Author: Corey Connelly

FR LESLIE TANG KAI bade farewell to his parishioners on October 6 after eight years at the helm of the Roman Catholic church in Tobago. In a brief interview shortly before his departure, he told Newsday, “I came as a stranger and I am leaving as a son because I now have a mother, father […]

TOBAGO stakeholders say they are in the dark about the government’s plan to construct a five-star hotel in Buccoo in 2025. Finance Minister Colm Imbert made the announcement during his $59 billion budget for fiscal 2024/2025 in the House of Representatives on September 30. He said the project is one of the government’s strategies to […]

THE TOBAGO Chamber of Industry & Commerce says the 2024/2025 budget does not address the debts owed by the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) to contractors who provided services to clean up the February 7 oil spill, which affected several coastal communities along the island’s southwestern peninsula. In a document titled A Bitter Sweet Outlook, […]

FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert says the government intends to construct a five-star hotel on the Buccoo estate, Tobago, in 2025, as one of its strategies to boost economic development on the island. He made the announcement on September 30 while presenting the $59 billion budget for fiscal 2024/2025 in the House of Representatives. Imbert said […]

A TOBAGO man has been charged with the murder of Kerlan Thomas at Friendsfield Road, Scarborough, on August 21. Jay Quashie, 23, of Mary’s Hill, appeared virtually before High Court Master Margaret Sookraj-Goswami on September 25. He was also charged with multiple counts of wounding in connection with the shooting which claimed Thomas’s life. The […]

A TOBAGO contractor is demanding payment from the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) for work done on the February 7 oil spill, which affected several coastal villages along the island’s south-western peninsula. Allister Mc Clatchie, owner of the Scarborough-based company, Project 5, said he was “contacted and contracted” by the THA to help with the […]

TWO weeks after the decomposing bodies of her daughter and grandchildren were found at the bottom of a decommissioned Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) tank in Parlatuvier, Tobago, Jacqueline Wayne says she is still awaiting word from the authorities on when their autopsies will be done. “It is too nerve-racking. I need some kind of […]

POLICE shot and killed two men at a guesthouse in Sou Sou Lands, Tobago, on September 16. The victims have been identified Razeen Quashie and Hakeem Anderson, both of Golden Lane. A senior police officer told Newsday that around 6.05pm, intelligence officers went to the guesthouse and confronted the men after receiving “certain information.” The […]

THE INNOVATIVE Democratic Alliance (IDA) says fresh leadership alone will not solve Tobago’s crime problem. In a statement on September 14, the party weighed in on Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher’s decision reassign head of the Tobago Division, ACP Collis Hazel and Snr Supt Rodhill Kirk to Trinidad. The men will take up duties in the […]

The Innovative Democratic Alliance (IDA) says Tobagonians deserve to know the true scope of the THA’s proposed Store Bay Beach Club project, including its environmental impact and how it aligns with the needs of the community. At a news conference at the IDA’s headquarters in Scarborough on September 3, the party’s PRO Kay Trotman called […]