Vanuatu's government is to consider a $US22.6 million proposal to settle outstanding retirement gratuities for public servants.
Finance minister Gaeton Pikioune is reported making the statement to teachers at Malapoa College in Port Vila.
Many former teachers, who were members of the Teachers' Union or the Teachers' Association, are still waiting for outstanding salaries and retirement entitlements to be settled.
The Vanuatu Teachers Service Commission says it is going to retire 152 governent teachers this month.
A spokesperson from the Vanuatu Nurses Association says nurses fear raising concerns about unpaid wages after receiving threats from the Ministry of Health.
Vanuatu's Minister of Education is guaranteeing that the 180 teachers owed more than two million US dollars in salary payments will be paid after the next session of parliament. Marcelino...
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