Brian Lara Named “Special Envoy” For T&T

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has named former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara as a special envoy.

A brief government statement said that Lara, who has the highest individual first class and test scores in the world, travelled to Dominica, on Monday, on his first assignment to meet with Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.

Brian Lara

Dominica is recovering from the battering it received from Tropical Storm Erika that killed more than 30 people and left an estimated EC$600 million (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) in damages.

The island has appealed to the international community for assistance and the statement said  Lara “in the capacity of special envoy, will hold discussions with Prime Minister Skerrit to determine how Trinidad and Tobago may further assist its CARICOM neighbour “.

Following the storm on August 27, Trinidad and Tobago had made available a helicopter to assist in the rescue efforts after several villages were cut off and roads and bridges impassable.

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley on Friday named his 21-member Cabinet, four days after he led the People’s National Movement (PNM) to victory defeating the incumbent People’s Partnership government of Kamla Persad Bissessar.