JavaScript is disabled in your web browser or browser is too old to support JavaScript. Today almost all web pages contain JavaScript, a scripting programming language that runs on visitor's web browser. It makes web pages functional for specific purposes and if disabled for some reason, the content or the functionality of the web page can be limited or unavailable.

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Seven apply to contest two Tobago seats for PNM

by

Casandra Thomson-Forbes
1894 days ago
20200522
Political Leader of the PNM Tobago Council, Tracy Davidson-Celestine (left), PRO Kwesi Des Vignes, and Chairman Stanford Callender during the press conference in Scarborough yesterday.

Political Leader of the PNM Tobago Council, Tracy Davidson-Celestine (left), PRO Kwesi Des Vignes, and Chairman Stanford Callender during the press conference in Scarborough yesterday.

Casandra Thompson-Forbes

Casan­dra Thomp­son-Forbes

The PNM To­ba­go Coun­cil has re­ceived con­sent let­ters from sev­en in­di­vid­u­als who would like to rep­re­sent the par­ty at the up­com­ing Gen­er­al Elec­tions.

To­ba­go is di­vid­ed in­to two con­stituen­cies - To­ba­go East and To­ba­go West.

Speak­ing at a news con­fer­ence yes­ter­day, po­lit­i­cal leader of the PNM To­ba­go Coun­cil Tra­cy David­son-Ce­les­tine said they have re­ceived five con­sent let­ters from those in­ter­est­ed in con­test­ing the To­ba­go East seat and two for To­ba­go West.

“Those per­sons who wish to rep­re­sent the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment for To­ba­go East are so far the in­cum­bent Ayan­na Web­ster- Roy, we have Juli­et Pope, Crys­tal Ed­wards, Bri­an Nurse and al­so Dr Kern John­son. Those five have since sub­mit­ted their con­sent let­ters to be con­sid­ered in the screen­ing. For the West, we have in­cum­bent Sham­fa Cud­joe and we al­so have Al­lan Ex­tavour. Com­ing out from this, my own ob­ser­va­tion is that we have quite a lot of young peo­ple, who are com­ing for­ward to take up lead­er­ship roles with­in the PNM, who are com­ing for­ward to take up lead­er­ship roles in the pol­i­tics and for me this augers well for the con­ti­nu­ity of the par­ty go­ing for­ward,” she said.

David­son-Ce­les­tine said she was con­fi­dent that the PNM would re­tain both To­ba­go seats in the up­com­ing gen­er­al elec­tions.

She said To­ba­go has de­vel­oped sig­nif­i­cant­ly over the last five years.

“All through­out To­ba­go East we can see de­vel­op­ment, of course, fa­cil­i­tat­ed and led by the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment, so we are very con­fi­dent in re­tain­ing the To­ba­go East seat, and more so the To­ba­go West. Our sys­tems are in place, we have a very, very, or­ga­nized elec­tion ma­chin­ery. The par­ty is 65 years or so in ex­is­tence and our peo­ple ral­ly to­geth­er through thick or thin,” she said.

Mean­while, Chair­man Stan­ford Cal­len­der said he was com­fort­able with the rep­re­sen­ta­tion of both To­ba­go East and West MPs Ayan­na Web­ster- Roy and Sham­fa Cud­joe.

He said they did well over the past five years.

“I’m con­vinced that these two rep­re­sen­ta­tives that we have were care­ful­ly se­lect­ed the last time around. They have done well un­der the cir­cum­stances. They have made a tremen­dous sac­ri­fice to­wards the de­vel­op­ment of the is­land and the na­tion and I have ab­solute­ly no doubt in my mind, once the par­ty groups and the youth leagues who have the say, pri­or to the screen­ing com­mit­tee of this par­ty, ‘cause the screen­ing com­mit­tee is the com­mit­tee that will make the fi­nal de­ci­sion. Once they are se­lect­ed they would again re­tain the seats of To­ba­go East and To­ba­go West,” he said.

He al­so on called on mem­bers of the par­ty to put their dif­fer­ences aside and fo­cus on win­ning the up­com­ing elec­tions.

“As we pre­pare to roll out our 2020 elec­tions cam­paign, we are mind­ful that short­ly there­after, is the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly elec­tions, so in To­ba­go this par­ty is in full elec­tion mode and there­fore, I just make the gen­er­al ap­peal to our mem­ber­ship. The time has come for us to do what we do best, which is to come to­geth­er, in the in­ter­est not on­ly in this par­ty, but of this is­land and this coun­try, so as the process rolls out we will con­tin­ue to keep the mem­bers up­dat­ed and the pub­lic,” he said.

Cal­len­der said, the screen­ing process will be com­plet­ed by May 30.

TobagoPoliticsTrinidad and TobagoGeneral Elections


Related articles

Sponsored

Weather

PORT OF SPAIN WEATHER

Sponsored

Today's
Guardian

Publications

Father Anthony Abraham, centre, alongside Jesus Explosion coordinator Leslie Taylor-Gouveia, left, Kerry Ragoobarsingh and Father Ian Taylor, right, pray over the congregation during Jesus Explosion 23 at the Cheryl F Greaves Auditorium, Bishop Anstey High School East, Trincity, on July 19.

Father Anthony Abraham, centre, alongside Jesus Explosion coordinator Leslie Taylor-Gouveia, left, Kerry Ragoobarsingh and Father Ian Taylor, right, pray over the congregation during Jesus Explosion 23 at the Cheryl F Greaves Auditorium, Bishop Anstey High School East, Trincity, on July 19.

Father Anthony Abraham, centre, alongside Jesus Explosion coordinator Leslie Taylor-Gouveia, left, Kerry Ragoobarsingh and Father Ian Taylor, right, pray over the congregation during Jesus Explosion 23 at the Cheryl F Greaves Auditorium, Bishop Anstey High School East, Trincity, on July 19.

Father Anthony Abraham, centre, alongside Jesus Explosion coordinator Leslie Taylor-Gouveia, left, Kerry Ragoobarsingh and Father Ian Taylor, right, pray over the congregation during Jesus Explosion 23 at the Cheryl F Greaves Auditorium, Bishop Anstey High School East, Trincity, on July 19.

Jesus Explosion 23: Visiting priest feeds RC faithful

18 hours ago
Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen, right, presents Israel Khan, SC, with the Aneal Rajah Windball Cricket League Street Recognition Award while Rajah congratulates him during a ceremony at the St Augustine South Recreation Ground two Sundays ago.

Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen, right, presents Israel Khan, SC, with the Aneal Rajah Windball Cricket League Street Recognition Award while Rajah congratulates him during a ceremony at the St Augustine South Recreation Ground two Sundays ago.

Courtesy Aneal Rajah Windball Cricket League

Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen, right, presents Israel Khan, SC, with the Aneal Rajah Windball Cricket League Street Recognition Award while Rajah congratulates him during a ceremony at the St Augustine South Recreation Ground two Sundays ago.

Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen, right, presents Israel Khan, SC, with the Aneal Rajah Windball Cricket League Street Recognition Award while Rajah congratulates him during a ceremony at the St Augustine South Recreation Ground two Sundays ago.

Courtesy Aneal Rajah Windball Cricket League

Israel Khan honoured by community cricket league

18 hours ago
SSCasa chairman Eudaine Garcia meets Guyana President Irfaan Ali

SSCasa chairman Eudaine Garcia meets Guyana President Irfaan Ali

SSCasa chairman Eudaine Garcia meets Guyana President Irfaan Ali

SSCasa chairman Eudaine Garcia meets Guyana President Irfaan Ali

SSCasa steps up Caricom collaboration after summit

Yesterday
Then acting Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Barry Padarath, right, toasts with Argentina Ambassador Gustavo Martinez Pandiani during the Argentine National Day function at the Renassaince Club Room, The Renaissance at Shorelands, on July 9.

Then acting Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Barry Padarath, right, toasts with Argentina Ambassador Gustavo Martinez Pandiani during the Argentine National Day function at the Renassaince Club Room, The Renaissance at Shorelands, on July 9.

ANISTO ALVES

Then acting Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Barry Padarath, right, toasts with Argentina Ambassador Gustavo Martinez Pandiani during the Argentine National Day function at the Renassaince Club Room, The Renaissance at Shorelands, on July 9.

Then acting Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Barry Padarath, right, toasts with Argentina Ambassador Gustavo Martinez Pandiani during the Argentine National Day function at the Renassaince Club Room, The Renaissance at Shorelands, on July 9.

ANISTO ALVES

Argentina wants to export world-famous beef to T&T

Yesterday