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The Tunapuna Piarco Regional Corporation is gearing up to host its own Independence Day celebrations. But whether there will be fireworks or not, was still up in the air as at Thursday, pending the permit.

So said the TPRC Chairman, who also shared his views on the government's cancellation of the Independence Day Parade.

Alicia Boucher tells us more.
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00:00the tunapunapiyoko regional corporation plans on hosting its third annual independence day
00:06celebrations for its burgesses chairman of the tprc josiah austin says the event is growing and
00:12attendees are expected to be entertained with a cultural show featuring musicians from different
00:18genres large steel bands and more even amid a traffic plan in anticipation for a turnout of
00:24around 10 000 people at the edi hard grounds austin reveals one area of uncertainty at this time we've
00:31had a private um companies come on board to assist with the fireworks so they have notified me up
00:39until yesterday they were waiting uh response with respect to the permit for silent fireworks
00:46so i don't know if that might be a surprise i don't know if it'll be granted i hope it will be
00:50because that's something we've been asking for uh for quite some time and something we've been
00:55looking forward to it comes as the government has placed a ban on noisy fireworks for independence
01:01day a move uploaded by some another change is a national day of prayer and reflection in place of
01:08the independence day parade on fireworks because of what the government says is a national security
01:14situation placing the lives of high profile officials and the general public at risk it's
01:20the third time the parade has been cancelled with the previous two occasions being in 2020 and 2021
01:27due to the public health emergency faced during the covet 19 pandemic asked about his thoughts on
01:33the cancellation austin tells us the parade is something he attended since he was five years old
01:38adding that people and children look forward to it and i know the impact it has had on my life
01:44and it has had on children's life over the years so i could only imagine um i would really hope that
01:50this is not a continuation of this moving into next year but it has really taken away from a large
01:56aspect of of what we celebrate as a country um what we as an independent country gaining um self-governance
02:04in 1962 austin believes there is more to the cancellation than what has been said but tells us more will be
02:11said on that in the future alicia boucher tv6 news
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