Cuffie tithes to Baptists

Cuffie made the decision after visiting the church and hearing an appeal for contributions to renovate the church, one of the oldest in the community.

On the day he visited every member of the congregation contributed to the building fund.

“They do very good work in the community and I felt moved to help them continue that work,” Cuffie said.

The donation fulfilled Rowley’s pledge for his Government to lead by example even as he asked citizens to tighten their belts. The PM had said, “As a symbolic gesture of our own willingness to share in the necessary adjustments my colleagues and I in the Government have decided that, with effect from January 2016 and for the next two years, we will each donate five percent of our salary to a selected charity, NGO or sporting body of our choice.”