ST. Augustine Nurseries, one of the region’s largest and most diverse sources of planting material, is to lose a large acreage to public housing – and former critics have become muffled.
The Ministry of Housing has resumed the project of converting part of the 20 hectares of fertile farm lands into North Grove Housing Development.
The heavy and prolonged gush of water over the districts and run off from the Northern Range led to floods that were almost one foot high in some places and lingered for several agonising days.
PATRICK Manning, as Prime Minister in 2009, showed global leadership on the urgent issue of climate change. But precious little has been done by Trinidad