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CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet held a discussion and decided to increase the minimum occupational pensions\u00a0to former employees of government from $800 to $1000, effective August 1, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>

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The other categories of pensioners, with the exception of those receiving parliamentary pensions, will benefit from\u00a0an increase in their pension payments\u00a0of seven percent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet held a discussion and decided to increase the minimum occupational pensions\u00a0to former employees of government from $800 to $1000, effective August 1, 2024.\u00a0 The other categories of pensioners, with the exception of those receiving parliamentary pensions, will benefit from\u00a0an increase in their pension payments\u00a0of seven percent.\u00a0\u00a0 CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":198815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nMinimum occupational to increase on August 1 - 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\/minimum-occupational-to-increase-on-august-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minimum occupational to increase on August 1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet held a discussion and decided to increase the minimum occupational pensions\u00a0to former employees of government from $800 to $1000, effective August 1, 2024.\u00a0 The other categories of pensioners, with the exception of those receiving parliamentary pensions, will benefit from\u00a0an increase in their pension payments\u00a0of seven percent.\u00a0\u00a0 CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minimum-occupational-to-increase-on-august-1\/\" \/>\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=\"2024-07-19T16:13:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-19T15:16:57+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\/2024\/04\/pension.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"573\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\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\/minimum-occupational-to-increase-on-august-1\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minimum-occupational-to-increase-on-august-1\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Minimum occupational to increase on August 1\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-19T16:13:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-19T15:16:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minimum-occupational-to-increase-on-august-1\/\"},\"wordCount\":95,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minimum-occupational-to-increase-on-august-1\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:450\/h:344\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/pension-e1736442429785.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minimum-occupational-to-increase-on-august-1\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minimum-occupational-to-increase-on-august-1\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minimum-occupational-to-increase-on-august-1\/\",\"name\":\"Minimum occupational to increase on August 1 - 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