Public holiday today for Warriors’ victory
THE Government late yesterday evening announced via a faxed press release that today has been declared a public holiday to commemorate the 1-0 victory by the TT Warriors over Bahrain, which booked this country’s place in the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany. According to the press release, Prime Minister Patrick Manning made the announcement following news out of Bahrain that the TT National Football team, except for Russell Latapy, will be arriving home today at 12.05 pm. The Government therefore decided to make today a public holiday to allow the public to use the day to participate fully in celebrations over the historic football achievement. The Government has encouraged citizens to come out in their numbers to greet the triumphant Warriors at Piarco International Airport, and then to Port-of-Spain. The Warriors qualified for World Cup in Germany with a tense 1-0 victory over Bahrain in that country yesterday. Defender Dennis Lawrence headed in the game’s only goal in the second half. The first game, which was played less than a week ago at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, ended in a 1-1 draw. Cabinet will meet for its weekly sessions at Whitehall today at 9.30 am.
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