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Tobago Ministry in parallel operation
The Ministry of Tobago Development is being accused of illegally running a parallel fishing data-collection system among Tobago’s fisherfolk. Assemblyman Hayden Spencer, Assistant Secretary at the Division of Agriculture, Marine Affairs, Marketing and the Environment, said on Wednesday (13th August 2014) that the Ministry was carrying out this exercise contrary

Prime Minister’s amendments troubling Chief Secretary
The proposed amendments to the constitution by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar threaten the status of the Tobago House of Assembly and Tobago. Chief Secretary Orville London said he believed that there are implications for the THA and Tobago because what the Prime Minister is proposing is the possibility of sweeping

Tobago forum goes to Trinidad
Talks on Tobago’s self government shift to Trinidad this week as the island’s political parties with the House of Assembly will meet the public on Sunday August 17 at the UWI Teaching and Learning Centre, St Augustine starting at 4 p.m. Tobago’s Forum of Political Parties comprising the Tobago Platform

Malala’s Campaign for Education
Seventeen-year-old education activist Malala Yousafzai commended Tobago on its free educational system on Monday (July 28, 2014). The Pakistani pupil paid a courtesy call on THA Chief Secretary Orville London at his Calder Hall office. “Here, you’ve made it a top priority that every child must get free and quality

Chief Secretary Returns to Residence
THA Chief Secretary Orville London and his family have returned to the newly rebuilt official residence in Lowlands. The official Lowlands residence, which was built in the early 1950s had significant structural damage over the years, as well as inadequate space as an official residence. It was originally built as

Island-wide cleanup
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) will embark on an island-wide cleanup campaign from Monday in an effort to combat the possible spread of the Chikungunya virus. The cleanup will include spraying, the clearance of abandoned lots and educating the general public on the spread of the mosquito-borne disease. Secretary
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