Red Earth Festival

First Citizens Bank Limited

First Citizens Bank was created in 1993 out of three institutions, the Trinidad Co-operative Bank, Worker's Bank and National Commercial Bank.

Over the course of fifteen years, First Citizens has evolved into one of the region’s leading and most dynamic providers of financial products and services. First Citizens Bank enjoys the highest international ratings for an indigenous bank from the world’s leading rating agencies, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.

It has, on three occasions (2001, 2003 and 2006), won the Tyrone Samlalsingh Pinnacle award for excellence in innovation, communications technology and e-commerce. The Bank has also been rated “First in Soundness” in Trinidad & Tobago (2003) and “Bank of The Year 2005” by The Banker Magazine.

It remains the only local bank to float two US$100 Million bonds (February 2004 & January 2005) as well as being admitted to the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) B-Loan Programme. The Bank, in addition to being the first commercial bank to launch a Trustee Services Company, also has the highest accreditation from the International Institute of Internal Auditors.

In late 2005, First Citizens unveiled its new symbol, representative of the coming together of its customers’ needs and the bank’s strengths, moving upwards towards success.

Gayelle The Channel

For the first time in the English speaking Caribbean there is a free-to-air television station that stays in the Caribbean all day, maintaining constant contact with its audience by telephone, email and on location attempting to use the medium to provide a service - a channel - that people may see themselves and each other, share experiences and support community and individual initiatives on behalf of all.

Gayelle has established a relationship with its audience which is unique and distinct. This relationship is an intimate one, where the community is assurred of access and ownership. Gayelle represents the appropriation of space on behalf of every single member of its community where none existed before - making real the slogan: "At Last We own Television!"

Gayelle The Channel came on air as a community television station on 16th February, 2004. Gayelle's reach now covers all of the Island of Trinidad free-to-air, and on FLOW Cable channel 07 to over 200,000 households. It is carried live on cable in Tobago in collaboration with TRICO Cable on channel 03 and in Grenada to over 12,000 more households on Cablevision channel 07. Gayelle is also available on the Internet through JumpTV.com and on GayelleTV.com at broadcast quality all over the world.

The Carlton Savannah

On every island in the Caribbean, there is a place where everyone goes... not to visit and leave, but to experience and return. In Trinidad, the financial seat of the Caribbean, especially fashioned for business travellers and locals who revel in affordable luxury, this place is The Carlton Savannah.

Nestled on a mountain in Cascade, its 165 guestrooms and 55 suites with Juliette balconies, tucked in by lush bamboo and flora, The Carlton Savannah is a boutique hotel, crackling with energy, sensuality and a sun dappled emotion of rest that stays with you long after your visit is over.

CDA

Following the decision to close the naval base and hand over the peninsula to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago in 1967, the Chaguaramas Development Authority - CDA was established by an Act of Parliament in 1972 to administer and coordinate the development of the northwestern peninsula. The CDA, is vested with all the land of the north west peninsula of the island of Trinidad, including the offshore islands.

The Chaguaramas Development Authority under the CDA Act, has its principal function to develop the North-West Peninsula in accordance with National objectives.

The Australian High Commission

Australian High Commission

18 Herbert Street, St Clair, Port of Spain

Tel: 1-868-628-0695

Fax: 1-868-622-0659

EMA

The Environmental Management Authority began operations in June 1995 and now facilitates cooperation among Government Agencies, NGOs and community-based organizations. The EMA is mandated to write and enforce laws and regulations for environmental management, to educate the public about the nation's environmental issues and to control and prevent pollution, as well as conserve natural resources.