Trinidad and Tobago To Declare Carib Public Holiday Next Year

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, has announced that the First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago will be given a one-off national non-working public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago, in 2017, in recognition of their contribution to Trinidad and Tobago, thus partially meeting a long-standing request for a public holiday for the Trinidad and Tobago Caribs, aka. First Peoples. [full story]