Christmas parties for government entities cancelled
Toriann Ellis / Our Today
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Minister of Information Dana Morris Dixon announced that an important decision from Cabinet concerns Christmas parties this year.
“Christmas parties for government entities are off for this year. We will not be having Christmas parties. We have agreed to allow small in-ministry or in-department recognition and morale-building activities.”
She said that while government entities may conduct activities within their own offices, renting external venues is prohibited.
“We are strongly encouraging all our ministries, departments and agencies to conduct outreach activities with members of their team who have been affected and who reside in the affected areas. So we would love to see many of our ministries, departments and agencies continuing the work that many are doing in terms of doing outreach in the affected areas,” Morris Dixon said.
Additionally, the government is encouraging the private sector to continue relief efforts. “We’ve had reports of many hotels saying that they’re seeing cancellations from private sector entities. We really do need to kind of make up for what is happening in the West in terms of the downturn in economic activity.
“So those of us in areas that haven’t been affected as much, please go out and spend money. The economy needs it, but at the same time, please spend time doing outreach in the affected areas,” Morris Dixon added.
The Information Minister also outlined that planning is in place to distribute reconstruction grants for persons affected by the hurricane. ” We are working towards early January to be able to announce those reconstruction grants. But it is very much contingent on the work being done in relation to assessments.
“Because we are only going to be giving grants to individuals who have been assessed as having been affected. And it’s the same thing with the roof repairs. We will only be repairing roofs of individuals who have been assessed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to have been affected,” she added.
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