Sto­ries by Akash Sama­roo

From the hills of Glam­or­gan to the streets of Scar­bor­ough, Nom­i­na­tion Day for the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) elec­tions brought a buzz across the is­land, as 42 can­di­dates of­fi­cial­ly of­fered them­selves for pub­lic ser­vice and a chance to se­cure a seat in the is­land’s leg­is­la­ture.

Fol­low­ing the clo­sure of re­turn­ing of­fi­cers’ of­fices at 3 pm across To­ba­go’s four lo­ca­tions, the Elec­tions and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion (EBC) con­firmed that the two main par­ties, the To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty (TPP) and the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM), each filed 15 can­di­dates. Mean­while, the In­no­v­a­tive De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Al­liance (IDA) sub­mit­ted 11 can­di­dates, and Nick­o­cy Phillips was the sole nom­i­nee for the Uni­ty of the Peo­ple par­ty.