00:00Upon her return from the Caracom Summit in St. Lucia, Prime Minister Kamla Pesad-Besasa and Works and Infrastructure Minister
00:06Jolene John visited the Galleants Passage and inspected the humanitarian relief supplies being prepared for shipment to the people of
00:14Venezuela.
00:14Video posted on Minister John's Facebook page showed the captain of the Coast Guard boat, TTS Brighton, explaining that they
00:23would be accompanying the shipment.
00:24I am the captain, I am Lieutenant Newton, and this is TTS Brighton. These are the brave men and women
00:32who are brave of TTS Brighton, and we will be doing the security and the sentry for the procession.
00:39So they are accompanying your boots?
00:41Yes.
00:41If you were not coming here tonight, Prime Minister, they would have been in midstream waiting, am I correct?
00:46Yes, ma'am.
00:46You all have been out in the ocean already waiting for them, so they would have started their seal time.
00:51Yes, ma'am.
00:51Well, it's better that you do not arrive in the night. So we just discussed, you will leave tomorrow at
00:56about 12 o'clock.
00:56I don't know. So I'm going to send an email.
00:59Yeah. So that you get in to the port there, but you're not going. But if we have up to
01:03wait to reach it, you'll get their data, which is better.
01:06The Prime Minister, who chairs the National Security Council, expressed gratitude on behalf of the government.
01:13So I want to thank you all very much. Wish you a safe journey. And make sure we come back
01:19to Trina and Tobago, alive and keep it. Thank you.
01:22Blessings, all of you.
01:23On Sunday, the Prime Minister said on the social media platform X that so far, more than 200 pallets of
01:29relief cargo, along with over 500 mattresses, infant care items, water, beverages, pillows and other essential emergency supplies have been
01:39donated in support of this national humanitarian effort, which she hailed as the overwhelming generosity of the people and corporate
01:47community of Trinidad and Tobago.
01:49Minister John said on Thursday on Facebook that the gallant's passage carries with it not only essential relief supplies, but
01:58also the compassion, solidarity and goodwill of Trinidad and Tobago.
02:03Venezuela's National Assembly announced on Thursday that 3,811 people had been confirmed dead and 16,740 people had been
02:14injured due to the two earthquakes on June 24th.
02:18Venezuela's National Assembly also announced on Thursday that the Venezuelan state and the United Nations are coordinating efforts to guarantee
02:26comprehensive care for families affected.
02:29June Brown, TV6 News.
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