The increase is less than a US penny.

now, lemme see here

 

in 'better' economic times (gold soaring and ting), the PPP chose to give pensioners shyte and build bhariot instead

 

now wringing their hands wailing that the "PNC" increase budgeted for the next 3 months not enough

 

huh?

The PPP did improve the lives of Guyanese.  After 1992, the Guyanese enjoyed a good meal once again after 28 years of total destruction of the country. They gave the people everything, bigger houses, better roads, economic freedom and freedom to travel, worship and speech.

The PPP completed over 5000 projects and the people of African origin once again enjoyed the essence of life. All under the watchful eyes of Bharat jagdeo.

 

 

2015 Budget does not provide for Old Age Pension increases ­- Opposition

After scrutinizing the 2015 budget estimates yesterday, the political opposition said it discovered what it described as another aspect of the “deceptive budget.” It said that that nowhere in the estimates provides for the increases in the Old Age pension to $17,000. Leveling this accusation against the government was former Junior Finance Minister, Juan Edghill. He told members of the House that after perusing the estimates, it is clear that the current allocation in the budget would not be sufficient. Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence, in defending the budget, said that the increases are not provided for under the allocations of her ministry but under the Ministry of Finance. She initially stated that $2.7B was provided for to cover the increases, and later clarified that it was $2.82B. Lawrence failed, however, to clarify that this sum was allocated under her ministry as revealed by the budget estimates. But when the calculations were done by the opposition, it still insisted that the figures still did not add up. The People’s Progressive Party later issued a statement to the media informing once more on its position on the matter. The Opposition called on the Granger-led Administration to provide a proper explanation on the inadequate budgetary allocations for the proposed increase in Old Age Pension. The Party pointed out that in 2014, the PPP/C administration spent $7,895,554,000 to benefit approximately 43,500 pensioners and almost 10,000 persons on Public Assistance. It stated however, that in 2015 the current administration, with its announced increases in Old Age Pension to $17,000, only allocated $8, 085,442,000, approximately $190 Million increase over 2014, to finance this increase for the period September to December 2015. The party made it clear that approximately $675 Million would be required, $485 Million more than what is budgeted for 2015. It stated that “a simple crunching of the numbers will show that based on the increased sums allocated in the 2015 Budget, Old Age Pensioners in real terms, will only benefit from a $300 increase monthly”. It emphasised that “this most recent act of deception by the Granger Administration is a flagrant betrayal of Guyana, more particularly the senior citizens”. Finance Minister, Winston Jordan was subsequently asked to shed some light on the matter. He said, “Look, he (Edghill) is dead wrong.” Jordan said that $243.4M has been allocated for public assistance while a total of $2.82B has been allocated for pensioners. The Finance Minister noted that $30M has also been provided for, to assist single parents. This, he said, gives a total of $3.156B which is provided for under the Ministry of Social Protection. He said that Ms. Lawrence was just ill­-advised by her technical staff. Edghill later reiterated to the media that the Finance Minister did not truly provide any real increase for the pensioners in the budget, but rather eliminated the subsidies for water and electricity and took the usual allocation for that and redirected it this year to the increases for pensioners.

Welcome to change, AFC/PNC style.

ahmmm ramadrunk, u look up "non sequitur" yet?

Hopefully the next Budget will be in Jan 2016, and then Pensioners will be taken care of.

Ralph Ramkarran said on many occasions that the AFC is a party of hoodwinkers. Well, you are getting the proof now.

GY$300 can purchase eddoes and cassavas to cook a pot of soup for the month?

If you are in Guyana, $300 Dollars can buy one bottle Soda, so pensioners can drink one mouthful everyday.

The most shameful thing is that they're being robbed of their tylee money. I remembered that precious knot. I have one for a souvenir from my mother when she passed on.

THE AYE HAVE IT

 

Pensioners will have to beg for $80 to buy one loaf of bread: Surely that is very shameful.

In the PNC day of Forbes Burnham, babies uses to go to bed hungry, there was no milk for purchasing, with rice flour, there was no bread for the poor and needy.........they went to bed hungry too.

 

In this day of the PNC/AFC  the poor pensioners cannot even afford to purchase a bottle of soda or a loaf of bread, and the Government take over billions of dollars from the PPP/C. Seem like they are using these billions to take care of themselves.

 

They say that a pig is a pig, no matter how much lipstick you daub on their lips...........the same can the said of the PNC, unless of course if they will do better, but that is yet to be seen.