{"id":25782,"date":"2025-01-23T16:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25782"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:29:27","slug":"guyanese-soldiers-to-receive-one-month-bonus-and-salary-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanese-soldiers-to-receive-one-month-bonus-and-salary-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyanese Soldiers to Receive One-Month Bonus and Salary Increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Josiah Williams<\/em><br><em>December 14, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyanese soldiers are set to receive $1.6 billion in bonuses this year as part of the annual one-month bonus reinstated by the PPP government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made by President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Dr. Irfaan Ali, during the annual Christmas Lunch at Base Camp Seweyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bonus, which had been discontinued under the previous administration, will benefit approximately 12,000 servicemen and women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President acknowledged the sacrifices made by members of the armed forces, commending their patriotism and service to the nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged soldiers to continue setting exemplary standards while serving their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the one-month bonus, soldiers will also benefit from a 10% retroactive salary increase, salary adjustments, and a $100,000 cash grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This financial boost is part of the government\u2019s broader efforts to support the welfare of Guyana\u2019s armed forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah WilliamsDecember 14, 2024 Guyanese soldiers are set to receive $1.6 billion in bonuses this year as part of the annual one-month bonus reinstated by the PPP government. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25782","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=25782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25783,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25782\/revisions\/25783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}