Increase coming for gov't pensioners
Published:Wednesday | February 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM
Cabinet has given approval for increases to be granted to government pensioners.
However, details on the rate of increase was not given. Information Minister Ruel Reid said details will be provided in the 2019/20 Budget Debate by Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke.
Reid was speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing held today at the Office of the Prime Minister.
The information minister also said Cabinet has agreed to the award of a contract by direct contracting methodology, for the supply of: 980 couplings, 1,480 flanged adapters, and 58 end caps, to the National Water Commission (NWC).
“The contract, in the sum of €429,916.92, was awarded to Georg Fischer Waga NV,” he noted.
Reid said Cabinet also approved the publication of ‘A Citizen’s Guide to the 2019/2020 Budget’.
“This is an innovation to present the Budget in simple non-technical terms for the benefit of the Jamaican people,” he explained.
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