Author: Stephon Nicholas

The Tobago People’s Party (TPP) has selected retired assistant fire chief David Thomas as its candidate for Tobago East in the THA elections, constitutionally due in 2025. TPP held a marathon screening session for potential candidates for both Tobago seats on February 6, at Shaw Park Cultural Complex. Thomas got the committee’s nod over five […]

CENTRAL SPORTS began the defence of their TT Cricket Board (TTCB) National League Premiership I title with a convincing victory on Sunday, thumping newly promoted Prisons by an innings and 16 runs in Felicity. Central Sports had already earned first-innings points on Saturday after posting 287 in response to Prisons’ 66 all out. Resuming the […]

TOBAGO Business Chamber chairman Martin George has expressed grave disappointment with the updated version of the coat of arms, which was passed recently in the House of Representatives. In a video released to the media on January 20, George said he had no issue with the steelpan replacing the three ships used by explorer Christopher […]

CHIEF SECRETARY Farley Augustine said he will be setting his own term limit as head of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). He was speaking on January 10 in the latest episode of Auto Correct, an online series to discuss Tobago’s autonomy. Augustine said, “I have no dreams, no aspirations to be a Chief Secretary […]

Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) political leader Watson Duke has warned the Prime Minister about making the same “mistakes” he did by endorsing the wrong person. Duke was speaking in a video posted to his social media page on January 6, moments after the Prime Minister announced that the PNM caucus had chosen Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s […]

PART of a drilling rig – the derrick – owned by Well Services Petroleum Company Ltd, a private company, collapsed into the sea early on the morning of December 22, sending workers on the south-west platform scampering for safety. Videos uploaded to social media showed workers in life vests bearing the name Well Services, looking […]