Gov’t sets aside $2 billion to pay down debt to health sector suppliers

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Gov’t sets aside $2 billion to pay down debt to health sector suppliers

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr Nigel Clarke, says the Government has allocated $2 billion to begin to pay down on the $5.8 billion that is owing to suppliers in the health sector. Of the $5.8 billion, $3.4 billion is owed to businesses...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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