• THA official blanks Devant’s airport meeting

  TOP Leader should not have been invited TOBAGO House of Assembly (THA) Minority Leader Ashworth Jack was totally out of place in a meeting called by the Minister of Transportation Devant Maharaj to deal with several longstanding issues regarding the operations of the air-bridge service between the two islands. THA  read more…

• Community Centre finished at long last

  AN impressive-looking community centre project now towers over the beachfront of the tiny seaside village community of Parlatuvier. However, fishermen on the bay are still dissatisfied with the development efforts of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) for their village community. They are also questioning the size of the building  read more…

• Castara fishermen wait in vain for Melville

  THE Fishermen of Castara are still waiting patiently for the return of Secretary for Agriculture, Marine Affairs and the Environment Councillor Garry Melville to complete consultations on their new fishing depot for the sea-side village community. Melville along with Assemblyman for the area Tracey Davidson-Celestine had held a meeting with  read more…

• TOP kicks of THA 2013 elections with a queen show

  THE countdown for the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) elections due in January 2013 has begun and already the island’s political parties are gearing up for battle. Jumping the gun, however, is the Black Rock Action Group Youth Arm of the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) with plans for  read more…

• Homes at risk

  Remedial works at Castara Housing project come under fire HEAVY equipment is now being used to do some major infrastructural remedial works at the Castara Housing project. And the houses, which were constructed there, are being put under severe stress from the renewed activity. When Mirror visited the area recently,  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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