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Ansa Bank welcomes its first customer 5 Hrs Ago A worker puts finishing touches on the Ansa Bank sign at the St James Street, San Fernando branch on Monday. Ansa Bank officially opened in Port of Spain, San Fernando and Chaguanas on Tuesday. - Photo by Jeff Mayers ANSA Bank opened its doors to its first customer on Tuesday morning on their first day of business. Their first customer was Raj Singh who had been a Bank of Baroda customer for about 19 months. “The service is very good. I like t...

PNM Women’s League sends best wishes to PM 2 Hrs Ago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley during a political meeting in Tobago on January 21. Photo by Jeff Mayers - The People’s National Movement Women’s League is sending good wishes to the Prime Minister, who has tested positive for covid19. League chairman Camille Robinson-Regis issued a statement on Tuesday. “The league wishes the Prime Minister and political leader of the party a speedy recovery and is confident that stellar medical care...

Guests/topics this week include: President at wispolitics.com – Jeff joins the program to discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling handed down this week which overturns the mask mandate in Wisconsin. He also talks about the battle over how to spend federal funds in Wisconsin. Michael Spaulding – Managing Editor at WTMJ – Mike joins the program to discuss the updated COVID-19 vaccine eligibility in Wisconsin and which pharmacies will soon be offering vaccinations to anyone over the age o...

What is there to invest Trinidad and Tobago dollars in? Thursday 1 April 2021 The TT Stock Exchange ticker board at Nicholas Tower, Port of Spain. If someone asked how to invest local currency in TT, what would you advise them? - Jeff Mayers kmmpub@gmail.com “If someone asked you how to invest $10,000…$100,000…or $1 million of local currency in TT, what would you advise them?” Buttonholed at a catch-up with lots of smart tech folks, given my stint in finance I should have been able to ...

Moonilal: Vaccines for rich, none for the poor if private firms play role in vaccinations Sunday 28 February 2021 Haspathi Singh plays a tabla after Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal and councillor presented her with a wheelchair at her home in Debe. Photo by Jeff Mayers. - A day after the Ansa McAl group announced plans to offer covid19 vaccines to its staff members and their immediate families once they become available, an Opposition MP called on the Health Minister to clarify private fi...

Browne: No-one caught covid19 in Parliament Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dr Amery Browne. File photo/Jeff Mayers - FOREIGN Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne said not one of Parliaments 355 staff nor any of its 31 senators had caught covid19 in the Red House, all due to protocols, such as reduced a speaking time. On Tuesday in the Senate, he objected to Opposition Senator Wade Marks motion to revert to pre-pandemic speaking times. "Not a single sitting member after over a year of the ...

WASA still adrift Sunday 21 February 2021 In this file photo, WASA workers on the job in Belmont repairing a broken water main. - Jeff Mayers At a meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Land and Physical Infrastructure on Wednesday, chairman Deoroop Teemal made the startling observation that of the eight top posts at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), seven were held by executives acting in the roles. That begins at the head. WASA CEO Alan Poon King acknowledged that he had been actin...

[UPDATED] Doctor calls for Medical Board to resign over Sawh slurs Thursday 18 February 2021 ONE-MAN JOB: Dr Andre Alleyne protests outside the office of the Medical Board at Mt Hope on Thursday. - Jeff Mayers Dr Andre Alleyne is calling on the Medical Board to resign for “mishandling” the matter involving Dr Avinash Sawh. Sawh came under heavy public scrutiny after he was heard slinging racist and derogatory comments at one of his employees over a phone call last November. In the recording...

CoP attacks lawyers on bail, death penalty position Police Commissioner Gary Griffith - Jeff Mayers POLICE Commissioner Gary Griffith has lashed out at the Law Association for its position on automatic bail for certain offences and on the effectiveness of the death penalty to deter crime. In a Facebook post on the commissioner’s official page on Tuesday, Griffith said his views would differ, as his duty was “to find these creatures who kill, rape and kidnap and try to remove them from soci...

PNM sticks with 15-seat proposal to resolve THA deadlock PNM Tobago Council political leader Tracey Davidson-Celestine at a recent press conference in Tobago. - Jeff Mayers THE draft proposal to end the impasse of the deadlock of the Tobago House of Assembly will see an amendment to create 15 seats. Speaking at the PNM’s General Council meeting at the Government Campus on Saturday, Tobago Council leader Tracy Davidson-Celestine said after years of consultations it was agreed to change the 12 ...