First Peoples Public Holiday announced
...Gov't comes good on promise
Published on May 11, 2017
In the Daily Express
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Chief Ricardo Bharath Hernandez
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IN October 2016, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley promised the First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago that they would be given a one-off national holiday in recognition of their contribution to the islands.
On Thursday, Government announced that Friday October 13 had been approved as the public holiday.
The call for a public holiday had been made by Ricardo Hernandez Bharath, representing the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community. He said that the holiday would be in recognition of the history of indigenous peoples.
The disclosure of the public holiday came in a statement from, the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Arts, which noted that the First Peoples have been calling for greater recognition of their history and customs.
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