Cuba's Public Health and Education
Havana, December 28 (RHC) --Cuban public health and education authorities will discuss today the salary increases approved by the government for their workers, as part of the economic stimulus measures recently announced in the national parliament.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning (MEP), Alejandro Gil, announced the day before on the television program Mesa Redonda, that the heads of the aforementioned ministries, together with union representatives of both unions, will appear on Thursday.
According to Gil, the content of all the measures announced on December 21 in the National Assembly of People's Power (parliament) by the Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero, will be detailed through this news program and other media in the country.
In the public health system, the payment of night shifts, for exposure and complexity, for years of service, and for maximum effort will be applied.
Meanwhile, in education, remuneration for seniority, teacher overload and other additional payments are foreseen.
Gil, accompanied by the Minister of Finance and Prices (MFP), Vladimir Regueiro, opened the cycle of public appearances of high-ranking government officials who will explain the measures aimed at correcting errors and boosting the economy.
He specified that at the beginning of the year, the above mentioned benefits in Public Health and Education and a strong fiscal control, which includes the suspension of tax exemptions to non-state economic actors, will come into effect.
On the other hand, Regueiro informed that the tax regime on sales, services and profits of the non-state forms of management of the economy will be applied, which will favor the growth of income to sustain the high social spending of the country.
He also announced that the tariff rate for the import of goods, raw materials and inputs that add value to national production and contribute to boost the domestic economy will be reduced to 50%, he explained.
At the same time, tariffs will be increased between 15 and 30% for the import of goods produced in the country, such as cigars, rum and tobacco, in order to protect national production, said the head of the MFP. (Source:PL)
