# Monday 4th

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#### <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> **Daily Media Monitoring Report -** </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Monday 4<sup>th</sup> August 2025  
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>**Prepared by: Elijah Samaroo**</span></span>

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</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width: 81.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="109"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sport Division</span>**</span>

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Friday 1<sup>st</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>August 2025</span></span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘Government gives $940,000 for volleyball tourneys’</span>**</span>

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">Page 38</span>**</span>

</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T&amp;T senior women’s volley ballers began their departure for the Pan American Cup Senior Women’s Championship after it was confirmed by the T&amp;T Volleyball Federation (TTVF) that they had received the necessary funding to purchase their tickets. </span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TTVF president, Daymian Stewart expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, Senator David Nakhid for his intervention in the matter and the hard-working team at the ministry. </span>

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</td><td style="width: 86.75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="116"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sport News</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Friday 1<sup>st</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>August 2025</span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘Jereem collects $.25M EAAP cheque’</span>**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;"> </span>**</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">Page 37</span>**</span>

</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">T&amp;T Olympian Jereem Richards received his Elite Athlete Assistance Programme (EAAP) disbursement last Wednesday, ammountiing to $250,000. This cheque was distributed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, Ms. Beverly Reid-Samuel.</span>

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</td><td style="width: 75.3pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="100"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Trinidad and Tobago Guardian</span>

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Friday 1<sup>st</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>August 2025</span></span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘CCC staff get one-month extension as programme awaits Cabinet decision’</span>**</span>

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">Page 32</span>**</span>

</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs (MSYA) has granted a one-month contract extension to 114 employees of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), allowing them to remain in their posts until August 31, as the programme remains under Cabinet review.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A senior MSYA official explained that the ministry remains the accounting agency until the new fiscal year in October, when ‘heads of expenditure’ will be updated.</span>

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Sunday 3<sup>rd</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>August 2025</span></span>

</td><td style="width: 125.2pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="167"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span lang="EN-TT" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white;">‘Nakhid wants SSFL change from 3 to 6 months’  
  
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</td><td style="width: 288.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 142.55pt;" valign="top" width="385"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) could see a change in its structure for the 2026 season. The change features an increase from three months to six months of the time the League is staged, courtesy of a proposal from Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, Senator David Nakhid. </span>

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This would facilitate one game per week, bringing back All-Star clashes, and more time for coaches from Europe to look at the players and coaches for them to get scholarships. Senator Nakhid remarked that this is a big step to holistic development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>

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