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PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley is convinced something crooked took place in the procurement of the Ocean Flower II. He made the point at a news conference at the Magdalena Grand Hotel in Tobago yesterday after close to two hours of talks with stakeholders on the problems facing the domestic seabridge. Rowley was confident that investigations by Cabinet appointed investigator Christian Mouttet, the Integrity Commission and the Parliament’s Land and Physical Infrastructure Joint Select Committee (JSC)... Читать дальше...

PRESIDENT ANTHONY Carmona has called for local legislation that would institutionlise the rights of persons with disabilities in keeping with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

NORTH EASTERN Division Police recovered the bodies of two men who are believed to have drowned in separate incidents between Friday and Sunday at La Fillette and Blanchisseuse.

THE passenger vessel Ocean Flower II for which Government entered into a charter party agreement for the Tobago seabridge, then cancelling it earlier this month, is expected to arrive in Port of Spain at any time says former transport minister Stephen Cadiz.

A heart wrenching plea from the eldest daughter of Richard Baird to authorities to double their efforts to find her father who has been missing since Saturday after he went hiking to the Aripo waterfall in the Northern Range.

TAX amnesty, declining tourism figures, health and safety hazards of the Cabo Star, no proper destination marketing, prisoners unable to travel to Tobago for court and unpredictability of fruits and fresh produce on the island were some of the issues delved into by Tobago’s tourism stakeholders yesterday.