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Rural Development and Local Government Minister Khadijah Ameen has dismissed claims by Opposition PNM members that reductions in overtime allocations for daily-rated workers and other cuts in funding at the Port-of-Spain City Corporation will cripple operations during peak periods such as Christmas and Carnival.
During Monday’s Standing Finance Committee session in Parliament, Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s West MP Stuart Young raised concern that decreases in the allocation could hamper the corporation’s ability to maintain essential services during high-demand periods. Young argued that such reductions could affect garbage collection, street cleaning, and general maintenance during key national celebrations.
"This is essential in the Port-of-Spain City Corporation, utilisation of overtime in the carnival period and other public holidays, where you are requiring workers to come out after hours, in the wee hours of the morning. Why has this particular item been decreased across the board?"
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