16 It is cold, it is callous,
00:39:19 but we must not pretend as a country and as a society.
00:39:23 We breed these monsters.
00:39:26 These monsters have parents, they have families.
00:39:30 They will socialize a particular way.
00:39:33 And we must, as a society, take responsibility
00:39:36 for the quality of citizens that we produce.
00:39:40 No alien or green men from space came and committed this act
00:39:44 or are committing crimes in Trinidad and Tobago.
00:39:47 And we need to take stock of ourselves as a people
00:39:50 and re-examine, evaluate our value system.
00:39:54 Are we reaching the children?
00:39:56 Are we making the connection?
00:39:58 Do we have values?
00:40:00 Do we go back to spirituality?
00:40:02 What kind of teachings do we pass on
00:40:06 to the persons whom we are responsible for?
00:40:11 We need to examine ourselves and don't pretend.
00:40:14 We lost our innocence.
00:40:16 It is time to reign in.
00:40:17 That time has come and gone.
00:40:19 Time to reign in.
00:40:21 Take control first of the home,
00:40:24 the community, and the country at large.
00:40:27 So it is a partnership, law enforcement,
00:40:30 private citizens, communities coming together to police
00:40:35 and define the way we want to be treated
00:40:38 as it relates to crimes against Trinidad and Tobago.
00:40:42 - ACP Mirage, it's always a pleasure speaking with you
00:40:44 and thank you very much for your input this morning, sir.
00:40:48 - I thank you, Mala.
00:40:49 - All right, so it's time for another quick break,
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00:43:59 - Hello, I'm Peter.
00:44:01 An Englishman living in Trinidad for many, many years.
00:44:04 I've come to love this country because of the warm-hearted
00:44:06 people, their diverse culture, the fantastic food
00:44:10 and of course the great weather.
00:44:12 A few years ago I came across Habitat and boy oh boy,
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00:44:23 If each one of us does the same, then all our actions
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00:44:46,
00:44:47 - All right everybody, we're shifting gears a bit.
00:45:11 So joining us on set now is first time author,
00:45:14 Stuart Ramon Fortuny and he's here to tell us
00:45:17 about his book, "From Ibadan to Hell Yard."
00:45:21 Yeah, that's the book there.
00:45:23 Let me take my fingers off.
00:45:25 Yes, Mr. Fortuny, thank you very much
00:45:27 for coming this morning.
00:45:28 - You're welcome, you're welcome.
00:45:29 Good morning to all the viewers.
00:45:31 - Of course, tell us about the book.
00:45:32 - Well, the book basically is about identity
00:45:35 and resilience and so the book, "From Ibadan to Hell Yard,"
00:45:39 it would have covered the journey from Africa,
00:45:43 Ibadan and Nigeria, well before it was known as Nigeria,
00:45:46 it would have been the IO empire.
00:45:49 So it would have followed the journey from there
00:45:52 to Hell Yard, which is in Dry River.
00:45:55 So it's basically, it was done as a soap opera sort of style.
00:45:59 So it's the family of the slaves and the newly emancipated
00:46:04 and this family of the slave masters
00:46:06 and the plantation owners and so.
00:46:08 So it'll carry them from 1830 straight up independence.
00:46:11 So it will show you from reading the book,
00:46:13 you'll have an understanding of the history of Trinidad
00:46:15 from the Sugar Harvest, riots, Camberley riots,
00:46:20 the emancipation itself, the advent of the steel pan,
00:46:24 the different iterations of it,
00:46:26 how the steel pan itself was rallied,
00:46:29 was used to rally people to the vote in boots
00:46:31 to gain independence.
00:46:32 So the whole history from, again,
00:46:35 from the start to independence and it's a cultural story,
00:46:39 you know, how people fight to maintain the identity
00:46:43 after they gain independence, 'cause they newly,
00:46:46 sorry, the emancipation, 'cause they're newly free.
00:46:49 So you'll be partying, you'll be having a good time
00:46:51 and celebrating your freedom,
00:46:52 but at the same time with that happening,
00:46:55 there's no labor supply for the plantation.
00:46:57 So there was always this back and forth
00:47:00 trying to get people back to work
00:47:02 and these people trying to enjoy and maintain their freedom.
00:47:06 So that's what the book is basically about in a nutshell.
00:47:09 - But why did you feel that it was necessary?
00:47:11 Because some of the things that you have told us there,
00:47:15 there are a number of history books
00:47:18 and publications and so on.
00:47:20 I'm seeing the spin that you're putting on it,
00:47:25 but why did you feel that there was a need
00:47:28 for this book at this time?
00:47:29 - Well, firstly, I didn't know the book
00:47:31 I was going to write.
00:47:32 - Yes.
00:47:33 - I was looking, it was during the COVID pandemic.
00:47:35 I was looking at Netflix, looking at Vikings,
00:47:37 Barbarians, Samurai, and looking at all these other countries
00:47:40 how they depict their myth of their history.
00:47:44 So I was like, what is Trinidad Zone?
00:47:45 What would it look like if it were to be depicted on screen?
00:47:49 Not just a history text of 1834,
00:47:51 this happened in 1830, this happened,
00:47:54 as actual story on the screen.
00:47:56 So that's where I started.
00:47:57 I started with the research
00:47:59 to see what our history would have been.
00:48:01 And I built the story on the actual research.
00:48:03 So I didn't go into it with an idea of,
00:48:05 this is what I'm going to write.
00:48:06 This is what is going to be the outcome.
00:48:08 It was really exploring it.
00:48:09 And based on what the data gave me,
00:48:12 that's the story I wrote.
00:48:13 Obviously I had to create some characters
00:48:14 to let the story flow.
00:48:15 It's about three generations, as I said,
00:48:18 from like 1813, 1815 or so to 1962.
00:48:23 So I had to create some characters and some families
00:48:26 to have it pass forward from generation to generation
00:48:28 and show how the back and forth continue to occur.
00:48:31 So I didn't go into it with an idea,
00:48:33 this is the story I'm going to write, at all.
00:48:36 It just so happened that that's the story that came out.
00:48:38 - Yeah.
00:48:39 Is it that you would have written it in a sort of,
00:48:44 well, let me put it this way.
00:48:46 Is the book for a particular demographic?
00:48:52 And when I say demographic,
00:48:54 is it for a particular age of persons
00:48:57 or is it that it has been written in such a way
00:49:02 that it would be palatable to young people,
00:49:05 teenagers?
00:49:07 - Well, that's the thing.
00:49:08 I didn't want to have a history textbook.
00:49:10 As I said, they are history textbooks.
00:49:13 So it's really a novella.
00:49:14 When you read the story,
00:49:15 depending on your speed of reading,
00:49:17 it takes about two to three hours.
00:49:18 But after you read the story,
00:49:20 you have a full understanding and a full idea
00:49:21 as to the history of Trinidad and Tobago,
00:49:23 from the cultural aspect and the back and forth as well.
00:49:26 People don't know that they had gulf.
00:49:29 In the gulf, there were warships
00:49:30 after the Cambodian riot the following year
00:49:32 to prevent another Cambodian riot.
00:49:34 People don't know that's when the police in Trinidad
00:49:37 started to get the big guns and so.
00:49:39 And how all of the, what we come to know as Trinidad,
00:49:42 how all these things developed over time.
00:49:44 So I didn't want to write a history text.
00:49:45 I wanted it to be a flowing novel.
00:49:48 You read it and you get the full history.
00:49:50 It's really targeted towards obviously diaspora,
00:49:53 Trinidad, African diaspora.
00:49:56 I'm also having it in conversation with some people at U.V.
00:50:00 I don't want to give you names that we want
00:50:02 to really put it into the cultural studies
00:50:04 program.
00:50:05 - So it's also historically factual.
00:50:07 - Yes, it is.
00:50:08 In fact, one of the guys who was getting some feedback
00:50:11 from when I mentioned, I asked him,
00:50:14 who was your favorite character in the book?
00:50:15 And he told me, Sonny.
00:50:18 And when I sent him a picture of the real Sonny Roach,
00:50:21 he was in awe.
00:50:22 He asked me, he said, so these are real people?
00:50:24 I said, yeah, real people did real things back in the day
00:50:28 to try and fight and maintain the freedom of the people.
00:50:31 And obviously the battle wasn't won,
00:50:35 but I just believe that right now is a good time
00:50:37 to have the conversation and let people try to reconcile
00:50:39 and bring people to the table and hopefully unite Trinidad
00:50:42 as it was supposed to be.
00:50:44 - Yeah.
00:50:45 How long did you take to write the book?
00:50:47 - I'm a first time author.
00:50:49 And it took me two years from idea to completion.
00:50:52 So it didn't take that long as a first time author.
00:50:55 - Two years, it didn't take that long.
00:50:58 - Well, one day it was COVID, right?
00:50:59 So that's why I didn't battle.
00:51:01 (laughing)
00:51:03 - When can, I understand that it has been added
00:51:07 to the President's Library?
00:51:08 - Yes, that was a big surprise and a huge honor.
00:51:12 So two days ago, I dropped it off for them.
00:51:14 We've been corresponding and it's now part
00:51:17 of the President's Residence Library.
00:51:19 So it will be there in perpetuity.
00:51:22 Future heads of states will have access to it,
00:51:24 their families, anyone who visits there,
00:51:26 it will be available for them to read.
00:51:28 So that's a huge honor.
00:51:30 - Yeah, there's a particular passage that you tell me that--
00:51:35 - It's page 101.
00:51:37 - Yeah.
00:51:38 - Bottom of 101.
00:51:41 - The sum?
00:51:42 - Yes, right there.
00:51:43 - The sum was no small feat,
00:51:44 but it didn't take long for the community to rally together
00:51:47 to raise the necessary funds.
00:51:49 Within days, the $5,000 was swiftly donated
00:51:53 and the fund had close to $11,000 as collections
00:51:56 were taken by civil servants and employees of businesses.
00:52:00 Jacob was awestruck as he observed
00:52:03 the incredible cooperation that Pan had brought
00:52:06 to the nation.
00:52:07 He couldn't help but marvel at how his vision
00:52:09 of a unified steel band movement had blossomed
00:52:12 into a massive national cause.
00:52:14 And he took note of the outpouring of generosity
00:52:17 from the population.
00:52:19 He now knew that TASPO was not just representing themselves,
00:52:23 but the entire nation, regardless of race or class,
00:52:26 and that the Pan had spawned a new kind of Trinidadian.
00:52:31 Why was this paragraph so significant for you?
00:52:35 - Well, Republic Day is coming up.
00:52:38 In fact, we had Emancipation Day,
00:52:40 we had the World Steel Pan Day,
00:52:42 we had Independence Day, and now Republic Day.
00:52:44 So in the context of the time that we're in right now,
00:52:46 I just wanted to remind people that,
00:52:49 so the Pan, that was the creation of the Trini,
00:52:53 what we know as the Trini.
00:52:54 Before that, we just had segments in Trinidad.
00:52:55 We had the Indian segment, the African segment,
00:52:58 Syrian, different segments.
00:53:00 But when TASPO was trying to gain the funds
00:53:02 to go to Britain in 1951, for the first festival,
00:53:06 Steel Pan was known internationally as yet,
00:53:09 and the government denied them the funds.
00:53:10 They went along on a plan to raise the funds
00:53:13 from the population called Operation Britain.
00:53:16 So that was the first time that people across races,
00:53:19 across cultures, across society,
00:53:21 actually united towards one common goal,
00:53:24 for the Trinidadian benefit.
00:53:26 And when, actually, when they were leaving
00:53:27 on the SS San Mateo to go to Britain,
00:53:30 and they look back at the port,
00:53:32 all the colors, the races, everything on the port,
00:53:34 wishing them well, to leave.
00:53:37 So that was the first time they had a Trinidadian,
00:53:40 unified goal for the benefit of Trinis.
00:53:44 So before then, that's why I wanted to read it,
00:53:45 because people need to understand how important
00:53:47 the Steel Pan is to the development of our nation.
00:53:50 Without the Steel Pan, we'd be a different country entirely.
00:53:53 - Yeah.
00:53:54 What do you hope would be the takeaway
00:53:56 from persons who do read this book?
00:53:58 - My main thing is people need to know their history.
00:54:01 People tend to believe that the history
00:54:03 really starts when they were born.
00:54:04 You have a mother, you have a grandmother, it goes back.
00:54:09 Your history doesn't start when you were born.
00:54:10 So it generally give the people an understanding
00:54:15 of where they came from,
00:54:16 the journey that their forefathers would have taken,
00:54:19 the sacrifices they'd have made,
00:54:21 everything they'd have given up,
00:54:22 whether it was patois and a lot of their different cultures,
00:54:25 to be integrated into the society.
00:54:29 So I want them to understand the journey,
00:54:30 the sacrifices, and how important
00:54:32 their role is moving forward as well.
00:54:36 I mean, some of these same communities that are red zones,
00:54:39 or whatever they call it, the hot zones.
00:54:41 - Hot spots. - These are the hot spots.
00:54:43 These are the communities that were fighting
00:54:45 to maintain the freedom of Trinidad.
00:54:47 For instance, Hell Yard, Dry River, Trinidad All-Stars.
00:54:52 They were instrumental.
00:54:53 So from the book, you gain the whole history.
00:54:56 You hopefully will understand better
00:54:58 what carnival represents, what Cambly represents,
00:55:02 and how you can move forward
00:55:04 with understanding of yourself,
00:55:06 making better decisions moving forward.
00:55:07 - Yeah.
00:55:09 We just have about a few seconds.
00:55:11 Again, where can people get this book?
00:55:13 - Well, it's available on Amazon,
00:55:15 as Kindle, and as a paperback.
00:55:18 I have an app called On the Go TT,
00:55:19 which is also available on.
00:55:21 And you could directly contact me via social media,
00:55:25 and I'm doing deliveries.
00:55:25 So you could get your copy signed.
00:55:27 - Yeah. - Yes.
00:55:28 - What?
00:55:29 - In fact, I believe that one is signed to you.
00:55:30 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, seeing that.
00:55:31 But you know someone is saying in studio,
00:55:34 "Why the serious face of this child?"
00:55:37 - Because it's, to be frank, it's a serious life, right?
00:55:41 - Yeah. - And if you look at the face,
00:55:43 the face of what's a truly passion,
00:55:44 the pain also showed that there's a lot of possibility.
00:55:49 You know, there's a lot of pain in the world right now,
00:55:54 and it has to stick with the theme of the story.
00:55:56 It has to be real, and what, as you notice,
00:55:59 in his mind, he's thinking about the movement
00:56:01 of the steel pan.
00:56:02 - Yeah, Mr. Fortuny, thank you very much
00:56:04 for coming this morning.
00:56:04 - You're welcome, you're welcome, thank you.
00:56:06 - So we do have a break now,
00:56:08 and our seven o'clock news headlines.
00:56:09 We're coming back.
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00:56:23 Police continue to investigate after four people
00:56:26 were shot dead and five others were injured
00:56:29 at a home in the heights of Guanapo.
00:56:31 Prime Minister Rauli on Thursday told
00:56:34 the United Nations General Assembly
00:56:36 about gun violence in TNT.
00:56:38 - In a population of 1.4 million people
00:56:42 in Trinidad and Tobago,
00:56:45 we experienced over 600 murders last year,
00:56:49 90% of which involved handguns
00:56:53 and increasingly assault weapons.
00:56:56 Within our best efforts and a huge consumption
00:57:00 of our already scarce resources,
00:57:03 we have seen over 400 violent firearms-driven killings
00:57:07 already this year.
00:57:09 - You can say in Adelwasa over the extended periods,
00:57:12 people are claiming to be without
00:57:14 a proper pipe-owned water supply.
00:57:17 - I am here in two weeks, three weeks, four weeks,
00:57:19 and I certainly empathize with our customers,
00:57:23 and I am saying publicly that is unsatisfactory.
00:57:28 That's unacceptable, untenable to say the least.
00:57:32 - Now to the weather forecast.
00:57:35 Both islands can expect partly cloudy conditions
00:57:38 with the interruption of light to moderate showers.
00:57:41 There's the medium chance a few of these showers
00:57:44 may become heavy and/or thundery.
00:57:47 Gusty winds and street flooding are possible
00:57:50 during heavy downpours.
00:57:51 The Met Office says temperatures are expected
00:57:54 to climb to 33 degrees Celsius in Trinidad
00:57:57 and 32 in Tobago.
00:57:59 Seas will be slight to moderate
00:58:01 with waves up to one and a half meters in height
00:58:04 in open waters and below one meter in sheltered areas.
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01:00:12 - The history of our people is a great history.
01:00:18 And it's our duty to tell that story.
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01:00:57 - All right, so we are discussing now
01:01:10 the excessive heat over the past few days
01:01:13 and the impact that it has been having
01:01:16 on our pets, on our animals.
01:01:18 So we do have in studio this morning,
01:01:20 a head veterinarian and owner of South Paws,
01:01:23 a veterinary services, Ms. Yashni Ramkelawan.
01:01:27 Ms. Ramkelawan, thank you very much
01:01:29 for coming this morning.
01:01:30 - Thank you for having me this morning.
01:01:32 - So as I said, over the past few weeks,
01:01:35 we have been having this excessive heat.
01:01:38 Have you all been receiving concerns
01:01:42 from pet owners about the impact
01:01:47 that the heat is having on their pets?
01:01:49 - Oh, definitely.
01:01:50 We've been having a good bit of clients calling
01:01:53 and wanting to express concern
01:01:55 how to prevent the animals from overheating
01:01:58 or having a heat stroke
01:01:59 and what could be done at home,
01:02:01 especially those that are not at home all the time,
01:02:04 what they could do to make sure
01:02:05 that their pets are safe during this time.
01:02:07 - What are some of the symptoms
01:02:09 that we should be looking for with the pets?
01:02:12 - Okay, so even before we reach a heat stroke,
01:02:15 which is the end of the spectrum,
01:02:18 you wanna look at signs of dehydration,
01:02:20 whether your dog is excessively panting,
01:02:24 darkened urine, whether they're constipated.
01:02:26 As you go to the end of the spectrum,
01:02:29 there's heat exhaustion or heat stress.
01:02:31 Those signs you wanna look at for your dog,
01:02:33 panting a lot, a lot of salivation.
01:02:36 If they're lethargic, they're not moving around as much,
01:02:40 you find that they're listless.
01:02:42 And then of course, in more serious cases,
01:02:44 you might see the heat stroke,
01:02:46 which is a dog that may be unresponsive,
01:02:48 having increased respiratory rate, vomiting, diarrhea,
01:02:52 in some cases, even seizures.
01:02:54 - Yeah, and in cases such as these,
01:02:57 water is just not enough, right?
01:02:59 - Correct, if there's a heat stroke,
01:03:01 of course you need to seek veterinary assistance.
01:03:04 In cases where you might be seeing the early signs,
01:03:06 which is just some panting, some salivation,
01:03:09 but your dog is alert and responsive,
01:03:12 you can take measures at home.
01:03:14 If you're there, you could definitely take your animal away
01:03:18 from the heat source, try and get somewhere cool,
01:03:21 well ventilated, 'cause cool is not just enough.
01:03:23 It needs to be well ventilated.
01:03:25 You need to definitely get that animal cool.
01:03:28 And we automatically think about ice,
01:03:30 and that's not necessarily the right approach.
01:03:33 You wanna just take normal room temperature water.
01:03:35 You wanna get the dog wet, probably put a towel over them,
01:03:39 make sure that towel is wet to try and get that core body
01:03:41 temperature down.
01:03:42 But of course, in cases where you might have an animal
01:03:45 that's not responsive or unable to move,
01:03:48 it definitely needs to be called on a veterinarian
01:03:50 at that point.
01:03:50 - Yeah.
01:03:51 Let's talk about people who,
01:03:55 I suspect because of their jobs,
01:03:59 some of them would leave early in the morning.
01:04:01 Some people, and in some cases,
01:04:03 people do have their pets living in their homes,
01:04:07 inside the homes with them.
01:04:10 How should that type of situation be addressed?
01:04:15 How should the homeowner, the pet owner,
01:04:18 be preparing the environment, one,
01:04:21 and preparing the pet for what is to come during the day?
01:04:25 - Okay.
01:04:26 So definitely, just because the animals are indoor
01:04:28 does mean that they're not prone to heat stroke,
01:04:31 because there's something called a hot house,
01:04:33 which is where heat could be trapped inside the house.
01:04:35 So averagely, you don't know what the temperature
01:04:37 of your house could reach, even if it's locked.
01:04:39 And we're talking about not just dogs and cats,
01:04:42 we're talking about rabbits, guinea pigs.
01:04:44 Those are all animals that are susceptible
01:04:46 to heat stroke as well.
01:04:48 So some measures that they could take,
01:04:49 definitely, if you're able to,
01:04:51 and you could leave an air conditioning unit on,
01:04:53 definitely do so.
01:04:55 If you have an outdoor dog,
01:04:57 try not to have that dog chained into a kennel.
01:05:00 That's definitely not a good scenario.
01:05:02 You wanna have that dog able to move
01:05:04 from one spot to the next,
01:05:05 so that he could find his cool areas.
01:05:08 Obviously, lots of available drinking water.
01:05:11 So not just one bowl, several bowls throughout,
01:05:14 the house.
01:05:15 If you could have running water,
01:05:17 so they are like water dispensers,
01:05:19 those kind of things you could definitely
01:05:22 make sure your animal have.
01:05:23 And there are some fun ways as well.
01:05:25 There are actually no toys
01:05:27 that you could put in the freezer, freeze,
01:05:29 and it turns into ice.
01:05:31 It stays longer, so that the animal could then play
01:05:34 with this and keep cool.
01:05:35 There are objects like cooling mats,
01:05:38 there are pet fountains, there are sprinklers,
01:05:41 even a pool, you could purchase a pool,
01:05:43 put it in the backyard where it's cool.
01:05:45 So that throughout the day,
01:05:45 that animal could get a dip
01:05:47 and just generally keep themselves cool throughout the day.
01:05:50 - And I want to get back to a point
01:05:52 that you made earlier.
01:05:55 Because some people in Trinidad and Tobago,
01:05:59 they have the habit of having the dog,
01:06:04 especially the dogs, outside.
01:06:07 They do have a kennel.
01:06:10 And they have that animal chained.
01:06:14 And that animal would be out there for the entire day.
01:06:19 And that sort of practice,
01:06:22 well, it should not be practiced.
01:06:24 - Correct.
01:06:25 Whether it's considering the heat or not,
01:06:28 it's not well for the animal itself to be chained mentally,
01:06:33 you know, to be strained all the time.
01:06:35 But in terms of heat, definitely that animal
01:06:38 not being able to find a cooler place
01:06:40 is going to be detrimental,
01:06:42 especially as temperatures rise
01:06:43 from a typical normal temperature that they can handle.
01:06:47 - Yeah.
01:06:47 Has your organization been,
01:06:51 has your organization,
01:06:53 has it had to deal with a number of cases
01:06:59 over the past few days?
01:07:00 - Yeah, generally you do see heat stroke
01:07:03 regardless of the temperature, right?
01:07:05 Because once an animal is in an environment
01:07:07 where the temperatures could rise high enough,
01:07:10 they will have a heat stroke or they will have heat stress.
01:07:12 But yes, we have been seeing some animals coming in.
01:07:16 Luckily, we haven't seen any to reach the heat stroke
01:07:18 because that's a more severe case.
01:07:20 But heat stress is definitely one of the more common cases
01:07:24 you will see coming in, yeah.
01:07:26 - Yeah.
01:07:27 What about the recovery rate of the animals?
01:07:29 - So with heat stress and the heat exhaustion,
01:07:32 definitely those animals can recover pretty well.
01:07:37 However, with heat stroke, it does have a poor prognosis
01:07:40 because at this point,
01:07:42 the animal is suffering from hypovolemia.
01:07:45 So the organs are starting to shut down.
01:07:47 So heat stroke does have, not all,
01:07:50 there's about a 50% chance that some of these animals,
01:07:53 because of secondary organ damage,
01:07:55 they might not pull through.
01:07:57 - Yeah, so I think the message is here
01:07:59 that if you see the animal in distress,
01:08:02 that you are to take the animal
01:08:05 to an organization such as yours very, very quickly.
01:08:08 - Yeah, definitely.
01:08:09 You wanna just give your vet a call, give a vet a call,
01:08:13 get some information.
01:08:14 If they feel like the animal can't be handled at home,
01:08:17 because I always tell clients,
01:08:18 they're the first responders.
01:08:19 What they need to do is gonna help.
01:08:22 But if you feel comfortable, just call a vet,
01:08:25 let them know, don't say bring the animal in,
01:08:27 'cause there's some things that you just can't do at home.
01:08:29 - Yeah.
01:08:30 Anything else you'd like to tell us
01:08:31 before you leave us this morning?
01:08:33 - Yeah, just bear in mind
01:08:34 that there are a lot of street animals in Trinidad.
01:08:37 So if you could just put out some water for them as well,
01:08:40 because they're gonna have to look for water as well.
01:08:43 It'd be great just to help these animals out there as well.
01:08:47 - Thank you very much for coming this morning.
01:08:48 Thank you very much for the tips.
01:08:50 - You're welcome.
01:08:50 - All right.
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01:10:55 - All right, so welcome back everyone.
01:11:02 We do have a few minutes for your calls this morning.
01:11:05 You are calling us on 623-1711.
01:11:08 The extension is 1995.
01:11:10 Just a reminder to tell you that James Saunders
01:11:13 comes in at 7.30 this morning with CPL Action, yeah?
01:11:18 So as I said, we only have a few minutes.
01:11:21 So please call now if you want to give your views
01:11:26 on any issue really that is close to your heart.
01:11:29 Tipping point for the nation says Varma,
01:11:32 we need a draconian approach
01:11:35 to go after criminals and gangs.
01:11:38 Every week we can go after a different gang.
01:11:41 Let this be a tipping point for the nation.
01:11:44 So said former independent senator and psychiatrist,
01:11:48 Dr. Varma D. L. Singh.
01:11:50 It's in the Express today.
01:11:53 So if you all would want additional information,
01:11:56 get a copy of the Express.
01:11:58 You're calling us on 623-1711.
01:12:01 The extension is 1995.
01:12:03 It has been a busy week.
01:12:05 A number of things we would have discussed this week.
01:12:08 So we can end it off on a light note today.
01:12:10 It's Friday.
01:12:11 It's the beginning of the long weekend.
01:12:14 So the numbers are 623-1711.
01:12:17 The extension is 1995.
01:12:19 The PM addresses UN Assembly in New York,
01:12:22 TNT facing crisis with guns.
01:12:26 And he said, "Only today, Mr. President,
01:12:29 we experienced a loss of life for four members
01:12:32 of one family killed by an assailant with an assault weapon."
01:12:37 The prime minister said,
01:12:38 "The situation has worsened largely
01:12:41 because of the accelerated commercial availability
01:12:45 coupled with illegal trafficking
01:12:47 from countries of manufacture
01:12:49 into the almost defenseless territories of the Caribbean."
01:12:53 Tabakith, good morning.
01:12:54 - A pleasant morning to you, Mr. Hopkinson.
01:12:58 - Yes, sir.
01:12:59 - You know, there is some morning
01:13:03 after hearing this kind of gruesome death in the country,
01:13:07 you ask yourself where to go, what contribution to make.
01:13:11 Because it's like you would have called
01:13:13 and you would have said everything what needs to be said.
01:13:16 But you know what's troubling me this morning?
01:13:19 In regards to the hangman.
01:13:22 - Yeah.
01:13:23 - That's on our law books.
01:13:25 - It is.
01:13:26 - Why not the government meet with Ramesh,
01:13:29 all magistrate judges, everybody come together
01:13:33 and decide, you know what, let us put aside the politics,
01:13:37 the pettiness, the bourgeois,
01:13:39 and let us all sit at one table and decide,
01:13:44 you know what, let's get rid of these elements.
01:13:47 And I believe, Mr. Hopkinson,
01:13:49 I believe that's the only way,
01:13:51 because this thing cannot go on how it is going.
01:13:55 It is sad this morning.
01:13:58 And I'm saying to the powers that be,
01:14:00 let your guard forget about the politics
01:14:04 and meet around that big table,
01:14:07 bringing people like Ramesh, the opposition,
01:14:10 and say, you know what, enough is enough.
01:14:12 That's my contribution, Tabakit, of the law.
01:14:15 - Thank you very much for your contribution, Tabakit.
01:14:17 And let me tell you, but the citizen has a voice too.
01:14:21 And by you calling our program this morning,
01:14:25 it shows the frustration over the crime situation.
01:14:28 So you also have a part to play,
01:14:31 and you're talking about the table.
01:14:33 Let's hope that these upcoming anti-crime talks
01:14:36 between the opposition and the government,
01:14:39 that some of your concerns are going to be addressed, yeah?
01:14:43 So you're calling us on 623-1711.
01:14:45 The extension is 1995.
01:14:49 In a population of 1.4 million people,
01:14:52 according to the Prime Minister,
01:14:53 Trinidad and Tobago experienced over 600 murders last year,
01:14:58 90% of which involved handguns
01:15:00 and increasingly assault weapons.
01:15:04 The Prime Minister said resources have been pumped
01:15:06 into crime fighting, but the murders continue to soar.
01:15:11 Marabella, good morning.
01:15:12 - Good morning, good morning to you and the whole of Trinidad
01:15:15 and to the whole of Caribbean
01:15:16 and any part of you who is directly listening.
01:15:19 - Yes, sir.
01:15:20 - I believe that the problem that we have
01:15:23 in the Hangman thing, it goes way back to who we go to.
01:15:27 We go to the Caribbean Council,
01:15:29 and if we had the Caribbean Court of Justice established,
01:15:33 we already have a headquarters there.
01:15:36 If we really turn to our own people,
01:15:39 we can get things done a lot faster.
01:15:41 With all these, some people have all these,
01:15:44 they should course where they can go to the Caribbean Council
01:15:48 and it takes years, that is what is killing us.
01:15:50 So we end up minding people who are murdering us,
01:15:53 you know, have us afraid,
01:15:55 and the law, because it's the Caribbean Council
01:15:57 we're dealing with, so far away, that is the problem.
01:16:00 - Yeah, all right, thank you very much.
01:16:02 Well, you know, the caller was right
01:16:05 that the death penalty is still in the law books,
01:16:08 but even at the time that there was this trust
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01:16:25 with the murders of the Williamsville family,
01:16:28 but there was a process, there was a lengthy process,
01:16:33 and a very lengthy process of appeal.
01:16:35 So it's not, judging from, historically,
01:16:39 judging from that time, it's not a very easy process,
01:16:43 because there are a number of appeals
01:16:46 that first have to be heard before that is done.
01:16:50 You're calling us on 623-1711, the extension is 1995,
01:16:55 just continuing with the Prime Minister's statement
01:16:58 yesterday, "Within our best efforts and a huge consumption
01:17:02 "of our already scarce resources, we have sent over four,
01:17:06 "we have seen over 400 violent firearms-driven killings
01:17:11 "already this year."
01:17:13 He said, "This was a crisis shared
01:17:15 "by almost all Caribbean territories,
01:17:19 "and was to be added to the challenges that stand in the way
01:17:23 "of any successful tackling of the development goals
01:17:26 "already identified."
01:17:29 We just have about two minutes again,
01:17:30 you're calling us on 623-1711, the extension is 1995.
01:17:35 We have a call, good morning caller.
01:17:39 - Yes, good morning.
01:17:41 - Yes, ma'am.
01:17:42 - Calling from Claxton Bay.
01:17:44 - Claxton Bay, good morning.
01:17:46 - Good morning, and so I am calling about the water
01:17:51 situation again.
01:17:52 - All right.
01:17:53 - I find it so unfair, I myself am one of the,
01:17:59 I don't want to say victims, 'cause I'm not a victim,
01:18:02 but I too, and the people of Claxton Bay too,
01:18:06 we have no water, I mean, so this is week what,
01:18:14 going into week three for me, and some persons for weeks,
01:18:18 and it is so unfair.
01:18:21 - What area in Claxton Bay,
01:18:23 what area specifically in Claxton Bay?
01:18:26 - This is in Springvale, Claxton Bay.
01:18:29 - So--
01:18:30 - And I am wondering why this is only particular areas
01:18:35 of the country, I'm not sure how the system at WASA
01:18:41 is set up.
01:18:42 - So then how have you been able to cook, to wash,
01:18:48 to even have a bath over the past two days?
01:18:50 - Listen, listen, it has been a challenge,
01:18:54 I have been asking family members to bring water for me
01:18:59 from their homes, and that is how I have been coping,
01:19:04 and thank God for the weather system,
01:19:07 God changed the weather system to rain,
01:19:09 so I was able to get--
01:19:11 - You had to catch some water.
01:19:13 - Yes, and that's how I had water yesterday,
01:19:16 but I mean, it is really not right,
01:19:19 it makes me wonder, is it a different,
01:19:22 what system is supplying these areas that are without water
01:19:27 as compared to the systems that are supplying the areas
01:19:32 that we don't ever hear complaint and are never affected
01:19:36 somehow with water walls, you know,
01:19:42 and it's not a different, I think it's a different rate
01:19:45 for the different areas, we pay the same rate
01:19:49 over the border, if I'm not correct, please inform me,
01:19:54 but I truly am wondering, and I look at the person
01:19:58 to see, you know, like the CEO, I heard him say that--
01:20:02 - Yes, he said it was untenable.
01:20:05 - Yes, right, but I am sure he lives in an area
01:20:10 that is not affected, I mean, water have to,
01:20:14 you know, they really have to do better.
01:20:16 - Yes, ma'am, thank you very much for your input
01:20:19 this morning, I'm sure that the authorities have heard you,
01:20:23 as you said, the management of WASA knows
01:20:26 about the situation, they have described it as untenable,
01:20:29 and I suspect that they are feverishly dealing
01:20:32 with this matter, so hopefully you get water
01:20:35 and that you have a good weekend
01:20:36 and a good holiday on Monday, all right?
01:20:39 So that's gonna be it for me for today.
01:20:41 James Saunders comes in next with CPL Action,
01:20:46 see you right back here on Tuesday morning.
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01:27:27 It's the "Bowl Them Out" cricket show.
01:27:28 I'm James Saunders, and today, well, it's a big day
01:27:31 as we're just two days away from the big finals,
01:27:33 and we've got an action-packed show lined up for you.
01:27:36 In just two days, the Trimdego Knight Riders
01:27:38 will lock horns with the winner
01:27:39 of today's epic eliminator match
01:27:41 between the Jamaica Talawas and the Amazon Warriors.
01:27:44 It's a showdown like no other,
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01:28:03 All right, my horn-eyed miser's chub still right now.
01:28:06 It's been going all season.
01:28:08 Welcome back, the Trimdego Knight Riders.
01:28:10 Well, they've already locked their place
01:28:12 in the finals of the CPL,
01:28:13 and their dynamic captain, Karon Pollard,
01:28:16 he recently reviewed his team's sensational performance
01:28:18 throughout the competition.
01:28:19 Well, you don't want to miss his take on the tournament.
01:28:23 - You know, from the beginning of the tournament,
01:28:24 lots of people have been talking
01:28:26 about the superstars in our team.
01:28:27 Of course, we have experienced campaigners in the team,
01:28:28 but every match, if you see someone or the other,
01:28:30 even the youngsters have stood up.
01:28:32 Today, Chadwick, we have seen Kisegati,
01:28:34 Guptil, Mark Dale, everyone's set up.
01:28:36 That's a mark of this team?
01:28:38 - Yeah, of course, you know, even young Terence Hines,
01:28:39 and he got hit on his finger,
01:28:40 you know, coming back and bowling those crucial overs
01:28:42 the way he bowled in the last game as well.
01:28:44 I think for us, you know,
01:28:45 and again for the public,
01:28:46 they continue to focus on the superstars.
01:28:48 But we, as superstars, and I'm going to say,
01:28:50 yes, we are superstars,
01:28:51 we continue to help the youngsters
01:28:53 because we want to see them go out on the field and progress.
01:28:55 At the end of it, we're not going to be wrong much longer,
01:28:57 and they're the ones going to take it.
01:28:58 So we need to give them every single bit of knowledge
01:29:02 and experience so they can take it forward.
01:29:04 And I think that's the hallmark of a very good team.
01:29:06 You know, as I said, the youngsters
01:29:07 and everybody stepping up.
01:29:08 When you look at it throughout this entire campaign,
01:29:10 each and every person had a vital role to play
01:29:12 at some point in time throughout this entire campaign.
01:29:15 All right, Karon Pollard weighing in,
01:29:17 getting his thoughts in on the show.
01:29:19 We've got a lot more of that coming up,
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01:33:37 - Well, catches, catches, catches.
01:33:44 Everybody loves catches and we love catches as well.
01:33:47 We certainly witnessed some jaw-dropping catches
01:33:49 during the CPL,
01:33:50 and today we look back at some of those electrifying moments.
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01:33:58 - Sonny and--
01:33:59 (upbeat music)
01:34:01 - Into the hands, great reaction
01:34:05 from the man playing his 100th CPL match.
01:34:10 And--
01:34:12 - Are you kidding me?
01:34:14 Crack open the El Dorado.
01:34:16 We're getting on it.
01:34:17 - Just there, full stretch.
01:34:21 - Edge.
01:34:25 - But this time it's full of length, look at this.
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01:34:30 - Just short.
01:34:34 - Yeah, no surprises.
01:34:38 - Boy's over the line.
01:34:39 That has gone to the moon.
01:34:41 And, not quite, oh, he's over.
01:34:46 Yeah, I like that.
01:34:47 (upbeat music)
01:34:50 - I'd love to see a real-time replay.
01:34:54 - Well, this great game of cricket, T20.
01:35:10 Really do have to get on with the decision.
01:35:15 And that--
01:35:16 (upbeat music)
01:35:19 - Green does well.
01:35:21 He made it look easy.
01:35:23 We're running back.
01:35:24 The wind taking it away from him.
01:35:26 Eyes on the prize.
01:35:27 (upbeat music)
01:35:30 - My word, some of those catches.
01:35:34 All team hats are glued.
01:35:35 That's my favorite catch of the tournament.
01:35:38 Well, Glenn, you're gonna settle for second.
01:35:40 Well, guys, it's time to head behind the scenes now, man.
01:35:43 We spoke about catches and some Superman performances
01:35:46 in terms of catches.
01:35:47 Well, today we look behind the scenes
01:35:48 with a man that is nicknamed,
01:35:50 that is called the Superman, Andrew Russell.
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01:41:19 - Well, can you tell I'm already in finals mode?
01:41:23 Who will get to the finals?
01:41:25 Well, we'll find that out later today.
01:41:27 Of course, the eliminator between the Amazon Warriors
01:41:29 and the Jamaica Talawas.
01:41:31 Who do you think will be going through to that final
01:41:33 to face the Trinidogo Knight Riders?
01:41:35 Maybe, might find out a bit later.
01:41:37 But first, laughter is the best medicine
01:41:40 and in our fourth segment,
01:41:41 while we certainly lighten the mood
01:41:43 with some hilarious bloopers from the competition,
01:41:45 you won't believe some of these moments.
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01:42:03 - Hurry.
01:42:04 Jason Ola makes a mess of it.
01:42:06 He will be disgusted.
01:42:08 Should've been an easy wicket.
01:42:10 (upbeat music)
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01:42:18 - Oh no, oh no.
01:42:20 Everything is going wrong for the Royals.
01:42:22 (upbeat music)
01:42:24 - Catch it now.
01:42:25 - Well, this one is, oh!
01:42:27 It's a misfeel.
01:42:29 (upbeat music)
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01:42:35 - Oh, some confusion here.
01:42:37 Oh dear, it's a run out.
01:42:39 (upbeat music)
01:42:41 Nicholas Puran and Kieran Pollard,
01:42:43 no communication.
01:42:45 Disaster for the Trinidogo Knight Riders.
01:42:47 (upbeat music)
01:42:49 - Yeah, a bit of an argument.
01:42:51 (upbeat music)
01:42:53 - On 12 of two,
01:42:55 the guilty party
01:42:57 and Kadim Alin again,
01:42:59 dropping another one off Samet.
01:43:01 (upbeat music)
01:43:04 - Innovation,
01:43:06 an average feeling.
01:43:07 A Raja Paksa should've stopped that.
01:43:09 (upbeat music)
01:43:12 - First runs for the Royals.
01:43:14 Has to hurry, can't look.
01:43:16 Go on!
01:43:17 (upbeat music)
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01:43:23 - Cover calls,
01:43:24 no communication whatsoever.
01:43:26 Chadwick Walton and Terence Hines.
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01:43:41 - Oh my, it's certainly fun looking back at some of those.
01:43:44 Thanks so much to Eiffel and Dominic
01:43:45 for putting those together.
01:43:47 Well guys, it's not all fun and games.
01:43:49 You'll also hear from Chadwick Walton
01:43:51 and Terence Hines.
01:43:53 We'll hear from Chadwick Walton now
01:43:55 about his team's incredible journey
01:43:57 in our Sunshine Moments.
01:43:59 (upbeat music)
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01:44:07 - We have seen in this team
01:44:08 one thing that has been said from right the beginning.
01:44:10 It's not about individuals,
01:44:11 but it's about the team,
01:44:12 about pitching in whenever you get a chance.
01:44:14 Was that something that was in your mind as well today?
01:44:16 - Definitely.
01:44:17 The team comes first at all times.
01:44:19 So the job was to get TKR into the finals
01:44:21 and that's what we're here to do.
01:44:23 - And you know, finally I have to ask,
01:44:24 it's not easy playing in front of this crowd sometimes.
01:44:27 Do you feel any of that?
01:44:28 - I'm not really.
01:44:29 I'm accustomed to playing in front of big crowds.
01:44:31 I mean, I wasn't always a TKR player.
01:44:33 Playing in front of a TKR crowd is quite challenging.
01:44:37 So I'm accustomed to playing in front of big crowds
01:44:39 that are against us.
01:44:41 - Thank you, Teddy.
01:44:42 (laughing)
01:44:43 (upbeat music)
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01:44:47 - Oh, that's a man they call Denzel.
01:44:49 Denzel Washington, Chadwick Walton.
01:44:50 Can you see the resemblance?
01:44:52 Denzel?
01:44:53 Well, I see it.
01:44:54 Anyway, don't forget our checkout
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01:44:58 to get all the information related to the eliminator today
01:45:01 and the finals as well.
01:45:03 And guess what?
01:45:04 We're gonna take your calls
01:45:05 when we come back on the other side of this brick.
01:45:07 Call us, make your predictions.
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01:48:55 - Preparing my dance at the moment for the finals.
01:48:59 I'm already in festive mood.
01:49:01 Of course, the CPL coming down to the crunch end,
01:49:04 the business end of the competition
01:49:06 where all of the good stuff gets set to take place.
01:49:09 Well, today we get set to wrap up our show.
01:49:11 Of course, we're gonna take some of your calls.
01:49:13 Call me, call me, my number is on the screen.
01:49:15 You can give me a call
01:49:16 and give me some of your predictions
01:49:18 ahead of today's Eliminator match and Sunday's finals.
01:49:21 But we also revisit some heartwarming moments
01:49:24 that made us smile during the CPL.
01:49:26 We've got it all from breathtaking performances
01:49:28 to incredible sportsmanship.
01:49:30 Fasten your seatbelt, guys,
01:49:31 because the ball them out is about to take you
01:49:34 on a rollercoaster ride to the Caribbean Premier League
01:49:37 like you've never experienced before.
01:49:39 - This could be a historic moment here.
01:49:41 Oh, red card.
01:49:42 You don't want to see that color card.
01:49:44 They must field with only 10,
01:49:48 so somebody has to leave the field
01:49:49 and only two outside the 30-yard circle.
01:49:55 - Any stadium in the world,
01:49:58 Joaquin Cornwall will hit a six for you.
01:50:00 A hundred for Joaquin Cornwall.
01:50:04 The Patriots are victims of a rock attack.
01:50:09 - It is the most welcome hundred for Nicky P.
01:50:15 - It's a short.
01:50:25 Is it?
01:50:27 It's taken.
01:50:29 That's another type of Superman.
01:50:32 - That, though, is not a good sign
01:50:37 for the Royal second red card of a tournament.
01:50:40 - Smith is here because
01:50:42 Azam Khan trying to play this one square,
01:50:46 not negotiating that low bounce.
01:50:53 - The ball is stuck in the grill of Nicholas Puran.
01:50:55 Did you see that?
01:50:56 Oh, my goodness.
01:50:58 - Well, he wants to play that little up and under, doesn't he?
01:51:01 Loves a little kiss of the ball.
01:51:03 We've seen that earlier.
01:51:05 Nicholas Puran had one stuck in there,
01:51:07 but that was off ice.
01:51:08 - I'm doing bravo.
01:51:10 We thought that we were going to forget that kick incident.
01:51:12 Well, he's dead wrong.
01:51:14 We're going to always remember the kick.
01:51:16 Remember the kick.
01:51:17 All right, so of course, I give you a call.
01:51:19 Call me now.
01:51:20 My number is on the screen.
01:51:22 And already I've got some friends calling in
01:51:25 to make some predictions.
01:51:26 Good morning to you, caller.
01:51:27 Welcome to the World of Mount Cricket Show.
01:51:29 - Hello?
01:51:32 - Hi, good morning.
01:51:33 - Hi, good morning, James.
01:51:35 - How are you doing?
01:51:36 - I am good.
01:51:37 I enjoy your show.
01:51:38 I will miss you when Monday comes.
01:51:40 - Yes, definitely.
01:51:41 We'll be on Tuesday, of course.
01:51:42 It's our Republic Day holiday.
01:51:44 I'm going to give you guys time to celebrate,
01:51:46 you know, pending the results of the finals.
01:51:48 But of course, Tuesday, we will be there to wrap the show.
01:51:51 Now, you sound already excited for the finals.
01:51:54 What's your prediction?
01:51:56 - Well, my prediction is I wanted Amazon,
01:51:59 but I'll go with TKL.
01:52:00 - You wanted Amazon, but you go with TKL?
01:52:03 You've given up on the Amazon Warriors already?
01:52:06 - Okay, I'm not giving up.
01:52:08 I'm not giving up.
01:52:09 I'll be brave.
01:52:10 - All right, be brave, be brave, yeah.
01:52:12 Go against the grain.
01:52:13 Of course, what has been your favorite moment so far
01:52:16 of the CPL tournament?
01:52:18 Oh, it seems like we've lost.
01:52:19 Oh, my dear.
01:52:20 I've lost another woman.
01:52:22 All right, let's take some more calls.
01:52:23 The number is on the screen.
01:52:24 We've only got a limited amount of minutes,
01:52:26 so you can call me now.
01:52:28 My number is on the screen.
01:52:30 I might be able to squeeze in two more calls.
01:52:32 I don't know.
01:52:33 Maybe, because we've still got some moments
01:52:36 as we get set for the eliminator, which starts today,
01:52:39 of course, with the Amazon Warriors
01:52:41 taking on the Jamaica Talawas.
01:52:43 That is a big match.
01:52:45 Who's going to progress?
01:52:46 Let's see what this caller has to tell me about that.
01:52:48 Good morning.
01:52:50 - Morning, sir.
01:52:51 - Hi.
01:52:52 - I'm calling--yeah.
01:52:53 Good morning to your viewers.
01:52:55 I'm calling to express regrets and sorrow
01:52:58 for the behavior of the Amazon Warriors fan.
01:53:02 I am a resident Guyanese in Trinidad and Tobago
01:53:05 for the last 43 years,
01:53:07 and that behavior is uncalled for,
01:53:09 and I hope that the political director
01:53:12 could identify and say sorry
01:53:16 for that type of behavior.
01:53:18 - Well, we certainly accept--
01:53:20 We certainly accept your apology.
01:53:22 - Yes, sir. Thank you. Have a blessed day.
01:53:24 - All right.
01:53:25 Who are we supporting today, though?
01:53:27 The Amazon Warriors, of course.
01:53:28 Oh, he's gone. He's gone.
01:53:29 All right, let me take another call.
01:53:31 I've got time for one more.
01:53:33 My time is running out.
01:53:35 Who's there?
01:53:36 Give me a call.
01:53:37 The number is on the screen.
01:53:39 If you can remember it, give me a call right now,
01:53:41 and I'm going to take a, you know--
01:53:43 Hello to all of my Guyanese friends
01:53:44 living in Trinidad and Tobago,
01:53:46 and of course all of them in the Esekibo region,
01:53:49 in the Marara region,
01:53:51 in Georgetown GT,
01:53:53 in Burbis.
01:53:54 All my friends in Burbis as well.
01:53:56 Good morning to you.
01:53:57 I did have the opportunity to have some chicken curry.
01:54:00 I must say it's fantastic.
01:54:01 Chicken curry, curry chicken.
01:54:03 I love it all. Just give me chicken.
01:54:05 So I might just take one more call.
01:54:08 Give me the number, which is on the screen.
01:54:11 623-1711, extension 1995.
01:54:15 I think some of my intern friends,
01:54:17 they might have been born around that time.
01:54:19 Don't forget, today we get set for that big match,
01:54:21 the Ghana Amazon Warriors
01:54:23 facing off against the Jamaica Taloa.
01:54:25 That is a big match.
01:54:27 That is--what do we call that?
01:54:29 Jig chicken versus chicken curry.
01:54:32 I'm going to take a caller to find out exactly what it is.
01:54:34 Good morning, caller.
01:54:36 Good morning.
01:54:37 I am saying chicken, curry chicken.
01:54:41 And for tonight, I want Taloa to whoop.
01:54:44 Oh, boy.
01:54:45 Yes.
01:54:46 Yes, so that in the final,
01:54:48 we'll be us versus Taloa.
01:54:50 Versus Taloa.
01:54:52 So you're backing jig chicken later on today?
01:54:55 I am backing Taloa later today.
01:54:59 But I love that curry battle.
01:55:01 I love the chicken curry versus curry chicken battle.
01:55:03 But I'm going to be looking at your prediction
01:55:06 and see if you got through.
01:55:08 Thanks so much for calling us to give us that prediction.
01:55:11 All right, that's it for us.
01:55:13 Some people backing the jig chicken,
01:55:15 some people backing the chicken curry.
01:55:17 I'm just backing the chicken.
01:55:19 That's all.
01:55:20 Chicken, cricket.
01:55:21 Both start with C as well.
01:55:23 Happy Republic Day, of course,
01:55:24 and to all of the fans here in Trinidad
01:55:26 and to be in the finals is on Republic Day.
01:55:29 I don't know if that's a sign.
01:55:30 You never know who will go forward.
01:55:33 We leave you with some moments of celebration
01:55:36 from TKR who are into the finals.
01:55:38 Don't forget the eliminator comes up today,
01:55:40 the Taloas, against the Guyana Amazon Warriors.
01:55:43 Who are you backing?
01:55:44 I'm splitting the middle.
01:55:45 That's it for us.
01:55:46 Have a great weekend.
01:55:47 Have a great Republic Day.
01:55:48 And have a great final.
01:55:49 See you next week, Tuesday.
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