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01: Hon. Prime Minister Patrick Manning,
President of Rwanda, His Excellency Paul
Kagame and Secretary General of the
Commonwealth, His Excellency Kamalesh
Sharma at the Rwanda flag raising ceromony.
02: Hon. Prime Minister Patrick Manning
and Senator the Hon. Hazel Manning in the
courtyard of Westminister Abbey after the
church service. 03: Her Royal Highness The
Duchess of Cornwall and His Royal Highness
The Prince of Wales arrive for the church
service. 04: (5th from left) His Excellency
Laleshwa Singh, Chair of the Meeting, Hon.
Patrick Manning, Prime Minister and Senator
the Hon. Hazel Manning. They are surrounded
by High Commissioners and representatives
from Caribbean states who attended a lunch
meeting at TTHC. (4th from right) Also
pictured is Acting High Commissioner for
Trinidad and Tobago, Ms. Gail Guy. 05: Her
Majesty The Queen standing on the steps of
Westminister Abbey after the church service.
06: Hon. Prime Minister Patrick Manning,
addressing the members of the media.
07: Trinidad and Tobago’s flagbearer, Ms.
Christineil Thompson.
Photos: Donald Michael Chambers
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partnerships and better societies
as a whole.” The prayers of various
religious faiths namely Roman
Catholic, Muslim,Hindu, the Baha’i
community, Buddhist, Church of
Scotland were delivered by invited
representatives.
Among the speakers at the service
were Bharathi Prasad founding
member of the National Institute
of Amateur Radio, Dato Lee Yee
Chong Chairman of UNESCO,
Lord Robert Winston, Peter
Hatfield the current ‘UK Young
Volume 52
Scientist of the Year’ and Gillian
Clarke President of Ty Newydd
- performed the poem A Wind
from Africa, a piece commissioned
specifically for the occasion.
Music was provided by New
Commonwealth voices, the Panache
Steel Band and Freddie Kofi and
Britgos. There was a procession
of Commonwealth flags (carried
in order determined by date of
membership) through the Abbey
with musical accompaniment ‘Let
there be a change’, performed by
Freddie Kofi. The flag of Trinidad
and Tobago was carried by Ms.
Christineil Thompson, a secondary
school student who won a trip
to London after submitting the
winning entry in an essay writing
competition run by the National
Secretariat for the CHOGM and the
Royal Commonwealth Society.
Prime Minister Manning returned
to Trinidad and Tobago on March
9th 2010. In his absence Senator the
Honourable Dr. Lenny Saith carried
out the duties of Prime Minister.
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