$1B backpay promised by Christmas in $60B Trinidad Budget

(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert has announced a nearly $60 billion 2024 budget, promising to pay public servants’ backpay of $1 billion by Christmas this year, to triple the intake of police officers to 1,000 next year and to allocate school supplies and book grants of $1,000 to needy students chosen through a means test.

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