Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles is asking government to ensure that pensioners and workers are paid on time in August.

Speaking during a media conference at the Office of the Opposition Leader, Charles Street, Port of Spain, on August 25, Beckles said she and other PNM MPs had received complaints that pensioners and some daily-rated workers were getting their payments late.

“It is one thing to have sent home more than 30,000 people and another thing for the average people, the MTS worker, the daily-rated worker, those working in local government, pensioners, days later after the end of the month to be receiving their funds. You know how difficult it is for the average person to go to the bank and you have no money?”