Leadership battle for THA
Monday 25 January 2021
PDP deputy leader Farley Augustine thanks his supporters during a meeting at Signal Hill Recreation Ground, Signal Hill on Wednesday. PHOTO BY DAVID REID -
A total of 51,062 Tobagonians are eligible to vote at some 61 polling stations in today’s Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election.
Polling stations open from 6 am to 6pm. The election is being contested by two major political parties, the People’s National Movement (PNM) and the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP).
Both parties are contesting all 12 electoral districts.
Class Action Reform Movement (CARM) political leader Ricardo Phillip and Unity of the People leader Nickocy Phillips are vying for the Buccoo/Mt Pleasant seat while independent candidate Anthony Hector is contesting the Black Rock/Whim/Spring Garden electoral district.
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Tobago stepped up covid19 measures for holiday weekend
File photo: The I Love Tobago sign at the Scarborough esplanade. - Ayanna Kinsale
The managers of two villas in Tobago took no chances for the holiday weekend as they increased sanitising and private security patrols to prevent gatherings last week.
Speaking with Newsday on Wednesday, Maria Serrano, property manager of Tobago Housing Resorts Ltd, said while she did not see a large influx of visitors, the villas security officers did their part to prevent people congregating on the beaches or the properties. The occupancy over the weekend was more or less the same as what we ve seen throughout the year, she said. Any visitors we saw would have been Trinis who own condos and came over to make sure everything was okay with their properties.