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Buccoo District Meeting
When Albert Pilgrim, area representative of the Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant electoral district, came into office, the villages had dirt roads. Now all roads leading to the villages are paved and smooth. “We make no excuses. We try our best,” Pilgrim said. He told the constituents that there had been many improvements

Financial Complex opening
What started off as a renovation project of an old post office has ended up as the region’s first building of its kind and is the new multimillion dollar home of the Division of Finance and Enterprise Development. The Victor E Bruce Financial Complex, named after Tobago son and the

Shipwreck at Tobago Harbour
There are 16 ships sunk in the Scarborough Harbour, and a team of American archaeologists are in Tobago to excavate these shipwrecks. The group, led by Dr. Kroun N Batchvarov, Professor of Maritime Archaeology at the University of Connecticut and Affiliated Scholar of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, hope to

First patient in September
The first patient will be admitted to the new $627 million Scarborough General Hospital at Signal Hill in September, according to Health and Social Services Secretary Assemblyman Claudia Groome-Duke. She said on Wednesday that the project managers, the National Insurance Property Development Company Limited (NIPDEC) informed a policy oversight meeting

“Political, social and economic tabanca”
THA Chief Secretary Orville London has said Tobagonians will get “political, social and economic tabanca” if the Green Paper on self government for Tobago that was released for public comment by Attorney General Anand Ramlogan is passed into law. He told constituents of the Belle Garden/Glamorgan District in east Tobago

2012 CARIAD Workshop
A disappointing turn out for drug prevention and rehabilitation Caribbean workshop. The 38th annual two-week workshop organized by the Caribbean Institute on Alcoholism and Other Drug Problems (CARIAD) got underway at the Crown Point Beach Hotel on Monday with just 45 participants. Chief Secretary Orville London, formally opened the workshop
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