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	House of Representatives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Often, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often called a "senate".
		In Indonesia, the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) is generally known in English as the "House of Representatives", as is the Dewan Rakyat of the Parliament of Malaysia.
		House of Representatives is the title of most, but not all, of the state legislatures of the component states of the United States of America (The exceptions usually being called the "General Assembly").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Representatives (268 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Trinidad and Tobago is famous for its pre-Lenten Carnival and as the birthplace of steelpan, calypso and limbo.
		Trinidad and Tobago is one of the most prosperous nations in the Caribbean, although less so than it was during the "oil boom" between 1973 and 1983.
		Twelve athletes from Trinidad and Tobago have won medals at the Olympics, beginning with a silver medal in weightlifting, won by Rodney Wilkes in 1948 [3], and most recently a bronze medal with by George Bovell III [4].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago (2877 words)

	Caribbean Islands Trinidad and Tobago - Government and Politics
		Trinidad and Tobago in the late 1980s was a bicameral parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster model.
		The president is elected by the Senate and House of Representatives to serve a five-year term as head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces.
		Representatives must be citizens over the age of eighteen who have been residents of Trinidad and Tobago for at least two years.
	www.country-studies.com /caribbean-islands/trinidad-and-tobago---government-and-politics.html (1150 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Trinidad and Tobago are with the North Westerly winds which blow the north west of the islands to south east of the islands.
		Trinidad is made up of a variety soil types the majority being clay and In addition to this the mountainous areas the islands contain limestone.
		Trinidad and Tobago are famous as the of the calypso music as well as the music of steel pan (whose patent is held by in Maryland United States).
	www.freeglossary.com /Trinidad_and_Tobago (1142 words)

	The Tobago House of Assembly
		Tobago had its own Legislative Council, Laws and a Governor, appointed by Britain, thus, its political and economic confines were dictated from Britain.
		In 1977 the House of Representatives resolved that: "Proper and necessary steps should be taken to accord the people of Tobago internal self-government in such measure as will not be contradictory to the Constitutional reality of the Independent unitary state of Trinidad and Tobago.
		He was the first Chairman of the (restored) Tobago House of Assembly and founder-member of the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) which he led to victory in the elections of 1986 when he became Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago until December 1991.
	www.tobagowi.com /culture/thaintrod.htm (497 words)

	Politics_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tobago was given a measure of self-government in 1980 and is governed by the Tobago House of Assembly.
		The House of Representatives has 36 members (to be increased to 41 seats after the next election), elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies.
		Trinidad and Tobago was chosen by its Caribbean neighbors (CARICOM) to be the headquarters site of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) which was supposed to replace the Privy Council in the fall of 2003.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /information.asp?k=Politics_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago (940 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : U.S. House of Representatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Tennessee House of Representatives, in American politics, is the lower house of the state legislature of Tennessee, formally called the Tennessee General Assembly.
		In every even-numbered year, elections for state representative are conducted simultaneously with the elections for U.S. Representative and other offices; the primary election being held on the first Thursday in August.
		The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska State Legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /U.S._House_of_Representatives (695 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago
		While Tobago has the status of ward and is not subdivided, Trinidad is separated into eight counties and five municipalities.
		Trinidad and Tobago are supplied with the North Westerly winds which blow from the north west of the islands to the south east of the islands.
		Trinidad is made up of a variety of soil types, the majority being clay and topsoil.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/t/tr/trinidad_and_tobago.html (949 words)

	Office of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago - NEWS
		In the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, where we have the elective house; the lower house, where we have 36 members, the Government has 20, 18 of whom hold appointments of one kind or the next and of the other two, one is the Deputy Speaker.
		Trinidad and Tobago, as indeed many of the other, all other Parliaments in the region, will have to examine its own approaches to this matter since the classic system of Westminster does not work here.
		In the Lower House, we have the representation functions, that’s what it is all about, it is a House of Representatives where people come together and among other things, they represent their constituents.
	www.opm.gov.tt /news/index.php?pid=2001&nid=s20050725 (682 words)

	House of Representatives - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		Antigua and Barbuda — House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda
		Philippines – House of Representatives of the Philippines
		House of Representatives is the title of most, but not all, of the state legislatures of the States of the United States of America.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=38026 (300 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago: Constitution
		Appointments of principal representatives of Trinidad and Tobago.
		A quorum of the House of Representatives shall consist of twelve members of the House and a quorum of the Senate shall consist of ten Senators, so however that the person presiding at the sitting of either House shall not be included in reckoning whether there is a quorum of that House present.
		Trinidad and Tobago shall be divided into thirty-six constituencies or such other number as may be provided for by an Order made by the President in accordance with the provisions of this Part and each such constituency shall return one member to the House of Representatives.
	pdba.georgetown.edu /Constitutions/Trinidad/trinidad76.html (13939 words)

	Trinidad Government Information
		Trinidad and Tobago is a unitary state, with a parliamentary democracy modeled after that of the U.K. From 1962 until 1976, Trinidad and Tobago, although completely independent, acknowledged the British monarch as the figurehead chief of state.
		Trinidad and Tobago was chosen by its Caribbean neighbors (CARICOM) to be the headquarters site of a contemplated Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to replace the Privy Council in the fall of 2003.
		The embassy of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is located at 1708 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 (tel.
	www.traveldocs.com /tt/govern.htm (914 words)

	Discover Trinidad & Tobago - Government
		Trinidad and Tobago is a republic within the Commonwealth, with a president as Head of State.
		Tobago has a separate House of Assembly, consisting of 12 seats, which controls some of the island's domestic affairs.
		Parliament Of The Republic Of Trinidad And Tobago
	www.discover-tt.com /government.html (222 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago
		Trinidad and Tobago, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, is a parliamentary democracy in which there have been generally free and fair elections since independence from the United Kingdom in 1962.
		However, when the President selected the PNM's Patrick Manning, the UNC refused to abide by the decision, and the deadlocked Parliament was unable to pass legislation or elect a speaker for 9 months, until new elections on October 7 yielded a 20 to 16 working majority for Manning and the PNM.
		Trinidad and Tobago was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18346.htm (5195 words)

	trinicenter.com - Trinidad and Tobago CONSTITUTION
		The Minister responsible for finance shall cause to be prepared and laid before the House of Representatives before or not later than thirty days after the commencement of each financial year estimates of the revenues and expenditure of Trinidad and Tobago for that year.
		The President of the Senate and the Speaker shall cause the report to be laid before the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, at the next sitting of the Senate and the House of Representatives after the receipt thereof, respectively.
		In this section references to the public debt of Trinidad and Tobago include references to the interest on that debt, sinking fund payments in respect of that debt, and the cost, charges and expenses incidental tot he management of that debt.
	www.trinicenter.com /CONSTITUTION/continue10.htm (1045 words)

	Speeches: House of Representatives : Government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Recent press reports in Trinidad and Tobago highlighting exaggerated threats to the British High Commission and British interests by a Princess Town Muslim cleric have been picked up by the foreign media and have done damage to Trinidad and Tobago.
		These representatives of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago will also meet with officials of the host Governments, members of the Media, Business Leaders and nationals of Trinidad and Tobago in order to inform them of the true situation in Trinidad and Tobago.
		During these meetings Trinidad and Tobago was painted in the worst possible light with respect to terrorism, loss of democracy and the existence of a dictatorship.
	www.gov.tt /speeches/speech.asp?id=1137 (1387 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago
		Trinidad and Tobago is a one of the more industrialised nations in the Caribbean region.
		Trinidad and Tobago's total labour force (1998 figures) is 558,700.
		The Administration of OSH matters in Trinidad and Tobago rests with the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Ministry of Labour.
	www.cehi.org.lc /wh/TrinidadTobago.htm (485 words)

	Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Where at any time before the member of the House vacates his seat such circumstances as are mentioned inthis section cease to exist his seat shall not become vacant on the expiration of the period referred to insubsection (3) and he may resume the performance of his functions as a member of the House.
		A quorum of the House of Representatives shall consist of twelve members of the House and a quorum of the Senate shall consist of ten Senators, so however that the person presiding at the sitting of either House shall not be included inreckoning whether there is a quorum of that House present.
		There shall be an Ombudsman for Trinidad and Tobago who shall be an officer of Parliament and who shall not hold any other office of emolument whether in the public service or otherwise nor engage in any occupation for reward other than the duties of his office.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /AdministrationGov/Constitution.htm (13897 words)

	Category:Members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Category:Members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
		The main article for this category is House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago.
		Former members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Members_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago (118 words)

	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CONSTITUTION
		The constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is the supreme or highest law of the land.
		It must be followed by the President, the Prime Minister, Ministers of Government, the Chief Justice, the judicial arm of the State, all State and public officials and all the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago.
		The constitution provides that with the exception of when Trinidad and Tobago is at war, Parliament shall continue for five years from the date of its first sitting unless it is dissolved sooner.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /government/Constitutionalandotherauthorities/gov_understandingttconstitution.html (2087 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago
		Overcrowding is a problem in 5 of 8 facilities, where some 3,400 inmates were housed in prisons built for 1,550.
		Elections for the Tobago House of Assembly are held every 4 years.
		In the December 10 elections, voters elected 6 women to the 36-seat House of Representatives.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/wha/8233.htm (5106 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago Encyclopedia Articles @ BareHands.com (Bare Hands) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tourism is a growing sector, although not proportionately as important as in many other Caribbean islands.
		Both languages contain African elements; Trinidadian English, however, is also largely influenced by French and French Creole and by Bhojpuri/Hindi.
		Trinidad and Tobago claims two Nobel Prize-winning authors, and St.
	www.barehands.com /encyclopedia/Trinidad_and_Tobago (2221 words)

	Trinidad News, Trinidad Newspaper, Trinidad Sports, Trinidad politics, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago News, Trinidad ...
		Mr Panday is a former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago and by virtue of his continuance in politics and in the Parliament, still fancies himself as having another shot at this high office.
		It is while serving in that position that he was alleged to have committed the offences for which the judgment came yesterday.
		It is regrettable that someone who has been so profoundly involved in the social and political development of this country for such a long time now faces the ignominy of a jail term to say nothing of the spectacular collapse of what has been both a colourful and, up to now, successful political career.
	www.trinidadexpress.com /index.pl/article_opinion?id=153641593 (503 words)

	GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Trinidad and Tobago
		Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)
		PARLIAMENT: Parliament, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives
		ForIntLaw: Trinidad and Tobago (Washburn University Law Library)
	www.loc.gov /law/guide/trinidad.html (277 words)

	Vocational traiing legislation Trinidad & Tobago - Legislation
		BE IT ENACTED by the Queen´s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
		five members nominated by the Trinidad and Tobago Labour Congress; the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour or his representative; the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Culture or his representative; the Commissioner for Co-operative Development or his representative; three members from the general public.
		The College shall be allowed the privilege of free postage within Trinidad and Tobago for its correspondence, notices and publications.
	www.ilo.org /public/spanish/region/ampro/cinterfor/dbase/legis/tri_tob/vii.htm (2225 words)

	About the House of Representatives
		The Trinidad and Tobago Parliament comprises the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
		The House of Representatives is made up of the elected representatives of the thirty six (36) constituencies and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
		The Presiding Officer is the Speaker of the House.
	www.ttparliament.org /html/hor.htm (128 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Americas : Trinidad and Tobago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Trinidad and Tobago signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 4 December 1997 and ratified on 27 April 1998, the eleventh country to do so.
		On 2 May 2000, the "Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2000" was introduced to the Senate.166 The bill outlaws use, development, production, acquisition, and transfer of AP mines and provides for penal sanctions, including fines and imprisonment.167 The bill was passed by the Senate on 9 May 2000 and sent to the House of Representatives.
		In a letter released today, Human Rights Watch and CEJIL (the Center for Justice and International Law) urged Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Basdeo Panday to reconsider withdrawing from the American Convention on Human Rights.
	www.hrw.org /americas/trinidadtobago.php (185 words)

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