There has been a further delay in paying the disability benefits which the Mia Mottley Administration promised it would restore to pensioners after their monies had been cut without notice.
Minister of Labour and Social Security Colin Jordan confirmed to Barbados TODAY, “There has been a slight delay and the expectation is for July month-end. I don’t have any more details.”
On June 28, president of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) Akanni McDowall told Barbados TODAY he had been informed by the Ministry of Labour that the payments would be made by the middle of this month.
This, after McDowall stood side-by-side with 55-year-old NUPW member Janice Harris and heard her grievance during a one-woman protest outside the head office of the National Insurance Department against non-payment of her fully reinstated benefits.
On June 1, Minister of Labour and Social Security Colin Jordan had also given the assurance the benefits would be restored in days.
Norman Blackman, a former police constable, who left the force medically unfit in 2006, said last month that with three school-aged children to support, his invalidity benefit had been reduced by nearly $1000, leaving him to survive on a $179 cost of living allowance.
Harris first staged a protest outside Parliament early last month after receiving a cheque for $47.51 for the month of April.
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Mr Jordan if that was Policians pensions it would have restored long time, Someone please tell me if I right or wrong
Lies lies lies. The people in th e Treasury known anything about restoring the pension.
When the 10% get restored it didn’t take that long.
This is ridiculous!!! Those poor people!!! How on earth can those people survive off the pittance they are now receiving??? Somehow I dont think any plan was in place to reinstate those persons pension.
Why is the Government digging an unnecessary hole on the sand
The reduction in benefits is contrary to the law and should be immediately restored
Certainly if we can spend money on innovative projects like botanical gardens
We can find money to lawfully restore benefits to people which were unlawfully taken away
That is the party you all have chosen and this price you all have to pay for you all stupidity and gullibility …
Mia scares!
The word WAIT has taken on and produced a new meaning here in Barbados.
Bajans have such short memories. In a few short years these same people will be in your faces speaking once again with forked tongues, the gullible will once again be seduced with their promises.
Seems mia running all 30 ministries, seems only wanted the invalids votes, but all the big bucks going to friends that are well watered…….COLIN JORDON YOU CAME OUT AN TALK BIG, NOW PARAGRAPH 2 SUMS UP WHAT AN IDIOT U ARE
Boy come 2023 some of you will understand the meaning of no pension keep farting with poor people.
Barbados is a debt ridden Island nation!
In most of my comments, I have stated clearly that 98.7% of the Barbadian people don’t understand politics, and what it takes to run a country!
The government getting their pockets fat while the poor people suffer mia cares lmao
They got to get permission from IMF to restore those pensions because it was all part of the deal to get money from IMF.Let’s be real folks they got caught exposed so now they got to go back and negotiate with the master,what a sick f- -king joke.Can guarantee that every ex politician or ex top civil servant getting their pensions though.
There is so much going wrong with this BLP administration that it is hard to see them winning a second term in office.
To treat pensioners in such a callous manner is embarrassing to say the least.
SOLUTIONS BARBADOS will be the next Government if this current administration continues down this road to self destruction.
How the hell can $179 a month be classified as a cost of living allowance? Where ya living? In frikkin Bangladesh… Smh….come on man… Doan do this ta me man… Who does that
The PM is building her legacy so what are you people worrying about?
No restoration of these people disability benefits but she offered the family of the two missing Americans to come back to Barbados at the expense of the tax payers of this country. Yall got to be mad as hell teking we money and giving it away.
Use that money in the pool for these people or fix the damn wells.
Let’s not forget retrenched workers whose benefits have run out.
If elections were held today……………
Donild Trimp says SOLUTIONS BARBADOS would win…wha bout the DEMOCRATIC LABOR PARTY?…DEM in people too?…DEM STOOL pigeons here don’t want to hear that…DEM feel that the MASSES going back to DEM…..lord havest mercy.
ANYBODY, it seems but DEM..but harry turnover would prefer to say IF NOT the BLP,then ANY OTHER than DEM…let DEM remain in the BOSOMS and the BOWELS of frustration…DEM is the cause of all this.
Harry T they don’t give invalidity benefits fuh being retarded how come you getting yours and people with real problems can’t get.
If by the end of July these benefits are not restored then Mr. Colin Jordan will have no choice but to resign as Minister of Labour and from the Barbados Labour Party.
Promise is comfort to a Fool or in this case BLP yard Ducks
One More Reason BLP should be a One Term Government
BLP promising Poor People while looking after the Rich Folks
$25,000 per month Consultants
us$85,000 per month for White People Oaks
Promise Poor People them don’t need anything
Jesus is Lord
Poor People Vote in BLP to make them Poorer
Good going BLP make them Suffer some more while them Stay the Course
3rd sun leave hapless harry alone he singing for his supper