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The days are now quiet at the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) regional office in Point Fortin, where remaining staff yesterday described the mood as sombre, after watching their colleagues leave with termination letters on Wednesday.
Workers were reluctant to speak to Guardian Media yesterday, fearing more dismissals.
One employee said only watchmen and a few fortnightly paid workers remained, as most of the monthly-paid staff were among the estimated 40 employees from the office who received termination letters under the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government’s restructuring plan. Some 400 monthly-paid workers across 12 regional offices were dismissed in the move. URP programme manager Feeroz Khan has since said an audit of the programme has found some 8,000 “ghost workers” in the system.
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