Richards: Is Trinidad and Tobago ready to go digital? Independent Senator Paul Richards. - INDEPENDENT Senator Paul Richards on Tuesday asked if Trinidad and Tobago was ready to make the thrust into the digital age. Richards asked this in a brief contribution to debate on the Electronic Payments into and out of Court (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the Senate. Similar questions were asked by Independent Senators Charisse Seepersad, Anthony Veira, Dr Maria Dillon-Remy and Hazel Thompson-Ahye during their respective brief contributions to the debate. The sitting, which began at 1.30 pm, ended at 2.55 pm. All six Opposition senators boycotted the sitting. Richards described the bill as a welcome initiative. especially in the context of the covid19 pandemic. He observed the global economy, in terms of cash transactions, had declined by six per cent between 2006 and 2016.