Trinidad & Tobago. Payment of pensions in timely manner

The Ministry of Public Administration has announced a new system intended to ensure the timely delivery of pensions to public officers. In a news release yesterday, Public Administration and Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie said Cabinet has approved and confirmed a note that deals with a backlog of pensions in the public service and the Government is putting measures in place to prevent a recurrence of the problem. Cuffie also announced the new system in Parliament during debate on the Fire Service...