{"id":15942,"date":"2024-01-26T15:04:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T15:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15942"},"modified":"2024-01-26T15:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T15:04:46","slug":"budget-2024-victory-for-the-working-class-says-mp-seepaul-narine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/budget-2024-victory-for-the-working-class-says-mp-seepaul-narine\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget 2024: Victory for the Working Class, says MP Seepaul Narine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Member of Parliament Seepaul Narine asserts that Budget 2024 is a significant victory for the working class, introducing measures that safeguard and advance the lives of workers and their families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narine&#8217;s comments come in response to Opposition MP Maureen Philadelphia, who criticized the government&#8217;s fiscal package, claiming it fails to meet the basic needs of ordinary citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Narine, a government MP, dismisses the opposition&#8217;s statements as reckless and unfounded, urging them to recognize the prosperity that the $1.146 trillion fiscal package holds for Guyanese citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlights the increase in the income tax threshold to $100,000 as a particularly significant intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tracy-Working-Class-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a trade unionist, Narine emphasizes the positive aspects of Budget 2024, pointing to the sugar industry as one of the bright spots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He notes that since 2020, the industry has experienced growth, contrasting its condition under the previous APNU\/AFC government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tracy-Working-Class-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One notable accomplishment highlighted by Narine is the reopening of the Rose Hall Estate, which was closed by the previous coalition government in 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He describes this year&#8217;s budget as a massive investment in citizens, assuring them of a better future under the People\u2019s Progressive Party Civic government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tracy-Working-Class-3.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member of Parliament Seepaul Narine asserts that Budget 2024 is a significant victory for the working class, introducing measures that safeguard and advance the lives of workers and their families.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15942","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=15942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15947,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15942\/revisions\/15947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}