00:00we would be receiving one of our soka icons,
00:04Calypso Rose, tomorrow.
00:07After, there would be an honoring of both Calypso Rose
00:12and Lord Nelson on Friday.
00:14They would be honored by renaming streets in their names.
00:18And then we go into the thick of things,
00:21where we head into Monarchs of Mass,
00:24which would be the kings and queens of the band,
00:26and then we head into Murray's Life, and then to Juvie.
00:30Mr. George said room occupancy on the island
00:33is at this time 90 to 100% in some cases.
00:38TV6 made checks at some of the hotels
00:40and the guest houses in Tobago,
00:42including villas that are recording bumper occupancy levels.
00:47Folks, this carnival season is slated to be a bumper one.
00:51We have already received report from hoteliers
00:53that hotels are at almost 100% capacity.
00:59We are also receiving information
01:02about an increase in costume sales.
01:06And I can tell you that I am sure of that
01:08because I would have to be picking up family tomorrow
01:10so that we would be part of the carnival festivities.
01:14Security on the island remains paramount.
01:17I'm saying to each and everyone
01:19that we want this carnival to be an unprecedented one,
01:22but we also want safety to remain unprecedented.
01:27We would have done our last safety checks
01:29on last week, Friday,
01:31which would have been a tabletop exercise.
01:33We would have been presented with many scenarios
01:36and how they would be solved.
01:38We are saying to Tobagonians, have fun, have clean fun,
01:41and know that the background work would have been done
01:45so that to ensure that we have a very safe
01:48and successful carnival.
01:50On Friday, eight prominent Tobago icons would be recognized
01:54and streets named in their honor.
01:57They are Calypso Rose, Beryl Sinclair,
02:00Alan Richards, the late James A. A. Bigot,
02:03the late Dr. Jacob Delwitt Elder,
02:07the late Alcius Morian, and Edna Morian.
02:10The late Mighty Shadow, although not born in Tobago,
02:13is also being honored.
02:15Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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