Photo story: PM hands over cheque for Steel Fest 2013

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, centre, hands over the cheque to Maureen Manchouk, Chairperson of the Steel FesTT Committee. Looking on from left, are Peter Kanhai, Chairman of the Sports and Culture Fund, Office of the Prime Minister; Brian Awang, and Brian Serrette, Vice-President of Pan Trinbago.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday handed over a cheque to representatives of Steel FesTT 2013 at the Office of the Prime Minister in St Clair.

The money will assist the Steel FesTT Committee in staging the second annual Float Parade, which takes place on Sunday, September 29, 2013.

Fourteen bands will start from in front of Pan Trinbago's Headquarters on Park Street, Port-of-Spain and parade east along Park Street, then north on Charlotte Street to the Queen's Park Savannah. There all bands will play "God Bless our Nation".