Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2016 — 25th Anniversary Edition
With our 2016 edition (our 27th), we celebrate 25 years of producing Discover Trinidad & Tobago. Published every year since 1991, Discover Trinidad & Tobago is aimed both at international visitors planning a trip to the islands – whether for an eco adventure, business trip, or beach holiday – and at local Trinbagonians looking to know and explore more about their native islands. Our comprehensive coverage of Trinidad and Tobago — from arts and culture to eco adventures, accommodation to sports, planning flights and transportation and more — can help anyone plan anything from a day trip or weekend escape, to a full-on an adventure holiday or leisurely vacation. It might take a lifetime to truly experience all that the islands have to offer, but at least we can show you where to start. For more: http://www.discovertnt.com • http://www.facebook.com/discovertnt
With our 2016 edition (our 27th), we celebrate 25 years of producing Discover Trinidad & Tobago. Published every year since 1991, Discover Trinidad & Tobago is aimed both at international visitors planning a trip to the islands – whether for an eco adventure, business trip, or beach holiday – and at local Trinbagonians looking to know and explore more about their native islands. Our comprehensive coverage of Trinidad and Tobago — from arts and culture to eco adventures, accommodation to sports, planning flights and transportation and more — can help anyone plan anything from a day trip or weekend escape, to a full-on an adventure holiday or leisurely vacation. It might take a lifetime to truly experience all that the islands have to offer, but at least we can show you where to start. For more: http://www.discovertnt.com • http://www.facebook.com/discovertnt
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TIME CAPSULE<br />
1937: oilfield and labour strikes led in southern <strong>Trinidad</strong> by Tubal<br />
Uriah “Buzz” Butler<br />
1940: Crown Point Airport opens in <strong>Tobago</strong>; national airline British<br />
West Indies Airways (BWIA) commences operations<br />
1941: Chaguaramas peninsula leased to United States for 99 years;<br />
American military remain through World War II<br />
1945: public emergence of steelbands; universal suffrage implemented<br />
1951: repeal of ordinance prohibiting activities of Spiritual “Shouter”<br />
Baptist faith<br />
1956: self government under Eric Williams’ People’s National<br />
Movement (PNM)<br />
1958: islands join Federation of West Indies<br />
1960: <strong>Trinidad</strong> campus of University of the West Indies (UWI)<br />
established<br />
1962: islands leave Federation, gain independence from Britain;<br />
Dr Eric Williams becomes first Prime Minister<br />
1963: Hurricane Flora devastates <strong>Tobago</strong>; Chaguaramas returned<br />
to <strong>Trinidad</strong>ian control<br />
1970: “Black Power” uprising in <strong>Trinidad</strong><br />
1974: Garfield Blackman (Ras Shorty I) releases first soca album<br />
1976: new republican constitution<br />
1980: <strong>Tobago</strong> House of Assembly restored; islands enjoy economic<br />
prosperity<br />
1981: George Chambers (PNM) succeeds Williams as Prime Minister<br />
1983: oil prices fall, crippling local economy<br />
1986: National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) unseats PNM<br />
in national elections; <strong>Tobago</strong>nian ANR Robinson becomes<br />
Prime Minister<br />
1990: unsuccessful coup attempt by Afro-Islamist Jamaat al Muslimeen<br />
1995: coalition government between United National Congress<br />
(UNC) and NAR unseats the PNM; Basdeo Panday becomes<br />
Prime Minister<br />
2007: Caribbean Airlines replaces BWIA as national carrier; record<br />
oil prices fuel economic boom<br />
2010: UNC-led coalition government (People’s Partnership) ousts<br />
PNM at general and local elections under Kamla Persad-<br />
Bissessar, the country’s first female Prime Minister; Caribbean<br />
Airlines completes purchase of Air Jamaica; country<br />
struggles with stagnating economy in the wake of the global<br />
financial crisis<br />
2015: oil prices crash; PNM wins general elections<br />
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