$208.8B budget – pensions up by $2,500, income tax down 3.3%

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today announced a $208.8 billion budget that, among other things, will see more help for GuySuCo and the Guyana Power and Light as well as a $2,500 increase for pensioners.

Under the theme ‘Overcoming Challenges Together, Accelerating Gains for Guyana’, Dr Singh also announced that there will be a 1 per cent increase on payments to the National