The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert M.P., has taken note of an inaccurate and misleading article in today’s Trinidad Guardian regarding the planned replacement of old small-denomination cotton banknotes ($1, $5, $10, $20 and $50) with new polymer notes.
In this article, the Guardian quotes Opposition politicians and known UNC activists who falsely and irresponsibly claimed that people will now have to rush to the bank to change these notes. This is far from the truth.