The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Tobago Dr Rita Pemberton. - Dr Rita Pemberton Her Majesty’s Order in Council of November 17, 1888, which abolished the government of Tobago at the end of 1888, cleared the way for the union of Trinidad and Tobago, which took effect from January 1, 1889. The explanation for the state of affairs which prompted this change resided with the decline of the island’s economy, which caused its penurious state. This situation […]
