Courtesy Calls

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona, ORTT, SC, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago received Dr Anil Kokaram on a courtesy call.  Dr Kokaram is , the first and only citizen of Trinidad and Tobago to win an Oscar Award from the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Dr Kokaram received the Scientific and Engineering award for his work on the design and development of Furnace, an integrated suite of software plug-ins used to enhance visual effects ...

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona, ORTT, SC, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago received Dr Eugene Holiday, the Governor General of St Maarten on a courtesy call on June 2, 2017.

Accompanying the Governor General were His Excellency Jules Bijl, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Governor General Mr Reinier van Deele, Director of Cabinet and Mr Patrick Trijsburg, Aide de Camp.

In keeping with his initiative since his inauguration, the President had school students present at the ...

Their Excellencies Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC and Mrs. Reema Carmona hosted a Cocktail Reception in Honour of Dr Wayne A. I. Frederick, MBA the 17th President of Howard University on June 17, 2015.

President Carmon in his tribute to Dr Frederick whose appointment was by unanimous vote of the selection board, read from a letter of congratulation he had sent to him.  The following is the contents of the letter:

“Heartfelt congratulations on your substantive appointment as President of Howard ...

Her Excellency Raziah Ahmed acting President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, received the recipients of the Anthony Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence on April 10, 2015.

Chairman of the Award Committee Sir Shridath Ramphal explained to Her Excellency that the award programme is focused on the recognition and commendation of the recipients in their various fields of contribution. Even though the Award Committee looks only at persons in the Caribbean Community, the achievements of many of the recipients of the ...

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, received members of the 1989 Trinidad and Tobago National Football Team admirable dubbed “Strike Squad” on a Courtesy Call on November 19, 2014, in commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the historic World Cup qualifying match against the United States of America.

Although the team did not win the match, they succeeded in uniting the people of Trinidad and Tobago ...

University of the West Indies (St Augustine) Valedictorians – 2014

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC received the UWI St Augustine Valedictorians 2014 on October 29, 2014.

The following is the list of Valedictorians and the representative Faculties:

Faculty of Science & Technology / Faculty of Food & Agriculture

• Mr. Ethan Wyke

Faculty of Engineering & Law

• Mr. David Edmund

Faculty of Social Sciences

• Ms. Kamaria Gopaul
• Ms. Seema Ramsarran

Faculty of Humanities & Education

• Ms. Nickysha Jogee

Faculty of Medical Science

• Dr. Lennon Johnson

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC received the Gold Medal Winners for the year 2014, M. Soleil Baldeosingh of St Augustine Girls’ High School and Mr. Saudeep Maharajh of Presentation College, Chaguanas on October 15, 2014.

Accompanying the medal recipients were the following members of their respective families:

Ms. BaldeoSingh

• Mr. Parmanand Baldeosingh – Father
• Ms. Cherrie Ann Ramnarine – Mother

Mr. Maharajh

• Mr. Umanath Maharajh – Father
• Ms. Kamla Maharajh – Mother
• Ms. Hema Maharajh – Sister
• Ms. Meera Maharajh-Parasram – Sister
• Dr. Ranjiv Parasram – Brother-In-Law

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago received His Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States on October 8, 2014.

The Secretary General was accompanied by:

1. Dr. Riyad Insanally – OAS Representative in Trinidad and Tobago; and
2. Mr. Paul Spencer – Adviser to the Secretary General.

His Excellency, Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona, ORTT, SC received the Port of Spain Businessmen on August 7, 2014 on a courtesy call.

Among the businessmen were Messrs. Richard Young, Norman Christie, Gregory Aboud, Gervase Warner and Ronald Harford.

His Excellency received Baroness Scotland of Asthal, PC, QC, Ms Susan Curtis, Charge d’ Affaires, Ms Moira Mac Daid, Criminal Justice Advisor to Trinidad and Tobago and Dr Lucriecia Gabriel.