When crises hit, people tend to step up. We’ve seen that again during the Covid-19 crisis.
“Having regard to how much financial resources TT has put behind the ICT space, we are nowhere near as advanced as we should be.” – Allyson West
Local vendors and suppliers were unable able to introduce customers to the newest iteration of the S20. The product sat in stores behind shuttered doors.
“It is still prohibitive for us to do business with each other because we are paying significant transfer fees.”
To make capital more accessible, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) reduced the discount rate by 4.5 percentage points to two percent to provide low-cost, short-term credit.
Forty years ago, the OECS boss noted; Dr Eric Williams put food security on the Caricom agenda. Now the region is facing a food import bill estimated at no less than $8 billion.
It took the company two days to reengineer its payment systems to transmit a QR code, using it as an identifier that would tag the recipient, identify them to the resource they were accessing and provide a virtual receipt for repayment.
“The pandemic has highlighted the need for cost-effective financial business solutions. We need to get people online for payments.” – Kieran Kelly
A mask that filters that much airflow and maintains a good seal on your face also traps some carbon dioxide from your breath. In situations which require a bit of exertion, it’s quite possible to start getting a bit loopy.
Acknowledgement of the supremacy of verifiable science and data over emotion and social alignments is not a strategy that traditionally thrives in politics.
“We are also very pleased to play our part as a socially responsible corporate citizen, delivering this project at no cost to the Government at this stage of the pandemic.”
Hall, who was a careful and calculating performer as well as a skilled and deft offstage creative, could balance both with a remarkable cool and assurance
Visits to groceries spiked and then went flat for generally the rest of the period until the 14th when the Government announced the closure of restaurants. The grocery visits were on a downward trend until the restaurants were closed.
The Ministry of Communications went live today with a centralised, primary resource for information about Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago
By the second week of isolation, TSTT has successfully transitioned 82 per cent of its staff to working from home. That internal transition experience may provide the company with another asset.
