{"id":109301,"date":"2020-04-09T14:17:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=109301"},"modified":"2020-04-09T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:17:17","slug":"st-kitts-emergency-relief-fund-payments-to-begin-within-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/st-kitts-emergency-relief-fund-payments-to-begin-within-days\/","title":{"rendered":"ST. KITTS: Emergency Relief Fund Payments To Begin Within Days"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Ken Richards (WINN): Some of the members of the country\u2019s workforce who quality for payments from the Social Security COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund can expect to begin receiving payments from next week.<\/p>

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Labour Minister Vance Amory, who is responsible for Social Security, has indicated that payments will be made to applications already processed, from next week.<\/p>\n

According to the minister, employees at the St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Social Board and the Department of Labour have been working diligently to process claims in an expeditious manner.<\/p>

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A statement from the Social Security Board explains that that it proposes to pay to each insured person who is laid off or unemployed, including self-employed persons, as a result of the impact of COVID-19, EC$1000 per month for a period of 3 months in the first instance.<\/p>

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Prime Minister Timothy Harris has described the payment fund as a $15 million dollar programme to assist workers who suffered losses in income to the tune of one thousand dollars.<\/p>\n

The beneficiaries are expected to come from tourism, the self-employed, taxi drivers and others<\/p>

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