… MoPH joins tournament

THE respective teams for the upcoming ExxonMobil Secondary Schools U-14 football tournament were briefed on the rules, yesterday, as the kick-off gets closer.
Held at the National Library in Georgetown, the teams, through representatives, were also given balls to begin training for the June 2 kick-off.

Speaking during the brief ceremony, co-director of the Petra organisation, Troy Mendonca, expressed pleasure to have the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on board again.
“We want to again thank the Ministry of Public Health for coming on board with us through their Chronic Disease department. It is always important to have them on board.”

Meanwhile General Medical Officer (GMO) attached to the department, Dr Martin Campbell, added that the ministry is always in support of events that promote healthy physical activity.

“For far too long, chronic diseases have been ravaging individuals in our society and chronic diseases such as heart disease, hypertension and things like that are what I am speaking about,” he added.

He contended that a lot of the younger persons are now falling prey to these diseases and projects like the tournament will fortify the fight against them.
The tournament will feature 24 male and eight female teams.