FELISHA Thomas is the new president of the Public Services Association (PSA), according to the results of the election held on March 10, as signed off by elections officer Desmond Noel on March 12. Thomas won 2,612 votes, comfortably ahead of rivals Oral Saunders who got 975 votes and Nixon Callender on 452 votes.

Thomas was previously PSA first vice president, serving alongside past president Watson Duke, whose political activities led him to step down in favour of incumbent PSA head Leroy Baptiste.

Thomas becomes the PSA's second woman president after Jennifer Baptiste-Primus who then became labour minister in Dr Rowley's first administration.