{"id":12960,"date":"2023-10-02T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=12960"},"modified":"2023-10-02T18:01:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:01:52","slug":"vice-president-jagdeo-praises-governments-strategic-investment-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/vice-president-jagdeo-praises-governments-strategic-investment-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Jagdeo Praises Government&#8217;s Strategic Investment Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has lauded the impact of the government&#8217;s strategic investment programme on the country&#8217;s infrastructure and economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the opening of the West Central Mall in Region 3, Dr. Jagdeo emphasized that the government&#8217;s economic philosophy is designed to benefit every citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since assuming office in 2020, the government has focused on reducing risks for investors and fostering a welcoming business environment. Dr. Jagdeo highlighted the progress made in a short period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This policy, coupled with the reversal of over 200 taxes, has resulted in over 100 billion dollars in disposable income for citizens and the private sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo emphasized a surge in infrastructure development in the capital city and affirmed the government&#8217;s commitment to extending this progress to every region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, Guyana is witnessing the construction of 75 kilometers of four-lane roads, seven hotels in Georgetown, and numerous roads across regions, including the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara, Linden, and various communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government&#8217;s strategic investment programme is poised to continue its positive impact on the nation&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Josiah Williams for NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has lauded the impact of the government&#8217;s strategic investment programme on the country&#8217;s infrastructure and economy. Speaking at the opening of the West Central Mall&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12962,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12960\/revisions\/12962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}