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PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she will eliminate contract employment from the Public Service, to result in workers have fairer job terms and savings to the State speaking to reporters at an event in Penal on August 27.
In light of reports of Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo moving money allocated for infrastructure to instead pay state sector salaries, a reporter asked if the PM was planning any job cuts in the public service.
Persad-Bissessar said the public service had thousands of vacancies and she planned to fill them on a phased basis by allowing people to come in an apply.
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