PRESIDENT Christine Kangaloo will present the Hummingbird Gold to outgoing United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Candace Bond at a ceremony at President’s House at 3 pm on Friday.
This was confirmed in a release from the Office of the President.
Bond, will leave after two years as the Ambassador and as Republic President Donald Trump is inaugurated on Monday.
At a farewell function last Friday at the Country Club in Maraval, Bond said she will miss Trinidad and Tobago.
Bond had said she fell in love with the nation since she arrived.
She said, “What a gift it has been to wake up to the cacophony of parrots every morning on Flagstaff Hill, right before grabbing my morning doubles.
“The constant wafting of music throughout the hillside and the bustle of Trinis getting their fitness on, along the Savannah. I will miss the miracle of the amazing leatherback turtles making their annual pilgrimage, and the amazing variety of birds from the tiniest hummingbird to the majestic scarlet ibis.
“I’ll also miss the many roadside and track star goats of Tobago. The dolphins following our boat as we go DDI (down the islands).
“All breathtaking. But whenever anyone asks me what’s the best part of Trinidad and Tobago, I always say… it’s the people.”
Bond said, “I will miss the sound of music everywhere–soca, parang, calypso.
“I’ll miss playing mas and celebrating the rich cultural diversity of T&T. Donning rich silks for Diwali, throwing powder during Holi, wearing my African pride prints on Emancipation Day, or feeling the peace and serenity of the Eid at Iftar celebrations.”
