Morning Edition: 03rd April 2024

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00:00:00 ♪ I got a hero, my name is a hero ♪

00:00:02 - And a very special good morning, Trinidad and Tobago

00:00:04 and the rest of the world.

00:00:05 I'm Marlon Hopkins, and as always,

00:00:06 welcome to "The Morning Edition."

00:00:08 It's April 3rd, 2024, and thank you very much for joining us.

00:00:11 How have you been enjoying the weather?

00:00:14 I have, I have been enjoying it immensely.

00:00:17 So it was a cool day yesterday, a cool night,

00:00:20 a cool morning, we got some rain, yeah?

00:00:23 So I'm liking the weather.

00:00:26 It would seem that the dust, the Sahara dust,

00:00:28 has dissipated somewhat, so, you know,

00:00:31 there's a bit of relief for persons

00:00:33 who are suffering with the allergies and so on.

00:00:35 This morning, I saw some of you speeding,

00:00:38 and I'm just wondering, where all you're going

00:00:40 five o'clock in the morning, speeding?

00:00:42 All you're working, TV six?

00:00:44 Where all you're working?

00:00:45 You know, I mean, the accident from last week,

00:00:50 concerning the KISS truck driver,

00:00:55 that's still playing on my mind,

00:00:57 and I think, you know, if that,

00:00:59 if you all remember what transpired with that,

00:01:02 then many of you will slow down.

00:01:03 So the roads are wet, the rain, it's raining,

00:01:06 the roads are wet, slow down, yeah?

00:01:09 Well, (laughs)

00:01:12 as you know what the old people say, right?

00:01:14 Who do here will feel.

00:01:15 Let's check out to see what's happening

00:01:16 on the Daily Express today.

00:01:19 On the front page, family claims,

00:01:21 runaround for autopsy of body of KISS driver

00:01:24 killed in accident, funeral pain,

00:01:28 and April showers, rain relief,

00:01:31 a pedestrian walks along Independence Square

00:01:33 in Port of Spain yesterday, sheltering under her umbrella

00:01:36 on a day as forecast of persistent showers.

00:01:41 After many weeks of hot, dry weather,

00:01:43 the April showers were a welcome relief.

00:01:46 And deaths of prisoners, sought funding,

00:01:49 SSA, Griffith under the gun.

00:01:53 Let's talk a little bit about the KISS truck driver.

00:01:57 Runaround to get autopsy after hit and run,

00:01:59 family pleads for driver's body.

00:02:01 The family of Neil Balai is pleading with the authorities

00:02:05 to release his body and give them peace of mind

00:02:08 as his funeral is being delayed pending an autopsy.

00:02:13 All right, let's check out to see

00:02:14 what's happening in sport now.

00:02:16 Nikki P goes on the offensive in full flow.

00:02:20 Lucknow super giants, Nicholas Puran in action

00:02:24 against the Royal Challengers Bangalore

00:02:26 during yesterday's Indian Premier League fixture.

00:02:29 In Bengaluru, India, Puran belted and unbeaten 40

00:02:34 from 21 balls to help LSG to a 28 run over RCB.

00:02:39 And warmer pub, Australia, England,

00:02:42 West Indies among teams based in Trinidad

00:02:45 ahead of T20 World Cup.

00:02:48 The biggest ICC T20 World Cup comes to the Caribbean

00:02:52 in June and despite only hosting five of the 55 matches

00:02:56 in the showpiece event, Trinidad and Tobago

00:02:58 will still play a significant role.

00:03:01 All right, some of the stories of the daily express

00:03:03 for you today.

00:03:04 All right, it's time to remind you of our Trinbago,

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00:03:15 Yeah, it's called April blessings.

00:03:20 Yeah, I've seen this sort of flower before.

00:03:25 Yeah, anybody in studio knows what sort of flower is that?

00:03:28 Yeah, silence.

00:03:31 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

00:03:34 I will not tell our viewers what you said.

00:03:36 All right, but it looks familiar.

00:03:38 It looks familiar.

00:03:39 All right, but a beautiful picture there.

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00:08:53 - Good morning everyone and welcome back.

00:08:55 And thank you very much for joining us

00:08:56 on this cool and beautiful morning

00:08:58 in Trinidad and Tobago.

00:08:59 All right, so let's get right into the program for today.

00:09:02 So a debate today over the state of the energy sector

00:09:05 and the economy.

00:09:06 This follows recent statements by the Prime Minister

00:09:09 that because of his direct involvement,

00:09:11 there was a successful outcome to certain weighty matters

00:09:14 that saved the day and the future of Trinidad and Tobago.

00:09:17 Well, on the line this morning,

00:09:19 we have a former minister in the Ministry of Finance,

00:09:21 Mr. Mariano Brown.

00:09:22 Mr. Brown, good morning.

00:09:23 - Good morning, good morning.

00:09:26 - Yes, always good to speak with you, Mr. Brown.

00:09:28 Well, Mr. Brown, if you'd allow me to put some context

00:09:30 to what we are going to discuss and more so for our viewers.

00:09:34 The Prime Minister said he as Prime Minister

00:09:37 of Trinidad and Tobago,

00:09:38 there were a very few weighty matters

00:09:41 that attracted and required his direct involvement

00:09:44 over a protracted period of time

00:09:46 in order to have an urgent successful outcome

00:09:49 to save the day and the future of Trinidad and Tobago.

00:09:52 And of course, former Energy Minister,

00:09:55 Kevin Ramnarine has responded.

00:09:58 And he says that the Prime Minister's view

00:10:01 on resuscitation and revival of the energy sector

00:10:04 are at variance with all metrics,

00:10:07 public data and observable facts.

00:10:11 He says, "I don't know how natural gas production

00:10:14 "falling by 32% from 2015 to 2023

00:10:18 "could be described as resuscitation."

00:10:21 All right, so I'm just putting that on the table

00:10:23 this morning as you hear all of that, Mr. Brown,

00:10:26 what are your views this morning?

00:10:28 - Well, I mean, Mr. Ramnarine has a point.

00:10:33 If production has declined and it's down substantially,

00:10:38 we're operating at what, 40 to 45%

00:10:42 of our highest production point.

00:10:46 In terms of natural gas, we're operating at below capacity,

00:10:50 substantial number between 40 to 50%

00:10:53 of the plants are closed.

00:10:55 So he has a point in asking the question,

00:10:57 what have we resuscitated?

00:10:59 I don't think there's any,

00:11:00 I don't think you can get away from that.

00:11:02 I think the Prime Minister is standing

00:11:04 or attempting to stand on his position

00:11:06 with regard to petrochain and heritage.

00:11:09 And using that, unfortunately,

00:11:13 as a metaphor for the entire energy sector,

00:11:16 that will not work, unfortunately it won't.

00:11:18 The point is he may have saved heritage

00:11:22 and he may have saved the exploration

00:11:24 and production part of heritage from difficulty

00:11:27 by segregating the assets of the refinery,

00:11:32 which was losing money at the time.

00:11:34 But that will not say that he saved the energy sector.

00:11:37 It will say that he saved heritage.

00:11:40 Now we have to ask the question, saved it how?

00:11:43 Because heritage is a pale shadow of what it used to be.

00:11:46 We would probably have lost a substantial share

00:11:49 of the carry-on market.

00:11:51 So, and it's production of oil is not increased

00:11:57 by any significant amount.

00:11:58 In fact, the probability is that it has decreased.

00:12:01 But I think he's trying to hang his hat

00:12:04 on the fact that petrochain has survived.

00:12:07 And survived in one form only.

00:12:10 The question is, will we ever,

00:12:11 will refining ever come back to Trinidad and Tobago?

00:12:13 And we have to put it in the context

00:12:15 that Trinidad and Tobago once had something

00:12:16 about four or five refineries.

00:12:18 Right, it had a Shell refinery, it had a BP refinery.

00:12:21 The Shell refinery was at point 40,

00:12:24 where Atlantic LNG now is.

00:12:26 That's one of the reasons why they selected the site.

00:12:28 It already had a deepwater harbor.

00:12:30 It already had infrastructure.

00:12:32 Right, so there's no refinery there.

00:12:34 There's no BP refinery.

00:12:36 BP refinery was built in Manila, Bray, that's gone.

00:12:39 And I think there would have been a refinery in Santa Flora

00:12:42 and we don't have that anymore either.

00:12:44 Right, so what you were left with was the old Texaco asset

00:12:47 and the attempts to refurbish that asset,

00:12:50 which put, and the country borrowed a lot of money.

00:12:53 Petrochain borrowed a lot of money.

00:12:55 And at the time, given the financial circumstances,

00:12:58 I think when faced with the reality of absorbing that debt

00:13:02 on the part of the national debt,

00:13:04 as part of the national debt,

00:13:05 I think the prime minister basically,

00:13:07 and the minister of finance ran,

00:13:09 and segregated the asset,

00:13:13 and basically allowed the generation of oil,

00:13:17 the production of crude and the exploitation of crude,

00:13:20 to literally pay for that debt and kill the refinery.

00:13:24 So I think that what we've probably lost,

00:13:26 we've lost the refinery, I think.

00:13:27 I think after six years, bringing that refinery back,

00:13:31 given the current state of play,

00:13:33 it's going to be very difficult.

00:13:35 Interest or no interest,

00:13:36 I mean, literally going to have to give a refinery

00:13:37 and a couple of billion dollars

00:13:39 in terms of investment in the process.

00:13:41 And there's also the issue of the legacy issues.

00:13:44 Petrochain sits on the refinery

00:13:49 that's been there for quite some time.

00:13:51 There's at least one dead river

00:13:52 and a number of environmental issues.

00:13:54 Who's going to own it?

00:13:56 I know a new owner is going to come in,

00:13:59 is going to say that I'm going to pay for those legacy issues.

00:14:01 That's not going to happen.

00:14:03 So that's going to reduce the debt,

00:14:04 that's going to redound,

00:14:06 it's going to let you saddle the country

00:14:08 in terms of resolving those issues.

00:14:10 So I think he may have saved heritage,

00:14:12 but I don't think he has saved the energy sector

00:14:14 by a long shot.

00:14:15 The energy sector is in grave difficulty as we speak.

00:14:18 - Yeah.

00:14:20 Let me just touch on a further statement

00:14:24 of the prime minister.

00:14:25 So he says, "These were resuscitating, revitalizing,

00:14:29 "and saving the energy sector,

00:14:31 "including the restructuring of Petrochain,

00:14:33 "managing the society and economy

00:14:35 "during the COVID-19 pandemic,

00:14:37 "responding to an escalating crisis of violent crime

00:14:40 "and widespread criminality,

00:14:42 "local government reform,

00:14:43 "modernization of the tax collection system,

00:14:46 "reduction of waste in the budgeting process,

00:14:48 "and elimination of corruption."

00:14:50 He says, "Prime Minister,

00:14:52 "we have had significant successes in these priority areas,

00:14:55 "but there is a lot more that has to be done.

00:14:58 "Suffice it to say that we have identified

00:15:01 "the main challenges, have engaged them,

00:15:03 "and are on the right track."

00:15:05 He says, "This is what is required,

00:15:07 "and not the revisionist lies

00:15:09 "of those who ignored these problems

00:15:10 "or simply kicked the can down the road

00:15:13 "until it fell to this administration

00:15:17 "to provide the grit and the commitment

00:15:19 "in the interest of a better future

00:15:21 "for all the people of Trinidad and Tobago."

00:15:24 Yeah, that's the entire statement

00:15:25 of the prime minister there.

00:15:26 - Well, I mean, elections is next year.

00:15:29 I don't think one has to start campaigning now.

00:15:31 It's gonna be a long campaign.

00:15:33 Was that, if anything, I heard it was a campaign speech.

00:15:37 But let's look at what the objective reality is.

00:15:39 - Yes.

00:15:40 - The objective reality, I mean,

00:15:42 every new government that comes into office

00:15:44 and blame the previous administration

00:15:46 for maladministration, inefficiency, and everything else.

00:15:49 When the UNC came into office,

00:15:51 they would have done so at a time

00:15:53 when there was a slight downturn

00:15:56 as a result of the 2008 financial crisis.

00:15:59 Prices quickly rebounded as well as natural gas production.

00:16:04 Natural gas production hit its highest point.

00:16:07 And then somewhere around 2013, it declined dramatically.

00:16:11 We had started to see the beginning

00:16:12 of long-term secular issues in our gas supply.

00:16:16 All right, to the extent to which the UNC felt it important

00:16:19 to give a series of fiscal incentives,

00:16:23 which led to a rapid increase in drilling.

00:16:26 In fact, there was a time when there was no drilling

00:16:27 taking place in the world,

00:16:29 but a lot of drilling was taking place in Trinidad and Tobago

00:16:31 and that led to Angeline, Juniper,

00:16:35 and I think something else as well,

00:16:37 which increased the production up from 3.3 million,

00:16:41 billion, can you repeat it, to 3.6 in 2018.

00:16:44 The difficulty is that when the PNM came into office in 2015,

00:16:48 prices had declined substantially.

00:16:51 So even though there was a little uptick

00:16:53 in terms of production,

00:16:55 it was never sufficient to go back to exactly where it was.

00:16:59 And then the PNM and that this current administration

00:17:03 had to ride the issue of an increase in prices

00:17:06 demanded by the energy explorers.

00:17:10 This would be the multinationals.

00:17:12 And they would have had to face a very difficult period

00:17:15 as a result of which some plants closed down,

00:17:18 didn't renew their contracts.

00:17:20 So the argument that is taking place

00:17:22 between Minister Young and Minister Ramnarajan,

00:17:25 Minister Young is the lawyer,

00:17:26 so he's gonna talk about contract and contract negotiation.

00:17:29 Mr. Ramnarajan is an engineer

00:17:31 and he's going to look at the bigger picture

00:17:33 in terms of what is the actual production situation,

00:17:35 what did I leave?

00:17:37 And quite frankly, at this stage of the game,

00:17:39 Mr. Ramnarajan will win that argument comfortably.

00:17:44 So I don't think there's any difficulty

00:17:46 on that particular score.

00:17:48 The reality is that today's date,

00:17:49 we're talking about maintainable production of 2.6 billion,

00:17:52 which is completely different

00:17:54 from the high point of 4.2.

00:17:56 And therefore, as a result of which we have lost

00:17:59 40 to 50% of the plants,

00:18:00 just don't have enough natural gas.

00:18:02 When Shell is starting to look at taking 70%

00:18:07 in a joint venture, potentially,

00:18:09 I say potential 'cause I have no faith in capacity

00:18:12 to bring the Dragon gas onshore.

00:18:17 When Shell, and then when we're talking about,

00:18:22 because of the geopolitical situation,

00:18:23 not because of any technical reason,

00:18:25 the geopolitical situation that I'm speaking of.

00:18:28 So the reality is we're talking about a period

00:18:31 of in which we have very, very low gas.

00:18:34 Now, the Prime Minister may wish to say

00:18:36 that he resolved the issue.

00:18:37 The point is that the multinationals got what they want,

00:18:39 they got increased prices.

00:18:41 And that almost called the death knell

00:18:43 of the petrochemical sector.

00:18:45 What saved Trinidad and Tobago

00:18:47 was an increase in ammonia and methanol prices

00:18:52 and natural gas prices in 2021,

00:18:55 as a result of the European economy,

00:18:57 and 2022 as a result of the Ukraine war.

00:19:01 That increased prices,

00:19:03 and that as a result of which the economy rebounded.

00:19:06 That is completely external.

00:19:08 It didn't have anything to do with increased production.

00:19:11 It didn't have anything to do with increased supply.

00:19:13 It didn't have to do with new wells that we drilled, nothing.

00:19:17 It was just simply prices went up.

00:19:19 And that the administration has been lucky

00:19:22 that the external realities have helped us.

00:19:25 But to say that that has translated

00:19:27 into saving the energy sector,

00:19:30 I mean, I think that claim would be a little ludicrous,

00:19:32 quite frankly.

00:19:33 - Yeah.

00:19:34 But do you agree at all with the Prime Minister

00:19:37 that they have identified the main challenges,

00:19:40 and he believes that his administration

00:19:43 is on the right track,

00:19:44 when we speak about the right track,

00:19:46 in attracting investors to Trinidad and Tobago?

00:19:48 Of course, you would have seen Mr. Brown

00:19:51 over the past few months, maybe years in recent times,

00:19:55 the Prime Minister has been all over the world

00:19:59 trying to attract investors to Trinidad and Tobago,

00:20:03 and has been having discussions

00:20:06 with the multinational corporations

00:20:11 in order to get them here.

00:20:12 - Well, I'm sure that they've had discussions.

00:20:15 I'm sure they've traveled a lot.

00:20:18 When you're traveling,

00:20:19 and you're in the business of selling the country,

00:20:21 you have to have something to sell.

00:20:22 So exactly what are we selling?

00:20:24 Trinidad and Tobago's industrial investment horizon

00:20:30 has always been built around the energy sector.

00:20:33 Nothing else, really.

00:20:36 The other, not sort of, if you want improvements

00:20:39 in terms of what we call local manufacturing,

00:20:41 have largely taken in terms of food and drink,

00:20:43 and regard for export.

00:20:46 So we import to export.

00:20:47 And there has been some improvement in that regard.

00:20:49 Some of those firms have done quite well.

00:20:51 But they've also recognized

00:20:52 that they can't only depend on Trinidad,

00:20:54 so they invest in abroad.

00:20:55 So if we look at the Neil and Massey family, for example,

00:20:58 you will find that they have now started

00:21:00 to make investments across the US,

00:21:02 expanding the investment portfolio.

00:21:04 The same is true of the Bermudez Group.

00:21:08 Almost any and every local manufacturing firm

00:21:12 that you could think of,

00:21:13 and some of Cal is doing the same thing.

00:21:15 And they're looking for investments abroad.

00:21:16 That's because Trinidad, there is a small economy.

00:21:19 So if you want to expand, then by definition,

00:21:21 you have to have a good home base,

00:21:23 but you also have to look for markets externally.

00:21:26 And that has already started to take place.

00:21:27 Now, the key strength has been the energy sector,

00:21:31 and in particular, natural gas.

00:21:33 Now, if your production is declining, what exactly?

00:21:37 I mean, we did very well to bring Mitsubishi plant.

00:21:40 But if you look at the other one,

00:21:42 let's look at Nyquil, right?

00:21:44 The government's made a deal.

00:21:47 They actually gave them priority.

00:21:48 They created a company to give Nyquil gas upstream,

00:21:51 downstream, essentially is a paper creation,

00:21:56 basically to get gas to Nyquil.

00:21:58 And what has happened with that?

00:21:59 That hasn't worked out.

00:22:00 To all intents and purposes,

00:22:01 Nyquil hasn't really settled its debts.

00:22:03 They are doing the bickering.

00:22:05 The plant has, what, blown up twice?

00:22:08 Well, not blown up, but they have had substantial failures.

00:22:11 So the question of whether they've been able to come back

00:22:13 is another thing altogether.

00:22:15 So gas to liquids is kind of touchy right now.

00:22:20 I mean, it doesn't look like that's going to work out.

00:22:23 The gas now needs to be redirected.

00:22:25 And I think the government has come to that conclusion.

00:22:27 They're looking to redirect it

00:22:28 to the rest of the petrochemical sector.

00:22:30 But where are we with regard to petrochemical manufacturers,

00:22:33 petrochemicals, where are we with regard to LNG?

00:22:36 At 60%, right?

00:22:37 Well, I mean, 60% of,

00:22:39 when you're operating at 60% of capacity,

00:22:42 you operate only at 60% of capacity.

00:22:44 If one, you don't have supply,

00:22:47 or two, there's a technical problem.

00:22:49 There's no technical problem.

00:22:50 The problem is no supply of gas.

00:22:53 I know that's a critical issue.

00:22:55 Now, how do you get gas?

00:22:56 Right, the only thing that you could do is to get gas,

00:22:58 is to get the multinationals,

00:23:00 because Trinidad and Tobago has no,

00:23:03 if you want, deep water drilling capacity, right?

00:23:06 Petro-Trin may have, sorry,

00:23:07 Heritage may have a large acreage, right?

00:23:11 But doesn't have the capacity to basically drill or explore.

00:23:15 So you're looking for somebody with deep pockets,

00:23:17 who are they?

00:23:18 They're the multinationals.

00:23:19 And the multinationals are looking for gas.

00:23:21 I don't think you have to go too far

00:23:22 to look for anybody to find that out.

00:23:24 I mean, the mere fact that they're accompanying

00:23:27 the Minister of Venezuela, who tells you something,

00:23:31 they want gas, and we don't have it.

00:23:34 And that hasn't changed.

00:23:35 So you could talk to,

00:23:36 you could go and talk to how many people you want.

00:23:38 If you don't have what to sell,

00:23:41 if you don't have what is required to sell to investors,

00:23:44 then they're not gonna come.

00:23:46 And that's the reality.

00:23:47 We've had one plant, I think,

00:23:49 in the last 10 years that is new, one.

00:23:51 That's it, all right?

00:23:53 And still we have the issue of whether we have enough gas.

00:23:56 We can't get away from that.

00:23:58 - But you know, Mr. Brown.

00:23:58 - So to say that you've,

00:24:00 the Prime Minister may have done well

00:24:03 to sort of keep the production where it is,

00:24:05 but to say that resuscitated and revived,

00:24:07 well, that's a stretch.

00:24:09 - Yeah. - That's political.

00:24:10 But you know, Mr. Brown, over the years,

00:24:14 isn't it that we've been having the same conversation

00:24:19 for a number of years now?

00:24:20 We have said, well, here's what.

00:24:22 We need to be less dependent on the energy sector.

00:24:25 The data will show we are heavily dependent

00:24:27 on the energy sector.

00:24:29 We speak about improvements in agriculture.

00:24:34 We have spoken about diversification.

00:24:36 We have spoken about improvements in the non-energy sector.

00:24:41 So, I mean, to the layman, somebody like me,

00:24:45 it would seem that we've been speaking

00:24:47 about the same things over and over.

00:24:49 We know what the problems are.

00:24:52 We know what the solutions are.

00:24:54 So then what's the problem, Mr. Brown?

00:24:56 - Because it isn't easy to do.

00:24:58 (both laughing)

00:24:59 It's hard.

00:25:00 It's easier to talk about it.

00:25:03 - Yes. - Far easier to talk about it

00:25:04 than to get it done, right?

00:25:06 And the reality is that we're not as at all.

00:25:09 It is a crossroads.

00:25:10 This is a crossroads.

00:25:12 We were at a crossroads when,

00:25:15 if you want the energy major left,

00:25:16 you have to remember BP left, Shell left, Texaco left, right?

00:25:21 And we went into, we had two downturns.

00:25:24 They were significant.

00:25:26 What saved us, it was in 1971, we found additional gas.

00:25:30 And actually we had been sitting on a plan,

00:25:33 Professor Julian and a number of others

00:25:36 have been, how do we monetize gas?

00:25:38 Now, when we did that and we did that,

00:25:40 perhaps we did it too quickly.

00:25:42 We could look back, there are lessons that have to be learned

00:25:44 and mistakes that we made.

00:25:46 We've never owned up to the mistakes.

00:25:48 And there are serious mistakes that were made.

00:25:50 We perhaps extracted the gas at too fast a pace, right?

00:25:54 We crunched all the developments

00:25:56 in a very short period of time

00:25:57 when perhaps we probably needed to push it

00:25:59 and make it a little slower.

00:26:01 We probably need to have a balance.

00:26:03 We went from one train to four trains,

00:26:07 which used up a lot of the gas, huge volumes,

00:26:11 when perhaps we probably needed to do two rather than four.

00:26:15 And rather than have the fourth train,

00:26:17 the train four is as big as two and three together.

00:26:20 So you're talking about a substantial increase in volume.

00:26:25 And probably without spending enough time looking at,

00:26:28 well, how do we make this last longer?

00:26:32 Now that's a mistake, that's a strategic error.

00:26:34 And that strategic error is made

00:26:35 with regard to two and three, right?

00:26:38 Now, when you make a strategic error,

00:26:40 correcting it in retrospect is virtually impossible.

00:26:45 Now the country has to own up to those mistakes.

00:26:48 Now that hasn't happened as yet.

00:26:49 Those are business errors.

00:26:51 Those are the errors of negotiation.

00:26:53 Those are errors of vision and planning, all right?

00:26:57 So, and that turned out to be economy multiplied

00:27:00 between 1999 and 2010 by a factor of three.

00:27:05 We moved from $50 billion in terms of a GDP figure,

00:27:09 $350 billion, a GDP figure of $150 billion in 10 years.

00:27:14 I mean, that's exactly what's taking place in Guyana.

00:27:19 The point is that it moved up very quickly.

00:27:22 And now we're at the stage where, hang on,

00:27:25 what moved us up is now declining.

00:27:27 What horse do we get onto?

00:27:29 Well, that's hard.

00:27:30 We have to have made that decision 15 to 20 years ago.

00:27:35 So what we're trying to do today

00:27:37 is gonna take us 15 to 20 years moving forward.

00:27:41 And that's the difficulty.

00:27:42 And political cycles are short.

00:27:45 They are five-year terms.

00:27:47 So what we're listening to

00:27:48 what the prime minister is attempting to claim

00:27:50 is to claim the political high ground

00:27:52 in advance of an election campaign.

00:27:54 Guess what's gonna be an election in terms of the campaign?

00:27:58 What's the performance of the economy?

00:28:00 What's the situation on crime?

00:28:02 I mean, you don't have to look too far to see.

00:28:05 If you compare ourselves, for example, with Barbados,

00:28:08 I mean, in terms of visitor traffic,

00:28:10 in terms of tourism and so on,

00:28:12 completely different climate, right?

00:28:14 Maybe right now people are afraid, they're scared

00:28:17 in terms of what's taking place,

00:28:17 whether we have control of what's taking place on the street,

00:28:20 whether we put the gangs in a bucket and kept them there.

00:28:23 That hasn't happened.

00:28:25 And those are precisely the hot button topics

00:28:27 that are gonna become political issues and election issues.

00:28:30 And I think the prime minister tried to make a speech

00:28:33 which is basically trying to claim the high ground.

00:28:36 I think he's gonna have very grave difficulty

00:28:38 keeping it over the course of the next two years.

00:28:42 I think the facts are just too powerful to ignore.

00:28:46 - Yeah.

00:28:47 But judging from what you're saying, Mr. Brown,

00:28:50 I get the feeling also that there has to be

00:28:55 a sort of shift, a real transformation

00:28:58 because of the challenges that we are speaking about.

00:29:01 There has to be, we can't keep on doing the same things

00:29:04 the same way over and over and over.

00:29:06 And I suspect there has to be a great shift.

00:29:09 - A monumental shift, which we have not yet has not made.

00:29:14 Why?

00:29:15 Because we've depended in large measure

00:29:17 on the energy sector to save us.

00:29:21 Now, the persistent underlying scarcity of foreign exchange

00:29:25 tells us everything that we wish to know.

00:29:27 Now, you can't have Cambio selling foreign exchange

00:29:30 as 839 and the commercial banks sell it at $6.80.

00:29:34 Right, what you're telling me, you have a split rate system

00:29:37 which is exactly equal to what we did in the 1980s.

00:29:40 It didn't work then and it's not gonna work now.

00:29:43 Right, there are some realities

00:29:44 that the country is gonna have to face.

00:29:46 And that's the political perspective.

00:29:51 These are difficult issues.

00:29:52 I mean, just consider how, I mean,

00:29:53 we've been dealing with property tax,

00:29:55 we've been on terminated property tax since 1965.

00:29:58 Right, we made some one sort of minor intervention in 1990.

00:30:03 Right, that's literally quite to be honest

00:30:05 with the 1990 coup.

00:30:07 I would've taken about another,

00:30:09 introduced it in 2009, 15 years later,

00:30:11 we're now starting to implement it

00:30:13 and we haven't implemented it well at all.

00:30:16 But it is clear that the government had no choice,

00:30:20 but in terms of implementing it,

00:30:21 just simply don't have the revenue

00:30:22 to basically do anything else.

00:30:25 Now, those are the realities.

00:30:27 The realities that we have to pay more for water.

00:30:29 The realities we're gonna have to pay more for lights.

00:30:31 The realities that we're gonna have to reduce the sub.

00:30:33 Those are very, very difficult political economy

00:30:37 to basically explain to a public that is skeptical.

00:30:41 And you tell them everything is great,

00:30:42 but at the same token, if everything is great

00:30:44 and all the prices are going up

00:30:45 and my standard of living will be dropping,

00:30:47 how do you live with that?

00:30:49 Now, that's a political dilemma

00:30:52 that the prime minister and the minister of finance face.

00:30:55 And the way that they have attempted to solve it

00:30:58 by basically talking about how well they have done

00:31:00 in these circumstances is one way

00:31:02 of trying to deal with it.

00:31:03 The rubber unfortunately hits the road

00:31:05 when you have to explain to people,

00:31:08 these are the realities that I have to live with.

00:31:10 That's the contradiction that has to be resolved.

00:31:14 And attempting to take the ground to say

00:31:17 that I resuscitated the energy sector

00:31:19 and I saved the energy sector is not going to cut it.

00:31:22 - Yes, Mr. Brown, it's always a pleasure speaking with you.

00:31:24 We may have to band our bellies, Mr. Brown,

00:31:27 but thank you very much for your perspective this morning.

00:31:30 We do appreciate it.

00:31:31 Bye for now.

00:31:32 - Thank you very much for your time.

00:31:34 - Of course.

00:31:35 Yes, so we are going to a very short break.

00:31:37 We do have this for you.

00:31:39 Yeah, Girly Sanka.

00:31:42 Yeah, we have something from Girly.

00:31:45 We use it already.

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00:35:33 Is this Girly Sankar's picture?

00:35:35 It is?

00:35:38 It's a beautiful picture on this cold morning

00:35:41 in Port of Spain and other parts of the country.

00:35:44 And I'm sure people are going to say,

00:35:45 hey, this morning is cold, it's chilly.

00:35:49 But think about our relatives,

00:35:50 some of them who are living in the US and so on.

00:35:52 That is cold, yeah?

00:35:54 So a very special good morning to all of you.

00:35:56 Thank you very much for joining us again.

00:35:58 All right, so it's time to discuss V-Express Business

00:36:02 and with us this morning,

00:36:03 we do have multimedia business editor, Joel Julian.

00:36:08 JJ boy, double G.

00:36:09 Joel, always good to have you here.

00:36:13 - Morning, Martin, thank you for the opportunity.

00:36:15 - Yeah, how is it on the outside this morning?

00:36:17 Is it cold and wet? - It's cold, it's cold.

00:36:20 I saw the image I saw, I saw myself there.

00:36:23 (laughing)

00:36:24 I can see myself there a little later.

00:36:26 - I understand that this is the only place in the world

00:36:28 that we can say, well, it's cold and it's rainy,

00:36:31 so we're not coming to work yet.

00:36:32 - Yeah, I almost call in and tell you all I'm here.

00:36:35 (laughing)

00:36:36 - Thank you for coming.

00:36:38 All right, what do we have on the agenda this morning, Joel?

00:36:40 - All right, so Express Business Magazine

00:36:42 is published every Wednesday.

00:36:43 So offering this Wednesday, our lead story,

00:36:47 looks at what has taken place with the NIF2 bond.

00:36:51 Now, NIF2, what is this basically?

00:36:53 It's a bond the government is trying to raise $400 million,

00:36:58 so they came to the public

00:36:59 to see how they could raise the money.

00:37:01 They wanted 400 million,

00:37:03 they got an offer of like a billion dollars.

00:37:06 People came forward.

00:37:07 So what we decided to do with Express Business,

00:37:10 and this is from our editor in chief,

00:37:14 she said, well, there's a situation,

00:37:15 the government wanted to raise 400 million.

00:37:18 You had a billion coming in.

00:37:20 So that means there's an excess of $600 million out there

00:37:24 that citizens have, that they're willing to invest.

00:37:27 What do you do in a situation like that?

00:37:29 So that's our conversation today.

00:37:31 So the headline is cash seeking a home.

00:37:34 So what we understand is that people have their savings,

00:37:37 but they're trying to find robust investments,

00:37:40 solid investments that they could put their money into.

00:37:43 So my colleague, Vishana Pagu, what she did is

00:37:45 she spoke to several experts,

00:37:47 and those experts include the chief executive officer

00:37:50 of the Triantimigo Stock Exchange,

00:37:52 the managing director of Ansem Merchant Bank,

00:37:56 Mr. Ian D'Souza,

00:37:57 the CEO of the stock exchanges, Miss Eva Mitchell.

00:38:01 We also have economist, Dr. Valmiki Arjun,

00:38:04 and the CEO of Firstline Services, Mr. King.

00:38:08 And what they're doing is,

00:38:10 so we are laying the foundation here.

00:38:12 This is the picture.

00:38:14 It means that Trini's have money.

00:38:16 Trini's, you know, there's this extra cash out there,

00:38:19 there's this extra money out there.

00:38:21 What are the opportunities,

00:38:22 and what does this mean for us as an economy?

00:38:24 So in speaking to Miss Mitchell,

00:38:26 what she says is that in terms of the economy,

00:38:29 it means that investors, they're confident.

00:38:33 There's a level of confidence that people will come forward

00:38:35 because what a bond basically is,

00:38:38 is you giving a loan to the government, right?

00:38:42 So the government says,

00:38:42 "Right, we need to raise $400 million.

00:38:47 "We'll take it from individuals, you know,

00:38:50 "Marlon Comet at 20,000," that sort of thing.

00:38:54 So we're just looking at that conversation.

00:38:56 It shows that level of confidence

00:38:57 that investors have in our current climate.

00:39:00 And it also shows that people are looking for some way

00:39:04 to make ledder funds work for them.

00:39:08 So we just speak about the stock market,

00:39:10 the TRT stock market.

00:39:11 We speak about several other investments

00:39:13 that are in currently,

00:39:16 and economist Valmiki Arjun,

00:39:18 what he's saying is that,

00:39:19 when you go for a loan in a bank,

00:39:23 sometimes they ask for security,

00:39:25 whether it be a car or any other form of collateral.

00:39:28 In this case, what the government is using

00:39:30 as a collateral, the form of security,

00:39:32 shares in Republic Bank.

00:39:34 So Dr. Arjun is saying,

00:39:37 seeing that you may not have been able to invest

00:39:39 in the bond of NIF2,

00:39:42 there's even the possibility of looking at

00:39:44 what they are using to back the bond,

00:39:45 which is like the shares in Republic Bank.

00:39:47 So is that overall conversation

00:39:50 about where we are in the economy

00:39:52 in terms of extra cash out there for people to invest?

00:39:56 And what does that mean for us in our investment climate?

00:39:58 - You know, sometimes there is a sort of disconnection,

00:40:02 and the disconnection between the data sometimes

00:40:06 and what is reality.

00:40:08 Because sometimes we would hear so and so about the economy,

00:40:12 we would hear about people are losing jobs

00:40:14 and this and that, and they don't have money.

00:40:16 And when you have something like this,

00:40:18 and you see that there's an extra $600 million,

00:40:22 as you said earlier, some people have money, right?

00:40:26 - And that is just from this,

00:40:28 the person may not even have seen NIF2 as being

00:40:32 something that they would have been interested in.

00:40:33 - Of course.

00:40:34 - So yeah, it really says that there's money out there,

00:40:38 because when they try to raise this fund, this 400 million,

00:40:41 that is a cutoff, that is a ceiling.

00:40:43 So there are people with at least $600,000 out there,

00:40:47 and some of them were like small business owners

00:40:50 trying to invest in stuff like that.

00:40:52 So just looking at the climate

00:40:53 and seeing what other possibilities exist for persons

00:40:56 who have funds that they might want to invest.

00:40:59 - Let's talk a little bit about a giant

00:41:02 in the business sector, Jovi Warner.

00:41:05 - Yeah, so this is a story that I found interesting.

00:41:09 Anybody who has been following the news cycle

00:41:13 in terms of business, you would have known that from December

00:41:17 Massey Holdings would have held their annual general meeting,

00:41:21 the 100th annual general meeting.

00:41:23 And during that, some concerns were raised

00:41:26 by their former general counsel,

00:41:29 Miss Angelique Parisot-Porter.

00:41:32 And since then, a lot of changes have been made

00:41:33 in the executive team,

00:41:35 the executive management team in Massey.

00:41:38 There's currently an investigation going on

00:41:40 because Mrs. Parisot-Porter made some claims.

00:41:43 It came out a 13-page document

00:41:45 that she would have submitted.

00:41:47 So there's a lot going on with Massey.

00:41:48 One of the things that is taking place with Massey

00:41:51 is there's going to be a change in their leadership.

00:41:54 And Mr. Warner, Jovi Warner,

00:41:57 has been the chief executive officer of Massey since 2009.

00:42:03 - Yeah.

00:42:03 - All right, so, and that journey ends with Massey

00:42:08 on Saturday, April the 6th, which is his 59th birthday.

00:42:13 He's taking early retirement.

00:42:16 And in the express business, what we try to do is,

00:42:18 as I said, we always try to look at all the things

00:42:20 that are happening within the business sector.

00:42:23 And any organisation, you have somebody who has been

00:42:26 at the helm of the organisation for over a decade,

00:42:30 now going on like, what, 15 years.

00:42:33 Things that would have happened.

00:42:36 So what we decided to do is look at the journey

00:42:38 of Mr. Warner.

00:42:39 Mr. Warner would have attended a seminar

00:42:42 called the Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit in October.

00:42:47 And in that summit, he did a one-on-one interview

00:42:49 with the author of the book, Conscious Capitalism.

00:42:53 So this, and in it, it just speaks of his journey.

00:42:56 You know, he talks about in 2009,

00:43:00 he became the CEO and the circumstances

00:43:03 that he became the CEO.

00:43:04 The CEO before that, Mr. Bernard Doolal Whiteway,

00:43:07 passed away while the CEO of Neal & Massey

00:43:10 at that point in time, as a result of prostate cancer.

00:43:15 And Mr. Warner, 44 years old,

00:43:21 is thrust into the helm of that organisation.

00:43:23 You know, just show yourself back 44 years.

00:43:25 This is the conglomerate Neal & Massey,

00:43:30 at that point in time, it was like 90 years of existence.

00:43:34 So he talks about this being this young man

00:43:37 taking over the helm.

00:43:38 He speaks about during that period,

00:43:43 he would have come across the book, Conscious Capitalism.

00:43:47 And that opened his eyes in terms of

00:43:49 how he wanted to treat with business.

00:43:50 Now, Conscious Capitalism,

00:43:52 this is just the simplified vision.

00:43:54 What it is, is instead of focusing on profits

00:43:59 or focusing on trying to make money,

00:44:02 you focus on building everything around the company.

00:44:05 So you ensure that your employees are happy.

00:44:08 You ensure that the community,

00:44:09 you're doing things within the community.

00:44:11 You ensure that you as an organisation

00:44:13 try to be more conscious, as the name implies.

00:44:17 And as a result of that,

00:44:19 because you are correcting the inputs,

00:44:22 the output becomes better.

00:44:25 So he talks about actually coming across

00:44:26 Conscious Capitalism and leading the organisation.

00:44:31 Because one of the things that you and I,

00:44:33 when I was younger, I know Hilo.

00:44:35 - Of course. - The Isaac Rocher, you go,

00:44:36 "Hilo." - Yeah.

00:44:37 - In 2015, which is one of the things

00:44:39 that he would have spearheaded, is the change from Hilo.

00:44:41 So Neal & Massey's and Conglomerate,

00:44:43 they own these various businesses.

00:44:46 And what they decided to do is do a rebranding

00:44:47 where people will know, right, instead of-

00:44:49 - Very controversial at that time.

00:44:51 - Very, very controversial, yeah.

00:44:52 'Cause honestly, the other day I asked somebody,

00:44:56 "Hey, you're going Massey?"

00:44:56 And the person was like-

00:44:57 - "Hilo?"

00:44:58 - Yeah, I said, "Hilo, you're going Hilo?"

00:45:00 "Massey, I don't know what is Hilo, I know it's Massey."

00:45:02 - Right.

00:45:03 - So, you know, we had the rebranding,

00:45:06 and he says that that rebranding took place in 2015.

00:45:09 He felt that the organisation flying high

00:45:11 under the Conscious Capitalism,

00:45:14 and 2016, 2017, it was like a tough period, you know,

00:45:18 profits domed.

00:45:19 And this is a big conglomerate.

00:45:21 You know, at the end of the day,

00:45:23 private sector is about profit,

00:45:26 no matter what we try to, how we try to spend it,

00:45:28 it's about profit, right?

00:45:29 And he was saying that at that point in time,

00:45:31 they weren't making the profit

00:45:32 that they were supposed to be making.

00:45:34 And he started to second guess himself,

00:45:36 and this Conscious Capitalism,

00:45:38 because it took more than 90 years.

00:45:41 This goes back to like colonial beginnings and stuff.

00:45:44 So it was a strict sort of organisation,

00:45:46 and you coming in with this bright, fresh,

00:45:48 hey, Conscious Capitalism, you know, that kind of thing.

00:45:51 - True.

00:45:52 - He started to second guess himself,

00:45:54 and decided to go back to what he knew before.

00:45:57 And he just talks about that second guessing of himself.

00:46:01 He talks about there was a retreat that the company had,

00:46:05 and he basically told his leadership team,

00:46:07 he said, "Guys, I feel as though

00:46:09 "you'll have lost respect for me.

00:46:11 "I feel as though I've lost the team."

00:46:14 And he talks about overcoming that hurdle,

00:46:15 and Massey returning to the level of profitability.

00:46:21 And now we kind of see this conversation was in October.

00:46:26 Now we are in April, 2024.

00:46:30 You see this big difference,

00:46:31 because so much has happened within that period of time.

00:46:34 And we just thought it fitting,

00:46:37 seeing that this is our publication

00:46:39 right before his exit from Massey,

00:46:42 that a form of tribute,

00:46:44 a form of understanding what his journey is,

00:46:47 and even helping people understand him a little better.

00:46:51 So that was our purpose behind this article.

00:46:54 I think it outlines his journey,

00:46:58 talking about when he was studying in the United States,

00:47:01 he went to the University of Pennsylvania,

00:47:04 and eventually he turned into Trinidad and Tobago.

00:47:09 And he even spoke about a period when he first came back,

00:47:13 he was operating a company out of Puerto Rico.

00:47:16 Now he and his wife and his family

00:47:18 were living in Trinidad and Tobago.

00:47:19 The office itself is located in Puerto Rico,

00:47:22 but it's also servicing markets like in Caracas

00:47:25 and other parts within the region.

00:47:27 So there's a lot of traveling.

00:47:29 And he's saying at some point he decided to himself,

00:47:31 he saw his daughter Christmas time,

00:47:34 she was seven, she was 10 years old.

00:47:37 And he taught himself,

00:47:39 only have like a good seven, eight years

00:47:42 of doing homework, it's still running up and down

00:47:45 before she moves on and becomes an adult.

00:47:47 So he decided to find a different job,

00:47:51 which is what led him to the conglomerate Massey.

00:47:53 So it's an interesting story.

00:47:55 - I think so.

00:47:56 - And you know, we, apart from the hard business news,

00:47:59 the hard numbers, we also believe that

00:48:02 businesses are run by individuals, run by people.

00:48:05 So we try to tell these sort of people-centric

00:48:07 human interest stories.

00:48:09 And the story that we hoped to focus on,

00:48:12 and we think we did a decent job with,

00:48:14 is looking at the journey of Jervis Warner

00:48:16 and the 14 years of him being at the helm of Massey

00:48:19 and the various changes that would have taken place.

00:48:22 And him now looking to make that final exit stage left

00:48:26 from the organization.

00:48:27 - All right, let's look now at Indian High Commissioner

00:48:30 urges stronger business ties with Trinidad and Tobago.

00:48:33 - Right, so India, Trinidad and Tobago,

00:48:36 let's start with Trinidad and Tobago.

00:48:37 Trinidad and Tobago, our population is roughly

00:48:39 1.4 million people, right?

00:48:42 India, their population is roughly 1.4 billion people.

00:48:45 So you're seeing that disparity

00:48:46 in terms of the size of market.

00:48:48 And what the Indian High Commissioner did,

00:48:50 there was an event that was hosted

00:48:52 by the Kuva Point Research Chamber of Commerce.

00:48:55 And he was their guest.

00:48:58 And he's basically saying that let the business chambers

00:49:01 sort the relationship between the business chambers

00:49:04 in India.

00:49:05 And one of the things that he's saying is that,

00:49:07 you know, businesses in India might be looking

00:49:10 at Trinidad and Tobago market and saying,

00:49:13 you gotta convince me to move from a market

00:49:15 of 1.4 billion to try and even enter

00:49:18 or entertain a market of 1.4 million.

00:49:20 You know, that is, but he's saying that, you know,

00:49:23 if you have these conversations

00:49:25 and we start promoting Trinidad and Tobago,

00:49:27 it will, and not just Trinidad and Tobago

00:49:30 as the country Trinidad and Tobago,

00:49:32 but also as a gateway into the CARICOM region,

00:49:35 the Caribbean region, you know,

00:49:37 because we try to stand as a community,

00:49:40 the Caribbean community.

00:49:42 And he's saying that instead of just pushing it

00:49:45 as the entry in Trinidad and Tobago,

00:49:47 look at it as an entry into the Caribbean

00:49:49 and even a gateway because of where we are located,

00:49:52 Trinidad and Tobago.

00:49:53 We're so close to the Central American,

00:49:56 South American market, as well as the Caribbean market.

00:49:59 So just having that conversation.

00:50:01 And as you know, Marlon, you know,

00:50:03 the relationship between Trinidad and Tobago and India,

00:50:05 we have a strong relationship, bilateral relations.

00:50:08 There's trade back and forth between the two countries.

00:50:12 So it's nothing-

00:50:13 - A long history.

00:50:14 - A long, long history.

00:50:16 There's nothing new to us.

00:50:17 We have the diaspora.

00:50:19 So it's just looking at how best to start

00:50:22 that sort of integration and that partnership

00:50:24 between the business chambers,

00:50:25 the business chambers between the two countries.

00:50:29 - Yeah.

00:50:30 All right, Joel, what else you have for us?

00:50:31 I know you have a few other things for us

00:50:33 to put on the plate this morning.

00:50:34 - Right, so one of the conversations

00:50:36 that we would have had earlier this year

00:50:37 is we looked at the issue of grad,

00:50:41 tertiary level students graduating

00:50:43 from these institutions.

00:50:45 There's a difficulty in terms of getting jobs.

00:50:48 So we have Lara Quintrell-Thomas giving us,

00:50:52 who's basically an HR consultant.

00:50:55 She's giving some advice as what young people can do

00:50:59 and some of the things that you can do.

00:51:00 And she says that when it is you leave

00:51:03 a tertiary level institution or any institution,

00:51:08 and you're trying to enter the world of work,

00:51:09 your job is to find a job, you know?

00:51:13 So she just tried to show how young persons

00:51:15 or persons exiting these institutions

00:51:18 can make themselves more marketable.

00:51:20 I think there's even some advice I read there

00:51:23 where she was saying,

00:51:24 sometimes it may not be the thing that you want to do.

00:51:28 So we all have our ideal goals.

00:51:31 I want to be a professional footballer,

00:51:33 which was my dream when I was younger.

00:51:36 But you know, you can't realize that.

00:51:37 (all laughing)

00:51:38 You know, so she's saying that there might be

00:51:39 a field of study, there might be something

00:51:41 that you want to do, and an opportunity may arise

00:51:45 that may not be exactly what you want to do.

00:51:48 Look for the benefits within those opportunities

00:51:51 and take your learnings from it, you know,

00:51:54 whether or not you go and learn a different skill set

00:51:59 or you learn the trade, you learn business,

00:52:02 dealing with customers, you know,

00:52:04 dealing with an annoying boss, which is, you know.

00:52:08 So just take these learnings

00:52:11 and your job is basically to make yourself marketable

00:52:14 and try your best to find a job.

00:52:18 But we also understand that some people

00:52:22 don't want to just be an employee and respect that.

00:52:25 So within the conversation, my colleague, Vashana Pag,

00:52:28 who also speaks to two entrepreneurs,

00:52:30 one is a eyelash technician.

00:52:34 - Yes.

00:52:35 - And then the other guy deals with like haircuts and stuff,

00:52:41 a barber.

00:52:42 So, you know, we're just looking at those that showing

00:52:44 that you may not, that may not be your path,

00:52:47 your path may not be, I want to enter the workforce

00:52:50 as an employee for any organisation.

00:52:53 I want to chart my own course.

00:52:56 So we have that sort of discussion, you know,

00:52:58 just to give opportunities and show opportunities

00:53:01 and provide avenues that persons may want to pursue

00:53:05 once they end the tertiary level education.

00:53:08 - Yeah, you know, sometimes I hear some people saying,

00:53:11 well, we can't find jobs anywhere,

00:53:13 but sometimes I feel people are sometimes too rigid.

00:53:17 So they have decided, well, here's what,

00:53:19 I want to be a journalist,

00:53:22 but you're not finding jobs in journalism.

00:53:24 So you accept that.

00:53:27 And your decision is I'm not going to do anything

00:53:30 until I get that job.

00:53:31 So there has to be a flexibility among persons.

00:53:35 I also realised that more and more persons

00:53:37 are getting involved in entrepreneurship.

00:53:40 And that's, to me, that's what I'm seeing

00:53:43 in the younger generation.

00:53:47 They have this thrust towards entrepreneurship,

00:53:50 not old people like you and me who,

00:53:52 I told you they're looking for jobs, right?

00:53:55 At organisations, they want to do their own things.

00:53:57 Gerald, we just have about one minute again.

00:53:59 - All right, so Express Business, apart from our articles,

00:54:03 we also have several guest columnists today.

00:54:06 We have Riyad Mohammed.

00:54:07 Riyad is an agricultural consultant.

00:54:10 So he focus in terms of like agricultural, livestock,

00:54:13 farming, always gives some fantastic advice.

00:54:16 We have Jaili Ladarsingh

00:54:17 from the Confederation of Regional Business Chambers.

00:54:20 He looks at the discussion about family business

00:54:23 because from that level of entrepreneurship,

00:54:26 you might start a business with your siblings, your parents.

00:54:31 So apart from the headache with work,

00:54:33 you also have the relationships

00:54:35 that family relationships, you know?

00:54:37 Because you might, whereas you might be able to quarrel

00:54:40 with your boss and then go home and compartmentalise,

00:54:44 if your boss is your mother.

00:54:46 And you had to go and take clout with each other too.

00:54:49 - It's that problem.

00:54:50 - Yeah, so you just have more that conversation,

00:54:52 challenges in terms of family businesses.

00:54:54 And then we also have Mary King,

00:54:56 who is also one of our regular guest columnists.

00:55:00 And that is our product for this week.

00:55:03 And I really thank you for the opportunity.

00:55:05 - Of course, of course, Joel.

00:55:06 Always good to have you here.

00:55:07 All in the express business, everybody, get a copy.

00:55:10 Joel, thank you very much again.

00:55:12 We are going to a very short break, everybody.

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01:01:55 Fertility, step-by-step, your journey to parenthood.

01:01:58 - All right, so welcome back everyone.

01:02:00 So we're here today with Dr. Katherine Mintobain,

01:02:03 Medical Director and Fertility Doctor,

01:02:05 Trinidad and Tobago IVF and Fertility Center.

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01:02:19 Dr. Katherine, good morning

01:02:21 and thank you very much for joining us.

01:02:22 It's always good to see a familiar face, doctor.

01:02:25 - Well, and it's lovely to be back home with you.

01:02:28 So thank you very much for having me.

01:02:29 - Of course, of course, the pleasure is all ours,

01:02:32 Dr. Katherine.

01:02:33 Well, today's show is all about a very special fertility

01:02:37 event that TT IVF is hosting next month.

01:02:41 Tell us a little bit about it, doctor.

01:02:43 - Absolutely, Marlon.

01:02:45 Yeah, so last year in June, we hosted Conceiving Hope,

01:02:50 your journey to parenthood at the Hilton Trinidad.

01:02:53 And it was the first and only event of its kind

01:02:56 and it's devoted purely to infertility,

01:02:58 people struggling to get a baby

01:03:00 and it was incredibly well-received

01:03:02 and actually there's nothing like it anywhere

01:03:05 in the region, in the Caribbean.

01:03:07 So we're bringing it back

01:03:08 and we're making it even better this year.

01:03:10 So Conceiving Hope 2024, it's on the Hilton

01:03:14 on Saturday, May 25th.

01:03:16 It's a full day event.

01:03:18 So we start at 9 a.m. and we go right through to 3.30 p.m.

01:03:22 And it includes an awful lot.

01:03:23 We've got an educational program

01:03:26 with your expert fertility specialists.

01:03:29 And then we've got our Fertility Hub,

01:03:31 which is this really fun

01:03:33 but very informative interactive exhibition

01:03:36 where you can visit booths and chat with our TT IVF team

01:03:40 about the fertility issues that you're having,

01:03:42 the things that are important to you.

01:03:44 - Yeah, but Dr. Katherine,

01:03:46 before we go into further details,

01:03:48 what made you decide to create Conceiving Hope?

01:03:51 - Well, that's a good question, Marlon.

01:03:55 Why are we having this big event just for infertility?

01:03:58 Well, infertility is actually an incredibly difficult thing

01:04:02 when you suddenly are faced with it unexpectedly

01:04:04 for most people.

01:04:05 It's difficult to deal with.

01:04:07 We've talked about this before.

01:04:09 There's so much stigma around infertility.

01:04:11 People feel a great deal of shame.

01:04:13 And we just really want to create this safe space

01:04:16 where both women and men who are having fertility struggles

01:04:20 could be really be having open conversations.

01:04:23 And that was the starting point for us,

01:04:25 starting with that.

01:04:26 And last year it really worked.

01:04:28 In fact, I would say one of the most successful parts

01:04:32 was the question and answer session during seminars,

01:04:34 during the educational bit.

01:04:36 People put in their questions anonymously

01:04:39 and our medical and science teams answered them.

01:04:41 And actually our Q&A session went for over an hour and a half

01:04:44 we got 138 questions.

01:04:47 So that's definitely back on the agenda this year.

01:04:49 People really wanted that.

01:04:51 But we changed, we did things that we knew.

01:04:53 We made the exhibition floor interactive too.

01:04:56 So we had all of these booths, but they were staffed,

01:04:59 they were hosted by expert members of our TTIVF team.

01:05:03 And we saw some really interesting things happen,

01:05:05 Marlon.

01:05:06 For example, I did not expect this incredible interaction

01:05:10 between the people who came to the event.

01:05:12 They started talking to each other,

01:05:14 sharing their experiences with each other.

01:05:17 They kind of created their own mini support groups

01:05:19 on that day.

01:05:20 People stayed really late.

01:05:22 And Conceiving Hope became a place

01:05:24 where they could kind of help and encourage each other.

01:05:27 And that's so important because the second goal of this event,

01:05:31 Conceiving Hope, is to help people understand

01:05:34 if you're struggling with fertility problems,

01:05:36 if you're not getting pregnant, you're absolutely not alone.

01:05:40 There is help.

01:05:41 There is hope as well.

01:05:44 And of course, our third goal at the event

01:05:45 is something that is a real passion of mine.

01:05:48 It's empowering patients.

01:05:51 We really want to help you travel your path to parenthood

01:05:54 with hope and confidence and make it a nicer experience

01:05:59 than people think it's going to be.

01:06:01 And to do that, you need information.

01:06:04 I think I say this all the time, but knowledge really is power.

01:06:09 And at Conceiving Hope, you can learn

01:06:11 everything you want to know about infertility

01:06:13 and the latest fertility treatments.

01:06:15 Yeah.

01:06:15 So let's get the details out there, Dr. Katherine.

01:06:17 When and where and how can viewers register?

01:06:22 So Marlon, Conceiving Hope is on May 25.

01:06:26 So it's not this month, next month,

01:06:29 at the Hilton Trinidad.

01:06:31 It is a free event.

01:06:32 We don't charge for it, but we do have limited space.

01:06:36 And we got full last time.

01:06:38 So we're urging everyone to register early to secure

01:06:40 your seat at the event.

01:06:42 You can register online.

01:06:43 So come to our website.

01:06:44 That's the best place.

01:06:45 It's trinidadivf.com.

01:06:48 And you can have a look at the agenda there

01:06:50 and all the details.

01:06:51 And people generally came along as couples.

01:06:53 Or if you're a single woman or your partner couldn't attend,

01:06:57 people tend to bring a friend, a sister, their mom.

01:07:00 If you need to call us at TTIVF if you need help registering,

01:07:04 622-8869 or 222-8341.

01:07:09 Yeah.

01:07:09 And as Dr. Katherine said, it is a free event, right?

01:07:12 So part one of Conceiving Hope 2024 is the education program.

01:07:17 Tell us a little bit about that, Dr. Katherine.

01:07:20 So Marlon, we're going to have three seminars.

01:07:23 The first one is called Your Fertility Journey.

01:07:25 And we'll introduce you to the experts

01:07:27 that you'll meet on the path to parenthood.

01:07:29 So you see me.

01:07:30 I come on TV.

01:07:31 I talk.

01:07:31 But I'm one of a very large team.

01:07:34 So I'll also be introducing people to Dr. Terri-Ann

01:07:37 Rampall, one of our wonderful fertility doctors.

01:07:39 And she'll be talking about your fertility journey.

01:07:42 The second session is Fertility 101.

01:07:46 Dr. Brickel Timothy has been with us for years.

01:07:48 She's a fertility specialist.

01:07:49 She's going to talk about the different causes

01:07:51 of infertility.

01:07:52 I think it's really, really important to understand

01:07:55 infertility is a medical condition.

01:07:57 So we're going to break down the science of infertility for you

01:08:00 so you can understand it and you know

01:08:02 what's going on in your body.

01:08:04 And then the third seminar in the morning

01:08:06 is called The Many Ways to Have a Baby.

01:08:08 That's my bit, along with my incredible science director,

01:08:11 Dr. Eva Schenkman.

01:08:13 She's an American, comes into Trinidad.

01:08:17 She's incredible.

01:08:18 She's been doing this work in fertility for many, many years,

01:08:21 maybe as long as I have.

01:08:23 And she and I will help you--

01:08:24 we're going to explain all the sophisticated medical

01:08:26 treatments and some of the simple ones

01:08:28 as well that make parenthood possible when you're

01:08:31 struggling with infertility.

01:08:32 So we're talking IVF, IUI.

01:08:34 But we'll also talk about egg donation, sperm donation,

01:08:37 embryo donation, and everything else in between.

01:08:40 And then after those seminars, that's our Q&A session.

01:08:44 And then the very best bit, the bit that actually

01:08:46 made me get a little bit tearful last time,

01:08:48 we have two fertility warrior moms

01:08:51 who've had their beautiful IVF babies with us.

01:08:53 And they're going to come and share their experiences, how

01:08:57 it felt to go through their treatment, the highs

01:08:59 and the lows, and the joy of the family that can be created

01:09:03 and holding their babies.

01:09:04 And that was the most fun bit last time.

01:09:06 It was incredible.

01:09:07 And what they share will give you invaluable insights,

01:09:11 really, I think, if you're starting your journey

01:09:13 along this infertility road.

01:09:15 Yeah.

01:09:16 But Dr. Catherine, there's a part two.

01:09:17 There's a part two of Conceiving Hope.

01:09:20 And it is going to be the opening of the exhibit floor,

01:09:23 correct?

01:09:25 Yeah, that's right, Marlon.

01:09:26 So we have four booths, all hosted

01:09:29 by members of the TTIVF team.

01:09:32 The first booth is devoted to IVF and IUI solutions,

01:09:36 the treatments, where you can learn about how we personalize

01:09:38 it to you, what you might need, what it all means.

01:09:42 We'll talk a bit about donor eggs, donor sperm,

01:09:44 if that's what you need.

01:09:45 And you can consult with our experts

01:09:47 about your specific fertility challenges.

01:09:51 We have a booth devoted especially

01:09:52 to male infertility.

01:09:53 That's our Fertility Fighter Pilot exhibit.

01:09:57 The fighter pilot, of course, is the sperm.

01:09:59 And in this booth, you can explore the science

01:10:02 about sperm and male infertility.

01:10:05 You can learn about all of the many, many factors

01:10:08 that affect sperm health.

01:10:11 And Marlon, I mean, you'll remember

01:10:12 from our previous shows, can you remember

01:10:15 what the number one cause of infertility in TNT is?

01:10:19 It's male infertility.

01:10:21 So that's a really important booth.

01:10:22 Guys loved that last year.

01:10:26 Third booth is all about fertility testing.

01:10:28 What tests might I need?

01:10:29 How do I get going?

01:10:30 What's going to help me understand about my fertility?

01:10:34 And then our fourth booth is devoted to PCOS.

01:10:36 PCOS, PCOS, it's such a significant issue in TNT,

01:10:41 much commoner here than in other countries.

01:10:44 It really can affect your fertility sometimes.

01:10:46 Not for everyone, but sometimes.

01:10:49 And you know, Marlon, PCOS is so much more common in TNT

01:10:52 in the Caribbean than it is in other countries.

01:10:54 And we see so many people with this condition.

01:10:56 We get so many questions.

01:10:58 So we've really developed at TTI their specialist expertise

01:11:02 and strategies that can really help you optimize

01:11:06 getting pregnant and your fertility if you have PCOS.

01:11:09 And then, I'm forgetting the last one.

01:11:14 My goodness, that's my bit.

01:11:17 So while people are on the exhibition floor,

01:11:19 they can also visit the doctor's lounge.

01:11:21 And that's where I'll be.

01:11:22 You can have a one-on-one with me.

01:11:24 You can meet our other two doctors, Dr. Terri-Ann Rampal,

01:11:27 Dr. Raquel Timothy, and our science director,

01:11:29 Dr. Eva Schenkman.

01:11:31 We're all there to answer your questions.

01:11:32 Last year, that took a long time.

01:11:34 We had so much fun.

01:11:35 And then we've also got a nurse's desk

01:11:37 where you can check in to speak with our fertility nurses,

01:11:41 booking your free, you know,

01:11:42 there's a free follow-up appointment

01:11:44 at the TTIBF clinic with the nurses.

01:11:46 And you can book that basically there, right on the spot.

01:11:49 - Yeah.

01:11:50 So Dr. Catherine, I see that the men are coming along, right?

01:11:53 So you mentioned your male fertility booth.

01:11:56 I'm curious, men are traditionally quite reluctant

01:12:00 to seek fertility advice.

01:12:01 Was it difficult to get them to participate

01:12:04 in conceiving hope last year?

01:12:06 - You know, you're absolutely right, Marlon.

01:12:10 Men absolutely do not love talking about infertility.

01:12:14 It's one of those really difficult taboos to overcome

01:12:19 when you're having those infertility conversations.

01:12:21 But you know what, last year, it was quite incredible.

01:12:23 It was fascinating.

01:12:25 We saw so many men in the audience

01:12:27 and on the exhibition floor,

01:12:28 and I didn't expect that.

01:12:30 I've done fertility conferences for 20 years

01:12:32 and it's always 80, 90% women.

01:12:35 And it wasn't last year at conceiving hope.

01:12:37 There were so many men there.

01:12:39 And let me tell you, they were not shy about speaking out.

01:12:43 They were there.

01:12:45 They were asking questions.

01:12:46 They were sitting side by side with their partners

01:12:48 in the seminars, walking hand in hand with them

01:12:51 in the fertility hub.

01:12:52 When we had our fertility warriors on stage,

01:12:54 our patients that have had babies with us,

01:12:56 they were like, "You go, girl."

01:12:57 And they were asking questions

01:12:58 and there was a lot of conversation.

01:13:01 I thought it was a huge breakthrough.

01:13:03 And it was one of the things that made me happiest.

01:13:06 And it was one of the most unexpected things

01:13:08 that happened at conceiving hope last year.

01:13:10 - Yeah, Dr. Catherine, support is also so very important.

01:13:14 So one more time again for the details,

01:13:16 Dr. Catherine, when and where?

01:13:18 - So conceiving hope, it's taking place May 25th

01:13:22 at the Hilton in Trinidad.

01:13:24 It's a free event for men and women

01:13:27 struggling with getting pregnant and infertility.

01:13:29 We're asking everyone to arrive at 8.30 a.m. sharp

01:13:32 because we get everyone seated

01:13:34 and the educational program starts at nine o'clock

01:13:37 on the dot.

01:13:38 We're a fertility clinic.

01:13:39 Everything is done according to time.

01:13:41 That's really important.

01:13:42 You can register.

01:13:43 You need to register to get a spot and it's done online.

01:13:47 So come to our website, trinidadivf.com.

01:13:51 There you'll be able to find the agenda

01:13:53 and all the details about the event.

01:13:55 As I said before, call us if you need help registering,

01:13:58 622-8869.

01:14:01 And as I said, it's free.

01:14:02 There is no charge to attend, but we do have limited space.

01:14:07 So we're telling everyone, we're really urging you,

01:14:09 you know, register early and then you know

01:14:11 you'll get your seat at the event.

01:14:13 - Yeah, and I know that your team is excited,

01:14:15 right, Dr. Catherine?

01:14:16 - Oh yeah, Marlon, we really are.

01:14:19 I think last year was some of the most fun

01:14:22 that the team had had, you know.

01:14:23 It's lovely getting out there and talking with patients

01:14:26 and breaking down barriers.

01:14:28 Breaking down the barriers that stop people

01:14:30 talking about infertility, that's what we do.

01:14:32 You know, that's why we come to work every day.

01:14:35 It's such a challenging journey.

01:14:38 And I think this event, Conceiving Hope, is one way

01:14:42 we can make it just a little bit better

01:14:43 for all the men and women trying to have that family

01:14:46 that they really want.

01:14:48 - Yeah, and it's also challenging very much so

01:14:51 for the couples who are trying to have a baby.

01:14:56 And Dr. Catherine, that is why organizations

01:15:01 such as yours are so important.

01:15:03 - Absolutely, and you know, getting good information

01:15:06 out there, the real stuff, the stuff that really helps you.

01:15:10 And we had fun in the event last year.

01:15:11 We also had sperm and eggs.

01:15:13 We had all sorts of interesting things.

01:15:15 You can come and take your Instagram pictures

01:15:17 in our different areas.

01:15:18 So we tried to, we made it fun.

01:15:20 It was a great conversation.

01:15:23 But there's a lot to talk about.

01:15:24 And really, at the end of the day, you know,

01:15:26 there are one in six couples struggle with infertility.

01:15:29 You're really not alone.

01:15:31 And this event is obviously hugely needed.

01:15:34 So it's something that I think if you're struggling

01:15:36 with infertility, you'll get so much benefit from, hugely.

01:15:39 - Dr. Catherine, it's always a pleasure speaking with you.

01:15:41 Thank you very much for the information this morning.

01:15:44 We wish you all the best for your event.

01:15:46 - Thank you, Mylon, thank you.

01:15:48 - Okay, bye for now.

01:15:50 So we are going to a very short break, everybody.

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01:16:49 - Get ready for an electrifying night of entertainment.

01:16:54 - As John Thomas presents Showtime.

01:16:57 - A musical theater extravaganza you won't want to miss.

01:17:00 Join us at Queen's Hall on April 5th and 6th

01:17:03 for a dazzling showcase featuring Trinidad

01:17:06 and Tobago's brightest young stars.

01:17:08 - From the spellbinding magic of Wicked

01:17:10 to the irresistible energy of Mamma Mia.

01:17:12 - Be entranced by the enchanting melodies

01:17:14 of the Little Mermaid, captivated by the show stopping numbers

01:17:18 from the greatest showman.

01:17:19 - And inspired from touching moments of dear Evan Hansen.

01:17:22 - Showtime has something for everyone.

01:17:25 Get your early bird tickets now at Queen's Hall box office

01:17:28 or at queenshalltt.com.

01:17:30 - Don't miss your chance to experience

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01:17:34 - I grew up in a country, small little town

01:17:41 called Bougmanatras in Santa Cruz.

01:17:44 Very special place to grow up in.

01:17:46 And now as an adult, I think of those children

01:17:50 in Trinidad and Tobago who do not have a safe place,

01:17:54 who are maybe not even lying in their own beds or a bed.

01:17:59 And there's no roof to shade them from the sun,

01:18:03 nor to protect them from the rain.

01:18:04 When I started looking at Habitat for Humanity

01:18:09 Trinidad and Tobago, they answered a call

01:18:12 that I have deep inside of me.

01:18:14 What they were saying to me was that we can make a difference.

01:18:19 I'd like to ask you to consider coming on board.

01:18:23 Consider helping Habitat for Humanity in whatever way

01:18:26 you can.

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01:20:09 - All right, all right, all right.

01:20:11 Welcome back, everybody.

01:20:13 You're good, all of you?

01:20:14 All of you good?

01:20:15 All right, so we have--

01:20:16 we are discussing now a musical theater extravaganza, right?

01:20:20 And we do have in studio this morning,

01:20:23 we do have Heather Dixon, secretary, production

01:20:26 assistant, Eastern Performing Arts Fraternity.

01:20:29 And we also have Anya Lee Bidasi.

01:20:32 She's a cast member.

01:20:33 All right, so ladies, thank you very much for coming this

01:20:35 morning.

01:20:36 - Thank you.

01:20:36 - So let's talk about the production.

01:20:38 What's the name of the production?

01:20:40 - So the name of this show is Showtime,

01:20:44 a musical theater review.

01:20:46 It will take place this coming Friday and Saturday

01:20:49 at the Queens Hall.

01:20:51 And it is a collection of musical theater shows--

01:20:57 music, sorry, songs that you would hear in Broadway shows

01:21:01 and also music from movies.

01:21:04 - All right.

01:21:05 - All right?

01:21:05 So you have songs from Broadway plays such as Wicked

01:21:10 and Dear Evan Hansen.

01:21:12 You would hear songs from The Greatest Showman

01:21:15 and from Sister Act and even from Hayspray.

01:21:18 - All right, all right, OK.

01:21:22 So it's a mixture, a mishmash of Broadway songs.

01:21:31 - Yes.

01:21:31 - So we have--

01:21:33 we're featuring all the classic musical hits,

01:21:35 such as Mamma Mia as well, Hayspray.

01:21:38 But we also are introducing some of the newer Broadway

01:21:41 productions, such as Dear Evan Hansen, which

01:21:43 are more geared towards a younger audience as well.

01:21:46 And it's the first production which

01:21:47 will be introducing the new Believe Junior

01:21:50 collective, which is a new group of young, talented musicians

01:21:55 coming together to put on some spectacular productions.

01:22:00 I mean, the talent that I have seen so far from this cast

01:22:03 is just undoubted.

01:22:06 It's just undeniable.

01:22:08 It's fantastic.

01:22:10 It's going to be an amazing show.

01:22:11 - Yeah.

01:22:12 Is this the first time that you all

01:22:13 are putting on such a production?

01:22:16 - Well, the Eastern Performing Arts fraternity is--

01:22:20 the part of the Eastern Performing Arts fraternity

01:22:23 is the Believe collective.

01:22:25 And that's what you hear every Christmas.

01:22:27 - OK.

01:22:28 - Right?

01:22:28 You always have Believe.

01:22:30 And so this is an offshoot where now we

01:22:33 are giving the show to our younger collective.

01:22:37 This is the introduction, actually,

01:22:40 of the Believe youth collective.

01:22:43 And so we have searched and we have

01:22:47 found some really bright and upcoming performers.

01:22:52 We have Keoni Graves.

01:22:53 We have Alyssa Joseph.

01:22:55 We have, actually, Tazea O'Connor, who is--

01:22:59 - A monarch.

01:23:00 - A monarch.

01:23:01 So what we really wanted to do is

01:23:03 get a really nice mix of the older youth and the younger

01:23:07 ones so that even the older ones can mentor.

01:23:11 We give them an opportunity to mentor our younger generations

01:23:14 coming up so that there's always that continuity going forward.

01:23:19 So whenever we really put these shows on,

01:23:22 it's really with a bigger picture in mind.

01:23:25 - Right.

01:23:25 - Because we're here to stay.

01:23:29 And we have to think about how we're

01:23:32 going to make that happen.

01:23:34 - Right.

01:23:35 So Anya, she's a cast member.

01:23:38 - Yes.

01:23:40 - So I suspect, Anya, it's going to be a lot of singing.

01:23:47 - Yes.

01:23:47 - And some acting, too.

01:23:49 - Yes, of course.

01:23:49 The works.

01:23:50 - And is everything intertwined in a certain way

01:23:53 to tell a story?

01:23:55 - Of course.

01:23:57 There's a lot of fantastic singers,

01:23:59 but there's also a lot of fantastic dancers and actors.

01:24:03 These youth can do everything.

01:24:05 - Right.

01:24:05 - And everything just comes together in harmony

01:24:08 to create some spectacular, powerful, meaningful

01:24:12 performances.

01:24:13 I'm sure every single performance, every single cast

01:24:17 member has a piece that's going to move everybody

01:24:20 in the audience.

01:24:21 And it's just spectacular, the talent of these youth.

01:24:25 Like, every day--

01:24:27 - She's not always a spectacular.

01:24:28 - I know, every day I'm always so consistently amazed

01:24:30 by what I'm hearing.

01:24:31 And it's so refreshing to see young people

01:24:33 doing amazing things, especially in today's society.

01:24:37 It's-- yeah.

01:24:38 - Yeah.

01:24:39 - It's priceless.

01:24:39 - Spectacular.

01:24:40 - Yeah.

01:24:40 - Spectacular.

01:24:41 [LAUGHTER]

01:24:43 - Heather.

01:24:44 But you all could have chosen a number of themes.

01:24:48 Why this sort of theme?

01:24:50 - Well, our review is a mishmash.

01:24:53 - Yes.

01:24:53 - Right?

01:24:54 And so we wanted to give you a little bit of the old,

01:24:57 a little bit of the new, something that you recognize,

01:25:00 but then something that we can introduce you to.

01:25:03 Hence why we would have selected things

01:25:05 like "The Little Mermaid."

01:25:06 - Right.

01:25:07 - Right?

01:25:07 Everybody knows that.

01:25:09 Right?

01:25:09 But then "David Hansen" is something

01:25:11 that not everybody is going to know.

01:25:12 And therefore, it allows for people to be like, OK,

01:25:16 what's this song?

01:25:18 Where did it come from?

01:25:19 And that now introduces you to the world of Broadway

01:25:22 and piquing that interest.

01:25:26 That is essentially what we're here for.

01:25:28 - Right.

01:25:28 - To develop that interest in not Broadway per se,

01:25:32 but the performing arts.

01:25:34 And by that, we have to introduce new things

01:25:36 to allow for that to happen.

01:25:39 - Yeah.

01:25:40 Because I do know some things about Broadway,

01:25:43 like cats and other things.

01:25:47 [LAUGHTER]

01:25:47 Can't come to mind right now.

01:25:50 But I'm glad that you said that it

01:25:53 is going to be an introduction, not only to the arts,

01:25:57 but certain things that a number of us in Trinidad and Tobago

01:26:01 are not too familiar with as it relates to Broadway.

01:26:05 - Yeah.

01:26:06 So that's good.

01:26:08 But Anya, you think that we do have a lot of young people

01:26:12 in Trinidad and Tobago who are interested, not in the arts,

01:26:16 because we know there's an interest there.

01:26:18 We know that.

01:26:19 But when it comes to, let's say, Broadway,

01:26:22 you think that we do have young people who are interested

01:26:26 and can gravitate towards that?

01:26:28 - I'm 100% sure.

01:26:30 I know young people that they're not even singers or performers,

01:26:34 but they still relate to the music and the stories

01:26:38 of these productions.

01:26:40 Because it's not just about the music and the singing

01:26:42 and the dancing.

01:26:43 It's about the story, how you can relate to a character.

01:26:46 So even coming out of this year's music festival,

01:26:51 there was hundreds of youth performing

01:26:55 in musical theater categories, singing solos,

01:26:57 and just showing their love for this particular genre

01:27:02 of performing.

01:27:03 So yeah, for sure.

01:27:04 - But are people feeling a connection to it?

01:27:07 Are people relating to it?

01:27:09 Because when it's being presented in such a pure form,

01:27:15 there may be a challenge for people,

01:27:19 for it to be palatable for the local crowd.

01:27:26 You feel that people are connecting and can relate it

01:27:29 and can understand it?

01:27:32 - I'm going to say that this is an opportunity for that

01:27:36 to happen.

01:27:38 Rather than say yes, I'll say that it is an opportunity.

01:27:42 And we at the Eastern Performing Arts Fraternity

01:27:44 will continue to provide those opportunities

01:27:48 for introduction and for people to learn of something

01:27:54 that they may not necessarily be exposed to on a normal basis.

01:28:02 So this is me being positively hopeful.

01:28:09 I'm not saying that it doesn't exist.

01:28:12 But what I know is that at the end of the day,

01:28:14 our true intention is to always be that conduit

01:28:19 where it happens.

01:28:21 - Yeah.

01:28:22 But I think that there is an interest,

01:28:25 while you are cautious.

01:28:26 But I think that we are seeing similar type events being

01:28:30 held in the year.

01:28:31 - I agree.

01:28:32 - And from all indications is that these events

01:28:37 are being sold out.

01:28:39 So there is this interest, more so maybe

01:28:41 around Christmas time, right?

01:28:43 But they are coming.

01:28:44 People are coming.

01:28:45 - Yes.

01:28:46 But we want to create that avenue where it's not just

01:28:48 Christmas time.

01:28:49 - Not seasonal.

01:28:50 - Not just seasonal.

01:28:52 We want that to be all the time.

01:28:55 Because at the end of the day, interests shouldn't just be,

01:28:59 OK, we do something for Carnival because it's Carnival.

01:29:02 We do something in Christmas because it's Christmas.

01:29:04 We do something for Easter.

01:29:05 But it's a love all around.

01:29:08 You hear Broadway or musical theater review is happening,

01:29:11 we're there.

01:29:13 You understand?

01:29:14 And so, or we're having a show, we're

01:29:16 there because it's an overall love of the arts.

01:29:19 Not I'm going to a show because it's a season.

01:29:23 - Yeah.

01:29:23 But how do we get more and more young people involved?

01:29:27 If, let's say, there's a young person who

01:29:30 is looking at us right now and they

01:29:31 want to get involved in one of these organizations that

01:29:37 can teach you acting and arts in general, how do they do that?

01:29:43 - In all honesty, I think it starts

01:29:46 with putting yourself out there.

01:29:47 For example, before I became a soloist

01:29:52 and got chosen for these sorts of productions,

01:29:54 I sang in my school choir.

01:29:56 - Yes.

01:29:57 - I performed in parang competitions in school.

01:30:02 I did little things to build up your confidence,

01:30:04 build up your love for it.

01:30:06 And you start small.

01:30:08 You're not going to jump from the bottom to the top

01:30:13 right away.

01:30:14 So you just put yourself out there,

01:30:15 have faith in yourself, have confidence,

01:30:18 and don't ever give up.

01:30:20 And you'll reach there.

01:30:21 - Yeah.

01:30:22 - Yeah.

01:30:22 - But all the product people will come, right?

01:30:24 There's the Instagram and the Facebook and this.

01:30:26 Oh, we have a lot of performers there now, right?

01:30:28 - Post yourself singing, post yourself dancing,

01:30:30 put yourself out there.

01:30:32 Yeah.

01:30:32 - I wonder if I put myself singing and dancing on Instagram

01:30:36 I'll get you, boy.

01:30:37 - You can try.

01:30:39 You can try.

01:30:40 You can try.

01:30:40 - A lot of people got discovered on social media.

01:30:43 - From trying to.

01:30:44 - Yes, Justin Bieber was on YouTube.

01:30:47 All of these big stars.

01:30:49 - Heather, I mean, we are speaking so much about the arts

01:30:53 and so on and Broadway.

01:30:57 But remind us again when the event is.

01:31:00 - All right.

01:31:01 So the event is on Friday and Saturday.

01:31:04 That will be the 5th and the 6th of April, 2024.

01:31:08 It is at the Queen's Hall, St. Anne's.

01:31:11 You can get your tickets, which costs $200 per ticket

01:31:15 at the Queen's Hall box office

01:31:16 or online at the Queen's Hall website.

01:31:19 - Yeah.

01:31:20 Anya, how long did you all prepare for this?

01:31:25 Because I know it may have been a long period,

01:31:30 a trying period.

01:31:33 Sometimes rehearsals may be going late into the evening.

01:31:35 - Yeah, of course.

01:31:36 - Into the night.

01:31:37 - Of course, of course.

01:31:38 - What was it like?

01:31:38 - Well, we did have some time constraints with this show,

01:31:42 but with a lot of hard work and a lot of dedication,

01:31:44 we're now seeing all of our hard work being pulled off.

01:31:48 And, you know, regardless of the time constraints,

01:31:52 just the love for the music that this cast has,

01:31:56 nothing can stop us.

01:31:58 Nothing can hold us back from putting on an amazing production.

01:32:01 So time constraints or not, you know,

01:32:04 we're still going to go out there

01:32:05 and we're going to do our best.

01:32:06 And we're going to show the nation

01:32:08 what our youth has to offer still.

01:32:11 Yeah.

01:32:11 - Was the cast pulled together specifically

01:32:14 for this production?

01:32:15 - Yes, very much so.

01:32:17 So when our chairman, Mr. John Thomas,

01:32:22 decided to have this show,

01:32:24 he literally said, "I want this demographic

01:32:29 and I have a few persons in mind."

01:32:31 And we just went about calling, calling, calling, calling.

01:32:35 And then we had our cast.

01:32:37 Right, so he already kind of already had an idea

01:32:38 of what he wanted to do.

01:32:40 And so it was just a matter of follow through.

01:32:43 I want to just say from the jump that I'm so impressed

01:32:48 'cause I would not have known

01:32:50 'cause John is always scouting.

01:32:52 So when I met these bright young individuals,

01:32:57 I was taken aback with the true amount of talent

01:33:02 that these young people have.

01:33:06 And I'm so encouraged as to what is going to happen

01:33:11 in the future.

01:33:14 The future is bright for the arts,

01:33:17 for the cultural arts sector, it is bright.

01:33:21 And we have a big thing coming.

01:33:25 So get your tickets.

01:33:26 - Get your tickets.

01:33:28 - Big thing coming.

01:33:30 - Yes.

01:33:30 - Anything else you'd like to tell us

01:33:32 before you leave us this morning?

01:33:34 - I hope you guys come and see us.

01:33:38 I know it's gonna be, I hope you'll get your tickets,

01:33:42 come see this, you don't wanna miss this one.

01:33:44 If you're a musical theater fan, if you're a music fan,

01:33:46 if you just wanna come and be inspired by something,

01:33:49 if you wanna see what the youth of today have to offer,

01:33:52 then get your tickets, come and see us.

01:33:54 So I hope to see you guys there.

01:33:56 - Yeah, Eva?

01:33:57 - I want to end everything off by saying

01:34:02 that we have put in a lot of effort into this event.

01:34:06 And once again, the future of the youth is bright

01:34:11 and I want everyone to come out and support our youth.

01:34:15 Support our youth.

01:34:16 We are not all out there.

01:34:19 There are people who want to do good things with their lives

01:34:22 and these youth show that.

01:34:25 So come out, get your tickets,

01:34:27 and really be a source of not only,

01:34:31 be a source of encouragement and support

01:34:34 in the creative and cultural arts sector

01:34:36 in Trinidad and Tobago.

01:34:38 We really do look forward to seeing you guys.

01:34:39 - Yeah, Heather, dramatic here, all of you.

01:34:41 - I am.

01:34:42 I am the drama.

01:34:43 - She's passing it.

01:34:44 - I am the drama.

01:34:45 - We're passing it.

01:34:46 We creatives are like this.

01:34:48 (all laughing)

01:34:50 - All right, so again, we have some information

01:34:52 up on the television here for you.

01:34:56 Again, just remind us, where can people get tickets again?

01:34:58 - You can get your tickets at the Queens Hall Box Office

01:35:01 and at their website on QH Online.

01:35:05 - Okay. - Queens Hall Online, yeah.

01:35:06 - Heather, Anya, it was a pleasure speaking with you.

01:35:09 - Oh, pleasure. - It was a pleasure.

01:35:10 - Thank you for having us. - Thank you.

01:35:12 - Thank you.

01:35:13 And I wish you all the best for your event.

01:35:17 I know that it will go well.

01:35:18 - Thank you so much. - As I said,

01:35:19 there's an interest there.

01:35:20 - Thank you so much.

01:35:21 - I may pull up.

01:35:23 - Yes, please pull up. - Yes, please.

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01:38:57 So we're talking now about the second National Aerobathon.

01:39:00 We do have in studio this morning,

01:39:02 Lathalia Gill, gym instructor

01:39:04 and Khalifa McCollin, scholarship student, netball.

01:39:07 Ladies, thank you very much for coming this morning.

01:39:09 - It's definitely a pleasure to be here.

01:39:11 - Thank you for having us.

01:39:12 - Lathalia, let's begin with you.

01:39:14 - Yes.

01:39:15 - And let's speak about the National Aerobathon.

01:39:16 It's the second National Aerobathon.

01:39:19 - Yes, it is.

01:39:20 We would have kept the first National Aerobathon last year.

01:39:23 It was a complete success.

01:39:25 It was something, an initiative

01:39:26 that the Sports Unit of UTT,

01:39:29 University of Trinidad and Tobago came up with.

01:39:31 What we wanted to do initially

01:39:33 is to try to bring a lot of awareness

01:39:37 where it is that physical exercises is concerned,

01:39:40 healthy lifestyle is concerned.

01:39:41 So it's not just about aerobics,

01:39:43 but it's about actually promoting a healthy lifestyle.

01:39:46 We have seen significant improvement in our students,

01:39:49 in our student athletes,

01:39:51 where it is that we promote healthy lifestyle

01:39:55 and healthy living, even with our staff members as well.

01:39:57 So what we wanted to do is not just keep this

01:40:00 in the university, but even take it out to the public

01:40:02 where it is that we promote healthy lifestyle

01:40:04 through this aerobathon.

01:40:05 - Yeah.

01:40:06 - Yes.

01:40:07 - Khalifa, and she's a scholarship student,

01:40:11 as I said earlier, a netball.

01:40:13 Tell us about your participation here

01:40:15 in the National Aerobathon.

01:40:16 - So this year would be the first time

01:40:18 that I'd be participating in the National Aerobathon.

01:40:22 I am very excited.

01:40:24 The biggest thing for me is that I can share it

01:40:26 with my family and my friends.

01:40:28 And as Natalia would have mentioned,

01:40:30 this is about promoting a healthy lifestyle

01:40:32 and healthy living.

01:40:33 And I think that's really important

01:40:34 to put out there into our communities.

01:40:37 As you know, heart disease and things like that

01:40:39 are quite rampant in Trinidad and Tobago.

01:40:41 So I think this would be a very, very good opportunity

01:40:44 for people to come and educate themselves

01:40:46 about those things and get active.

01:40:48 - Yeah.

01:40:49 Natalia, who's the aerobathon for?

01:40:52 - Oh, the aerobathon is for everyone.

01:40:54 I must say.

01:40:55 What we try to do is we try to make it in a way

01:40:58 that it's family-oriented as well.

01:41:00 So from the youngest member of your family

01:41:01 to the oldest member of your family

01:41:03 could definitely be there.

01:41:04 We try to cater for everyone.

01:41:07 As Khalifa was saying, there's a lot of health issues

01:41:11 that we see all over Trinidad and Tobago.

01:41:13 There's a ramp in high blood pressure,

01:41:15 a ramp in sugar diabetes.

01:41:17 Recently I went to the hospital,

01:41:19 and now I'm not just seeing older folks

01:41:21 with these diseases, but I'm seeing people

01:41:24 that are much young, young like myself and Khalifa,

01:41:26 that are with these diseases.

01:41:29 So what we try to do is not just cater for a regular,

01:41:31 just the in-between group,

01:41:33 but we try to cater for everyone throughout

01:41:35 so that everyone could come and participate

01:41:37 and be a part of it.

01:41:38 - Yeah, but you know, Natalia,

01:41:39 some people may feel, "This is not for me.

01:41:42 "This is grueling."

01:41:43 - Yes, I love the fact that you would have mentioned that

01:41:45 because I think that a lot of people,

01:41:48 even as a fitness trainer myself,

01:41:49 I think that a lot of people are afraid

01:41:51 to step out of their comfort zone

01:41:53 or they believe that maybe I'm too obese

01:41:56 or maybe this is not for me or maybe I can't

01:41:58 or maybe I'm not physically active enough.

01:42:01 And what we're trying to do is bring awareness

01:42:03 to this also, which is you come and have a great time.

01:42:07 It's about fun and fitness as well.

01:42:09 It's not just about being so serious about it

01:42:11 to the point where it is that you can't have fun,

01:42:13 but we're encouraging the entire family to come.

01:42:15 So you may have a family member

01:42:17 that may be struggling with obesity.

01:42:19 You bring them.

01:42:20 Let's all have fun together.

01:42:21 We're not gonna look at that.

01:42:22 What we're gonna look at is actually promoting

01:42:25 a healthy lifestyle.

01:42:26 - Yeah. - Yeah.

01:42:27 - And Khalifa, as Lothalia speaks,

01:42:31 Khalifa is shaking her head,

01:42:32 but you know, Khalifa,

01:42:34 I think that there are so many people out there

01:42:37 who want to get on this train

01:42:39 of living a healthy lifestyle and so on.

01:42:43 And I'm asking this question

01:42:46 because of your experience in netball.

01:42:50 It's easy to get on,

01:42:52 but it's difficult to stay on.

01:42:54 - Yes, it definitely is.

01:42:55 And I think you need to also find that motivation

01:42:58 within yourself, set some goals for yourself,

01:43:00 prioritize, okay, this is what I want for my life.

01:43:02 I want to live a great life, a full life.

01:43:05 So I think that is where, you know,

01:43:07 the idea of staying on will come in, you know?

01:43:11 And I think as Natalia said, this is a team initiative.

01:43:15 This is about family.

01:43:16 This is about friends.

01:43:17 So let's say I would invite,

01:43:19 my friends aren't netballers,

01:43:20 but I would invite them there.

01:43:21 I would help them to say, okay,

01:43:24 let's try to live a healthy life.

01:43:25 Let's try to do better.

01:43:26 And if I see them falling off a bit,

01:43:28 I will, you know, pull them up and you know.

01:43:31 - In some cases you have to push.

01:43:32 You have to push.

01:43:33 - Yes, you have to push them off.

01:43:34 - You have to push them off.

01:43:35 - Give them a good push.

01:43:36 - I also want to mention that, you know,

01:43:38 what we try to do at the University of Trinidad and Tobago

01:43:40 is that last year we would have kept the aerobics on.

01:43:43 What I saw last year is this.

01:43:44 There were people, we kept it at C3 Center.

01:43:47 What I saw is a lot of people were coming

01:43:48 and shopping at C3 Center,

01:43:50 because you know that's a mall, right?

01:43:51 So while people were coming to shop,

01:43:54 what they did is that they actually,

01:43:56 they saw the aerobics happening

01:43:57 and they just decided to register on spot and join,

01:44:00 because then they realized my peers are there.

01:44:02 There are people that I actually know

01:44:03 that are taking part in this thing.

01:44:05 So I want to be a part of this too, right?

01:44:07 So that's what we're trying to do,

01:44:08 to have everybody come and be a part

01:44:10 and be a part of it there with us.

01:44:12 - Yeah, let's speak about registration.

01:44:14 - Yes, so registration is very simple and very easy.

01:44:17 We try to make it as easy as possible.

01:44:18 So what you're going to do is you can check out

01:44:20 any one of our social media pages,

01:44:22 the Aerobics and Flyers,

01:44:23 there is a link that's attached to it.

01:44:25 On that link, you click that link

01:44:27 and it directs you straight to the end of registration.

01:44:30 You can even pay online as well.

01:44:32 So you pay online and then you're secured, you're registered.

01:44:35 Yeah.

01:44:36 - What's it cost?

01:44:37 - It's $100 only.

01:44:39 And we have amazing prizes.

01:44:41 So we're not gender biased at UTT, right?

01:44:44 So both female and male would be getting

01:44:47 a first prize of $3,000, right?

01:44:50 We also have prizes for persons over 50,

01:44:53 persons under 20 and a lot of hampers.

01:44:55 I know last year, the people totally enjoyed

01:44:57 the amount of hampers we gave out, right?

01:44:59 'Cause it was excellent, it was really good.

01:45:02 And I'm just inviting the entire public

01:45:03 to make sure and be there with us

01:45:05 'cause we're going to have an excellent time.

01:45:07 - Yeah, I feel Khalifa worth her $3,000.

01:45:10 - Yeah.

01:45:10 (laughing)

01:45:11 I'll be there volunteering.

01:45:13 I'll be there volunteering.

01:45:14 - Yes.

01:45:15 - And this year we're also partnering

01:45:17 with the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee

01:45:19 who is gonna be there

01:45:20 and they're also gonna be giving information.

01:45:22 So at UTT, what we try to do,

01:45:24 we don't always just stay at one level.

01:45:26 So last year, the last year's a little bit done,

01:45:28 we sat after, we discussed what could we do

01:45:30 to make it even better.

01:45:32 So this year we're gonna have a lot of information

01:45:34 being shared there.

01:45:35 So some of our students at the UTT

01:45:37 are currently doing research in health

01:45:39 and wellness and nutrition.

01:45:41 So they're gonna be there to share information.

01:45:43 I believe that knowledge is power.

01:45:45 A lot of people don't have the knowledge

01:45:47 of taking care of themselves and their health.

01:45:49 So we have students that will be on board

01:45:51 and ready to share that information,

01:45:53 give off that information.

01:45:55 TTOC is gonna be there talking about female in sports.

01:45:59 And I know Khalifa should be excited about that as well.

01:46:02 - Definitely.

01:46:03 - So it's so much information,

01:46:04 so much things that will be happening.

01:46:05 We have the rehabilitation team that will be there.

01:46:08 It's a lot, a lot of information.

01:46:10 So it's not just about the aerobaton,

01:46:11 but it's also educating the public

01:46:14 about living a healthy lifestyle, being healthy,

01:46:17 and just becoming a better you.

01:46:18 - Yeah, Natalia is a motivational speaker too.

01:46:22 Ladies, you have a few more minutes to stay with me,

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01:48:19 - All right, so welcome back, everyone.

01:48:32 We are still speaking about the second national aerobathon,

01:48:36 and we do have Lathalia Gill, gym instructor,

01:48:38 and Kalifa McCollin, scholarship student in netball.

01:48:42 Lathalia, let's speak a little bit about the venue.

01:48:45 - Okay, so this year, our aerobathon will be held

01:48:48 at the National Cycling Center at Balmain Coover.

01:48:52 Last year, we kept it at an open place.

01:48:55 This year, it's at an enclosed place,

01:48:57 so we don't have to think about if the rain will fall

01:48:59 and wet me while I'm doing the aerobathon.

01:49:01 - Right, right. - Right?

01:49:02 So we have a different venue to consider that as well.

01:49:05 It's a huge venue, right?

01:49:07 So be sure to bring the whole family,

01:49:10 'cause it's a really nice venue

01:49:11 that we'll be doing it that day.

01:49:12 - Yeah, and before we went to our break,

01:49:14 you were speaking about women participation in sport.

01:49:19 And Kalifa, how do you see that,

01:49:23 women participation in sport in Trinidad and Tobago?

01:49:26 You think that more and more women

01:49:27 are gravitating towards it?

01:49:29 - Yes, most definitely,

01:49:31 especially in netball, I can speak for netball.

01:49:34 I know at the primary school level,

01:49:35 we have more children getting involved.

01:49:38 We have, even at the secondary school level,

01:49:40 we have more students playing at a younger age,

01:49:43 because most times what happens is that they say,

01:49:45 "Okay, the younger students can't play.

01:49:47 "Only the middle-level students are allowed to play."

01:49:49 But now we have more involvement across the board.

01:49:53 So for me, I would have told my netball team,

01:49:56 my netball club, come and get involved in the aerobathon.

01:50:01 I'm trying to invigorate the national players

01:50:03 to get involved as well.

01:50:04 And I know it is going to be a great time.

01:50:07 - Yeah.

01:50:07 On that issue of women participation,

01:50:14 but Kalifa, I didn't mean to startle you,

01:50:18 (both laughing)

01:50:19 but sport is a viable option, right?

01:50:23 - Definitely.

01:50:24 - For the young people out there, right?

01:50:26 - It definitely is,

01:50:27 because I would have made a career out of sport

01:50:30 and for six years I've been a professional,

01:50:34 well, was a professional netball player.

01:50:36 I had so many opportunities out there.

01:50:38 I was able to see the world.

01:50:39 I would have played on a national team,

01:50:41 traveled, saw so many different places,

01:50:44 met new people and had different experiences.

01:50:47 So sport, there is a lot of life in sport.

01:50:51 There are many opportunities.

01:50:52 So I think women definitely need to get involved,

01:50:55 especially at a younger age.

01:50:57 - But it not only provides training

01:51:00 in whatever discipline sport that you're involved in,

01:51:04 but it also provides opportunities

01:51:07 for furthering your education.

01:51:09 It's a mix, right?

01:51:10 - Definitely, it's a blend.

01:51:11 And growing up, my parents have always encouraged that.

01:51:15 It's a blend between sports and education.

01:51:17 At the moment, I am an education student

01:51:20 at the UTT Tamana campus.

01:51:22 And I do have training on Wednesdays and Fridays.

01:51:27 Sometimes other days in the week,

01:51:29 we have matches during the week,

01:51:30 you have assignments coming up,

01:51:32 but you have to ensure that you are able to balance that

01:51:35 and try to be as successful as you can.

01:51:37 - Yeah, and just to remind you all,

01:51:39 Khalifa is a scholarship student.

01:51:42 Just to put that on the table out there.

01:51:45 Natalia, let's speak on the day of the aerobathon,

01:51:49 how it is going to be rolled out on that day for us.

01:51:52 - Oh, on that day, so normally,

01:51:54 well, we set up, everything is set up and ready, right?

01:51:57 So when you come, you get your registration,

01:52:00 your number and stuff like that.

01:52:02 You set up, you put on your numbers.

01:52:03 Of course, we have live DJ there.

01:52:05 We have the instructors that are gonna be there as well.

01:52:07 We have a team of instructors that are lined up.

01:52:09 Listen, they are hyper, they are ready to bring their A game.

01:52:13 I know that for sure.

01:52:14 We have our head instructor, who is Mr. Chris Barry.

01:52:16 And then we have other instructors that will be there,

01:52:19 like Mr. Zippy Lincoln Charles.

01:52:21 So I call him the hyper king.

01:52:24 Zippy will have you doing aerobics

01:52:25 and laughing at the same time, right?

01:52:28 So we try to get the best in Trinidad and Tobago

01:52:30 where instructors are concerned.

01:52:32 The instructors will be there.

01:52:33 There's a stage that is set up and everything like that.

01:52:36 And kickoff time is at 4 p.m.

01:52:38 We start at 4 p.m. and we're ready to go.

01:52:40 And after that, we do the distribution of prizes immediately.

01:52:43 - Yeah, from 4 p.m. to what time?

01:52:45 - So it starts at 4 p.m.

01:52:47 The aerobics itself is supposed to be for within an hour or so.

01:52:51 - Okay, and you have medical practitioners on the scene?

01:52:53 - Yes, of course we do.

01:52:54 So apart from the rehabilitation unit

01:52:57 of the sporting department of UTT that will be there,

01:53:00 we also have medical professional

01:53:02 that would be there as well.

01:53:04 - Yeah. - Yeah.

01:53:05 - Khalifa, anything else you'd like to add?

01:53:06 - I would just like to tell everyone to come down,

01:53:10 be a part, get involved on April the 13th,

01:53:13 Saturday, National Cycling Velodrome, Balmain Coover.

01:53:17 Come and get involved in the National Aerobathon.

01:53:19 - Definitely agree with Khalifa.

01:53:21 Be sure to be there.

01:53:23 I know, I know it's you,

01:53:24 but I feel like this year I'm definitely taking part.

01:53:27 - For sure.

01:53:27 - Right?

01:53:28 I just wanna invite the general public,

01:53:30 you know, come out and be a part of this.

01:53:32 It's not just an aerobaton,

01:53:33 but it's an initiative that would benefit

01:53:36 Trinidad and Tobago in the long run.

01:53:38 So be sure to invite a neighbor, invite a friend,

01:53:41 tag a friend, say, you know,

01:53:42 we're going to this thing together, for sure.

01:53:43 We wanna live a healthy lifestyle.

01:53:45 We wanna live long, right?

01:53:46 So let's be a part of this initiative

01:53:48 that we could help one another to become

01:53:50 and to live healthier lifestyles.

01:53:51 - Yeah, feel me coming home for the next week.

01:53:53 - Yes, I wanna make sure and see you there for sure.

01:53:55 - You coming home for that money

01:53:56 and them apples over there.

01:53:57 Yeah?

01:53:58 - Yes, they have a lot of apples.

01:53:59 - Natalia, give us the registration information again

01:54:02 before you leave us.

01:54:03 - Okay, so you can check out any one of our

01:54:04 UTT social media platforms.

01:54:06 We're on Instagram, Facebook as well.

01:54:09 And you will get that link.

01:54:11 It's attached to the flyer.

01:54:12 You also have a barcode.

01:54:13 So now we upgraded, right?

01:54:15 So you also have a barcode that's attached.

01:54:17 So you could just scan the barcode with your phone

01:54:19 and type in your information there.

01:54:20 Registration is as easy as one, two, three.

01:54:23 - Yeah, ladies, it was a pleasure

01:54:24 speaking with you all this morning.

01:54:26 Thank you very much for the information.

01:54:27 We wish you all the best for your event.

01:54:30 - Yes, thank you so much.

01:54:31 - Okay, anytime.

01:54:32 All right, so that's gonna do it for our program

01:54:34 for today, everybody.

01:54:35 In the meantime, we leave you with this image.

01:54:38 Beautiful sky.

01:54:40 See you tomorrow, everybody.

01:54:41 Bye.

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