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It was never Rhonda Hackett’s battle. Yet the lion-hearted Crown Point, Tobago, resident fought for the 100 households displaced by the construction of the $1.2 billion ANR Robinson airport expansion project to the bitter end. On September 15, more than four years after the news of the land acquisition was first announced, tears flowed as
The refugee dogs of Tobago A refugee dog among the remains of what was once its home. - Elspeth Blanche Duncan THERE are many homeless dogs in Tobago. Some are born on the streets and survive various diseases and human-related threats (poisoning, chopping, car accidents) to grow into homeless adult canines. Unless they are spayed/neutered, taken off the streets by animal rescuers or adopted, these canines mate continuously and produce offspring, repeating the vicious cycle. Other homeless dogs were either dumped, or scared away from home by loud fireworks and bussing bamboo. Lost, wandering, ...
Nidco: Tobago land acquired by the book Wednesday 30 December 2020 An excavator clears a site just off Silk Cotton Trace, Bon Accord, on Saturday. The lands are being prepared for the start of construction on the ANR Robinson airport expansion project. PHOTO BY DAVID REID - Tensions are rising between the National Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (Nidco) and Crown Point residents as the government is weeks away from starting the ANR Robinson International Airport terminal expansion project. The $1.2 billion project is expected to begin in January on 53 acres of acquired land between St...
'Premature' eviction letter traumatises Tobago family Monday 14 December 2020 FILE PHOTO: Wolwin Lovell received an eviction notice "prematurely" on Thursday. Lovell's property is being acquired by the State for the ANR Robinson International Airport expansion project. - A "premature" eviction notice has left one Crown Point resident unable to sleep and suffering chest pains. Although the letter was retracted a day later, Wolwin Lovell, 58, told Newsday the trauma of being told by the State to vacate his property within seven days, or face legal action, lingers. Lovell was among a group of ...