GOV'T SEEKS $2.9 B MID YEAR SUPPLEMENTATION

The Prime Minister says the Government will be seeking two point nine three billion dollars in supplementary allocation for the mid-year review of the Budget in the Parliament, and that the vast majority of that supplementation is for paying increases in public sector salaries.

The Government also sought to make clear when the Mid-Year Review of the Budget would begin.

Juhel Browne reports.