No long lines at Port

The cancellation of the 6 am and 4pm sailings from Port-of-Spain and the 6.30 am and 4pm sailings from Scarborough was announced by the Port Authority in a statement to the media.

This comes hours after Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley took a surprise ride on the TT Express to Tobago on Sunday. This, minority leader of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Watson Duke described as, “vexing, morally and mockingly pretentious and downright sacrilegious.” Duke said Rowley took what was sacred to Tobagonians and made it a laughing matter. “Why didn’t he travel in a time when he had urgent business to conduct and the delay of the boat meant something? Why did the boat take off at exactly 4 pm and did not delay? “Why is it that today Monday, the boat leaving Tobago has been delayed? Why is it that the prime minister continues to say to Tobago by his actions if it is good for me, it good for you,” he asked yesterday.

Duke said Tobagonians were not happy and demanded of Rowley an immediate solution to the problem.

“Tobago needs help, the boat is a needful source of transportation in Tobago. We do not depend on bus, we do not depend on cars. What we depend upon is the boat to go between Trinidad and Tobago.”