Residents of Port Kaituma in Region One were among the latest to receive the $100,000 one-off cash grant promised by the Government of Guyana for every citizen 18 years and older, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.
The distribution exercise was led by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, on Tuesday, at the Port Kaituma Secondary School in the Matarkai sub-district. He was accompanied by Chairperson of the Matarkai Neighbourhood Democratic Council, Keith Parker, and the Prime Minister’s Representative for Region One, Margaret Lambert.
Several residents spoke to the DPI about how the cash grant would impact their lives.
