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The suffering pensioners of Parika
Dear Editor,
On Friday 1st November, 2013 about 10:00 a.m. I had cause to be at the Parika Post Office. From looking at the crowd of about 50 persons, I realized that all or most of the people there were old age pensioners. I also noticed that one staff, the Post Mistress, was working, so I enquired from her, very politely, about members of staff attached to the Post Office.
I was told that two persons would usually be there, but the other staff was out in the district to deliver mail.
I am not sure of the Postal District and its population, but it was difficult to understand why the first day of the month when it is expected that pensioners would be there to receive their pensions, one person is at the office. I could have seen the frustration on their faces, and understand why they were murmuring.
After all, those persons have earned the right to be there. Apart from five seated on a bench all the rest were standing. I am asking that the Guyana Post Office Corporation and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security have that Post Office adequately staffed especially on that day (Pension Day) and to provide the necessary seating accommodation for those Old Age Pensioners.
Aurora Village on the Essequibo Coast has two persons, Brother Mack and Uncle Johnson, and the entire village celebrated when they reached the land mark of one hundred years.
We must show that we care for our older folks, by treating them with respect. I personally feel that the Corporation and the Minister know of the situation, but they don’t care.
Archie W. Cordis
Concerned Citizen
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