WASA tries new $ collection method
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is aiming to begin metering its customers in 2017. In introducing the initiative on a phased-basis, the authority’s chairman, Romney Thomas, believes this can...
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Two audits turn up several irregularities: EFCL board fires five
The board of the Education Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL) has decided to terminate the employment of five managers following the completion of two forensic audits into its operations.Those fired on...
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It’s a witch-hunt
Former education minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh has described Monday’s firing of five Education Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL) as a “witch-hunt, political viciousness and outright victimisation.”He was...
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Govt averted crisis by accessing HSF—Imbert
Finance Minister Colm Imbert yesterday defended his position on the withdrawal of $2.5 billion from the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF), saying if this was not done the country would have faced a...
View Article16 GISL employees sent home
Minister of Public Administration and Communication Maxie Cuffie yesterday confirmed that the contracts of 16 employees of the Government Information Services Ltd (GISL) which recently came to an end,...
View ArticleConsumers to pay more for local food
In the coming weeks, consumers would have to pay more for locally grown food as chemical importers are now forced to pay duties on herbicides. The move has come like a thief in the night, leaving...
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AG gets file on EFCL audits
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has promised to promptly deal with the findings of two financial audits into the Education Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL) which are now on his desk. Al-Rawi confirmed...
View Article750-room Sandals for Tobago
A 750-room Sandals Resorts is earmarked for Tobago, as Government seeks to make the island a tourism destination in a bid to generate revenue, jobs and foreign exchange, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley...
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Rowley accuses TDC and NLCB: $734,000 spent to smear me
Two State agencies — the Tourism Development Company (TDC) and the National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) — have been accused by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley of spending $734,000 of taxpayers’ money...
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Cabinet to get two audits into CDA
In two weeks’ time, Planning and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis will take to Cabinet two audits conducted into operations of the Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA) which has unearthed...
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Student captures scholarship, school gets award
When petite and shy Dianna Sophia Lopez walked into the Chaguanas North Secondary School (CNSS) in 2014 to pursue her A-levels, she was faced with a culture shock.Having studied in a non-disruptive and...
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Tobago tourism officials open to Sandals all-inclusive
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) last week held preliminary talks with Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart—founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts—about the proposed construction of a 750-room hotel on the...
View ArticleBharath’s Porsche SUV being sold by Agriculture Ministry
The controversial luxury Porsche Cayenne vehicle once used by former People’s Partnership food production minister Vasant Bharath for ministerial duties is now up for sale.In 2010, Bharath’s ministry...
View ArticleGarcia concerned over victims of porn ring
Education Minister Anthony Garcia yesterday expressed concern with regards to the nude photographs of 500 young women which were leaked recently on social media in what police believed was a local...
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Garcia sees success story with 52 deviant students
Fifty-two disruptive and deviant students who were removed from the El Dorado East Secondary (EESS) and Chaguanas North Secondary (CNSS) schools have been rehabilitated and are now doing well in and...
View ArticleOnline petition for consultation
An online petition asking for public consultation, full disclosure and accountability into the proposed development of Sandals Resort in Tobago has garnered over 2,000 signatures and 9,000 views in the...
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Rambharat on sale of Bharath’s Porsche Cayenne: Unsuitable for ministry’s fleet
Minister of Agriculture Clarence Rambharat has deemed the luxurious Porsche Cayenne which was yesterday advertised for sale in a daily newspaper as “unsuitable for the ministry’s fleet.” However,...
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THA: Online petition on Sandals premature
Premature!That’s how Secretary of Tourism and Transportation in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Tracy Davidson-Celestine, yesterday responded to the online petition which called on the assembly for...
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Tracy blames fisherman fete for poor voter turnout
Had it not been for a three-day fisherman festival at Charlotteville which distracted Tobagonians from going to the polls on Sunday, candidate Tracy Davidson-Celestine insists she would have won the...
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DPP: Justice system in crisis
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Roger Gaspard, has admitted that T&T’s criminal justice system is on the edge of a precipice and in a crisis. He said the “sluggishness” at which the...
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