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Unemployment down

The latest data available from the Central Statistical Office (CSO) suggests that the rate of unemployment in Tobago at the end of the second quarter 2014 is down to a record low of about 2 per cent, Secretary of Finance and Enterprise Development Assemblyman Joel Jack has stated. He noted

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“Golf benefitting golf”

Pupils at 16 Tobago primary schools will benefit from golf training sessions to be conducted by the Trinidad & Tobago Golf Association, which will be funded through the Chief Secretary’s Charity Golf Tournament 2014. Chief Secretary Orville London presented a cheque for $40,000 to the Association on Thursday (March 4,

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Chief Secretary calls on Prime Minister to fire ‘reckless’ Baker

Chief Secretary Orville London is calling on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to immediately revoke the appointment of the Minister of Tobago Development, Dr. Delmon Baker. At a media conference in his office at the Administrative Complex in Calder Hall, Tobago, London cited Baker’s “recent reckless, insensitive, disrespectful behaviour” as his

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Self-government talks

Teams from Tobago and Central Government will meet on Wednesday (March 4 2015) to begin discussions on the issue of self-government to Tobago. The meeting takes place at the Magdalena Grand Resort and Spa in Lowlands, Tobago from 10 a.m. It is expected that the 11 demands of Tobagonians rose

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New booths built at Main Ridge centre

The Main Ridge Visitors Centre at Bloody Bay is the latest facility on the island to be upgraded, as commercial booths were built at the Centre. The facility was built to provide visitors with information to help them navigate the area, Secretary of the Division of Agriculture, Marine Affairs, Marketing

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Serious crime in Tobago reduced by 50 percent

Tobago’s crime statistics contradict the claim that people are more likely to be shot dead in Tobago than in Trinidad. Garfield Moore, the new Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Tobago Division, confirmed this on Thursday 26th February 2015) following his visit to the Administrative Complex, Calder

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