During yesterday’s weekly economic meeting, President Hipolito Mejia instructed the Treasury to start the process of preparing checks for the annual double salary payment to public employees in the first half of December. National Treasurer Pastora Mendez de Fondeur said that this year there would be no problem with the payment, which is made to all public employees, police officers, military personnel and retired members of these institutions. The funds had already been budgeted for, she said. Last year, the government paid out RD$2.6 billion in Christmas salaries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During yesterday’s weekly economic meeting, President Hipolito Mejia instructed the Treasury to start the process of preparing checks for the annual double salary payment to public employees in the first half of December. National Treasurer Pastora Mendez de Fondeur said that this year there would be no problem with the payment, which is made to … <\/p>\n