The hosts examine the controversy surrounding WASA's hiring of over 400 new employees since the general election, including nine social media influencers brought on to boost the utility's public image. They weigh the necessity of these roles against the public's frustration with water shortages, wondering if better PR is really the priority when the taps are still dry.

Article: https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/wasa-hires-under-scrutiny-nine-influencers-among-416-employed-since-general-election-6.2.2591467.b4f0783f23

In today's episode, we're diving into how stakeholders are praising a new payments bill while simultaneously flagging a laundry list of concerns about its practical implementation. It seems like everyone is happy to finally thread the needle on reform, provided they don't get poked by the fine print along the way.

Article: https://www.guardian.co.tt/business/stakeholders-praise-payments-bill-but-raise-multiple-concerns-6.2.2591656.e243e50def

So Google I/O 2026 just dropped, and it looks like Sundar is finally trying to turn our phones into actual digital employees with Gemini Spark and these new agentic workflows. It’s a massive jump to quadrillions of tokens and $100 subscriptions, though I’m still not sure if I’m ready for my search engine to start booking my spin classes and talking back to me.

Article: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026/#gemini-models