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“I intend to get approval in the very near future for the Tobago House of Assembly to raise loans in the local market with a sum of $300 million for a number of development projects including health and sporting facilities, housing, road and bridges, coastal protection and the THA’s innovative intelligent island.”

Out of the $1.84 billion dollars to supplement the 2019 national budget, Minister Imbert stated $85.7 million will be for payment for daily paid workers attached to the sea-bridge as well as the charter-hire of the Jean De La Vallette vessel. He also announced that plans for the new airport terminal are well underway.

“The Andean development bank of Latin America is providing technical assistance for the project and the main terminal is being constructed by a design finance build contractor and associated works by sub contractors with public financing. Construction work is scheduled to begin in December 2019 with practical competition by early 2021.”

The Finance Minister, however, made no announcements where compensation for the compulsory and acquisition process is concerned.

Trinidad certainly demands a lot of attention from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, however Tobago has not been left out. While rolling out the “I Support Our Services” programme on the island, Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith shared some plans for making policing in Tobago better.

Some individuals have stated that Sandals would have encouraged more direct airlift as well as other investors to the island. A month after the hotel giant’s withdrawal; questions linger about the future of the tourism industry. The Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association remains hopeful but knows there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. Here is more.

Residents of Bon Accord and Crown Point were blindsided in 2018 with the shocking news that they may lose their homes through compulsory land acquisition for the construction of the new airport terminal. Government’s plans changed and put on hold. However residents have seen notices in the newspaper about a new area to be used and they are calling for a meeting with the relevant authorities to understand what is going to take place.

Roslyn Reid has successfully defended her Calypso crown in the 2019 Tobago Calypso Monarch.

Littered all over Tobago are relics such as sugar mills and copper pots, remnants of the island’s a reminder of our island’s sugar producing past, powered by slavery. On the grounds of the Goodwood Secondary School, there are ruins of the Goldsborough estate sugar mill and instead of keeping it a secret, the school has decided to turn the ruins into a tourist attraction.