President tells new THA team: Get down to work

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President tells new THA team: Get down to work

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Tobago President Paula-Mae Weekes leaves the Assembly Legislature Building with Chief Secretary Farley Augustine on December 10. - Jeff K. Mayers Now that the dust has settled and the oaths have been taken, President Paula-Mae Weekes is urging the new Tobago House of Assembly (THA) team to get to work. Speaking prior to the administering of the oaths of office for secretaries and assistant secretaries on Friday at the Assembly Legislature […]

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