Still paying for birth certificates

THE EDITOR: Mr Manning in the budget presentation in October 2002 boasted that citizens will no longer have to pay for birth certificates. Last week, I went to the Ministry of Legal Affairs to obtain a birth certificate. I was told by the clerk that I must officially pay $25 for the birth certificates. After almost six months we cannot obtain free birth certificates. Can someone explain this to the population?

A MITCHELL
Morvant