18 Learn To Sign
Enriching relationships, enhancing language and sharpening listening skills is not only about utilising the spoken word. These goals are also achieved through sign language, which helps the speech impaired break the communication barrier and connect and interact better with others. This why the first annual Sign Language Programme, which wrapped up last Thursday (August 23) […]
Free Health Testing Thursday
On Thursday (August 30), the Tobago Regional Health Authority will collaborate with the National AIDS Coordinating Committee (NACC) Secretariat, Office of the Prime Minister, to present the “It’s Beautiful to Know” Community Outreach and Health Fair. Visitors to the event will get to obtain free testing to check their health. There will be HIV testing […]
Primary Care Services Expand
Approval has been granted to begin construction of the Moriah Health Centre at the cost of 25.8 million dollars. The project will be managed by the Urban Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT). “On Monday coming, the 27th August, we will turn the sod for the start of the construction of this facility. The […]
Tobago Tourism Agency Attends British Birdwatching Fair
The Tobago Tourism Agency Ltd represented the island at the 2018 edition of the British Birdwatching Fair. This was part of an ongoing effort to promote Tobago as a premier, globally competitive bird-watching destination and eco holiday option. The event was held between August 17 and 19 at the Rutland Water Nature Reserve in Leicestershire, […]
At-Risk Children In Tobago Have A Place Of Their Own
A community residence has been established for children. The residence will have “oversight and monitoring by the Facilities Review Committee for Children, as well as the Children’s Authority of Trinidad and Tobago”, Secretary of Health, Wellness and Family Development Dr. Agatha Carrington said. The Carnbee facility was formally commissioned this morning and is opened to […]
Tobago Students Excel at CAPE and CSEC 2018
Approximately 360 students wrote the 2018 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) in Tobago, achieving an overall pass rate of 92.7 per cent. Four hundred and thirty-four subject entries attained Grades I & II. This was an increase from 366 Grades I and II in 2017. This year, 921 Tobago candidates from government and government-assisted schools […]