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In support of pensioners
Dear Editor,
About two weeks ago, in the K/N letter page a very observant Guyanese drew our attention to the fact that the increase of $2.500 monthly to old age pension as part of the 2013 budget (12 months) was being started in May of 2013 instead of January 2013, thereby robbing pensioners of four months of their well deserved retroactive payments which total is $10.000.
Please correct this anomaly Mr. Finance Minister. Additionally, unless there is a better idea, may I suggest that the ministry simply add two extra vouchers to the pension book to cover the GWI and the GPL subsidies and make them encashable at any post office and save our dear senior citizens the current hassles they encounter while trying to get their benefits from the GWI.
Do not leave this responsibility in the hands of the GWI and the GPL; Senior Citizens are mature enough to handle their own business.
BBH
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