Today, April 23rd, Angelica Jogie should have been celebrating her eighth birthday. Instead, the country continues to mourn her young life tragically cut short three weeks ago in a jet ski accident at Pigeon Point, Tobago.

In a special sitting on Thursday, the Tobago House of Assembly Legislature updated the Tobago Marine Parks Bill. An update from the 2020 version, the Bill will be amalgamated into Section 29 of the current Tobago House of Assembly Act 40 of 1996, instead of being enacted as separate legislation.

Currently, the Tobago House of Assembly constitutionally lacks the ability to enforce laws, and according to Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, that became evident when operators were back on the water in Pigeon Point one week after the fatal jet ski incident.