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The country's unique charming steel pan music and carnival have gained popularity around the world. In November 2021, Analisa Low assumed her post as the ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to China.
In a United Nations resolution adopted just last year, August 11 is officially World Steelpan Day.While citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, where the pan was born, have long regarded it as the country's ...
On this day, 26 July, in 1951, the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) performed at the Festival of Britain, and in doing so introduced the steelpan and a new music genre to the world.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — A spike in deadly gang violence prompted the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago to implement a country-wide state of emergency Monday.
A 12-member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on 21 April, scheduled to depart on 30 April 2025. The Mission is comprised of nationals of Antigua and ...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) —Stuart Richard Young was sworn in on Monday as the eighth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, a few months before voters in this twin island republic go to the ...
Trinidad and Tobago’s United National Congress has ended its nearly 10-year-political drought and returned to the helm of governance after party leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar staged the biggest ...
The Caribbean republic of Trinidad and Tobago has announced a state of emergency in response to a spike in gang violence over the weekend. The declaration grants police additional powers as they ...
Few individuals leave a legacy in both the engine of a nation’s economy and the cadence of its culture—but Mark Edward Loquan, who shaped Trinidad and Tobago’s energy sector and ...
Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency on Monday as the government braced for reprisal shootings after an attempt on a gang leader’s life, officials said.
The PM said the new Coat of Arms with the Steelpan shows that the pan had reached Trinidad and Tobago's ... 2023, announced that 11 August will annually become known as World Steelpan Day ...
The twin-island republic has one of the highest homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a record murder tally of more than 620 this year so far in a population of 1.5 million people.