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LONDON MISSION Volume 71 - September 2017 Celebrating Contents LONDON MISSION / September 2017 / Issue 71 14 LONDON MISSION VOLUME 71 - SEPTEMBER 2017 CELEBRATING CONTENTS LONDON MISSION / SEPTEMBER 2017 / ISSUE 71 14 1/ Message from His Excellency Anthony Carmona, O.R.T.T., S.C. on the Occasion of Independence Day 2017 2/ Message from the Honourable Dr Keith Rowley, Prime Minister on the Occasion of Independence Day 2017 3/ Message from Senator the Honourable Dennis Moses, Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs 4/ Message from His Excellency Orville London, High Commissioner THE HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CORNER 5/ The High Commissioners from Past to Present 6/ Presentation of Letters of Credence to Her Majesty The Queen 7/ Excerpts taken from the High Commissioner’s interview with the Diplomatic Magazine, July issue. 20 VIEWS FROMTHE MISSION 8/ Our Services Highlights 10/ Quarterly Meetings with the Diaspora 14/ Independence Day 2017 Celebrations - Thanksgiving Interfaith Service 16/ T&T Achieves Sporting Excellence at the World Para Athletics Championships 2017 THE DIASPORA SPEAKS 18/ Trinidad and Tobago Association 18/ Tobago Residents UK 27 19/ HM The Queen honours T&T’s Young Leaders - Matthew Batson and Siddel Ramkissoon 24/ Rudolph Malcolm Walker OBE 25/ Notting Hill Carnival 27/ High Commissioner’s Role as Ambassadorial Patron of the Notting Hill Carnival 2017 30/ Darcus Howe, Writer, Broadcaster and Activist (1943 – 2017) 32/ Tribute to a true patriot - Balgobin Ramdeen (1925 – 2016) TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO NEWS 34/ Unlocking the T&T Advantage 35/ Fastforward II - Trinidad and Tobago ’s Draft National ICT Plan 2017-2021 36/ Launch of the Lime 365 Campaign & Gotrinbago Mobile Application 40/ A Taste of Home - Mouthwatering recipes from Trinidad and Tobago A Publication of: PRINTING The High Commission for the Republic of Trinidad and Public, Affairs, Culture and Tourism Department of The High Tobago, London Commission for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 42 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8NT CREDITS: Public, Affairs, Culture and Tourism Team TEL: 020 7245 9351 FAX: 020 7823 1065 EMAIL: [email protected] MESSAGE / THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY ANTHONY CarmoNA, O.R.T.T., S.C. ON THE OCCASION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY 2017 rom Crown Colony Occasions such as to Independent State, Independence, afford us the freedom for all, self- opportunity to recall and renew sustainability, self- our individual and collective Factualisation and the right to patriotism to our Nation’s forge a national destiny were watch words, Discipline, the driving forces that inspired Production, Tolerance. They the great, brave revolutionaries mandate us to take stock of to lobby and advocate for ourselves; that we must reach our self-governance. From for a higher morality that the trenches of slavery and triggers compassion, mercy Indentureship, we found and forgiveness; of a work ethic strength and unity in each that works; of a rejection of other’s struggle; the common social, political and economic denominators that forged the hostility. These Watch Words catalyst for our very freedom. are established to foster in us This great Nation of ours has a way of life that embraces the been built on the hard work, tenets of mediation, civility, His Excellency Anthony Carmona O.R.T.T., S.C., dedication, tenacity, sacrifice President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago sacrifice, selflessness and and perseverance of its talented neighbourly love. We are each sons and daughters. We need to independent Trinidad and Here in Trinidad and Tobago, tasked with the responsibility therefore rededicate ourselves Tobago. we celebrate our differences of co-existing in a harmonious to that transformational value and we rejoice in diversity, Trinidad and Tobago, in which system and philosophy. Our attainment of simply because we understand doing the right thing is the Independence resulted in that it is our differences that right thing to do, at all times, Today and every day, we must the development of our very make us ‘Trinbago’. Those without fear of victimization, strive for excellence. We must own national symbols that who forsake the apparentness bias or prejudice. cultivate hope that we can are physical reminders of of diversity are ignorant overcome all adversities as a our identity, culture and our to the fact that if we are Even if we fall short of this Nation and further foster a collective consciousness. As we all the same then the same profound mandate, our National consciousness that celebrate our independence in disappointments, the same national resilience must be so makes us believe that great true Trinbagonian patriotism, challenges, the same obstacles embedded that it provokes an things are possible, even we must culture a society with can devour us whole. We must inalienable understanding that for as tiny a Nation State as absolute regard and respect for enable each other and make our when the proverbial runner this great Nation. Esteemed all our national symbols. In diversity our forte on the world stumbles, or even falls, he/ Nobel Laureate VS Naipaul this regard, I make a clarion stage. In the quest for real, she must be encouraged and in his novel “A Bend in the call to protect our national genuine inclusivity, we must be supported to get back up. It is River” encouraged, “After all, flora and fauna, especially informed rather than remain with great pride that I salute we make ourselves according our national birds. One such ignorant about the needs and the remarkable achievements to the ideas we have of our beautiful symbol is the Scarlett aspirations of persons less of all our Paralympians and possibilities.” In our 55 years Ibis in flight or nesting on the fortunate, particularly persons our athletes, especially gold of Independence, we have mangrove trees of the Caroni with disabilities. Individually medalist, Akeem Stewart and been able to establish and Swamp. There must be no and collectively, we must the ‘never say die’ quartet 4x maintain democratic processes compromise in our fight to continually ask ourselves, 400 meters gold medalists at and institutions, a buoyant protect the Scarlett Ibis. Ours how as a Nation will we be the World Championships educational system girth by is a country therefore, that judged? Will we be judged in London, together with the the regional institution, the must guard against starving by how we treat the strong astounding victory of the West University of the West Indies ourselves of the fundamentals and the powerful among us? Indies Cricket Team against (UWI) and the magic of of patriotism. Patriotism has No, citizens of Trinidad and England a few days ago. These great sporting achievements. a formidable utility. It is the Tobago, we will be judged by athletes have all become our Unrivalled access to education driving force of a country’s how we treat and care for the lightning rods in our social is an enviable feature and character and a Nation’s weak, the disadvantaged, the and human darkness. This distinctive hallmark of an conscience. marginalized and the voiceless. imposing display of youth Volume 71 |LONDON MISSION 1 MESSAGE / THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER success and prowess on the firm appreciation for regional proud of our ‘Trinbago’ values generations. It is my fervent international stage is a timeless and global interdependence and identity that we become our hope that this reflection and timely gift to a Nation that fosters progress and own ambassadors to the world. reaffirms our commitment to celebrating Independence. Our genuine acts of benevolence, We must continue to play a a truly inclusive, embracing athletes deserve nothing less compassion and mutual respect meaningful role in regional, ‘Trinbago’ society, as we than the best in good times and among all persons and Nations, hemispheric and world affairs continue to make positive in bad times and our patriotism great and small. so that our celebrated values strides within ourselves and on demands that we must never be of hospitality, tolerance and the international stage. fair-weathered supporters. For us, being independent life-affirmation, forged in should not mean wrapped in the march to Independence On behalf of my wife Reema, The celebration of our a cocoon of only ‘Trinbago’ and beyond, are recognised, children Christian and Anura Independence must as well be consciousness; we must not preserved and celebrated. and on my own behalf I wish grounded in global awareness be isolated people, wrapped May the celebrations of our the Republic of Trinidad and and empathy for the afflictions up in ourselves and not be too Independence in this 55th Tobago a Happy Independence suffered by our international interested in the world outside year, guide us into deep and may Almighty God bless neighbours. An Independent as Naipaul reminds us. Fellow reflection on what we are us all. Nation must be grounded in a citizens, we must be so fiercely today bestowing upon future MESSAGE FROM THE HONOURABLE DR KEITH ROWLEY, PRIME MINISTER ON THE OCCASION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY 2017 Fellow citizens of Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day, than the words of our athletes. I noted the remarks of the n the occasion of the young men as they spoke to the media 55th anniversary of our after their races. When asked about their Independence, many of achievements, the young men described us would be mindful of themselves as being “focused and fearless”. Oour journey as a nation. As a Small They declared that they had “made up Island Developing State, our ability to their minds” and that, “our country can navigate the journey of nationhood has achieve if we work together”. always depended on our creativity, our willingness to work hard and our ability On this Independence Day 2017, let us to stand firm together as a nation. move forward with the focus, grit and determination demonstrated by our In order to continue on the path of athletes.
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