{"id":13954,"date":"2023-11-10T14:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13954"},"modified":"2023-11-10T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:46:19","slug":"president-ali-announces-one-off-bonus-for-public-servants-pensioners-and-persons-with-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-announces-one-off-bonus-for-public-servants-pensioners-and-persons-with-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali Announces One-Off Bonus for Public Servants, Pensioners, and Persons with Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali has announced a one-off bonus payment for public servants, pensioners, and persons living with disabilities as part of the Cost-of-Living relief measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bonus, payable in December 2023, will be $25,000 for all public sector workers, including teachers and members of the disciplined services, benefiting approximately 67,000 workers and amounting to approximately 1.7 billion dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, around 72,000 pensioners are expected to receive a one-off bonus of $25,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persons living with disabilities, who are on the public assistance register, will receive a $35,000 bonus in December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These measures are part of the government&#8217;s commitment to providing financial support to various segments of the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali emphasized the government&#8217;s support for farmers, allocating $850 million for the purchase of fertilizers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aims to assist farmers in sustaining their agricultural activities and mitigating the impact of rising costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 2023 budget, 5 billion dollars were allocated to cushion the effects of the rising cost of living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali reaffirmed the government&#8217;s commitment to addressing economic challenges and implementing measures to contain costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These relief measures underscore the government&#8217;s efforts to support the well-being of citizens, particularly those facing economic challenges, and to ensure inclusive economic policies that benefit various sectors of society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Irfaan Ali has announced a one-off bonus payment for public servants, pensioners, and persons living with disabilities as part of the Cost-of-Living relief measures. The bonus, payable in December&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13954","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=13954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13956,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13954\/revisions\/13956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}