{"id":251741,"date":"2025-09-29T07:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=251741"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:31:39","slug":"social-security-director-confirms-upp-added-127m-to-arrears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/social-security-director-confirms-upp-added-127m-to-arrears\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security Director Confirms UPP Added $127M to Arrears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-731449504\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/super-harvest-moon-2-meteor-showers-to-light-up-october-nights\/\">Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Social Security Director <\/a>says arrears owed to the scheme grew sharply under the United Progressive Party (UPP) government\u2019s first term, rising by $127 million between 2003 and 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Appearing on the <em>Browne and Browne Show<\/em>, David Mathias explained that by October 2003, just before the <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-festivals-commissionconcludes-transformative-music-producers-masterclass-in-audio-essentials\/?swcfpc=1\">UPP <\/a>came to office, the amount outstanding stood at roughly $366 million.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1409413538\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:384\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> By 2009, that figure had increased to nearly $494 million.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1220081696\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img 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arrears added within the UPP\u2019s first five years in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p><div id=\"antig-2303938155\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, 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