PENSIONERS can look forward to receiving their pensions early this month. This is according to the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) which is working in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection.
This arrangement was put in place in an effort to protect the country’s senior citizens and ultimately mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

Therefore, in keeping with the health and safety protocols, the GPOC will enforce physical distancing between individuals accessing their services. This measure limits the number of individuals who can enter the post office at any given time. Persons visiting their offices are asked to wear protective masks and sanitise their hands before entry. The GPOC assures the public that their public areas are also sanitised regularly throughout the day.

The recently implemented alphabetical system using surnames will be employed and used only during the first five payment days of the month at post offices in Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and 10.

SENIORS WILL RECEIVE PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 – Surnames beginning with the letters A to D
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 – Surnames beginning with the letters E to K
Friday, July 31, 2020 – Surnames beginning with the letters L to P
Monday, August 3, 2020 – Surnames beginning with the letters Q to T
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 – Surnames beginning with the letters U to Z

Senior citizens will be allowed to cash their coupon on any day after the fifth payment day.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the Guyana Post Office Corporation along with the Ministry of Social Protection has been making a conservative effort in ensuring that the country‘s senior citizens observe and adhere to the various measures that are put in place by the Pan American Health Organisation, (PAHO), the World Health Organisation and the Ministry of Public Health.
These measures include; social distancing for individual transacting business with the post office and the limitation of persons who use the post office daily. Persons visiting the corporation’s offices will be asked to sanitise their hands upon entry. Those who present with coughs or colds will be provided with a face mask. GPOC’s public areas will be sanitised intermittently throughout the day.  Customer service agents, postal clerks and postmen and women have all been provided with face and gloves to use while attending to customers.
The GPOC strongly urges senior citizens to refrain from visiting the Post Offices during the first two days of the month unless it is “absolutely necessary.” It also advises senior citizens that they can also authorise family members to uplift their pension payments.