Tag: Pensioners

Committee of Supply approves $58.3 billion for Human Services Ministry

Committee of Supply approves $58.3 billion for Human Services Ministry

- February 1, 2025

The Parliamentary Committee of Supply on Friday approved a massive $58.3 billion allocation to advance programmes under the Ministry of ... Read More

Old age pension to increase to $41,000 from January 2025

Old age pension to increase to $41,000 from January 2025

- January 17, 2025

The old age pension in Guyana is set to increase to $41,000 per month, effective January 1, 2025. The total ... Read More

Registration of pensioners for 100k cash grant to begin Monday

Registration of pensioners for 100k cash grant to begin Monday

- November 30, 2024

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

$10B one-off injection to NIS for persons receiving benefits

- October 10, 2024

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

Countrywide verification drive begins for pensioners, public assistance recipients

- March 6, 2024

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

Pensioners along East Coast corridor welcome one-off cash grant

- December 4, 2023

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

$13.5 billion spent on old age pensioners during first half of 2023

- September 12, 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

Couple of 53 years among 166 benefitting from free spectacles

- March 26, 2023

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

Programmes in budget 2023 prioritise the most vulnerable – Human services minister

- January 25, 2023

- 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

Gov’t committed to improving the wellbeing of elderly – Finance Minister

- December 19, 2022

700 pensioners benefit from Salvation Army’s annual hamper distribution Approximately 700 pensioners and persons from vulnerable groups, on Monday benefitted ... Read More