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Her Excellency Reema Carmona, ran the first leg of the Queen’s Baton Relay Tour in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.  Her leg took her around the Queen’s Park Savannah.

The Queen’s Baton Relay, similar to the Olympic Torch Relay is carried throughout the Commonwealth Nations in a lead up to the Commonwealth Games which will be held in the Gold Coast, Australia, 2017.

The Queen’s Baton Relay Tour carries great significance as it is considered a unifying factor for all member ...

In attendance at the ceremony was the Chief Justice Ivor Archie, Chairman of the Awards Committee and family and friends of the awardees.

University of the West Indies student Raѐann Parris expressed hope, strength and goodwill in prayer and Ms Dominic Akal gave superb musical renditions.

Ms Brenda La Maître was awarded the Humming Bird Medal (Gold) in the sphere of Community Service.  She is a retired nurse with fifty-three (53) years, service, forty-three (43) of them spent at the Princess Elizabeth ...

Ramleela is epic street theatre at its best and has the potential to build in all of us a national and international consciousness in the supremacy of a belief that good will always conquer evil and that light will always shine over darkness. The Ramleela story is an emphatic warning that there is no good in being arrogant, power hungry and selfish. Ravan began as a good, kind and God loving ruler and his devotion earned him great powers but ...

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, hosted the National Awards Ceremony, celebrating the Nations 53^rd Independence Day on August 31, 2016 at Queen’s Hall, Port of Spain.

The award recipients, their family and specially invited guests were entertained with song, dance and steelpan music.

The following is the list of recipients along with the award received, their status and the category of the award.

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Carmona ORTT, SC President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago donned the necessary apparel and was transformed into Farmer Carmona as he spent Corpus Christi May 26, 2016 at his estate in Fyzabad cultivating a variety of crops including peppers fruit trees, vegetables, cocoa and banana trees.

President Carmona has been a registered farmer for many years and believes agriculture can form part of the diversification thrust of the country.  Both he and Her Excellency have ...

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago hosted a Mini National Awards Ceremony at the Office of the President to confer National Awards on Mr Selby Wilson and Ms Margaret Parillon, on May 25, 2016.

In attendance at the ceremony was the Chief Justice Ivor Archie, chairman of the Awards Committee and family and friends of the awardees.

The Bishop Anstey School Choir who sang the National Anthem and also did a short ...

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago visited the Buenos Ayres Government Primary School on May 24, 2016.

The Occasion was a farewell visit by His Excellency Marcelo Aldo Salviolo Ambassador from Argentina to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago whose term as Ambassador had come to an end.  The name of the school is synonymous with the Capital City of Argentina, Buenos Aires and over the years the Argentinian Government has ...

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Patron to the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC), visited the Committee’s Olympic House on April 27, 2016.

This was the first time President Carmona visited the TTOC Olympic’s House and April 27, 2016 being the commemoration day of 100 Days To the start of the 31st Olympic Games in Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), made the occasion even more special.

During the visit His ...

His Excellency Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC visited the Embassy of the Republic of Chile, Port of Spain to sign the Condolence Book in honour of Former President, Patricio Aylwin Azὀcar who died on April 19, 2016 at the age of 97.

On his arrival at the Embassy, President Carmona was greeted by Ambassador Fernando Schmidt Ariztía to whom he extended his condolences.

In signing the Condolence Book, His Excellency described President Aylwin as one of the democratic bastions in Chile ...