Bright Christmas for Joint Services members
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh

MEMBERS of the Joint Services have received the $1.2 billion one-month, tax-free bonus announced by President Dr. Irfaan Ali in Wednesday.
The Ministry of Finance, in a release emphasising the importance of persons receiving their bonus payments, also acknowledged the efforts of the many staff involved in ensuring that the payrolls of the respective agencies were processed on time.

“Ministry of Finance staff worked around- the-clock to ensure that not only all health workers received the $612 million payout announced on Tuesday, but also the $1.2 billion one-month tax-free bonus announced Wednesday, which has now been placed in the hands of members of the Joint Services,” it quoted Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh as saying.

The Senior Finance Minister noted that the one-month bonus not only forms part of government’s many other positive initiatives which have been restored since the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government returned to office in August 2020, but also signifies the PPP/C’s continuous care and concern for public servants who continue to work beyond the call of duty in specific major sectors.

Dr. Singh added that, notably, during the year-end period, security is boosted countrywide, especially in several shopping zones, and, therefore, those in the security sector are again working around-the-clock, as well as those in the health sector.

It was just over a week ago that the government completed the processing and paying out of a seven-per-cent across-the-board increase to all Central Government employees, along with their December salaries, which placed $10.5 billion in the hands of 50,000 public servants, teachers and members of the Disciplined Services.

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