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The first-ever contact with Europeans occurred when Christopher Columbus, who was on his third voyage of exploration, arrived at noon on 31 July 1498. [3] He landed at a harbor he called Point Galera, while naming the island Trinidad, before proceeding into the Gulf of Paria via the Serpent's Mouth and the Caribbean Sea via Dragon's Mouth.
From 2012 until his retirement in 2016, he led the Directorate for Multilateral Relations at the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [1] In 2021, Francis came out of retirement and was appointed as permanent representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations in New York City. [1]
Evidence of an active microbiological ecosystem in Pitch Lake has been reported. The microbial diversity was found to be unique when compared to microbial communities analyzed at other hydrocarbon-rich environments, including La Brea tar pits in California, and an oil well and a mud volcano in Trinidad and Tobago. [11]
Like much of southwestern Trinidad, La Brea has declined since the end of the oil boom in the early 1980s. The closure of the Trintoc (now Petrotrin ) camp at Brighton was a major blow to the economy of the town.
Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago is a national female beauty pageant in Trinidad and Tobago to select its representative to the international Miss Grand International pageant. [1] [2] The pageant was founded in 2023 by a Port of Spain-based event organizer, Stolen Productions Ltd. (SPL Pageants), [1] [3] and is directed by Kehra Ramsubhag and Sean Paul, [1] [4] who also served as the national ...
The flag of Trinidad and Tobago was adopted upon independence from the United Kingdom on 31 August 1962. Designed by Carlisle Chang (1921–2001), [1] [2] [3] the flag of Trinidad and Tobago was chosen by the independence committee of 1962.
Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited (TPHL) was incorporated on 5 October 2018, with the government of Trinidad and Tobago the sole shareholder. [7] On 1 December 2018 Petrotrin was dissolved. Its petroleum exploration, development, and production assets and responsibilities were distributed to a new corporation, Heritage Petroleum.
Trinidad and Tobago [3]. Trinidad. Piarco International Airport (Base); Tobago. Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson International Airport; The December 15, 1976 Trinidad and Tobago Air Services timetable lists up to eight round trip flights a day operated with Hawker Siddeley HS 748 prop aircraft or McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 jet aircraft between Port of Spain and Tobago.