MEDIA RELEASE: Payment to Government Pensioners
The Pensions Management Branch, Treasury Division of the Ministry of Finance and the Economy, is responsible for pension payments to over thirty thousand (30,000) Government Pensioners.
For the last pensions Life Certificate cycle, pensioners were asked to submit their Life Certificates by April 30, 2015. Unfortunately, Life Certificates were not processed for approximately 2% of those who submitted. This resulted in a delay in their payments for the months of June and July 2015. The majority of these pensioners have since received their outstanding pension payments.
The Pensions Management Branch, Treasury Division advises that:
1) Persons who submitted their Life Certificates and who contacted the Pensions Management Branch on or before Friday July 31, 2015 will receive their payment by August 7, 2015;
2) Persons who have submitted their Life Certificates and not yet contacted the Pensions Management Branch are kindly asked to call 623-2941 ext. 1015/1018, on or before Monday August 10, 2015. For these persons, all payments will be made by Friday August 28, 2015.
Government Pensioners are advised that the next cycle for the submission of Life Certificates will be October 2015 and all certificates must be correctly completed and submitted to the Pensions Management Branch on or before Friday October 30, 2015, to ensure there are no interruptions in their payment.
For further information/clarification, Government Pensioners are asked to contact the Pensions Management Branch at Tel:- 623-2941 ext. 1015 or 1018.
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