Condor Airline cancellations
In the past month, Tobago has lost over $1 million from cancellations by just one airline because of the State of Emergency. THA Tourism and Transportation Secretary Oswald Williams revealed this startling figure at the post-Executive Council media briefing on Wednesday (28 September, 2011). “We have never seen this level of cancellation in all our […]
Rodger Samuel meets with THA officials and Tobago Aids Coordinating Committee
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister Rodger Samuel is hoping for a large enough allocation in the 2011/2012 national Budget to fight HIV/Aids in the country. He said from all of the documentation sent to the Finance Ministry budgetary division there has to be such an increase. “If not we are […]
Mason Hall Govt Primary School promoting healthy living
Winners of the Eric Williams Foundation Memorial Committee’s national “Portfolio Competition” take off on a one month health education binge. Mason Hall Government Primary School is staging one month of activities promoting healthy living. This programme comes on the heels of the school winning the Eric Williams Foundation Memorial Committee’s national “Portfolio Competition” – “Dr […]
Housing service plots
Everyone who has received a plot of land from the Tobago House of Assembly will have a house built on it. The THA-owned Courland Estate would be the first site for the promised service plot housing development, THA Chief Secretary Orville London disclosed at the post-Executive Council media briefing on Wednesday. (28 September 2011). London […]
THA Special sitting
The Tobago House of Assembly will meet in a special sitting on Thursday 20th October 2011 to debate the proposed provisions to revamp the relationship between Tobago and Trinidad. Speaking at the post Executive Council media briefing on Wednesday, (28th September 2011) Chief Secretary Orville London said, contrary to the submission of some critics, the […]
Consul General-Designate to Toronto visits THA officials
This country’s newly appointed Consul General-Designate to Toronto, Dr. Vidya Gyan-Tota-Maharaj has the tall order of encouraging greater airlifts to Tobago from Canada, a request she graciously accepted. Following a meeting with Dr Gyan-Tota-Maharaj and Secretary of Tourism and Transportation, THA Chief Secretary Orville London said Tobago has the tourism capacity and product. However, “the […]