Author: Corey Connelly

TOBAGO People’s Party (TPP) political leader Farley Augustine has revealed that eight nominees have offered themselves as potential candidates to represent the Tobago East and West constituencies in the upcoming general election. On the Tobago Updates morning show on January 31, Augustine confirmed that Secretary of Infrastructure, Quarries and Urban Development Trevor James and retired […]

DEPUTY THA Chief Secretary Dr Faith Brebnor received stinging criticism from several PNM ministers on January 29 after she accused the government of failing to address the water challenges facing many people in Tobago. At a sod-turning ceremony for the construction of the $50 million Goldsborough Water Treatment Plant, Brebnor prefaced her welcome remarks by […]

THA MINORITY LEADER Kelvon Morris has accused Secretary of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Burris of bringing the Office of the Clerk of the Assembly into disrepute. The issue relates to the private promoter involved in the $9.3 million Tobago Rhythm & Soul Festival in April. During a news conference at the Minority Leader’s […]

PROGRESSIVE Democratic Patriots (PDP) political leader Watson Duke has called for the resignation of THA Presiding Officer Abby Taylor. He made the call on January 24 during a news conference at the party’s headquarters, Port Mall, Scarborough, Tobago. It came a day after Taylor instructed police officers to escort the Belle Garden East/Roxborough/Delaford assemblyman out […]

A man who was hospitalised after being set on fire in Tobago more than a week ago has died. Djan Melville, 30, had been warded at the Port of Spain General Hospital on January 17. He was set on fire in Bon Accord on January 8. Around 8.15 pm, police at the Crown Point Police […]

SOLDIERS held three men from Signal Hill during a roadblock in Harmony Hall, Mt Grace, on January 13. Acting on information, the army men, who have powers of arrest during the current state of emergency, held an exercise between 10 am and 11.15 am. They army men stopped a car, which was occupied by a […]

BARRING any unforeseen developments, Secretary of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Burris said the first phase of the Store Bay redevelopment project should begin in July. Last September, vendors at the Store Bay Beach Facility called on the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) to clear the air about their plans for the popular spot […]

THA SECRETARY of Infrastructure, Quarries and Urban Development Trevor James says he has been nominated to contest the general election for the Tobago People’s Party (TPP). The Scarborough/Mt Grace assemblyman had first expressed interest in contesting a seat during a news conference at the Shaw Park Cultural Complex on September 7, 2024. At that time, […]

THA Secretary of Infrastructure, Quarries and Urban Development Trevor James has said the Shirvan/Store Bay connector road should be completed before Carnival. He was speaking on Tobago Updates on January 13. The Shirvan/Store Bay connector road and roundabout, which was officially commissioned on August 6, 2024, comprises two roundabouts and several streets named after prominent […]

THA SECRETARY of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Burris says the division is re-activating its visitor relations unit for tourists during the state of emergency (SoE). She spoke at a Tobago security council stakeholder meeting at the Hochoy Charles Administrative Complex, Calder Hall, on January 9. The meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, […]