Author: Kinnesha George
POLICE are promising the safest Tobago carnival ever. The annual festival, currently in its third year, officially gets under way from October 25-27 with parties and events all over the island. Crime has been on the rise on the island with an unprecedented 25 murders in 2024, triggered by a surge in gun violence. However, […]
THA Secretary of Settlements, Public Utilities and Rural Development Ian Pollard has hinted at changes in the division’s grants policy. The division is responsibility for disbursing grants such as the Home Improvement Grant, Home Improvement Subsidy, the Home Completion Programme and the Beneficiary Owned Land Programme. Speaking at a grant distribution ceremony on October 14 […]
CHAIRMAN of the Tobago Business Chamber Martin George is saddened by the scourge and horror of crime which he said is bedevilling Tobago. On October 13, police began investigating the death of a 42-year-old Cunupia man whose body was found at the beach near the ANR Robinson International Airport in Crown Point. Marcus Archer, originally […]
POLITICAL leader of the Innovative Democratic Alliance (IDA) Dr Denise Tsoiafatt-Angus is questioning whether Tobago has received enough funding in its 2024/2025 budgetary allocation. The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has been allotted a total of $2.599 billion for its 2025 budgetary allocation. During his September 30 budget presentation, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said the […]
THA Minority Leader Kelvon Morris is calling for more accountability in the management of the island’s annual budgetary allocation. During the 2024/2025 budget presentation on September 30, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said Tobago was allocated $2.599 billion – 4.35 per cent of national budget. Morris said central government should be commended for steering the ship […]
TOBAGO’S allocation in the 2024/2025 budget presentation by Finance Minister Colm Imbert has come as no surprise to political leader of the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) and THA assemblyman for Roxborough/Argyle Watson Duke. During his presentation in the Red House, Port of Spain on September 30, Imbert said the THA will receive an allocation of […]
TOBAGO East MP and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Gender and Child Affairs Ayanna Webster-Roy has appealed to all upstanding, right-thinking people of Tobago not to let negativity prevail. She was speaking during the annual Republic Day Awards hosted by the Office of the Prime Minister – Central Administrative […]
THE Tobago House of Assembly and Minister of Youth Development and National Service will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to share ideas and programmes to help support young people. The MOU was announced on September 17 at the ministry’s launch of the Amplify programme in Tobago at the Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort, […]
TOBAGO has recorded its 22nd murder for 2024. Though details are still sketchy, Newsday understands Parlatuvier resident Alvin Daniel alias Sargie was shot dead on September 11. He was reportedly one of two people shot. Police said he was sitting in a car with a woman around 4 am when gunmen drove up and started […]
THE Milford Road Esplanade Ltd (MRE) has issued a pre-action protocol letter to its tenant Ian Seon. On September 9, during a Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) news conference outside his booth at the esplanade in Scarborough, Seon acknowledged his rent was in arrears, but claimed he had paid half of what he owed. According to […]