Author: Janelle De Souza
The leaders of the People’s National Movement (PNM) in Tobago say just because Tobagonians are not getting everything they want immediately out of the Tobago autonomy bills, does not mean they should reject it because it was better than anything offered previously. Speaking at the PNM’s first townhall meeting on Tobago’s autonomy at the Belle […]
Head of the National Trade Union Centre Michael Annisette says he has no issues with the Prime Minister, Opposition Leader, President and other top public officials getting pay increases but there should be similar increases for the working class. In its 120th report, laid in the House of Representatives by Finance Minister Colm Imbert on […]
THE Innovative Democratic Alliance (IDA) is calling for the rejection of the Tobago autonomy bills and is urging THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine to show “bold, unifying leadership” by spearheading an inclusive consultation process on Tobago’s autonomy. In a release on November 13, the IDA said the Tobago Island Government Bill and The Constitution (Amendment) […]
Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) founder and political leader Watson Duke says the people of Tobago do not want autonomy but rather, self-determination. Speaking at a press conference at PDP headquarters at Port Mall, Scarborough on November 11, Duke said self-determination meant Tobago would have the right to determine its own political status, as well as […]
The Tobago House of Assembly’s (THA) Division of Finance, Trade and the Economy kicked off its Finance Month 2024 on November 5, with a one-hour financial literacy workshop for children, and a business caravan. According to a division media release, the aim of the month-long series of educational events is to enhance financial literacy and […]
THE Tobago House of Assembly (THA) says the storage of the oil-spill waste at Studley Park Landfill has not had a visible impact on the surrounding environment, and the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries has agreed to arrange for the permanent disposal of the waste. Speaking at a THA press briefing at the Office […]
Less than four months after publishing her first book of poetry, artist and poet Sarah Beckett is publishing her second, I Wrote My Heart Across an Unknown Sky, Homage to Camus. The first, Iere: Living in the Land of the Humming Bird was about Trinidad, a place she said cradled her as both a poet […]
LOCAL franchise holder of TGI Fridays, which has three restaurants in Trinidad, says the decision of the parent company to file for bankruptcy protection in the US on November 2 will not affect local branches. CEO of Prestige Holdings Ltd Simon Hardy, franchise holder for TGI Fridays, said the bankruptcy will only affected the 39 […]
FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert has announced a new deadline to pay property tax to December 20. In an X (formerly Twitter) post on November 2, Imbert announced the new payment deadline and stated the deadline for Board of Inland Revenue to deliver property tax notices has been extended to November 29. On June 25, the […]
ADVOCATES for reparations for hundreds of years of enslavement of Africans are calling on the Commonwealth to take some sort of action against the British government’s decision to exclude reparations from the agenda of the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa. The 2024 CHOGM took place from October 21-26 and, even before […]