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For To­bag­o­ni­ans, Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley’s tenure leaves be­hind a mixed lega­cy on the is­land. While some praise his con­tri­bu­tions, oth­ers be­lieve he could have done more for his birth­place.

Row­ley’s im­pact on the is­land is vis­i­ble—from the up­grad­ed in­ter-is­land fer­ry ser­vice to the state-of-the-art Rox­bor­ough Hos­pi­tal, po­lice sta­tions, and the soon-to-be-opened $1 bil­lion ANR In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port ter­mi­nal. Af­ter 45 years in ser­vice, the man at his side from the be­gin­ning of his po­lit­i­cal ca­reer said Row­ley cre­at­ed a To­ba­go for the fu­ture.

A fel­low To­bag­on­ian, for­mer as­sem­bly­man, ex-To­ba­go West MP, and sen­a­tor, Stan­ford Cal­len­der, was there when a young Row­ley en­tered the po­lit­i­cal are­na in 1981. To­day, he said Row­ley will re­turn proud of what To­ba­go has be­come un­der his lead­er­ship.