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The government launched a billion-dollar revitalisation plan

The Prime Minister announced a number of incentives for Tobago

and Carnival 2026 was launched
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00:00In sport, the stage is set for the regional Super 50, and one man could make history along the way.
00:10Senior batsman Jason Mohamed is closing in on Brian Lara's all-time record for the most centuries in regional 50-over cricket.
00:18But the veteran said he is not feeling pressure, just passion, as he prepares the lead from the front once again.
00:26Jason Mohamed is a Trinidad and Tobago batsman, but he would not be offended if you look at his bowling figures and refer to him as an all-rounder.
00:34What's your best bowling figures in regional cricket?
00:37I'm in 50, I'm in about 3 for 25.
00:40So if you get the opportunity, do you think you can better that?
00:43Yeah, yeah, I'll try my best too.
00:45He may be the surprise addition to the Red Force bowling attack, but Coach Riyad Emrit would largely be counting on him for his stability in the batting line-up.
00:53The main role for me is to try to bathe with the innings and try to help Trinidad and Tobago win the tournament.
00:59That's my main objective for this tournament.
01:02Mohamed indicated that he feels no pressure to perform for the team as a senior player.
01:06I don't think so. There's always pressure, whether I'm senior or not.
01:09Obviously, there will be a little added pressure on me, but for me, it's not going into the game pressure.
01:15I think that I have to score runs because I'm senior or I have to score runs because I'm older than the rest of the guys.
01:20So me, I just want to enjoy playing. So as I said, there's always pressure, but it's how well you cope with it, how well you handle it.
01:26And I look forward to these occasions.
01:29What about his desires for representing West Indies cricket?
01:32That's a pretty hard question to answer. I don't know.
01:35I don't think so because just concluded regional for the tournament.
01:39I was the best batsman with the most runs on fourth century and I wasn't selected for the test team.
01:44So I don't see how this is going to be much different, but you never know.
01:48I'm still hoping. That's all in my game once I'm playing for Trinidad to be able to play for the West Indies team.
01:53But that's beyond my control. I do what I can do, which is score runs and it's up to them.
02:00However, despite being sidelined from the West Indies team, he still has a few objectives to achieve for the national team in both four-day and 50 over cricket,
02:08notably becoming the highest run scorer.
02:11As a batsman, you know, when I started as a young kid, I was always someone quite particular on numbers.
02:20And that's the reason why I still play. I want to try and work out with all the numbers as a batsman for Trinidad to be able in terms of most runs on century and stuff like that.
02:29I already have the most runs in both format for Trinidad to be able to just try to add to that and just try to add to my legacy before I say goodbye to the game.
02:39What else is there for you to do?
02:41I'm two centuries away from joining Branlara for the most centuries in 50 of our tournament.
02:48So that will be one of my main goals.
02:50And yeah, just to see how much runs I can stack up this year to add on to what I already have in terms of most runs for Trinidad to be able.
02:58And in terms of four-day cricket, also I have the most centuries there.
03:02I'm 17, so whenever next year come around, if I'm still playing, I'm still fit enough.
03:07I'm going to be the first batsman from Trinidad to be able to get to 20 centuries.
03:11TNT opened their campaign against Babido's pride on November 19th.
03:15Sergio DeFour, TV6 Port.
03:17And that's a wrap on the past seven days on 6.
03:21I am Renessa Cutting.
03:22If you didn't catch this segment in its entirety, you can find it on our website, www.tv6tnt.com.
03:31And you can find all these stories and more on the TV6 mobile app.
03:35Thanks for choosing TV6 and do have a great evening.
04:05Good evening and welcome to the past seven days on 6.
04:15I am Renessa Cutting.
04:17Here's what made the news this past week.
04:19The government launched a billion-dollar revitalization plan.
04:23The Prime Minister announced a number of incentives for Tobago.
04:28And Carnival 2K26 was launched.
04:31As per usual, if it was happening, it was on 6.
04:35Let's get right into it.
04:37Prime Minister Kamala Pasa Basesa launched what her administration coined a revitalization plan for this country,
04:45comprising of major projects pitched to potential local and international investors.
04:51And the Works and Infrastructure Minister told the media she would be leading consultations in communities such as C-Lots.
05:05as Trinidad and Tobago, because as I've said, we've been sleeping for 30 years.
05:10So with the help of the good JLZ, we are introducing ourselves to the world.
05:17Works and Infrastructure Minister Jolene John as she began the feature presentation
05:21at the launch of the Trinidad and Tobago revitalization footprint, also called the TNT Global Hub.
05:26Prime Minister Kamala Pasa Basesa delivered the featured address.
05:30Our projects will not be white elephants or illusions of grandia.
05:39They will be grounded in purpose, built to produce real results.
05:44To ensure this, I am establishing oversight and governance committees,
05:51as mentioned by Minister Finance and the National Budget.
05:53The first committee will be chaired by the Office of the Prime Minister
05:57to oversee project and capital allocation,
06:01to examine our national priorities and rank them from a development perspective.
06:07The Prime Minister said the second team will be the Economic and Resilience Council
06:11and the Economic Development Board,
06:14which will guide diversification, shape policy,
06:17and monitor the key levers of the local economy.
06:19A budget or first budget, a roadmap, which shouts the way forward for next fiscal year.
06:26And the question that recurs is where will we find the money?
06:31Where will we find the money?
06:32I told you then and I tell you now, we will find that money.
06:36And that is why we are rolling out these projects together,
06:39to advise you, so you and your various organizations that you can help us
06:45find money that will bring money for investment,
06:49but will give you money to return back to your own country,
06:52back to your own organizations.
06:54So we welcome you here today.
06:55The presentations by the Prime Minister and the Infrastructure Minister
06:59were sales pitch to the private sector leaders who attended the event
07:03and the potential international investors
07:05who are watching the live stream locally and abroad.
07:08Minister John outlined some of the key projects to be implemented
07:11in the revitalization blueprint.
07:13We are talking about decentralization with respect to our governmental activities,
07:19moving government from being so concentrated in Port of Spain,
07:23but in the east, in the west, not in the west, in the east,
07:27in central and a little bit in south, all of that.
07:32So the overall benefits, we are going to be upgrading our utilities,
07:37and this is exactly to scale, ladies and gentlemen, right?
07:41We are looking at the port city in the east.
07:43This is the invader's bay, so we are moving east.
07:4725,000-person capacity convention center.
07:51And there are also plans for East Port of Spain under the new UNCLAC government.
07:55See lots.
07:56We have not left out anybody.
07:58We are talking about, again, the industrial park there for free trade zone
08:02because it has a proximity to the port.
08:04People can come off, do their manufacturing, etc., the value added,
08:10and just take it back to the port for shipping out,
08:14and that will save on you the cost.
08:17TV6 News data sought some clarification from Minister John when she spoke with the media.
08:22This one in terms of communities, Minister.
08:24So, for example, consultation with communities.
08:27So, for example, East Port of Spain, C-Lots.
08:30You will never...
08:31I worked at HCC for a number of years.
08:33I was chairman of UNICAD for a number of years.
08:35I never sent people out to do consultation.
08:38I went myself.
08:39So all of these projects, as we are about to impact communities,
08:43you go out respectfully with the consultation.
08:46I'll be there leading those consultations.
08:48The Wilson infrastructure minister said the potential investors who attended the event
08:52were given a QR code with which they could immediately submit their plans
08:56to be part of the TNT revitalization plan.
08:59Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
09:02The long-awaited export license for the Studley Park quarry
09:05was presented to Chief Secretary Fali Augustine last week
09:09by Prime Minister Kamala Passat-Bissessa,
09:12one of several goodies announced for the people of Tobago.
09:16This is an export license for Studley Park quarry.
09:23This license will give Studley Park Enterprises Limited
09:28an opportunity to further market your products regionally
09:33and provide opportunities to generate much-needed foreign exchange.
09:38So, with your leave, Madam President and Officer,
09:40can I present this to Fali before I continue my speech?
09:43This license was requested by the THA since 2022
10:06under the previous PNM administration.
10:09Prime Minister Kamala Passat-Bissessa told the Assembly Chamber
10:13it was time for the Assembly to make some money.
10:17But money first.
10:18So I am so happy if you can make some more money
10:20for the people of Tobago and for Trinan
10:23in foreign exchange as you use this export license
10:25to export, this export license to export.
10:28What is yours?
10:29The aggregate out of Studley Park.
10:31If you were doing that all these times,
10:33you might have been richer than some other places
10:36which will remain unnamed.
10:40Chief Secretary Fali Agustin, in his expression of thanks,
10:44said it was a happy day for the people of Tobago.
10:47I did open the envelope, Madam Prime Minister,
10:50because I wanted to make sure it was not a dummy check
10:54or a blank envelope contained therein.
10:59And I'm happy that I can display and show a copy of the export license
11:06for the Studley Park Quarry, Studley Park Enterprise Limited.
11:11Application made since 2022.
11:15And one will think, as we say in Tobago,
11:19that if you have a brother in the mango tree, you will eat.
11:22But sometimes you have to just depend on a stranger
11:26to give the kind gesture that your own will not give to you.
11:32On behalf of the people of Tobago, thank you very much.
11:35Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
11:39The Prime Minister also announced a host of other goodies for Tobago
11:43as it pertains to health care, public utilities, security and even housing,
11:48where $20 million is set to be given towards the restarting
11:51of the Rysland Housing Project in collaboration with the IDB.
11:56But let me remind you, we anchor holes.
12:00We anchor holes, health care close to home.
12:04I mentioned, I commissioned the Scarborough Hospital.
12:07Right now, Scarborough Hospital remains the island's center of care.
12:13I'm advised by my Minister of Health that the cardiac cath lab
12:16is being recommissioned.
12:18And that's a very important cath lab to have on the island.
12:22The government of India has promised us some sea ambulances.
12:26I'm still awaiting them.
12:28But I know you'll be very happy that your loved ones here fall ill,
12:32that we will have the sea ambulance right away to take them across
12:36and bring them back.
12:37So I look forward to that happening.
12:39Passat Bisasa said the long-standing localized Tobago police force
12:43is on the horizon.
12:45Public safety and security.
12:48TT5.5 million is being invested in Tobago's safety network.
12:51To start with, a new mounted and canine branch
12:56is being built at Chirvan Hall.
12:58And the anti-crime unit at Old Grange is being upgraded.
13:03The Mount St. George Police Youth Club, I'm told, is being refurbished.
13:07Defense and Coast Guard facilities and the Crown Point Fire Station
13:11are being modernized.
13:13Meanwhile, meanwhile, my government supports the idea of there being
13:17a localized police force in Tobago.
13:20In Tobago.
13:25In the same way that all municipal corporations in Trinidad
13:30benefit from such arrangements.
13:33I'm advised by the Commissioner of Police
13:35and the Chief Secretary discussed this matter with the Commissioner
13:39when he was recently on the island.
13:40We will work with you to give you your own police unit here.
13:46She referred to a story carried by TV6 News on Monday night
13:49where one resident complained about his water supply.
13:54Power, water and infrastructure.
13:58We came in last night.
14:00And on the news last night, I'm told,
14:02some persons in Tobago were being interviewed by media, of course,
14:07asking, what would you like most?
14:10You know what many said?
14:13Do you have any idea?
14:15It was water.
14:17Of course, there weren't many other things.
14:19But one of the prior years was water.
14:22Water.
14:22Water is life.
14:24Water is life.
14:26My own consistency as a parallel.
14:28I am advised by Wasson, the Minister of Public Utility,
14:33is the worst constituency when it comes to water distribution.
14:37Maybe they were punishing me and my constituents,
14:41but it's the worst in the entire country to be with an Trinidad.
14:46I hope that he plans to do something about that.
14:48A desalination plant for the people of Charlottesville
14:51was also announced in addition to a review of the Cove power plant.
14:56Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
14:59We had a quick break.
15:01We'll have more news when we return.
15:09Thanks for staying with us.
15:11Operations at 24 privately owned aggregate companies across the country
15:15were brought to a halt last week
15:17as members of the T&T Aggregate Producers Alliance
15:21demanded a meeting with the government
15:23to address long-standing regulatory issues.
15:27Around 30 members of the TTAPA
15:30gathered outside the National Quarries Limited
15:32in Sangri Grandi this morning.
15:34They say that 25 years after the Minerals Act was passed,
15:38no organization has been issued a license
15:40to process sand and gravel.
15:42And as a result,
15:43the companies that mine aggregate
15:44are operating illegally,
15:47including, they allege,
15:48the National Quarries Limited.
15:49And with the TTPS taking a harder stance
15:53on the issue of illegal mining,
15:55with 18 persons,
15:56including businessman Danny Guerra
15:58and his son being arrested
16:00at an illegal quarry site
16:01in Manuel, Congo, in Kwanapo last month,
16:04the group says they felt as though
16:06they had no other choice
16:08but to halt operations,
16:10even though it may have a serious impact
16:12on the construction industry.
16:14But also,
16:16what we would like to do
16:17is help the police
16:19and by extension the nation
16:21resolve the illegal
16:23aspect of the business.
16:27If you do not have a processing license,
16:30you are illegal.
16:32We don't want to be illegal.
16:35He says workers were afraid
16:36of being targeted by the police.
16:39We don't want to have to worry about the police
16:41when we wake up 4 o'clock in the morning
16:42to pay 30 to the site.
16:44We don't want to have to worry about
16:46where you're getting finances from
16:47because the bank's going to pull back.
16:50We don't want to have to worry about
16:52you can face a possible charge
16:53of proceeds of crime,
16:55money laundering.
16:56We don't want to have to worry
16:57about these things
16:58and we shouldn't
16:59because there's an avenue
17:02and a process
17:03that's supposed to facilitate these things.
17:05However, this avenue, he says,
17:08has hit a dead end
17:09over the last 25 years
17:10and multiple state agencies
17:12including WASA,
17:14the EMA,
17:15the Town and Country Division
17:17and the Ministry of Energy
17:19must coordinate
17:20to fix a licensing system
17:22he describes as broken.
17:24He warns that the economic fallout
17:26of this shutdown
17:27may be serious
17:29without intervention.
17:31Everybody who's involved
17:33from construction,
17:34from foundation to finish,
17:35because if you can't start
17:37the foundation,
17:38you certainly can't do the finish.
17:41So we are talking about
17:42in our immediate space
17:45between 15,000 to 20,000 people
17:47immediately
17:48and we envision
17:50when we consider
17:51the block manufacturers,
17:53the ready-mix producers,
17:55the construction industry
17:56as an extension
17:58anywhere between 85,000 to 100,000 people.
18:01The longer this goes on,
18:06it's going to affect us.
18:07He says the TTAPA members
18:10will maintain the shutdown
18:11until government officials
18:13agree to meet with them
18:15and to resolve
18:16the long-standing issues.
18:18As long as it takes
18:19to get a meeting
18:21to rectify it
18:21because the can has been kicked
18:2225 years now
18:24down the road.
18:25Everybody kicking it down the road.
18:26It has to stop today.
18:27It has to stop now.
18:29Alexander Bruiswall,
18:30TV6 News.
18:32Energy Minister Dr. Rudal Monilal said
18:34he intends to meet
18:36with the TNT Aggregate
18:37Producers Alliance
18:38even as the ministry noted
18:40that it was unaware
18:42of the organization.
18:44Energy Minister Rudal Monilal
18:46says he intends to meet
18:48with the Trinidad
18:49and Tobago Aggregate
18:50Producers Alliance
18:51following a briefing
18:53with ministry officials
18:54scheduled for early next week.
18:56However, in a release,
18:58the ministry contradicts
18:59claims made by the group,
19:00namely that no company
19:02or individual
19:03has been able
19:04to successfully secure
19:05a processing license
19:06for minerals
19:07in this country.
19:08The ministry is labeling
19:09the claims as false
19:11and says that
19:12over the past few years,
19:14it has granted
19:15numerous process mineral licenses
19:17to various companies.
19:19The ministry explains
19:20that between 2014 to present,
19:23it has been actively
19:24collaborating with operators
19:25and applicants
19:26within the mining sector
19:28to facilitate
19:29the renewal of licenses,
19:31process new license applications,
19:33and to address any concerns
19:35regarding licensing procedures.
19:38The ministry adds
19:39that it has hosted
19:40several full-day open-house sessions,
19:42allowing operators
19:43and applicants
19:44the opportunity
19:45to engage with key ministries
19:47and agencies,
19:48from which approvals
19:49and documents are required.
19:51with the last two sessions
19:53being held
19:54on Wednesday,
19:5429th October
19:55and Thursday,
19:5730th October.
19:59The ministry says
20:00it is currently conducting
20:01due diligence
20:02to determine
20:03the bona fide members
20:04of the organization
20:05calling itself
20:06the TNT Aggregate
20:07Producers Alliance,
20:09as it is not yet aware
20:11of the establishment
20:11or familiar
20:13with the work
20:13of this organization.
20:15While switching gears,
20:17two separate oil leaks
20:18in South Trinidad
20:19led to the relocation
20:21of one family
20:22in Fisabad
20:22and further disruption
20:24to fishing
20:25for Fullerton Fisherfolk.
20:27In both incidents,
20:28Heritage Petroleum Company
20:29limited dispatched
20:30cleanup teams
20:31whose response
20:32and efforts
20:33were praised
20:34by those affected
20:34at both locations.
20:37Seedruff's fishermen
20:38have been hit
20:39a double blow,
20:41first being told
20:41by Coast Guard officers
20:43to fish
20:43no more than
20:44two miles
20:45from shore
20:45and now
20:46some are unable
20:48to fish at all
20:49following oil presence
20:50at sea.
20:52Fishermen from
20:53Fullerton Village
20:54Seedruff
20:54tell TV6
20:55they first notice
20:57oil slicks
20:58on Wednesday morning.
20:59About three days
21:00we went to go
21:02in the sea
21:02and thing
21:02and all the oil
21:03and rope
21:04and oil and thing.
21:07So we had really
21:08walked them
21:09two, three days
21:09because the oil
21:10really affected
21:11for them
21:11two, three days
21:12now so we just
21:13be sure.
21:13So we had a
21:15meeting
21:15to fix it
21:19and things.
21:19Most have
21:20anchored their
21:21pierogues
21:22and hope
21:22some amount
21:23of compensation
21:24will come soon
21:25as the pre-existing
21:26U.S.-Venezuela
21:28tension
21:28already made
21:29work difficult.
21:30We really can't
21:31go further
21:32how to work
21:33through this
21:34thing with
21:34escalating
21:36there with
21:36Venezuela
21:36and the U.S.
21:38So we're
21:39working on the
21:39shore right now
21:40but this oil
21:41we really can't
21:42work on all
21:43to end.
21:44So we're just
21:44waiting to see
21:45what's going on
21:45and then Christmas
21:46right around the
21:46corner
21:47we have to live
21:48too.
21:49Right now
21:50I tell you
21:51it's poverty
21:51which is why
21:52you can solve
21:53biscuits
21:53and sausage.
21:53On Friday
21:55Heritage Petroleum
21:56personnel could
21:57be seen
21:58working on
21:59Fullerton Beach.
22:00Minister of Energy
22:01and Energy
22:02Industries
22:02Dr. Rudal Munilal
22:04says Heritage
22:05responded to
22:06reports of
22:07goblets of
22:08what appears
22:08to be hydrocarbons
22:10on the
22:10Fullerton shoreline.
22:12However he says
22:13no loss of
22:14containment
22:15or leaks
22:16has occurred
22:17in the Heritage
22:17offshore operations
22:19over the past
22:20week.
22:21He confirmed
22:22that cleanup
22:22is ongoing.
22:23saying members
22:24of the community
22:25were hired
22:26as part
22:27of cleanup
22:27operations.
22:29Meanwhile
22:29over in
22:30Massahood
22:31village
22:31Faizabad
22:32a family
22:33of six
22:33was temporarily
22:34relocated
22:35by Heritage
22:36following an
22:37oil leak
22:38in their
22:38front yard.
22:4055-year-old
22:41carpenter
22:41Vinish Mahadev
22:42says his
22:43wife noticed
22:44the oil
22:45bubbling to
22:45the surface
22:46around 10
22:47a.m.
22:47He says
22:48they've lived
22:49here for over
22:5040 years
22:51and it's the
22:52first time
22:52they experienced
22:54this.
22:55Petrotrain
22:56when Petrotrain
22:56was in
22:57power
22:57they made
22:58me move
22:58out
22:58part of
22:59my fence
23:00and part
23:01of my
23:01place
23:01so I
23:02moved
23:03in fact
23:04I moved
23:04they showed
23:05me
23:05they gave
23:06me some
23:06markers
23:06and I
23:07moved
23:08and
23:09knowing
23:10they
23:13they
23:14tell me
23:14the
23:14line
23:15they
23:16under
23:16the
23:16wall
23:17they
23:17know
23:17but
23:18I
23:18have
23:19no
23:19idea
23:19because
23:20Petrotrain
23:20already
23:21they bring
23:22their
23:22surveyors
23:22and tell
23:23me
23:23move
23:23so I
23:24don't
23:24know
23:24what's
23:25going
23:25on
23:25right
23:25now
23:25he says
23:26while they
23:27live close
23:27to the
23:28buried line
23:29they always
23:29thought the
23:30lines were
23:31inactive
23:31but seeing
23:32that's not
23:33the case
23:33he has
23:34raised
23:35concerns
23:35this line
23:36run through
23:37a lot
23:37of people
23:37places
23:38a lot
23:38of people
23:39house
23:39who didn't
23:40know about
23:41it
23:41and who
23:42now
23:42getting
23:42to know
23:42about
23:43it
23:43so
23:44it might
23:45be
23:46kind of
23:46difficult
23:47for them
23:47to really
23:48move
23:48people
23:49but I
23:50feel the
23:50best thing
23:50for them
23:51to do
23:51is
23:51relocate
23:53the line
23:53if they
23:54have
23:55space
23:55to relocate
23:56it
23:56in a
23:57statement
23:57Heritage
23:58says
23:58quote
23:59a minor
24:00leak
24:00along
24:01a 12
24:01inch
24:02trunk
24:02pipeline
24:03that
24:03partially
24:04runs
24:04under
24:05an
24:05unauthorized
24:06occupied
24:07structure
24:08was
24:08discovered
24:09and
24:10was
24:10plugged
24:10and
24:11clamped
24:12end
24:12quote
24:12as a
24:13precaution
24:13they say
24:14they relocated
24:15the family
24:16while cleanup
24:17and restoration
24:18occurs
24:19Cindy
24:20Raghubat
24:21Tika
24:21Singh
24:21TV6
24:22News
24:23this is
24:24the past
24:25seven days
24:26on six
24:26we'll be
24:27right back
24:27welcome
24:34back
24:35carnival
24:36carnival
24:362k26
24:37is to
24:37be
24:37the
24:38safest
24:38carnival
24:39yet
24:39so
24:40said
24:40the
24:40national
24:41carnival
24:41commission
24:42and
24:42the
24:42minister
24:43of
24:43culture
24:43who
24:44are
24:44both
24:44assuring
24:45that
24:45despite
24:45a
24:45decreased
24:46government
24:46allocation
24:47the show
24:48will
24:48go on
24:49with
24:50an
24:51outstanding
24:51bill
24:52of
24:52roughly
24:52170
24:53million
24:54dollars
24:54still
24:55owed
24:55to
24:55carnival
24:55stakeholders
24:56for
24:56years
24:57past
24:57culture
24:58minister
24:59Michelle
24:59Benjamin
24:59is
25:00standing
25:00by the
25:00allocation
25:01to
25:01the
25:01NCC
25:02for
25:03carnival
25:0320
25:0426
25:05the
25:06allocation
25:06this
25:07year
25:07is
25:08$137
25:10million
25:11thereabouts
25:12and
25:13you had
25:13mentioned
25:14people's
25:14years
25:14well
25:14it was
25:15a
25:15significant
25:15outstanding
25:16some
25:16of the
25:17stakeholders
25:17did you
25:17update that
25:18that
25:19has
25:19been
25:20so
25:20for
25:22numerous
25:22years
25:22and
25:23the
25:24board
25:24and
25:24myself
25:25we
25:25are
25:25treating
25:25with
25:25that
25:26and
25:26that
25:26has
25:26never
25:27hindered
25:27putting
25:29on
25:29the
25:29greatest
25:29show
25:29so
25:30rest
25:30assured
25:31all
25:31of
25:31that
25:31is
25:32being
25:32dealt
25:33with
25:33with
25:34the
25:34cutting
25:34out
25:34of
25:35the
25:35wastage
25:35in
25:36the
25:36NCC
25:37and
25:37what
25:37is
25:37done
25:38with
25:38the
25:38allocation
25:39we
25:39are
25:40going
25:40to
25:40better
25:40utilize
25:41the
25:41allocation
25:41to
25:42fund
25:42the
25:42greatest
25:42show
25:43on
25:43the
25:43earth
25:43which
25:44is
25:44our
25:48241
25:49million
25:49dollars
25:50but
25:51was
25:51still
25:51supplemented
25:52with
25:52a
25:52200
25:53million
25:53dollar
25:54loan
25:54the
25:55new
25:55NCC
25:55chairman
25:56says
25:56the
25:56commission
25:57is
25:57streamlining
25:58its
25:58endeavors
25:58beginning
25:59with
26:00today's
26:00launch
26:01on
26:01the
26:01Brian
26:02Lara
26:02Promenade
26:03this
26:03is a
26:04change
26:04the
26:05launch
26:05of
26:06Carnival
26:06would
26:06normally
26:06take
26:07place
26:07up
26:07at
26:07the
26:07Queen's
26:07Park
26:08Savannah
26:08and
26:08the
26:08Grandstand
26:09and
26:09so
26:09on
26:10together
26:11with
26:11the
26:11minister
26:12and
26:12the
26:13CEO
26:13and
26:14the
26:14board
26:14we
26:14took
26:15the
26:15decision
26:15that
26:15we
26:15want
26:15to
26:16bring
26:16the
26:16launch
26:16of
26:16Carnival
26:17to
26:17the
26:17people
26:18that's
26:18why
26:18we're
26:18here
26:18on
26:18the
26:19promenade
26:19and
26:21I
26:21can
26:22tell
26:22you
26:22just
26:22by
26:23doing
26:23that
26:23the
26:25cost
26:26of
26:26coming
26:26here
26:27is
26:28a
26:28fraction
26:28of
26:28what
26:28it
26:28would
26:29normally
26:29cost
26:29to
26:30put
26:30on
26:30the
26:30launch
26:30of
26:31Carnival
26:31up
26:31at
26:31the
26:31Queen's
26:32Park
26:32Savannah
26:32so
26:33already
26:34the
26:34savings
26:35are
26:36taking
26:36place
26:36the
26:37NCC
26:37chairman
26:38says
26:38the
26:38relevant
26:39stakeholders
26:39have
26:40been
26:40marketing
26:40next
26:41year's
26:41festival
26:42and
26:42he's
26:42pledging
26:43that
26:43TNT
26:43will
26:44live
26:44up
26:44to
26:44its
26:44reputation
26:45as
26:46the
26:46mecca
26:46of
26:47Carnival
26:47myself
26:48and
26:49the
26:49deputy
26:49were
26:49in
26:50Tobago
26:50just
26:51two
26:51weekends
26:51ago
26:51for
26:51Tobago
26:52Carnival
26:52and
26:53we
26:53almost
26:53couldn't
26:53get
26:54a
26:54place
26:54to
26:54stay
26:55and
26:55we
26:55know
26:56that
26:56here
26:56in
26:56Trinidad
26:56the
26:57accommodation
26:58is
26:58already
26:59sold
27:00out
27:00in
27:01most
27:01of
27:01the
27:01accommodations
27:02in
27:02and
27:02around
27:03Portis
27:03Bay
27:03and
27:04even
27:04beyond
27:05Portis
27:05Bay
27:05Room
27:06Stock
27:06has
27:06always
27:06been
27:06a
27:07problem
27:07and
27:07only
27:08yesterday
27:08the
27:09Prime
27:09Minister
27:09would
27:10have
27:10unveiled
27:11the
27:11government's
27:13initiative
27:14for
27:14infrastructural
27:15development
27:16particularly
27:17in and
27:18around
27:18Portis
27:19Bay
27:19and
27:20included
27:20in that
27:21would be
27:22a number
27:22of
27:23hotels
27:24to be
27:25constructed
27:25as we
27:25go
27:26between
27:262025
27:27and
27:272030
27:28a lot
27:29of
27:29development
27:30will
27:30take
27:30place
27:30and
27:31that
27:32will
27:32help
27:32add
27:33Room
27:34Stock
27:34as we
27:35build
27:35the
27:35tourism
27:36and
27:37as we
27:37build
27:37the
27:37carnival
27:38and
27:39with
27:39the
27:39crime
27:39rates
27:40greatly
27:40reduced
27:41under
27:41consecutive
27:41states
27:42of
27:42emergencies
27:43stakeholders
27:44are certain
27:45carnival
27:452026
27:46will be
27:47the
27:48safest
27:48one
27:49yet
27:49crime
27:50is
27:50down
27:5078%
27:51this
27:52year
27:52right
27:53this
27:54will
27:54be
27:54lowest
27:55murder
27:55rate
27:55we've
27:55had
27:56in
27:56Trinidad
27:56and
27:56Tobago
27:56in
27:57more
27:57than
27:5725
27:58years
27:59Tobago
28:00was
28:00incident
28:01free
28:01we
28:02were
28:02at
28:03Tobago
28:03Carnival
28:03insulin
28:04free
28:05there
28:05was
28:05even
28:06a
28:06scuffle
28:07in
28:07Scarborough
28:08and
28:08I'm
28:08looking
28:09forward
28:09to
28:09the
28:09same
28:09thing
28:09happening
28:10here
28:10in
28:10Trinidad
28:10Sport
28:12is up
28:12next
28:12keep
28:13it
28:13here
28:13to
28:14to
28:14to
28:16to
28:16be
28:17to
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