TRINIDAD EXPRESS
Man gets $100,000 bail for placard protest
An environmentalist was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after he was charged with erecting placards protesting the Fifth Summit of the Americas.
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An environmentalist was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after he was charged with erecting placards protesting the Fifth Summit of the Americas.
In a 16-minute address punctuated by applause, United States President Barack Obama called on leaders of the Americas not to become "prisoners of past disagreements", but instead to look forward to a new beginning and to commit themselves to a new set of rules of engagement.
Many people were disappointed yesterday as news spread that US First Lady Michelle Obama would not be coming to Trinidad and Tobago with her husband, US President Barack Obama, for the Fifth Summit of the Americas which opens today. The next top spouse, it appears, will be the only First Gentleman coming to Trinidad - Nestor Carlos Kirchner.
"We are ready. We are anxious. But we are ready," Communications Coordinator Felipe Noguera said Thursday as the National Secretariat for the Fifth Summit of the Americas prepared for the biggest event this country has ever hosted, which starts Friday
Piarco and Oropune villagers will be involuntarily confined to their homes this weekend after the Summit Secretariat failed to ensure that everyone living in these areas received accreditation to move freely in their communities during the Fifth Summit of the Americas.
When the Heads of State/Government meet for the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain this weekend, many people would be sunbathing along the nation's coastline.
By Barack Obama Thursday, April 16th 2009 As we approach the Summit of the Americas, our hemisphere is faced with a clear choice. We can overcome our shared challenges with a sense of common purpose, or we can stay mired in the old debates of the past. For the sake of all our people, we must choose the future.
A meeting between US President Barack Obama and all Caricom leaders is being organised "tentatively" for tomorrow night, after the opening ceremony of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, Government sources said yesterday. The exact time is still to be decided.
Problems with the system that actually produces the accreditation passes for all those participating in the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain was the reason why many participants are yet to receive the ID badges, sources said yesterday
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