Tag: Pensioners
Registration of pensioners for 100k cash grant to begin Monday
The registration process for National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners to receive the 0ne-off $100,000 cash grant will begin on Monday. ... Read More
$10B one-off injection to NIS for persons receiving benefits
President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has announced a $10 billion one-off injection into the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). The money ... Read More
Countrywide verification drive begins for pensioners, public assistance recipients
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has launched a countrywide house-to-house verification exercise to account for the pension ... Read More
Pensioners along East Coast corridor welcome one-off cash grant
As the roll out of the government’s one-off cash grant distribution exercise gets underway for pensioners nationwide, scores of beneficiaries ... Read More
$13.5 billion spent on old age pensioners during first half of 2023
For the past three years, the government has been exponentially pushing to foster investment, development, and transformation in its country ... Read More
Couple of 53 years among 166 benefitting from free spectacles
Husband and wife of 53 years, Ivan and Juliet Bennet, were among 166 persons from Region One to receive free ... Read More
Programmes in budget 2023 prioritise the most vulnerable – Human services minister
- work on National Gender Policy to be completed this year The work that will follow the approval of the ... Read More
Gov’t committed to improving the wellbeing of elderly – Finance Minister
700 pensioners benefit from Salvation Army’s annual hamper distribution Approximately 700 pensioners and persons from vulnerable groups, on Monday benefitted ... Read More
La Grange, Stewartville pensioners laud one-off cash grant
The distribution of the $28,000 one-off cash grant for pensioners is currently underway in Region Three (Essequibo-Islands- West Demerara) and ... Read More
Pensioners urged to keep abreast of cash distribution dates
- as cash grant distribution kicks off in Georgetown Human Services and Social Security Minister, Dr Vindhya Persaud has encouraged ... Read More