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Independence Square. Port of Spain, Trinidad, W.I.

Miller, Herbert E. (Caribe Tourist Promotions, 2010-03-12)

A memorial to Captain Arthur Andrew Cipriani, the “Cipriani Roundabout” as it is fondly called lies at the heart of Independence Square, Port of Spain. Captain Cipriani, a planter of Corsian ancestry, was: an early 20th ...

Book review: Eric Williams: The myth and the man by Selwyn Ryan. Kingston: The University of the West Indies Press, 2009, pp. 842, ISBN: 978-976-640-207-5.

Toussaint,Michael (Department of History, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus,Trinidad and Tobago, 2011-03)

The review will draw attention to Selwyn Ryan’s extensive research on the topic and longstanding ...

Ashford Shastri Sinanan

Unknown (Image digitized by the Digital Library Services Centre(DLSC), The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago., 2011-03-17)

Asford Shastri Sinanan is the first deputy leader of the Democratic Labour Party in Trinidad and Tobago. He first entered politics in 1948, when he was elected to the San Fernando Borough Council for three years. In 1956, ...

Albert Maria Gomes

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Albert Maria Gomes was a journalist and politician who received his early education at Pamphylian High School and later studied at New York University. He entered politics by way of the trade unions and the Port of Spain ...

Politicians and Pan

Smith, Arnim (Trinidad Guardian, 9-Sept-87)

Pan Trinbago has been awarded the highest national honour, the Trinity Cross. This award pays tribute, however imprecise, to the work of the sixteen year old organization, but it also signals another blessing benignly ...

Pan Elite Turn Out to Bury 'Birdie'

Unknown (Trinidad Guardian, 18-Nov-99)

This article reports on the funeral of Vernon "Birdie" Mannette, the brother of pan arranger Ellie Mannette. It gives an account of some of the persons who attended the funeral such as politicians, pannists and musicians. ...

OP6 - Kelshall, Jack

Laurence, Keith (2010-06-09)

Jack Kelshall was a lawyer and politician who espoused democratic socialism. He was involved in the politics of Trinidad and Tobago in the 1940s and l950s. He was also involved with the Youth Council and the trade union ...

OP42 - Pitt, David (Lord Pitt of Hampstead)

La Guerre, John (2010-06-11)

Lord Pitt (Dr David Pitt) was born in Grenada in 1913 and enjoyed a successful career in medicine and politics in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, before migrating to London, England. He also practiced medicine and became ...

Caribbean Report 23-10-1995

The British Broadcasting Corporation; Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Arthur, Owen (interviewee); Esquivel, Manuel (interviewee); Castro, Fidel (interviewee); Kavulich, John (interviewee); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Jenkins, Gareth (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Manning, Patrick (interviewee); Robinson, A.N.R. (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Malcolm, Devon (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-10-23)

This report highlights CARICOM Chairman Prime Minister Owen Arthur of Barbados comments on the need for the UN to speed up its role as a world reformer. Cuba's President Fidel Castro, while diplomatically shunned by American ...

Caribbean Report 14-05-1997

The British Broadcasting Corporation; Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Douglas, Rosie (interviewee); Myers, Gordon (interviewee); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Rodriguez Aguilar, Oscar (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-05-14)

Dominica’s Opposition Leader has made an outspoken attack on Caribbean Community leaders for what he says was their failure to sufficiently press the banana issue during the weekend Summit meeting with President Clinton. ...