Approximately 136,000 households in Region Four are expected to benefit from the government’s $25,000 per household COVID-19 relief cash grant and the distribution is likely to start this week, according to Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall.
“We will begin distribution in Region Four shortly, more than likely next week…It will be in the first phase – 136,000 households with over $3.4 billion being distributed,” he was quoted as saying on Friday in a report of the Department of Public Information (DPI).
“The position of the Government has remained constant, and that is we will be issuing to primary households, and those households that cannot be verified as independent, they will have to fill out a ‘pink’ form to be verified. Following the verification, the secondary households will be provided for,” Dharamlall added.
