THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine said spiralling crime and murders on the island have been controlled under the current Tobago People’s Party (TPP) administration.

At a TPP meeting in Patience Hill on December 11, Augustine said one thing he was not proud of in the last four years was the two bloodiest years in the island's modern history.

“Last year, we had our largest murder rate at around 24 and the year before at 14. I vowed that after last year that whether we had the responsibility or not, this THA would make it its business in ensuring that we keep the island of Tobago safe, and tonight I am happy that if we are to compare Tobago with any other part of the country, we, unlike any part of the country, have been able to reverse a high murder rate so we are significantly down from 24 last year, and that’s not by accident."