{"id":12338,"date":"2018-02-09T12:47:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=12338"},"modified":"2018-02-09T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T18:18:03","slug":"solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts\/","title":{"rendered":"Solid waste gets half a million to pay outstanding debts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) reported this week that it received the additional $500,000 following the Cabinet decision last week,\u00a0and it has used the resources to pay-off several outstanding debts.<\/p>

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“The outstanding sums owed to the beautification teams have been paid, and many of the truck owners have been paid amounts that are substantial though not complete,” the government reported yesterday.<\/p>\n

The Cabinet also agreed to eliminate outstanding debts “over the next few weeks.”<\/p>

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The NSWMA workers are paid each week to keep unwanted vegetation from the nation\u2019s highways, roadways and community sidewalks; nearly 200 workers are involved in this high-demand work according to the government.<\/p>

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NSWMA is also responsible for picking-up household waste across Antigua each day. The NSWMA receives more than $482,000 each week for these indispensable undertakings.<\/p>\n

“The NSWMA will add 3 brush cutters to the stock that now cuts the sides of several highways, deploying highway teams thereafter within villages and communities to address the unwanted vegetation growth that follows the rainfall,” said government’s Chief of Staff Lionel Max Hurst.<\/p>

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The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) reported this week that it received the additional $500,000 following the Cabinet decision last week,\u00a0and it has used the resources to pay-off several outstanding debts. “The outstanding sums owed to the beautification teams have been paid, and many of the truck owners have been paid amounts that are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-2","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nSolid waste gets half a million to pay outstanding debts - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solid waste gets half a million to pay outstanding debts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) reported this week that it received the additional $500,000 following the Cabinet decision last week,\u00a0and it has used the resources to pay-off several outstanding debts. “The outstanding sums owed to the beautification teams have been paid, and many of the truck owners have been paid amounts that are […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-09T16:47:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-09T18:18:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Max-Hurst.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Solid waste gets half a million to pay outstanding debts\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-09T16:47:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-09T18:18:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts\/\"},\"wordCount\":185,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:480\/h:360\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Max-Hurst.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/solid-waste-gets-half-a-million-to-pay-outstanding-debts\/\",\"name\":\"Solid waste gets half a million to pay outstanding debts - 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