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Women’s Day
The Department of Labour in the Division of Settlements and Labour staged a successful all-day seminar with the theme “Inspiring Change” last Friday (28th March 2014) as part of the THA’s observances of this year’s International Women’s Day. The seminar held at the Mount Irvine Bay Hotel was attended by

Chief Secretary sings praises for music festival organisers
Chief Secretary Orville London has praised the organisers and participants of the recent THA Schools/Youth Music Festival. He noted that the Tobago Music Festival was a new initiative introduced because of the challenges of the national music festival. It climaxed with a festival finale and the presentation of trophies at

Unions at THA plenary session
Executive members of trade unions with branches in Tobago attended last Thursday’s (March 27 2014) plenary sitting of the Tobago House of Assembly. They were there to support a motion calling for labour to be added as a fifth schedule item in the list of matters for which the THA

Gas revenue from Tobago
Tobago may soon become a major energy player, stated Victor Hart, chairman of the government-appointed Steering Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (TTEITI). He said the Central Government collected just $9.4 million in revenue in 2011 from energy giant Centrica, which conducted deep-water exploration for natural

IMF meets THA
Tobago funding, performance and tourism headlined a three hour meeting between the THA and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday. A six-member mission from the IMF held a three-hour meeting with Chief Secretary, Orville London and Secretary of Finance and Enterprise Development, Joel Jack on Monday (24th March 2014)

TRHA gets new board
A former chairman of the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) has been appointed to the position for a second time. Trevor Craig who served in the capacity between 20001 and 2003 received his instrument on Monday (24th March 2014) along with the Deputy Chairman Lydia Peters and seven directors representing
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