PM RESPONDS FOLLOWNG CRITICISMS ABOUT LATE PENSION PAYMENTS

Prime Minister Hon. Gaston Browne has mounted a vigorous defence of his administration’s handling of the Social Security Scheme.
The Prime Minister’s comments come in the wake of a recent picket calling attention to late pension payments from Social Security.
The head of government tells ABS News in an exclusive interview a recent document compiled by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has shown the scheme was insolvent in 2010.
He is adamant his administration salvaged the scheme and has worked to place it on a sustainable path