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JSCs meets on covid, education, Udecott
Independent Senator Paul Richards. Photo courtesy Parliament.
THE Social Services and Public Administration Joint Select Committee (JSC) will hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday at 9.30 am to discuss covid19 and education. According to the Parliament s website, the committee will examine the effects of the blended learning system on student performance in Government and Government assisted schools during the revised covid19 restrictions.
The JSC is chaired by Independent Senator Paul Richards. Other members include Housing and Urban Development Minister Pennelope Beckles, Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan, Minister in the Agriculture Ministry Avinash Singh, Toco/Sangre Grande MP Roger Monroe, Tunapuna MP Esmond Forde, Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh and Opposition Senator David Nakhid.
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Imbert: Govt, Central Bank must together save TT economy from covid19
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FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert said the Government and Central Bank must now have a “deeper co-operation” so as to revive economy in this covid19 era, addressing a virtual briefing from his ministry on Friday. However in an immediate reaction Opposition Senator Wade Mark told Newsday that nations like the US, UK and India always insulate their central banks from influence by their respective governments, saying Imbert’s call was “a most retrograde step.”
Imbert said, “As we go forward under this uncertain covid environment, the role of monetary policy is going to become far more important. We will have to have a stronger connection with the Central Bank and work in tandem with them, to deal with things like the money supply, interest rates and other methods of influencing GDP such as possibly inflation targeting and so on. This will require much deeper collaboration now between the Gover