Judges contribute salaries to COVID-19 Relief Fund
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Judges PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Each of the judges will contribute five percent of their salaries for three months commencing end of May.
That percentage from the individual judges' pay amounts to P2,731.90, a collective sum of P92,884.60 each of the three months. The resolution followed a meeting with the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MFED), where the Justices were briefed on the country’s economic situation.
According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health...