Published 19 July 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Government in surplus: To fund the Social Assistance Support, advises PM Harris
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, July 19, 2018 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, at his monthly press conference held on Tuesday July 17 in the Parliamentary Lounge at Government Headquarters advised the Nation that his Team Unity Government is in surplus and will fund the Social Assistance Programme for Economically Challenged Households.
“The $500 support for families with incomes of less than $3,000 per month is one which has been high on the agenda of the Team Unity Administration,” Dr Harris stated in his opening remarks. “And as a government that has been steadfast in doing what we committed to do in our Inaugural Team Unity Manifesto of 2015, I am pleased to report that starting Wednesday, August 1, we will begin the registration of households with incomes of less than $3,000 per month.”
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