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TEMA launches Virtual Vision
A real-time hazard information gathering and reporting platform has arrived in Tobago initialized by the Tobago’s Emergency Management Agency.
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Moriah fisherman: “How soon will I be compensated?”
Moriah fisherman Elias Edwards has a million dollar question. He wants to know how soon he will be compensated after losing his boat to rough seas in February. It was on February 26th that Mr. Elias Edwards reported that his boat was completely destroyed by large sea swells at Courland Bay in Plymouth.
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Operation OMEGA Successful
On Wednesday, the Emergency Management Agency carried out an exercise called “Operation OMEGA” where they would have engaged the southwest community of Tobago in an emergency exercise, in the event that the island is to experience an earthquake or Tsunami.
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Director Addresses Concerns
It has been reported in another media, that several employees who have been with the Tobago Emergency Management Agency may lose their jobs. Some of these employees have complained that they were not encouraged to apply for vacant positions at the Agency.
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ACP Tobago: 187 security cameras installed islandwide
They were first seen at traffic lights then at major intersections. Now they are everywhere. By now you are asking…what are they? Well they are security cameras. Even though they were here before, most security cameras in Tobago were observed by the average person sometime in 2010.
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TEMA hosts Radiation emergency response sensitization seminar
At Thursday Radiation Emergency Response Sensitization Seminar, Radiation Specialist Jeff Lafonte explained that radioactivity and the effects of people coming into contact with it without knowing how to handle it.
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TRHA employees give Ultimatum
Workers at the Scarborough Regional Hospital came out once again to express their dissatisfaction with their working conditions. PSA President Watson Duke was in Tobago again to offer support to the workers. With his support, the workers are now giving the TRHA board an ultimatum.
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32 year old CG officer dies in vehicle collision
Coast guard officer Dion Charles succumbed to injuries he sustained in a vehicular accident in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. Currently, Dion’s stepfather, Director of the Tobago Emergency Management Agency Allan Stewart in an exclusive interview with Tobago Channel Five news explained that he was at home when he received the call that his thirty two year old stepson was involved in a vehicular accident.
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T&T Regiment Truck capsizes down Charlotteville Hill
It was chaos in the small fishing village of Charlotteville on Sunday evening as a military vehicle, capsized on Charlotteville hill resulting in twenty three persons receiving injuries.
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Tobago receive Heavy Rainfall
Tobago experienced heavy rainfall for many hours on Thursday. At 5pm Communications Officer of the Tobago Emergency Management Agency Alex Browne said that TEMA received nine reports from persons affected by the rain. The first incident was the flooding of a residence in Hampden Lowlands.