00:00 We're really using this as well to call on the authorities that all the business sector,
00:05 I'm not going to call it a name, they know themselves very well,
00:07 they need to understand that they're part of the problem because if they're not paying people in a timely manner
00:13 then they are pushing people to do the unscrupulous. As business owners, we will continue to
00:20 exercise integrity and do what is right and so on.
00:23 But at the end of the day, people want to live. People have their children to feed,
00:29 people have their lives, their bills to be paid and so on. So that's why it's a collective effort.
00:34 It's not just a one-man show.
00:35 Businesswoman Janet Parks told TV6 News that the crime situation in Tobago has come at a cost to her,
00:43 causing her to increase security as times have changed.
00:46 She said she beefed up security flowing following robberies reported on Monday and Tuesday of this week in Tobago.
00:54 The persons who enter my business place, I scope them out
00:57 in terms of the physical assets of the place to make sure they're secured.
01:01 I speak to my staff regularly in terms of their own personal safety, coming to work, going home and so on, to be observant, people at your door.
01:08 So it's just not business as usual.
01:11 Mrs. Parks said increased security measures in Tobago remain paramount.
01:17 As a businesswoman, it has put us under tremendous pressure as well because while we have security systems and so on,
01:22 obviously we have to revisit everything to make sure that all areas are covered, you know, but
01:28 whether it's covered or not, I am covered. I believe in God and but you can't be foolish as a Christian.
01:34 You have to be wise in these times, Liz. So it's very, very frustrating for us.
01:39 Saying it's time to fight back,
01:41 she says Mobilize Tobago will on Friday hold a massive church service motorcade and rally under the theme
01:48 "Come Out, Let's Restore Tobago," an island-wide call for prayer and solutions,
01:54 partnering with the TTBS. So we also are having a mass rally where we're going to share
02:00 different presentations with the population,
02:02 personal security, community safety,
02:05 providing alternatives. So we have invited some NGOs to come, like the Life at the Crossroads program,
02:12 there's a program in the high schools, moral education, to show youths in particular that there's an alternative
02:18 to crime. So the police shoot clubs and so on will be there, you know, so it's a holistic approach.
02:24 Mrs. Parks said the church must be more engaged in our communities so that they can make a difference.
02:30 Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
02:33 is.
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