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In 1958, Trinidad and Tobago joined the West Indies Federation. [8] The federation, which included Barbados, the British Leeward Islands, the British Windward Islands, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, was typically seen by its supporters as a means to use a federal structure to gain national independence and eventual recognition as a Dominion ...
Section 4 of the Constitution prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sex. [1] In 2014, Trinidad and Tobago ranked 49th on the Global Gender Gap Index of the World Economic Forum, with a score of 0.715, down from its 36th place in 2013. In terms of participation in the labor force, the country ranked 87th, with 59% of women participating as ...
By early 1907 major drilling operations began, roads and other infrastructure were built. Annual production of oil in Trinidad and Tobago reached 47,000 barrels (7,500 m 3) by 1910 and kept rapidly increasing year by year. [35] [36] Estimated oil production in Trinidad and Tobago in 2005 was about 150,000 bbl/d (24,000 m 3 /d). [37]
Constituencies of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago No. Name Number of polling divisions (2020) [2] Electorate (2020) [2] 1 Arima: 40 26,384 2 Arouca/Maloney: 24 26,673 3 Barataria/San Juan: 47 25.690 4 Caroni Central: 33 30.107 5 Caroni East: 26 29,031 6 Chaguanas East: 32 26,923 7 Chaguanas West: 30 28,625 8 Couva North: 37 ...
Trinidad and Tobago, [a] officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean.Comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with numerous smaller islands, it is located 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) northeast off the coast of Venezuela, 130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) south of Grenada, and west of Barbados.
The country's highest court is the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago, [5] whose chief justice is appointed by the president after consultation with the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition. [6] The current Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago is Ivor Archie. [7]
Other elected bodies include the local government bodies in Trinidad (two cities, three boroughs, nine regional corporations) [1] and the Tobago House of Assembly, which handles local government in the island of Tobago and is entrenched in the constitution. Until 1925 Trinidad and Tobago was a British colony ruled through a pure, unelected ...
Pages in category "Treaties of Trinidad and Tobago" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 220 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .