TOBAGO MOTHERS CALLED OUT ON CRIME

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Chief Secretary Farley Augustine has called out Tobago mothers, saying they are encouraging their sons in criminal activity. Mr. Augustine's comments came during an address at Divali observances in Lowlands Mall. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.

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00:00The fact that our criminals have been able to flourish, it is because light has

00:08been absent. It is because light is absent why mothers are supporting the

00:16criminal activities of their sons. They're enjoying the fruits of criminal

00:22activities. They are not asking questions about why their sons are behaving the way they are.

00:32Chief Secretary Farley Augustine said taking something that does not belong to

00:37you has not been the norm over the years in Tobago. And many of us grew up in

00:43Tobago at a time where you could not even take another child's copybook or

00:48pencil home without your parents perhaps flogging you for coming home

00:54with an item that did not belong to you. So how did we arrive at a place where we

01:02have become so comfortable with criminal activities, so comfortable knowing that

01:07the drug dealer is living downstairs our homes. Darkness is in essence the absence of light.

01:16Mr. Augustine said the high level of crime in Tobago remains a challenge.

01:21And when we look at our own society today and look at the things that are

01:27challenging us, in particular our challenge with high levels of crime, it

01:34may very well be that those things continue to exist because light has been

01:40absent in many ways. The THA Chief Secretary comments came during Diwali

01:47celebrations in Tobago where former Chief Secretary Orville London was

01:52honored by the Tobago Hindu Society for his contribution of land to the society

01:58for the building of their temple at Signal Hill. Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.

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