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Today, the media caught up with Minister of Labour Oscar Requeña at a workshop on child labour – we’ll have that story later in the newscast. But we took the opportunity to get an update on the trade licensing bill. Viewers will remember that back in May 2022, there was pushback by several persons, including small scale entrepreneurs and creatives in the entertainment sector, who were of the opinion that they stood to be affected by its implementation. In fact several members of the entertainment industry presented their concerns at a House Committee Meeting back on May twenty-third, 2022. The government has been in consultation with various stakeholders since then and today, Requeña says that significant progress has been made with the bill and it is soon ready to be tabled at the House of Representatives once again.
