Minister of Finance Colm Imbert says Government has been engaged in a series of reforms that seek to strengthen the overall economic management of the country including closing the digital divide.
These reforms are geared to creating a sustainable economic environment that would accommodate the generation of employment and opportunities for business development.
Read more: TT: Imbert: Government working to address the digital divide
Minister Bacchus: T&T will not achieve goal, but will be well on its way by 2025...
Trinidad and Tobago will not be digitally transformed by 2025, but it would be well on the way to this objective, Minister of Digital Transformation Hassel Bacchus said yesterday.
Speaking at yesterday’s post-Cabinet news conference, at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s, Bacchus said the proposal to have a digital vaccine card was not a simple matter. He said the technology was there but there were problems with the quality of information contained in the database. He said some of the information was inconsistent and these inconsistencies had to be fixed. He said in the meantime “the Covid thing has waned”. He said however the Ministry can still launch the project with an expanded idea of a vaccination card (covering all vaccines that a person has received).
The State cannot transform T&T by itself, Digital Transformation Minister Hassell Bacchus has said.
Bacchus made the statement while speaking at a virtual event hosted by RBC Royal Bank T&T.
He said his ministry is not “a panacea to get us where we want to go” but represents a specific focus of the Government and its intent to “get us where we want to be.”
Read more: TT: Bacchus: State cannot transform T&T by itself
Digitised vaccination cards which will be coming soon will have security features that fake cards wouldn’t have and the fakes will eventually be rendered useless.
Digital Transformation Minister Hassel Bacchus confirmed this yesterday replying to recent Guardian Media queries on the digitisation of vaccination cards.
Read more: TT: Minister: Digitised vaccination cards will make fakes useless
With just under one year at the helm, Arima mayor Cagney Casimire said his community has an opportunity to "adopt and adapt," and "pivot with optimism, as it seeks to embrace the digital age."
The Borough of Arima celebrated its 133rd anniversary on Thursday.
Casimire, in a message to Arima burgesses, said he "takes great pride in the borough (and describes) our space as quaint and idyllic.
Read more: TT: Arima eyes digital transformation, city status as borough turns 133