• Huge jumps in car loans

  Auditor General’s Report 2004-2005 shows A TOTAL of just under $700,000 was disbursed in respect of “loans” for the purchase, insurance and repair of motor vehicles granted to Assemblymen and contracted officers in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) in 2004 and 2005, according to the Auditor General’s Report, which  read more…

• All that jazz about THA

  THE fourth year of the Tobago Jazz Experience at Pigeon Point, the biggest event to hit Tobago yet, has just been completed and there are many views expressed about the most recent event. The Jazz Experience is definitely a breath of fresh air for many Tobagonians, especially those who have  read more…

• Hospital, schools took the lion share

  In giving an overview of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Financial Statements for 2004, Administrator for the Division of Finance and Planning Bernadette Solomon- Karoma gave a total income $1.049 Billion for the period ending September 30, 2004. Of this, the sum of $878 million was received directly from  read more…

• Millions $$ unaccounted for in the THA

  2004-2005 Auditor General’s Report laid in Parliament …slams poor THA accounting Yet another damning report has revealed tens of millions of dollars missing and unaccounted for, in financial statements of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) ending September 30, 2004. After an absence of several years, reports on the THA  read more…

• Transfer of Assembly funds raises concerns

  Auditor General’s Report 2004-2005 MUCH has been said about the Tobago House of Assembly (THA)’s management of “unspent balances” accrued at the end of each financial year. The issue came under review in the Auditor General’s Report of the THA Financial Statements for 2004. It revealed that close to $40  read more…

• George quits Betting Board

  THE Bookmakers Association (BA) acting President Peter George has resigned from the Betting Levy Board (BLB), saying he has become fed up over the stagnant state of the board. George, who is the BA representative on the BLB for more than six years, has cited the lack of innovation and  read more…

• THA commends Quow, Baptiste

  THA CHIEF Secretary Orville London has congratulated sprint queen Tobago-born Kelly-Ann Baptiste on her performance at the Jamaica International Invitational in Kingston last Saturday, a statement from the THA has stated. Baptiste came second, clocking her fastest time for the year of 10.86 behind American Carmelita Jeter, who won the  read more…

• Porno men in trouble

  From Our Files: September 15th, 1982 THE pictures which border this article are taken from movies which have been seized by a no-nonsense Moral Ethics Squad of the police service. They were snatched as the Squad started a fresh campaign to wipe out the widespread flow of blue movies at  read more…

• Oropune Village on verge of extinction

  Not far away on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway, Oropune Gardens was built to receive departing Oropune villagers. A few years ago, travellers arriving at Piarco International Airport passed through Oropune Village to get to their respective destinations. And those using the airport to reach worldwide destinations must also pass through  read more…

• Fire leaves 5 kids homeless

  A MOTHER of five had to be physically restrained on Friday morning when she returned to her Rapsey Street, Curepe home to see a raging fire engulfing the house. Sharmila Moonsammy began sobbing, telling firemen her dog was chained in the house, which had become a raging inferno and she  read more…

• Oh Flock!

  Prominent pastor quits after being caught in adulterous sex acts… One of the country’s most prominent Pentecostal pastors, Peter Regis, has been forced to resign after being caught in a sexual relationship with the wife of a junior pastor of his Valencia Pentecostal Assembly. Regis, 57, who is a well-known  read more…

• UWI bans alcohol

  Restrictions introduced to stem abuse by students A shocking revelation of alcohol abuse among male students at the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine Campus has come to light in a study done by Dr Neil Singh, head of the Health Unit of UWI. In a report in  read more…

• Destra in Guyana election storm

  Soca star Destra Garcia is being denounced by opponents of Guyana’s ruling political party for her scheduled performance at a campaign rally for the PPP/C two days before Monday’s election. “You are being used as pawn in an attempt to distract your fellow West Indians at a very serious and  read more…

• Leave my man alone

  Shelly Dass upset as news of diplomatic scandal hits TnT FORMER television news presenter Shelley Dass has slammed the TnT Mirror for reporting on the diplomatic disturbance in which she is embroiled in Washington DC and says she and her husband are still together and doing fine. After attempting, unsuccessfully,  read more…

• Hindus not pleased with PM’s calf-skin sneakers

  PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar loves to tell all and sundry that she puts God in front and walks behind. Now, however, there are fears among the country’s hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus who share Persad-Bissessar’s faith that in her eagerness to be trendy the PM may be, unwittingly, turning  read more…

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