
Buccoo residents up in arms against the THA
January 8th 2012 6:21 PMAngry Buccoo residents are now up in arms against the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) over its use of the Buccoo Integrated Complex, which was constructed nearly two years ago. The complex comprises the elaborately designed Buccoo Goat Racing Facility flanked by the beach bar facility located on the western read more…

Cove Industrial Estate still incomplete
January 8th 2012 5:57 PMDespite promises by CEO The diversification of Tobago’s economy from tourism to light manufacturing industries with the start up of the Cove Industrial Estate and Business Park continues to be an elusive dream for the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). Based on an exclusive interview in August with Earle Baccus, read more…

Minister promises great benefits to Tobago for 2013 THA elections
January 8th 2012 5:32 PMThe Minister of Tobago Development Vernella Alleyne-Toppin commended the media for their role in keeping the democratic traditions of the nation alive but urged the gathering to be fair and balanced in their reporting. And she gave a hint of things to come in the lead up to the Tobago read more…

Clothes thief gets four-year jail sentence
January 8th 2012 5:24 PMA man from of Brazil Village, Arima is now to serve four years in prison after he robbed a clothing store at Arima. Richard Fredrick was sentenced on Tuesday January 3 by Magistrate Seemungal Ramcharan in the Arima First Court. It was alleged that Fredrick broke into Kelly’s Fashion Clothing read more…

Jamaican national on coke charge
January 8th 2012 5:22 PMA 20-year-old Jamaican national appeared before the Arima Magistrate’s Court last Wednesday charged with attempting to export a quantity of cocaine. Junior Reid was caught by customs and excise officer Sean Church with 1489.8 grams of cocaine while attempting to leave the country last year. Court Prosecutor Sergeant Trivelle Petti read more…

UWI criminology student on robbery charge
January 8th 2012 5:21 PMA 19-year-old University of the West Indies (UWI) student was granted $60,000 bail for robbery by an Arima magistrate on Wednesday. Jelani Martin, a first year criminology student at UWI, allegedly broke into a house at Malabar on Monday December 12 and made off with over US$76,000 and TT$10,000 in read more…



