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Nine Feet of Rope
The Buccoo Community in Tobago will come alive on Sunday, 9th October with a showing of the goat racing documentary “Nine Feet of Rope”. This 18-minute production tells the story of the people who make the Tobago Goat Racing an international event. The film follows the trainers during two weeks

Opposition to UK Air Passenger (APD) tax mounting
Opposition to the UK Air Passenger (APD) tax is mounting. UK-based tourism agents have now joined the Caribbean in asking for the removal of the tax. Ironically, it appears that the disputed APD tax is more of a disadvantage than an asset to the UK itself. THA Secretary Oswald Williams

Marine Park for Speyside
A marine park is to be established in the seaside village of Speyside in east Tobago, said THA Chief Secretary Orville London on Thursday night. The park will include the breath-taking undersea coral reef off the coast as well as the two offshore islands of Little Tobago and Goat Island

Condor Airline cancellations
In the past month, Tobago has lost over $1 million from cancellations by just one airline because of the State of Emergency. THA Tourism and Transportation Secretary Oswald Williams revealed this startling figure at the post-Executive Council media briefing on Wednesday (28 September, 2011). “We have never seen this level

Rodger Samuel meets with THA officials and Tobago Aids Coordinating Committee
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister Rodger Samuel is hoping for a large enough allocation in the 2011/2012 national Budget to fight HIV/Aids in the country. He said from all of the documentation sent to the Finance Ministry budgetary division there has to be such an

Mason Hall Govt Primary School promoting healthy living
Winners of the Eric Williams Foundation Memorial Committee’s national “Portfolio Competition” take off on a one month health education binge. Mason Hall Government Primary School is staging one month of activities promoting healthy living. This programme comes on the heels of the school winning the Eric Williams Foundation Memorial Committee’s
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