Sentences with phrase «of pensioners in»

Hundreds of pensioners in Osun on Wednesday barricaded the entrance of Government Secretariat, located at Abeere, to demand for their pensions and other benefits.

Claire Perry uses her maiden speech to highlight rural poverty as George Hollingbery and Hariett Baldwin raise the plight of pensioners in poverty

He called on the ruling party in the state to focus on the payment of salaries of workers and the entitlement of pensioners in the state, noting that a government that failed not only to cater for the welfare of its workers but also the infrastructural and educational development of the state was certainly a failed government.

Amalgam of pensioners in Osun State, on Thursday embarked on a protest, blocking the popular Ola - iya junction, and causing gridlock along the axis.

«Gordon Brown's betrayal of pensioners in the 1997 budget was carried out not only against Civil Service advice but even against the will of the Prime Minister.

The Chairman Triangular Group of Pensioners in the state, Prince Rotimi Adelugba while addressing press conference in Osogbo noted that the conference was organised to disclaim the claims of some few pensioners who took to the street to say pensioners are still owed up to May.

«Ministers must bring forward proposals in the forthcoming white paper which put an end to a system that is leaving thousands of pensioners in unnecessary poverty.»

This situation can be explained by two basic reasons: the social expense growth linked to unemployment, that increases in thousands of millions of dollars in the State social budget, and the increase of the share of pensioners in the population which also contributes to the increase of social expenses.

Not exact matches

Pensioners took to the streets of Athens earlier this year in protest, and international creditors have said the government needs to make further reforms to the pension system.

An added problem is that pensioners have become, in many cases, the only source of income in a household.

Pierlot wrote a paper for the CD Howe Institute in 2011 showing that a person with a salary of $ 75,000 at the end of a 35 - year career would accumulate more than $ 1.4 million in savings through a defined - benefit plan (wherein the pensioner is paid a set income based on past earnings and years of service, mostly confined to the public sector these days) compared to $ 674,711 for someone with no pension but a maxed - out Registered Retirement Savings Plan.

Retirees are being transferred to new health care plans, with no increase in premiums for this year, at least; a document sent to retirees by the company says the pensioners will bear the cost of any increases in premiums going forward, and that the company has the right to change the plan at any time.

Judge Klein's decision to overlook the disparate treatment accorded pensioners and capital - market creditors disappointed municipal - bond investors, who had hoped for better treatment in the wake of his Oct. 1 decision that pensions deserved no more protection than other contractual obligations.

«Our National Pensioners and Senior Citizens Federation told us that every time they had their lobby in Ottawa, Conservative Cabinet Ministers and Tory Members of Parliament refused to meet with them, whereas in previous governments at least the Minister in charge of seniors would meet with the seniors» delegation.

Some 70 % of shares in U.S. - listed companies today are held by mutual funds, pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign funds, and other institutional investors, which manage them on behalf of beneficiaries such as households, pensioners, policy holders, and governments.

But I can not begin to understand a government that seems to glory in its lack of compassion for Canada's most vulnerable — injured vets, pensioners, and now children.

When I first got interested in Investment Trusts back in the eighties it was my impression that many pensioners would hang on to their shares in the likes of Alliance; indeed that they would hang on to shares that they had inherited.

The target of the pensioners complaint is approximately $ 2.9 billion in special dividends paid out to Sears Canada's shareholders between 2005 and 2013 despite the company's failing business.

As the number of pensioners swells at a breakneck pace, funds will soon find themselves paying out more than they are taking in.

«Even though the consumption tax is scheduled to be raised by 2 percentage points, a number of measures to mitigate the burden, such as a reduced tax rate and an increase in welfare benefits for pensioners, and the provision of free education are planned to be implanted,» the report said.

Two people are confirmed to have died in the floods, one of them being 70 - year - old Ivan Vaughan in Co Monaghan, Northern Ireland, and an unnamed pensioner found in the River Kent in Cumbria.

Every year the Queen marks Maundy by offering alms to senior citizens - retired pensioners recommended by clergy and ministers of all denominations - in recognition of service to the Church and to the local Community.

The Queen will mark Maundy Thursday by taking part in the ancient ceremony of distributing commemorative coins to deserving pensioners.

Blakemore shows how Thomas Paine's false accusation that Burke was a secret pensioner of the crown in 1790 reflects Paine's own anxieties about having received a secret pension during the American Revolution.

Cech is set to leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season after losing his place in the starting line - up to young Belgian stopper Thibaut Courtois at the beginning of the campaign and likely made his farewell appearance for the Pensioners against Sunderland last Sunday.

The Pensioners currently sit 15th in the Premier League table, having won only three and lost six of their opening 10 league matches to date.

However, it looks certain that the Portuguese coach will need to invest in his squad in the January window in order to give the Pensioners a fighting chance of returning to the top four positions.

This footage was captured outside Stamford Bridge following the Pensioners» 3 - 1 loss at the hands of Liverpool in Premier League action.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Goal, the defender has revealed that he's still confident of enjoying a long career with the Pensioners, but rather than identifying John Terry as the player he's keen to emulate, he's name - checked another Premier League great as his inspiration.

This, combined with Arsenal's impressive form in the second half of the season, suggests that Arsene Wenger's side could prove a significant threat to the Pensioners» hopes of retaining the Premier League title, particularly if they acquire the signature of a world - class stopper.

However, in light of Chelsea's recent struggles in the Premier League — the Pensioners sit 16th on 11 points after 12 matches, having only won three games — has prompted intense speculation about Mourinho's future.

The Dutch coach has overseen a fine run of results, cumulating in a 1 - 0 victory over Arsenal on Sunday, but the machinations continue at Stamford Bridge as the Pensioners seek out a long - term successor for Mourinho, and look to identify the ideal candidate to replace Hiddink at the season's end.

No one revels in our losing no one and to suggest it is just stupid beyond belief... It's been 12 f ****** years without a sniff at the title thats getting close to the worst run in the modern era... I.e. Post 1966... The point is wenger refuses to address longstanding gaps and weaknesses in squad by suggesting the spirit is good or cohesion is right or youngsters about to come good or his bargain basement purchases from ligue I are hidden gems... it's become tiring and time he should join the pensioner ranks and leave this job to someone with a bit of ambition..

The Nigeria international has found himself playing fairly regularly for the Pensioners in recent weeks following the gross under - performance of first - choice midfield pair Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic.

just like mertersacker arteta and flamini in front of him are also too slow and are just useless they bring nothing to the team start bloody playing coqqalain im sick of these pensioners playing.

I watched Liverpool tonight and they were devastating that's what a young ambitious coach can bring that performance should waken our club up we're nothing short of atrocious in Europe and that's down to the manager it really is an embarrassment that we have a pensioner managing this team!

However, while the Pensioners are clearly happy with their plans — which could see them move into the new Chelsea stadium in the 2020 - 21 season — the design has been somewhat ridiculed on social media, with fans — both of Chelsea and other clubs — unimpressed by Abramovich's vision.

Best article in ages, this is exactly what needs to be done whether it will is another thing all together, its the full attendances that are lining the yanks pocket and keeping our clueless pensioner of a manager in charge.

The Pensioners arguably ran out of steam in their efforts to challenge in four competitions in 2014/15 and this is something the Portuguese coach may look to remedy as the West Londoners look to retain their title.

Well Kroenke isn't that moralistic — subscription slaughter channels, causing pensioners to commit suicide as he throws them out of homes they've been in for over 50 years etc., is he really better than Usmanov?

The Pensioners may have found their man, and, according to the Mirror, are understood to be considering Dann as a long - term successor for JT after having scouted the defender in almost all of his matches so far this season.

Free match tickets are available to Blues supporters for the second leg in northern Germany A special milestone will also be passed on Tuesday — the 70th anniversary of an article appearing in the Burnley matchday programme that established the Pensioners» first ever fans» organisation, the Chelsea (Away) Supporters Club.

It will be no easy task to win through to the quarter finals but on balance the extra experience and class of the Pensioners should be enough to see them ease past a side that somehow finished ahead of Juventus in Group B.

The Pensioners have taken just five points out of a possible 15 against West Brom in the last few meetings, winning just one of their last five.

Chelsea spent the entire 1950s in the top flight of English football but the early years at least were a struggle, the Pensioners finishing level on points with the bottom two in 1951 only surviving by the skin of their teeth, whilst they were 19th of 22 in the following two years.

By our calculations, Osun state pensioners alone got at least, N1, 539,227,442.75 out of the N14.2 billion paid to active and passive workers in the last two weeks as arrears of 4 months salaries and pensions excluding what the local government pensioners were paid for the same period.»

There should also be a gradual shift towards raising the basic state pension in line with earnings, and, while he would maintain the pensioner's credit, he would freeze the maximum level of payments to limit means - testing as much as possible.

The statement stated, «Our attention has been drawn to a sensational display of photograph of some persons who claim to be pensioners in Osun who have dubiously grouped themselves «Internally Displaced Pensioners» and claimed to have set up an «IDP» camp in the state capitapensioners in Osun who have dubiously grouped themselves «Internally Displaced Pensioners» and claimed to have set up an «IDP» camp in the state capitaPensioners» and claimed to have set up an «IDP» camp in the state capital, Osogbo.

And in tough times it can not be a priority to continue paying the winter fuel allowance to the richest five per cent of pensioners.

It may be that something's skewing it; a large number of asset - rich but income - poor pensioners, or people in long - term residential care who are paying VAT on home fees though getting it reimbursed.