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Eid-ul-Fitr culminates the Holy Month of Ramadan, a period of fasting, genuine sacrifice, prayer and selfless devotion. This Holy period helps build and sustain cohesion, cooperation and holistic neighbourly living between and among families and communities through the daily Iftar celebrations at Masjids around the country. It must be indeed a nostalgic, uplifting moment for the Islamic community as it reflects on the many relationships forged and bonds strengthened with friends and family. In Trinidad and Tobago, we will all ...

Some fifty-five years ago, Trinidad and Tobago gained Independence and a quarter century before that on 19 June 1937, the Butler Oilfield Riots took place, influencing our annual commemoration of the labour movement, borne out of the bowels of our sugar plantations and oil fields, where exploitation of labour, poor working conditions and worker abuse ran rampant.  On this Labour Day 2017, as we remember and celebrate the strength, tenacity and resilience of visionaries like Tubal Uriah Buzz Butler and ...

Message by His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC
President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and
Her Excellency Reema Carmona
On the Occasion of Father’s Day 2017

In a society confronted with many afflictions, a simple yet defining solution may well be a father’s love, guidance and presence. Quite often, the role and significance of a father are downplayed and seen as the lesser of the parental influences when in fact it should complement ...

Her Excellency Reema Carmona Opening Statement
at a
Sub-Regional Consultation for the English and Dutch Speaking Caribbean
on the
Global Strategy For Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health, 2016-2030
Bridgetown, Barbados

Thursday, 1 June 2017

This gathering of esteemed men and women, with a shared thrust to make this world a better place for all, is timely and necessary.  The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) must be commended for convening this sub-regional consultation, which brings together ...

Namaste (respectful greeting)

Fellow citizens, one hundred years (100) have passed since the dismantling of the Indentureship regime often characterised on historical reflection as being at that time a ‘new system of slavery’.  The indentured suffered alienation, marginalisation and social obstacles associated with a Colonialism that never fostered social equity, parity and justice. It is therefore easy for the unsuspecting to drift into the negativity of that characterisation of Indentureship.  However, from evil commeth good.  Through that suffering of displacement and ...