# Thursday 28th

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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;">Thursday 28<sup>th</sup> August 2025  
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>**Prepared by: Leah Lewis**</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;">Thursday 28<sup>th</sup> 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;">Ready to Play Ball</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 1</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);">Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar shapes up to play a shot as Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander, third from left, and Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Phillip Watts, right, look on during the JAVA Community Cricket Programme’s closing ceremony at Wilson road Recreational Grounds, Penal.</span>

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</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sport Division<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>**</span></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TTT News</span></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sport News </span>Thursday 28<sup>th</sup></span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">August 2025<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-TT;">PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar: Sport A Tool For Growth, Unity And National Pride</span>**</span></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="EN-TT" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her government is aiming to use sport as a catalyst for national development, community cohesion, and economic growth.She was speaking at the closing ceremony for the JAVA Cricket Programme at the Wilson Road Recreation Ground on Wednesday.</span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://www.ttt.live/pm-kamla-persad-bissessar-sport-a-tool-for-growth-unity-and-national-pride/</span>](https://www.ttt.live/pm-kamla-persad-bissessar-sport-a-tool-for-growth-unity-and-national-pride/)

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</td></tr><tr><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sport Division<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>**</span></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TTT News</span></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sport News </span>Thursday 28<sup>th</sup></span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">August 2025</span>

</td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-TT;">JAVA Cricket Programme Closes With Praise From Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar</span>**</span></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; background: white; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has commended the organisers, and all involved for the success of the 2025 Java Community Cricket Programme.</span></td><td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">https://www.ttt.live/java-cricket-programme-closes-with-praise-from-prime-minister-kamla-persad-bissessar/</span>](https://www.ttt.live/java-cricket-programme-closes-with-praise-from-prime-minister-kamla-persad-bissessar/)

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