Kamla blames PNM for $4.42B deficit but insists she’ll honour salary promises

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May 9, 2025

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Kamla blames PNM for $4.42B deficit but insists she’ll honour salary promises

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Gail Alexander

Senior Political Reporter

The country has a $4.42 billion deficit “hole” for May and a projected $11 billion deficit for this fiscal year—but Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her Government will fix it in order to honour the party promises to increase public servants’ salaries.

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