Port-of-Spain May­or Chin­ua Al­leyne says while peo­ple may in­ter­pret the can­cel­la­tion of this year’s In­de­pen­dence Day Pa­rade in their own way, the City Cor­po­ra­tion’s pri­or­i­ty is en­sur­ing chil­dren are not de­prived of the chance to cel­e­brate the na­tion’s 63rd an­niver­sary of in­de­pen­dence.

That’s why the coun­cil has stepped in with a full-day pro­gramme of ac­tiv­i­ties brand­ed For the Love of Lib­er­ty, de­signed to ho­n­our the spir­it of the oc­ca­sion.

“Our hope is that the chil­dren are not de­prived of an op­por­tu­ni­ty to cel­e­brate in­de­pen­dence and to cel­e­brate the 63rd an­niver­sary of in­de­pen­dence,” Al­leyne said.