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Tobago tourism industry

International visitor arrivals to Tobago are on the upswing. Similarly domestic arrivals in 2012 were 94% of total arrivals for the period over 2011. Deputy Chief Secretary and Secretary of Tourism and Transportation Tracy Davidson-Celestine disclosed in last week’s budget debate there were 32,895 international arrivals in 2012, up by

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Friends of Tobago

Chief Secretary Orville London has said the only friends of Tobago reside in Tobago, there are none outside. London who was speaking during debate on the “real THA 2014 budget” on Thursday added: “I am saying that the relationship between the Tobago House of Assembly and the Central Government will

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Paving works at Buccoo Health Centre

The Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) advises the public that service would be temporarily interrupted at the Buccoo Health Centre on Tuesday 29th October, 2013, due to paving works being conducted on the car park and external ground. Please note that clinic services on that day (Tuesday 29th October, 2013)

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Warning to truckers

Chief Secretary Orville London has issued a warning to Tobago truckers who purchase aggregate from the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Studley Park Quarry at a subsidised price of $72.64 per ton and sell it for as much as five times more. He said an investigation into various complaints on

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Budget allocations

The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) received just 50 per cent of its request for fiscal 2014. There was a shortfall of $877 million or 29.5 per cent of its recurrent estimates while under its development programme request of $1.96 billion its received $363 million or 80 per cent. For

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Budget debate

Members of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) passed a motion on Thursday night expressing their dissatisfaction with the $2.477 billion budgetary allocation to the Assembly for fiscal 2014 and its inability to address on-going and development plans for Tobago. The motion moved by Finance and Enterprise Development Secretary Joel

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