{"id":16054,"date":"2024-01-31T15:22:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16054"},"modified":"2024-01-31T15:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T15:22:05","slug":"government-distributes-over-30m-in-grants-to-small-businesses-in-region-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-distributes-over-30m-in-grants-to-small-businesses-in-region-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Distributes Over $30M in Grants to Small Businesses in Region 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a significant move to support local entrepreneurs, the government disbursed cash grants exceeding $30 million to over 143 small business owners in Region Three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The distribution, organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Industry, and Commerce under the Small Business Bureau, took place in Santa Mission, Leguaan, and Wakenaam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recipients of the small business cash grants expressed gratitude for the support, emphasizing its potential to propel their businesses to new heights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hemraj Narine, a business owner, stated, &#8220;This is very good, and I hope they can continue so small farmers or business people could go up.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taesha Paddy, another grant recipient, shared her appreciation, saying, &#8220;I am grateful to receive this so that I can be able to purchase stuff to improve my business.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Daniels, expressing his satisfaction, mentioned, &#8220;The government is doing a great job so far at helping out the entrepreneurs. I am feeling great because this grant will give me a great push for my small business.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentiments were echoed by other business owners who emphasized the positive impact of the grants on their ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagnarine Somwar, the Regional Executive Officer for Region 3, commended the government&#8217;s commitment to elevating the small business sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He acknowledged that the initiative was conceived by the government to serve the needs of the people and empower them to serve others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cash grant initiative aligns with the government&#8217;s broader commitment to fostering the development and growth of the small business sector, recognizing its pivotal role in driving economic progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This support is expected to contribute significantly to the sustainability and expansion of local businesses, ultimately fueling economic development in Region Three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant move to support local entrepreneurs, the government disbursed cash grants exceeding $30 million to over 143 small business owners in Region Three. The distribution, organized by the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16054","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=16054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16056,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16054\/revisions\/16056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}