URhulumente weRiphabhlikhi yaseTrinidad kunye neTobago usanda kubhengeza i-State of Emergency (SOE) ukuqinisekisa ukuba bonke abahlali kunye neendwendwe eziqhubekayo zokhuseleko kunye nentlalontle emva kokunyuka kobundlobongela kwiLizwe leSiqithi seCaribbean.
Ngokutsho kweSebe leLizwe lase-US, abemi base-US kufuneka baphinde bathathe uhambo ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho.
Ilizwe laseTwin Island likhaya labantu abamalunga ne-1.5 yezigidi. Abahlali babone ukwanda okothusayo kulwaphulo-mthetho olunobundlobongela ngo-2024, kuquka namatyala okubulala angama-623. Xa kukho imeko yonxunguphalo, abasemagunyeni banokubamba abantu abarhanelwa ukuba babandakanyeka kulwaphulo-mthetho ngaphandle kweziqinisekiso. Umthetho ngoku unokukhangela kwaye ungene kwiindawo zikawonke-wonke kunye nezabucala ngokuthanda kwabo.
Ngelixa lo mlinganiso ugxininisa ukuzibophelela okukhawulezileyo kukhuseleko, isiqithi esimnandi saseTobago sihlala samkelekile kunakuqala, ngokhenketho lwaso kunye nemisebenzi yoshishino isebenza ngaphandle komthungo, ngokutsho kwebhodi yezokhenketho.
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya i-ANR Robinson International sisasebenza ngokupheleleyo, njengoko kunjalo namaziko ezibuko ahlalisa iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye neenkonzo zezikhitshane phakathi kweziqithi. Iihotele, izibonelelo zaselwandle, ukhenketho, kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane zivuliwe.
I-SOE linyathelo lokhuseleko eliyilelwe ukujongana neenkxalabo ezithile ngelixa kugcinwe umoya ophilileyo nonoxolo.
Ubomi bemihla ngemihla eTobago abuphazanyiswa. Ngokwengxelo yeendaba esasazwe yiBhodi yezoKhenketho yeCaribbean, abahlali kunye neendwendwe ngokufanayo banokuyonwabela iminikelo yesi siqithi ngelixa bekhumbula isikhokelo sabasemagunyeni.
Abatyeleli kufuneka baphathe isazisi esisemthethweni, njengepasipoti yabo, ngexesha lokuhlala kwabo.
I-Tobago Tourism Agency Limited (TTAL) izimisele ukugcina abahambi benolwazi kwaye bekhuthazekile.
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