Ernie Ross tipped for TSTT advertising contract

(Trinidad Guardian) Majority state-owned Telecommunications Services of T&T (TSTT) is set to award a multi-million dollar advertising contract to Ross Advertising Ltd, the advertising agency of People’s Partnership, owned by Ernie Ross. But concern has been expressed about how Ross, who’s never handled an advertising contract for TSTT or in telecommunications before, was able to make the cut in six months after he by-passed tendering when the contract was first announced in November 2010.This time, though, Ross passed the grade after the contract was re-structured and re-tendered last month. Lonsdale—who worked for TSTT for 20 years—was dropped as it didn’t meet the new evaluation criteria. The Sunday Guardian learnt that a TSTT team has just completed evaluations for