{"id":470,"date":"2008-03-18T12:23:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T16:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=470"},"modified":"2008-03-18T20:49:38","modified_gmt":"2008-03-19T00:49:38","slug":"inauguration-of-tts-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration of TT&#8217;s President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triniview.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_itemId=227293\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.triniview.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=227744&amp;g2_serialNumber=2\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Inauguration of His Excellency Professor George Maxwell Richards\"><br \/>\n<small>Inauguration of TT&#8217;s President in pictures<\/small><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161295294\">Public scarce on President&#8217;s big day<\/a><br \/>\nJudging from the crowd that turned out to President George Maxwell Richards&#8217;s inauguration ceremony at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo yesterday, it was clear that the people of this country prefer to party to the max with the President during Carnival, than to see him sworn in for another term of office.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/politics\/0,75226.html\">Inauguration of TT&#8217;s President<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161295312\">Small Is Beautiful<\/a><br \/>\nPresident George Maxwell Richards is calling on Trinidad and Tobago to ensure it does not become a failed state. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161295296\">Speech gains high marks from Pennelope, DPP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2008-03-18\/news9.html\">Pres warns T&amp;T against becoming failed state<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2008-03-18\/news1.html\">Pres &#8216;bigs up&#8217; youths <\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;at first-ever public swearing-in ceremony<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2008-03-18\/news10.html\">Defends his venue<\/a><br \/>\nThe nation must be more aware of ceremonial events and their meaning that are part of the official activities of the country, President George Maxwell Richards says&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/politics\/0,75222.html\">TT already failed<\/a><br \/>\nOPPOSITION LEADER Basdeo Panday yesterday declared that TT &#8220;is already a failed state&#8221; and President George Maxwell Richards&#8217; public inauguration ceremony at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday, was a waste of taxpayer&#8217;s dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inauguration of TT&#8217;s President in pictures Public scarce on President&#8217;s big day Judging from the crowd that turned out to President George Maxwell Richards&#8217;s inauguration ceremony at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo yesterday, it was clear that the people of this country prefer to party to the max with the President during Carnival, than &hellip; 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