More than five years after the Accountant General’s Department (AcGD) spent $5 million to purchase a machine and software to print pensioners’ pay slips and life certificates, the agency has not derived […]
The Accountant General’s Department (AcGD) has come under the microscope of the country’s chief guardian of public expenditure for paying out millions to pensioners up to seven months after they have died. […]
The Opposition is calling for the immediately release of payments to the thousands of Government pensioners who did not receive their pension cheques or deposits for December. Opposition spokesman of finance, Julian […]
With some new retirees reeling from a reduction in their retirement income due to the adverse effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on market conditions, Sagicor Life Jamaica has allocated $40 million towards an […]
The early encashment initiative for National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pension vouchers by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security is expected to continue until the end of 2020. The programme allows pensioners […]
A PENSIONER from Couva is concerned over his inability to access benefits from the National Insurance Board (NIB). Krishna Deopersad, 60, of New Settlement, Dow Village said he has not been able […]
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security said that it is working with Jamaica Post to ease a cash-flow shortage at a number of post offices across Jamaica. The problem has been […]
Almost half of the disbursements (42.79 percent) made from the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) in the first six months of 2019 was used to settle monthly pension payments. That is according […]
Representatives of the Federation of Pensioners and Retirees of the Dominican Republic (Fenapejurd) yesterday opposed the establishment of new taxes for all retired workers who earn over RD $ 11,000. In a visit […]
Pensioners and retirees of the former Guyana Telecommunications Corporation (GTC) and GTT, are threatening legal action against the government if they do not heed calls to pay over pension owed. At a […]
