Finance Minister,Winston Jordan told the National Assembly on Monday that the 2019 National Budget will be presented on Monday, November 26, 2018.

On Sunday, the Finance Minister has noted that public sector workers can expect salary increases especially in the next three years. He also announced that Old Age Pension which now stands at $19,500 per month will be further increased when the national budget is presented later this month.

Jordan made the announcement in a letter to the editor in which he responded to an article by trade union leader Lincoln Lewis in the Kaieteur News on Sunday.