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Pennelope Beckles-Robinson
Pennelope Althea Beckles-Robinson (born 12 September 1961) is a Trinidadian attorney and politician. She has served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for Arima since the 2020 general election. She is the incumbent Leader of the Opposition. Previously she was the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, as well as Minister of Planning and Development. Early life and education Beckles was born on 12 September 1961 in Borde Narve Village, three months before parliament history was created in Trinidad and Tobago growing up without electricity or running water. Her father, Lionel Beckles, worked for the Oilfields Workers' Trade Union and she has four brothers and one sister. She attended St Raphael's Grade School and St Joseph's Convent, San Fernando. She graduated from the University of the West Indies, Barbados, and the Hugh Wooding Law School. Career Beckles has practised as an attorney since 1988, attached to the Chambers of Theodore R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (Commonwealth English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific Style (manner of address), style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general, consuls and honorary consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners only. Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo In the Democrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oilfields Workers' Trade Union
The Oilfields Workers' Trade Union (OWTU) is one of the most powerful trade unions in Trinidad and Tobago. Currently led by Ancel Roget, the union was born out of the Labour riots of 1937, 1937 labour riots, the union was nominally led by the imprisoned Tubal Uriah Butler, TUB Butler but was actually organised by lawyer Adrian Cola Rienzi. History 1937–1943: Adrian Cola Rienzi Presidency The union was established on 25 July 1937, and formally registered on 15 September. The first meetings were held in Fyzabad, and the first official headquarters were established on Coffee Street, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, San Fernando. The first official meeting of the Union was held on 15 July 1937, at Mr. Williams quarters, Coon Town, Forest Reserve, Fyzabad. The first officers elected to office were Caleb Roach, chairman, McDonald Moses, Vice President, E. R. Blades, Secretary and E. Bennet, Treasurer. The OWTU was formally established just days later on 25 July 1937, at its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Births
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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2025 Trinidad And Tobago General Election
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 April 2025 to elect all 41 members of the House of Representatives. President Christine Kangaloo, on the advice of Prime Minister Stuart Young, dissolved parliament and issued the writs for election on 18 March 2025. This was the first election after the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) redrew the boundaries for 16 constituencies, and renamed five of them. Seventeen political parties and three independents contested the election. The United National Congress won 26 seats, forming a majority government, with its leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar becoming Prime Minister for the second time since she was elected leader in 2010. The governing People's National Movement led by former Prime Minister Keith Rowley and Stuart Young as Prime Ministerial candidate won 13 seats, losing power and becoming the opposition. The Tobago People's Party led by Tobago House of Assembly Chief Minister Farley Augustine won both Tobago s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Prime Ministers Of Trinidad And Tobago
The prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is the head of the executive branch of government in Trinidad and Tobago. Following a general election, which takes place every five years, the president appoints as prime minister the person who has the support of a majority in the House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago), House of Representatives; this has generally been the leader of the party which won the most seats in the election (except in the case of the 2001 Trinidad and Tobago general election, 2001 general election). The incumbent prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago is Kamla Persad-Bissessar who was sworn in on 1 May 2025 by President Christine Kangaloo. This is a list of the prime ministers of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1950 to the present day: List of officeholders Chief minister (1950–1959) Premier (1959–1962) Prime minister (1962–present) Graphical timeline See also * Politics o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Trinidad And Tobago General Election
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 7 September 2015. The date of the general elections was announced by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on 13 June 2015. The result was a victory for the opposition People's National Movement, which received 52% of the vote and won 23 of the 41 seats in the House of Representatives.Results of the Parliamentary Election Held on Monday 7 September 2015 EBCTT Background The 2010 general elections were won by the |
2014 People's National Movement Leadership Election
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Arima
Arima, officially The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima is the easternmost and second largest in area of the three boroughs of Trinidad and Tobago. It is geographically adjacent to Sangre Grande and Arouca at the south central foothills of the Northern Range. To the south is the Caroni–Arena Dam. Coterminous with Town of Arima since 1888, the borough of Arima is the fourth-largest municipality in population in the country (after Port of Spain, Chaguanas and San Fernando). The census estimated it had 33,606 residents in 2011. In 1887, the town petitioned Queen Victoria for municipal status as part of the celebration for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. This was granted in the following year, and Arima became a Royal Borough on 1 August 1888. Historically the third-largest town of Trinidad and Tobago, Arima is fourth since Chaguanas became the largest town in the country. History Contrary to the belief that the city is named after the Arawak word for "water", roote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate (Trinidad And Tobago)
The Senate of Trinidad and Tobago is the appointed upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, along with the President of Trinidad and Tobago, President and House of Representatives (Trinidad and Tobago), House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago. The Senate currently sits at the The Red House (Trinidad and Tobago), Red House. The Senate has 31 members all appointed by the Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago, President: 16 Government Senators appointed on the advice of the List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago, Prime Minister, 6 Opposition Senators appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition (Trinidad and Tobago), Leader of the Opposition and 9 Independent Senators appointed on the discretion of the President from outstanding persons who represent other sectors of civil society. The presiding officer, the President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago, President of the Senate, is elected from among the Senators who are not Ministers or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Wooding Law School
The Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) is a law school in Trinidad and Tobago. History Named for Trinidad and Tobago jurist and politician Hugh Wooding, HWLS is one of three law schools empowered by the (Caribbean) Council of Legal Education to award Legal Education Certificates, along with the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica and the Eugene Dupuch Law School in the Bahamas. It opened its doors to students in September 1973. In its early years, it was marked by a scandal when eight out of its ten tutors and lecturers resigned in protest over a student from the Trindadian Police Service (TTPS) who failed his examinations but was not asked to discontinue his studies. In 1996, the Council of Legal Education made the controversial decision to require LLB graduates from the University of Guyana to take an entrance examination for admission to HWLS. Notable alumni * Kenneth Benjamin, Chief Justice of Belize between 2011 and 2020. *Adriel Brathwaite Adriel Dermont Brathwait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
