Community Week Begins Tomorrow

Tobago will celebrate Community Week, beginning tomorrow (November 1), with activities geared at encouraging community engagement. The activities will begin with a community walk, hosted by Division of Community Development Enterprise Development and Labour. On November 1, the walk will start at 8:30 a.m. at Tambrin Square, and proceed to the Scarborough Esplanade. Other activities will […]

Decor Course Begins Next Week

If you’re stepping up your decorating skills for the upcoming Christmas season, then a little extra help is on the way. The Division of Community Development, Enterprise Development, and Labour will host its Handicraft Training: Drapery course beginning on November 7 at the Bethesda Multipurpose Facility. The sessions run three time per week: Mondays, Wednesdays, […]

Be Entrepreneurs

The 2018 Vocational Skills Programme completed its largest cycle ever this year. Secretary of Community Development, Enterprise Development and Labour Marslyn Melville-Jack said more than 1,000 participants graduated from the programme. She said the people in this country have a wealth of talent and ability. “This is manifested in the elaborate, innovative, artistic products on display,” Melville-Jack said, “which bear testimony to the diligence, dedication and determination […]

Vocational Students Graduate

Use your newfound skills to make your vision for your life come true. That’s the advice outgoing students from the Division of Community Development, Enterprise Development and Labour’s Vocational Skills Training Programme got recently from Community Development Secretary Marslyn Melville-Jack. The students graduated from the 2018 cycle of the programme at Shaw Park Complex on […]

Training In Tobago

Fifty Tobagonian Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service recruits are now in training on the island. This follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last Tuesday (September 25) among the Fire Service, the Division of Community Development, Enterprise Development and Labour, and the Argyle Village Council at the Division’s conference room. The signing means […]

Road Market Success

The four Road Market Experience events held in Tobago for 2018 are being regarded successful. And there’s more to come in 2019, according to Secretary of Community Development, Enterprise Development and Labour Marlsyn Melville-Jack. The Secretary said the Division aims to host at least two road markets per quarter next year as the series is […]