00:00connect with us on facebook at ccn tv6 trinidad and tobago on x using the handle at tv6 tnt on
00:13instagram hashtag tv6 tnt and via our website www.tv6tnt.com opposition leader penelope beckles
00:25is calling on the prime minister to state exactly how ready this country's army is this in light of
00:32prime minister camila passard besessa having recently reaffirmed her support of the u.s action
00:37in the southern caribbean adding that tnt will step forward in defense of guyana if need be
00:44i saw her saying that trinidad would be ready you know now you know what i find interesting is that
00:51i want to ask the honorable prime minister to pay close attention to what is happening down there
00:56at our base where the men and women are not being fed right so i made the point before right they are
01:03they don't have food and they just in some instances i heard is spaghetti is rice is no meat so you you
01:10you talking about an army that is being ready and yet still they don't have basic supplies so i want to
01:17i want to urge the prime minister about being careful about the rhetoric that you use i'm
01:23reliable info i didn't say they're starving i said that the russian that they normally
01:29are entitled to that is not there on monday u.s president donald trump confirmed a third
01:37lethal strike against an alleged venezuelan vessel carrying drugs and added that the action seemed
01:43to be deterring fishermen from plying their trade he's talking about fishermen you know what what
01:50it is so so we know that if we look at all our communities moruga you know oropo chota hiti whether
01:56it's my arrow whether it's lasquevas whether it's blanche shares maracas people people depend on that
02:03for living in claxton bay so i mean if you this is a situation where you know our third vessel that
02:08they have had to address um with the allegation about drugs and we all know that this issue of
02:15drugs it there's there's international law so if we say that violent attack them i mean what what what
02:23are we saying to our people in our country as it relates to the issues of the rule of law in response
02:29minister of defense wayne storge is urging the opposition leader to state when she first discovered
02:35that this is the case in a release today storge says he made several impromptu visits to military
02:40installations where ordinary soldiers complained that they are required to pool their resources to
02:47provide their own meals whilst on duty while those in the hierarchy reportedly live like loads the minister
02:53is giving the assurance that this will be remedied in the coming weeks minister storge adds that he has
02:59seen soldiers with uniforms that are shredding away and many are forced to purchase their own boots
03:06he says he recently met with a u.s supplier to have uniforms purchased in short order as their local suppliers
03:12who quote want to charge a pound and a crown minister storge adds the conditions that most bases are downright deplorable
03:21and comparable to our worst prison which is now about to be decommissioned and he's asking the opposition leader to state
03:27why her government allowed this to happen
03:32she
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