The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has finally received the $222.8 million needed for the payment of arrears of salaries and wages to its 9,000 monthly and daily rated employees. The Ministry of Finance gave instructions to the Ministry of Tobago Development on July 4 to release $222,818,100 to the

More than 1,000 students are participating in summer sports camps throughout Tobago. The camps are available at 45 venues where 1,100 youths ages 7 to 17 are participating in 9 disciplines, including football, tennis, basketball, swimming and cricket. The camps were organised by the Division of Education, Youth Affairs and

Finance Minister Larry Howai will meet representatives of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) by the end of this month “to have meaningful discussions with the THA” on its $4.95 billion budget that was presented by Finance Secretary Joel Jack on June 24. Howai said he will meet with Chief

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident coordinator Richard Blewitt has assured the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) of the programme’s continued assistance in the areas of governance, security, HIV/Aids, poverty eradication, climate control and disaster preparedness. He has also given the UNDP’s commitment to provide grant funding to Tobago’s Non-Governmental

Chief Secretary Orville London is calling on Tobagonians to standby to join the battle for internal self governance for Tobago. He told residents of Buccoo, Mt Pleasant and environs on Thursday (July 11) that all the signals from the Central Government were that despite all of the talk about self

Chief Secretary Orville London has stated that it was very challenging to govern a “paradise island” like Tobago. “Crime is one of the major challenges; however, the biggest challenge is the preparation of Tobago since we live in a very challenging and competitive world,” he told 18 recruits of the