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Teachers and other public servants in the Deep South Rupununi expect that they will be paid via normal channels this month as they await word from the authorities on their concerns regarding salaries being paid through banks hundreds of kilometres away from the remote Amerindian communities.
“We just waiting now,” one teacher told Stabroek News on Saturday while noting that letters were dispatched to several ministries but they have not yet received a response. “We don’t know anything yet,” the teacher said. “We ain’t get no feedback.”
However, it was noted that the Regional Execu-tive Officer Claire Singh had told a Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) representative in the Region that teachers will be paid normally this month. They have not received their salaries as yet. Public service workers remain anxious as they await word from the authorities. “They can’t expect us to go miles,” the teacher said. “When teachers start to
