I am a frequent traveller on the inter-island ferry from Trinidad and Tobago and back. The scenery is great, the people accommodating, the cost of living very high not because of transport but greediness.
My major concern with this beautiful piece of geography called Tobago is security, highlighting the movement of people and vehicles/goods by sea.
In the ferry service between Trinidad and Tobago, much is desired of the port police who by their body language, seem to be fed up or totally tired by the way they conduct their duties. Vehicles are not checked for contraband, no scanners, an easy passage for guns, ammunition and drugs entering the country of Tobago.
If one may note the usage of guns to commit crime in Tobago is increasing. Please do not wait for the horse to bolt. When one of the Government’s policy is the development of tourism in Tobago, a diversion from oil alone, being our main contributor to earning foreign currency.
It is a known fact that in T&T we are known for playing politics with crime, where 41 elected Members of Parliament sit day after day and starve institutions of legislation and equipment. But only criticise.
So I am pleading to those who have the know how; do not spoil Tobago.
Athelston Clinton