NIS increases pension, funeral grants

Georgetown: Funeral grants are among increases announced by the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) effective from January 01, 2018. The Funeral Grant was increased from $40,398 to $44,438, and as it…

230 Day Care centres registered in 2017

Georgetown: Some 230 of the 364 Early Childhood/Day Care centres located countrywide were registered by the Ministry of Social Protection’s Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) in 2017, while 84 were…