[UPDATED] Govt to align pension scheme with age 65 retirement

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[UPDATED] Govt to align pension scheme with age 65 retirement

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News File photo: Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, addressing the media at a press conference at AGLA Building, Port of Spain. ATTORNEY General Reginald Armour vowed to bring a bill this parliamentary year to change the retirement age from the current 60 to 65 years old, he said in the Senate budget debate on Friday. While the Government's official website still displays an undated article quoting Finance Minister Colm Imbert as […]

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