PRIME seafront land in Tobago has been grossly undervalued, at just $10 per square foot, in its recent transfer from Clico to the Government as part of a plant to help pay off Clicos $15 billion debt incurred in its 2008 bailout by taxpayers. This was the claim made yesterday by Peter Permell, head of the Clico Policyholders Group.
CHAIRMAN of the Buccoo/ Golden Grove Company Ltd Neil Wilson says he needs to speak with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to find out what was going on with regard to the purchase of lands for the Sandals Resort International hotels in Tobago.
PSYCHIC and activist Yesenia Gonzalez, who for years has called Trinidad her home, yesterday warned of a hurricane of humanity, with Venezuelans flocking to this country to flee deadly social and political unrest in her homeland.
DESPITE a relatively slow start to the Emancipation Village Food Fair, vendors managed to draw an impressive crowd by late afternoon at the Grand Stand of the Queens Park Savannah in Port of Spain yesterday. The event, which featured over a dozen different caterers and vendors showcased various authentic African and local delicacies at the Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village.
LANDLORDS in Tobago are being warned against allowing Trinidadians taking up residents as they seek to to hideaway from prosecution in Trinidad and also to oversee criminal activities in the sister isle. Landlords were urged to seek the assistance of the police in getting background checks on prospective tenants.
GRIEVING over the murder of her son, Iesha Archer took to Facebook yesterday, revealing that she was in church praying when she got a text stating her son Hakimeel Harrichand, 23, had just been murdered.