{"id":26668,"date":"2025-02-20T19:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26668"},"modified":"2025-02-20T19:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:07:23","slug":"pm-phillips-defends-100k-cash-grant-budget-assures-remaining-payouts-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/pm-phillips-defends-100k-cash-grant-budget-assures-remaining-payouts-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Phillips Defends $100K Cash Grant Budget, Assures Remaining Payouts Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Samuel Sukhnandan<\/em><br><em>February 4, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government remains committed to ensuring that all eligible Guyanese receive the $100,000 cash grant, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret\u2019d) Mark Phillips reiterated on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Parliamentary Committee of Supply\u2019s examination of budget estimates and expenditures under the Office of the Prime Minister, PM Phillips defended the over $40 billion allocated for the grant\u2019s distribution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He assured that the remaining payments would be completed as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo far, we have distributed some 121,000 cash grants of $100,000 each, and we will continue paying the people,\u201d the Prime Minister stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To expedite the process, additional distribution centres have been established across various communities to ensure efficient and timely delivery of checks to all eligible citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Basically, we are in the final phase of ensuring that every qualified individual receives their payment,&#8221; PM Phillips added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister further emphasized that the government is committed to maintaining accountability and transparency in the distribution process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the majority of payments already completed, the government is working to finalize the remaining disbursements, reaffirming its dedication to providing financial relief to Guyanese citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel SukhnandanFebruary 4, 2025 The government remains committed to ensuring that all eligible Guyanese receive the $100,000 cash grant, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret\u2019d) Mark Phillips reiterated on Monday. During&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26668","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\/26668","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=26668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26669,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26668\/revisions\/26669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}