De Nobriga: New ministry to encourage public to think digital Symon de Nobriga - The newly established Ministry of Digital Transformation is expected to accelerate the country’s transformation process post covid19 with the target to enhance the efficiency of government operations. On Monday the Prime Minister announced the split of the Ministry of Public Administration and Digital Transformation into two ministries. Allyson West will continue to head the Public Administration Ministry and Hassel Bacchus, who served as a minister under the previous ministry, has been appointed as Minister of Digital Transformation. Newsday was unable to reach Bacchus, but Minister of Communications Symon de Nobriga explained the creation of the new ministry is “part of government’s transformation process and the fact that we understand we have to accelerate the pace in which we revive that process.