THE Division of Health, Wellness and Social Protection, through the Realisation of Economic Achievement (REACH) programme, distributed over $153,000 in grants on April 24 at the division in Scarborough. Secretary Dr Faith Brebnor advised the grant recipients to take advantage of the opportunities available through the programme.

She said some recipients received either $10,000 or $15,000, but the grants were an investment into the people of Tobago to help them develop their business.

"One of the reasons you are here now, versus being here six months ago, to get you to this point, it was truly because we needed to make sacrifices and it was truly because we needed to decide: do we pay the $150,000 here or do we do $150,000 worth in home repairs or do we do $150,000 worth of food. That is the kind of decision that we had to make to get to this point.”