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Professor gets $1M to write a report THE five-member Committee appointed by Cabinet to “enquire into the root causes of the problems identified and shown by crime statistics, particularly as it affects Trinidadian males, and to suggest solutions to problems they identify” has hit a snag over money. The delivery read more…

THA commends Quow, Baptiste
May 13th 2012 12:16 PMTHA 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…

156 patients seen at Scarborough hospital in two days
April 22nd 2012 12:03 PMOutpatient clinics and patient services have started on a phased basis at the new Scarborough General Hospital at Signal Hill. “We are experiencing a smooth transition from the existing Scarborough Regional Hospital to the new Scarborough General Hospital,” said the Division of Health and Social Services Secretary Claudia Groome-Duke at read more…

Tobago and Guadeloupe become one
April 20th 2012 12:02 PMTobago is to be twinned with the district of St Ann’s in Guadeloupe. This decision was taken following a round of visits by teams from the French Caribbean island and Tobago. A two-member team comprising a cultural icon of Guadeloupe, Mario Coco, who is a dance choreographer, and the Deputy read more…

Katzenjammers launches pan institute
April 15th 2012 12:11 PMTOBAGO’s Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra, which copped the top prize in the medium category in this year’s National Panorama Steelband Competition, launched a pan institute at its Black Rock Pan Theatre last Wednesday night. Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Orville London said the band was part of the THA’s thrust read more…

London promises to pump more $$ into goat racing
April 15th 2012 12:06 PMTHE 87th edition of the Buccoo Goat and Crab Racing Festival got off to a slow start at the Buccoo Integrated Facility on Easter Tuesday. Advertised to begin at 11.00 a.m., the formalities did not start until around mid-day after a late mini street parade. The parade featured four officers read more…

URP workers call on THA to regularise their status
April 8th 2012 12:08 PMMonthly paid staffers of the Unemployment Relief Program (URP) of the Division of Infrastructure and Public Utilities (DIPU) are crying foul on the Tobago House of Assembly. The more than 120 employees, who administer the URP programme from several districts located at Shaw Park in Scarborough, Moriah and Roxborough, allege read more…



