{"id":26064,"date":"2025-02-01T21:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26064"},"modified":"2025-02-01T21:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:56:48","slug":"pensioners-begin-receiving-100000-grant-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/pensioners-begin-receiving-100000-grant-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensioners Begin Receiving $100,000 Grant Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tracey Liverpool, NCN News \u2013 December 30, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has officially begun distributing a one-time $100,000 cash grant to National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners, a move aimed at providing financial relief to vulnerable groups, especially pensioners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative was announced by President Dr. Irfaan Ali in October and is part of the government&#8217;s ongoing efforts to put disposable income in the hands of citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At NIS offices across the country, including the Linden Local Office in Mackenzie, scores of pensioners gathered to collect their cheques. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many expressed their gratitude for the grant, which they plan to use for various purposes such as home repairs, business improvements, and family celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Sinclair, one pensioner, expressed his gratitude, saying, &#8220;I feel real thankful&#8230; I have plans to use the money to help with my business.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another pensioner, George Williams, who is planning a small celebration for his 83rd birthday, shared, &#8220;I\u2019m much thankful to the government&#8230; I\u2019ll keep a little feast for the children.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pensioners have until Friday, January 3, 2025, to collect their grants at NIS offices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those unable to collect by this date will have alternative arrangements made for the disbursement of their funds in their respective communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, unregistered pensioners will have another opportunity to sign up in January 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracey Liverpool, NCN News \u2013 December 30, 2024 The government has officially begun distributing a one-time $100,000 cash grant to National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners, a move aimed at&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-26064","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\/26064","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=26064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26065,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26064\/revisions\/26065"}],"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=26064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}