Max says farewell to troops

Mar 18, 2013

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - GEORGE Maxwell Richards completed his decade-long tour of duty as the country's Commander-in-Chief with a final walk in front of his troops in a public ceremony held around the Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain yesterday. Richards, 81, a former principal of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine campus, became the country's fourth president on March 17, 2001. He held the post for two five-year terms and will today be replaced by former High Court judge Anthony Carmona.

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