{"id":23703,"date":"2024-10-28T18:17:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23703"},"modified":"2024-10-28T18:17:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:17:47","slug":"over-2700-region-six-residents-receive-small-business-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/over-2700-region-six-residents-receive-small-business-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 2,700 Region Six Residents Receive Small Business Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire, October 8, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 275 million dollars in grants were distributed to small business owners across Region Six, benefiting 2,753 recipients from New Amsterdam, Albion, and surrounding areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This annual initiative, held on the lawns of State House in New Amsterdam, aims to support the startup and expansion of small businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo emphasized that the initiative is designed to be inclusive, benefiting all citizens regardless of race or religion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted that while previous administrations distributed funds through officials, the PPP\/C administration ensures direct distribution to beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo shared that the grants can make a substantial difference for small entrepreneurs, referencing individuals who used the funds to expand businesses as small as water vending. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also reiterated that the program will continue in future years as part of the government\u2019s commitment to supporting livelihoods and economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This cash grant program aligns with the PPP\/C\u2019s election promises and is part of broader efforts to improve both infrastructure and economic opportunities across Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia Janneire, October 8, 2024 More than 275 million dollars in grants were distributed to small business owners across Region Six, benefiting 2,753 recipients from New Amsterdam, Albion, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23703","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=23703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23729,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23703\/revisions\/23729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}