Author: Corey Connelly

INNOVATIVE Democratic Alliance (IDA) political leader Dr Denise Tsoiafatt Angus has chastised Chief Secretary and Tobago People’s Party leader Farley Augustine for calling the Prime Minister a house slave. Augustine did so at a news conference and on Facebook on December 9 after the failure of the main Tobago autonomy bill in the Parliament. During […]

CHIEF SECRETARY Farley Augustine has advised parents to give their children books as opposed to toys this Christmas. He spoke to reporters on December 11 after delivering remarks at the opening of the Logos Hope at the Scarborough port, Tobago. The ship, which has the world’s largest floating book fair, arrived at the port from […]

THE Trinidad & Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) says the loss of electricity supply in Tobago on December 11 was caused by “a bus bar fault” at the Scarborough substation. In a statement on December 12, T&TEC’s corporate communications unit said at 10.21 pm on December 11, the entire island lost electricity supply because of “an […]

PROGRESSIVE Democratic Patriots (PDP) political leader Watson Duke has blamed THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine for the failure of the Tobago autonomy bill in the Parliament. During debate on the pieces of legislation on December 9, the House of Representatives passed the Tobago Island Government Bill 2021 by a vote of 20-10, but failed to […]