{"id":15723,"date":"2024-01-19T17:13:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15723"},"modified":"2024-01-19T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:13:53","slug":"over-170-entrepreneurs-in-region-two-receive-small-business-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/over-170-entrepreneurs-in-region-two-receive-small-business-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 170 Entrepreneurs in Region Two Receive Small Business Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a continued effort to support small business development, the Guyanese government has provided financial assistance to more than 170 small business owners in Region Two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grants, totaling up to 500,000 dollars each, were distributed by Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond, in the compound of the Anna Regina Town Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recipients expressed their gratitude, emphasizing the positive impact the grants would have on their businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry Hendricks from Mashabow mentioned his happiness at receiving the grant, while Somawattie Ramnarine expressed her intention to use the funds to expand her catering business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shane Elliot, another recipient, described the initiative as a great opportunity to grow his business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Walrond assured the recipients that the government remains committed to prioritizing support for small businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She highlighted the allocation of 450 million dollars to the Small Business Development Fund for the current year. Minister Walrond emphasized that the support provided is not a one-time handout but includes ongoing assistance, including training, to help entrepreneurs succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This distribution follows a similar initiative in Region Four, where 398 small businesses received grants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has distributed over 4,000 small business grants, totaling nearly 999 million dollars, since taking office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a continued effort to support small business development, the Guyanese government has provided financial assistance to more than 170 small business owners in Region Two. The grants, totaling up&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15723","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=15723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15725,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15723\/revisions\/15725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}