“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.

Candice Murray of Pembroke delivered her bouncing baby boy at the Signal Hill institution at 2:13pm. The child is Ms Murray’s first, and weighed at 4.416 kilograms at birth. Officials of the Tobago Regional Health Authority visited the new mother with a party that included Administrator Diane Baker-Henry; Mr. Winfield Quamina, TRHA board member; Acting CEO of the TRHA, Michelle Edwards Benjamin; Dr. Rufaro Celestine, Medical Chief of Staff; Head of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Dr. Victor Wheeler and acting Secondary Care Nurse Manager, Sarah Celestine-Balfour. They not only visited the new mother but also gave out hampers to the mothers on the ward.

Definitely a mother’s day to remember.

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.

The murder caught many persons off guard and many took to social media to vent their varying emotions on what is being termed the senseless act.

Tobago was thrown into shock and mourning when veteran businessman, Donald Parks, owner of the popular Endeavour’s Children and Maternity store in Scarborough, was murdered at his Summer Hill Trace home.

A Caribbean Airlines has confirmed that one of its ATR aircraft was involved in an accident, causing notable damage to the plane.

Port Authority workers are frustrated as they accused management of unfair treatment. They staged a protest in Scarborough hoping that their concerns are heard.

As we get closer to the two glorious days of Carnival, we will focus to an increasingly forgotten aspect of our cherished festival…traditional mas. We interviewed one young American who is on a mission to make information about our traditional characters more accessible.

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.