Tributes pour in for Prince Philip - Courtesy RAFA
The Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) in TT has paid respects to UK’s Prince Philip, who died on Friday at 99.
A statement on Friday from its chairman, Dennis TE Olivier, said the officers and membership of RAFA (branch 1075) expressed their deepest condolences and sincerest sympathies to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, and the Royal Family.
Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II s husband, would have turned 100 on June 10.
The release said Prince Philip served as RAFA’s president on three occasions. The first was from 1954-1956, then 1967-1969 and 1993.
Wild Fowl Trust keep endangered birds safe amid covid19
Sunday 31 January 2021
Black-bellied whistling tree ducks nestle together in a pond at the Pointe-a-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust. PHOTOS BY MARVIN HAMILTON -
Upon visiting the Pointe-a-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust, visitors are first directed to the trust’s learning centre.
There, they are greeted by a blue-and-yellow macaw named Frankie which was smuggled into TT, in a sock, in 2009.
Upon being rescued from his smugglers, it was discovered Frankie’s wing bones were severely broken leaving him unable to fly.
While it’s not be possible to release Frankie back into the wild, he is well cared for at the trust and stands resiliently to greet visitors.