{"id":13946,"date":"2023-11-10T14:33:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13946"},"modified":"2023-11-10T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:33:08","slug":"one-off-grant-brings-joy-to-guyanese-pensioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/one-off-grant-brings-joy-to-guyanese-pensioners\/","title":{"rendered":"One-off Grant Brings Joy to Guyanese Pensioners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a heartening move, President Irfaan Ali has announced a $25,000 one-off grant for Old Age Pensioners, injecting approximately $1.8 billion into the hands of 72,000 pensioners in December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was well-received, and pensioners are expressing their gratitude for the economic relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bibi Rampersaud, while uplifting her 2024 pension book at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in South Amelia&#8217;s ward, shared her happiness about the one-off grant, describing President Irfaan Ali as a &#8220;loving and kind president.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ester Braithwaite, another pensioner, expressed her joy, emphasizing that the additional funds would be beneficial for covering expenses like the water bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, pensioners received a one-off bonus of $28,000, and in 2023, pensions were increased from $28,000 to $33,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While some pensioners were hoping for a larger amount, they expressed contentment with the grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edward Duke, a pensioner, remarked that while $25,000 is nice, he believed $50,000 would have been even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, differently-abled individuals or those receiving disability on the Public Register will receive a $35,000 one-off bonus in December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This bonus will benefit 19,000 persons at a cost of $660 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Human Services and Social Protection is facilitating the distribution drive across the region to ensure that the one-off grants reach the intended beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of the government&#8217;s efforts to provide economic support and relief to vulnerable populations, particularly senior citizens and differently-abled individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reported by Shawnette Fiedtkou for NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a heartening move, President Irfaan Ali has announced a $25,000 one-off grant for Old Age Pensioners, injecting approximately $1.8 billion into the hands of 72,000 pensioners in December. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13946","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=13946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13947,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13946\/revisions\/13947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}