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President Irfaan Ali says his government will not give into opposition demands for huge cash transfers, even it means that his People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) chances of losing an election are reduced. Addressing the opening of the Guyana-Suriname International Business Conference at the Marriot Hotel, he said government would prefer to stick to the economic fundamentals rather than yielding ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Monday, in a lukewarm welcome, deemed the government’s GY$200,000 cash grant to all Guyanese households as “election gimmickry” and said much more must be done for the poor and disadvantaged. WPA Co-leader, Dr David Hinds instead said government needed to pay more cash grants to counter the rising cost of living and at the ...