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To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) Mi­nor­i­ty Leader Kelvon Mor­ris says the new State of Emer­gency (SoE) de­clared yes­ter­day morn­ing deals a harsh blow to To­ba­go’s al­ready strug­gling tourism sec­tor. He be­lieves the is­land, which is see­ing a re­duc­tion in crime, has been thrown in­to what he de­scribes as a storm.

At the time he said what was trou­bling him most is the Chief Sec­re­tary’s si­lence.

The de­c­la­ra­tion comes just 201 days af­ter the last SoE, and Mor­ris said it spells eco­nom­ic dis­as­ter for the is­land, es­pe­cial­ly with the Oc­to­ber Car­ni­val some 12 weeks away.