To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine says he’s pleased they have been able to curb crime on the is­land in the last year.

“We have been able to re­verse what seems to be a dead­ly trend that start­ed last year or the year be­fore; we have been able to re­verse that so far,” Au­gus­tine said while speak­ing at the swear­ing-in cer­e­mo­ny of the new Sec­re­tary of the Di­vi­sion of Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment, Youth De­vel­op­ment and Sport, Wane Clarke, at Pres­i­dent’s House, St Ann’s, yes­ter­day.

Au­gus­tine re­vealed that the is­land has had three mur­ders for the year so far, when com­pared to 16 at the same time last year. He at­trib­uted the THA’s suc­cess in the crime fight to the work of those in the Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Di­vi­sion.