{"id":21794,"date":"2018-11-19T22:54:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T02:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=21794"},"modified":"2018-11-19T22:54:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T02:54:48","slug":"carnival-vouchers-going-to-treasury-with-no-guarantee-of-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/carnival-vouchers-going-to-treasury-with-no-guarantee-of-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival Vouchers Going To Treasury With No Guarantee Of Payment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Festivals Commission has changed its practice of paying cheques directly to creditors and will now be sending vouchers to the treasury for payment.<\/p>

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The new method announced by Festivals Minister Daryl Matthew is not expected to lead to faster payments for those who are owed for months and even years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I can give the public the assurance that vouchers are being submitted to the treasury on our behalf in droves,” Matthew told state media this morning.<\/p>

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The minister apologised for the delay but could not give an assurance that vouchers being sent to the treasury will be paid any time soon.<\/p>

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He said some of the vouchers have already been processed and are awaiting payment at the treasury .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked is all of the payments will be made once the vouchers reach the treasury the minister said “all the vouchers will be send to treasury.”<\/p>

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“We don’t control the disbursement of funds in the treasury,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was revealed last year that the Festivals Commission is in debt of over 7 million dollars for recent and past carnivals.<\/p>

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