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7 unusual facts about Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago


Black Power Revolution

The National Joint Action Committee was formed out of the Guild of Undergraduates at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies.

A large turnout of the disaffected poor of the cities and towns, as well as those black youth of the disaffected communities were attracted to the uprising were present in the movement, as well as youths and others from the UWI, St. Augustine campus.

Ellis Achong

He died aged 82 in St. Augustine.

St Augustine Chamber Orchestra

His background as a music educator consists of 18 years of teaching at the University School of St. Augustine and another 8 years at the International School of Port of Spain.

St. Augustine Girls' High School

It is located on Evans Street in St. Augustine.

University of Belize

The Master Degree (Graduate) program in Biodiversity Conservation & Sustainable Development is being offered in partnership with the University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, the University of Guyana and Anton de Kom University of Suriname.

University of the West Indies

This university consists of three physical campuses at Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados and the Open Campus.


2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

Qualifying to 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship took place in Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago from 3–6 April 2008.

2010 South American Under-17 Women's Championship

The winners of the two semifinal matches will qualify directly to the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago.

A. R. F. Webber

Albert Raymond Forbes Webber (1 January 1880 - 29 June 1932) was a Caribbean author from Trinidad and Tobago.

Aditi Soondarsingh

Aditi Soondarsingh (born 1988) is a women’s chess player from Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago.

Alfred Mendes

Alfred Hubert Mendes (18 November 1897 – 1991), novelist and short-story writer, was a leading member of the 1930s "Beacon group" of writers (named after the literary magazine The Beacon) in Trinidad that included Albert Gomes, C. L. R. James and Ralph de Boissière.

Andre Boucaud

Although born in England, Boucaud qualifies to play for Trinidad and Tobago through his parents, with his father born in Port of Spain and his mother born in Princes Town.

Anthony Noreiga

Anthony Noreiga is a Trinidadian footballer with Joe Public F.C..

Banwari Trace

Banwari Trace, an Archaic (pre-ceramic) site in southwestern Trinidad, is presumably the oldest archaeological site in the Caribbean.

Bar Convent

Behind the altar is a 20th-century reredos which is topped by 18th century carved figures of Saint Jerome, Saint Ambrose, Saint Augustine and Saint Gregory which support a Spanish Ivory crucifix.

Benedict Cayenne

Benedict Cayenne (born 22 March 1944 in Barrackpore) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 800 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.

Box bass

A box bass is an acoustic instrument that is indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago.

Carnaval San Francisco

The four Carnaval Cities with the greatest influence and presence in the San Francisco Carnaval are the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Salvador as well as Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Havana, Cuba, and Oruro, Bolivia.

Carpinteria Tar Pits

The Carpinteria Tar Pits are one of the five natural asphalt lake areas in the world, the others being Tierra de Brea in Trinidad and Tobago, Lake Guanoco in Venezuela and the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles) and McKittrick Tar Pits (McKittrick) both also located in the US state of California.

Celestial stem

The Heavenly Stems (tiāngān 天干) were the names of the ten suns, which may have designated world ages as did the Five Suns and the Six Ages of the World of Saint Augustine.

Curt Wittlin

He has become a specialist in the edition of medieval translations in Europe of texts by Cicero, Saint Augustine and John of Wales, among others.

Danny Briggs

Hampshire had another successful Twenty20 tournament, with Hampshire reaching the final, where they would eventually lose to Trinidad and Tobago.

Darryl Roberts

Darryl Bevon Roberts (born 26 September 1983 in Saint Joseph) is a Trinidadian footballer who currently plays for Samsunspor in the TFF First League and for the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

Day-age creationism

The Old-Earth figurative view can be traced back at least to Saint Augustine in the 5th Century who pointed out, in De Genesi ad Litteram (On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis) that the "days" in Genesis could not be literal days, if only because Genesis itself tells us that the sun was not made until the fourth "day".

Drupatee Ramgoonai

Drupatee Ramgoonai is a Trinidadian chutney and chutney soca musician from Sunrees Road Charlo Village Penal.

Football Federation of Belize

On 15 June 2011, Belize kicked-off the Road to Brazil (2014 FIFA World Cup qualification) against minnows Montserrat, winning 2-5 away in a match played in the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Trinidad.

Franklin Khan

Franklin Khan is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and former Member of Parliament for Ortoire-Mayaro and Chairman of the ruling People's National Movement.

George F. Fitzpatrick

George Fitzpatrick married Phyllis Sinanan, sister of Mitra and Ashford Sinanan, uniting the Fitzpatrick family with another prominent political family of Trinidad (see Ashford Sinanan, Ambassador, Leader of the Opposition, Democratic Labour Party (DLP), West Indies Federation, Founder of the West Indian National Party (WINP) and High Commissioner to India.

George W. Dick

George W. Dick (born March 28, 1964, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) also known as "G-Wiz" is an American writer, actor, director, and musician who wrote the 1987 Billboard top ten R&B hit "She's Fly" (performed by Tony Terry).

Hacho Boyadzhiev

Boyadzhiev spent his childhood in Novi Pazar and then enrolled in the Saint Augustine French college in Plovdiv.

Hans Hagelstein

In 2006 he was contacted by Leo Beenhakker with whom he worked together at Feyenoord in the 1990s to become his team manager for Trinidad and Tobago during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Hillsborough Reservoir

Located 36.5 metres (100 ft) above sea level, the reservoir is managed by Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago.

HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

Currently, there are five countries where the national prevalence is over 2 percent, those being the Bahamas, Belize, Guyana, Haiti, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Holy Name Preparatory

Holy Name Preparatory School is a public primary school located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Originally associated with Holy Name Convent secondary school and Secret Heart Boys, the school became an independent entity in 1965.

Jason Scotland

Born in Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago, after playing for Malick Senior Comprehensive School, Scotland went on to play with San Juan Jabloteh – for whom he scored nine goals in as many league games – and Defence Force, where he scored 30 goals in 31 league appearances.

Keon Daniel

Keon Kelly Daniel (born 16 January 1987 in Lambeau) is a Trinidadian footballer currently playing for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.

Kieron Pollard

Pollard was born in Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago, where he was raised, along with two younger sisters, in a poor home by his single mother.

Legal Education Certificate

There are three law schools which are empowered to award LECs: the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica, the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago, and the Eugene Dupuch Law School in The Bahamas.

Mafeking, Trinidad and Tobago

Mafeking is a village in Mayaro County, Trinidad and Tobago, located on the Ortoire River.

Maurice Henry Dorman

Sir Maurice Henry Dorman, GCMG, GCVO (7 August 1912 – 26 October 1993) was the representative of the British Monarchy in Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Sierra Leone, and Malta.

Maximus Dan

Maximus Dan (born Edghill Thomas, 1979, Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago) is a soca / dancehall musician.

McKittrick Tar Pits

The McKittrick Tar Pits are one of the five natural asphalt lake areas in the world, the others being Tierra de Brea in Trinidad and Tobago, Lake Guanoco in Venezuela and the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles) and Carpinteria Tar Pits (Carpinteria) both also located in the US state of California.

Monotonic scale

The Annotated Book of Common Prayer similarly notes that (according to Saint Augustine) Saint Athanasius discouraged variance in note in liturgical recitation, but that eventual modulation of the note led to the development of plainsong.

Nicole Craig

Nicole Craig has spent over 11 years in the Advertising Industry in Trinidad and Tobago and has worked for such notable companies as McCann Erickson, Lonsdale Saatchi and Saatchi and its group of companies.

Persona Communications

In 2005, several longtime executives of Persona Cable, including former CEO Brendan Paddick, moved on to construct and develop a Caribbean-based cable provider named Columbus Communications, which currently operates in The Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

Richard Kenneth Fox

(born October 22, 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago (1977–79).

Rundell Winchester

Rundell Winchester (born 16 December 1993) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a striker for TT Pro League club Central FC and the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

Prior to the 2013–14 season, Central FC and Walsall of Football League One agreed to a partnership that featured the Saddlers in a pre-season tour of Trinidad and Tobago.

Samuel Herbert Wilson

Brigadier General Sir Samuel Herbert Wilson, GCMG, KCB, KBE (1873-1950) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Trinidad and Tobago between 1921 and 1924.

Stokely Mason

Stokely Mason (born 24 October 1975 in Barataria) is a football midfielder from Trinidad and Tobago, he currently plays for United Petrotrin.

The Mad Stuntman

Mark Quashie (born 24 January 1967, Trinidad and Tobago), better known by his stage name The Mad Stuntman, is a singer, best known for providing the vocals on "I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real.

Tobago United F.C.

Tobago United Football Club was a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, that played in Professional Football League of Trinidad.

Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association

The Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago with members in the former BWIA and Tobago Express, now Caribbean Airlines.


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