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No services to be outsourced at Scarborough General Hospital
No services at the Scarborough General Hospital will be outsourced. THA Chief Secretary Orville London gave this assurance in response to claims by hospital’s kitchen workers and their union representatives that that their functions would be outsourced beginning February 1, 2016. “Under my watch no services at the TRHA will
East Tobago to get more reliable electricity supply
The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) is currently relocating a 12kV feeder cable from Runnemede to Charlotteville, which is expected to transform the electricity supply in east Tobago. Previously, a large portion of the feeder cable had poles and lines running through heavily forested areas. The project, which costs
Contract teachers to get 14 percent pay hike
Educators on contract with the Tobago House of Assembly will soon receive a 14 percent increase in their remuneration, effective October 31, 2015. It’s the same increase contract workers of the Assembly are receiving, Chief Secretary Orville London disclosed at Wednesday’s (January 27) post Executive Council media briefing at the
Self-government still a priority for Tobago
The Forum of Political Parties will host two public meetings next month, as well as a convention, to finalise the contents of documents on Tobago’s self-governance. THA Chief Secretary Orville London, who is coordinating the process, said at Wednesday’s (January 27) weekly post Executive Council media briefing that “the review
Sandals investment would bring jobs, tourism development
Tobago’s efforts to attract investors seems to be bearing fruit, as Tobago House of Assembly officials met with hotel mogul Gordon “Butch” Stewart to discuss the possibility of expanding the Sandals chain to the island. Stewart, the founder and chairman of the Sandals and Beaches all-inclusive chain of resorts, visited
Road resurfacing programme to cost $63 million
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) will embark on a $63M road resurfacing programme from the end of this month (January) throughout Tobago. During last Wednesday’s (January 20) post Executive Council media briefing at the Administrative Complex, Calder Hall, Secretary of the Division of Infrastructure and Public Utilities (DIPU) Gary
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