Cabinet resumes policy of briefings …

The new government has decided to continue the much appreciated practice of issuing a written press release following each session of Cabinet. In his first such briefing, Cabinet Secretary James Murphy reports that a team from the Ministry of Education has concluded a visit to Escuela Secondaria Mexico in the Corozal District, to assess a continuing conflict between teachers and the school’s administration. That report should be submitted shortly.

The ministers were also briefed on the state of seventeen Cubans who landed on Ambergris Caye when their makeshift boat broke down. The group is being detained at Price Barracks while the B.D.F. helps repair the vessel so the Cubans may proceed to their intended destination of Honduras. Under an agreement with the Cuban government, undocumented Cuban immigrants are supposed to be deported back to Cuba but over the years a practice has developed of simply helping the boat people get back out to sea as quickly and quietly as possible.

In other Cabinet news, it was revealed that government will foot the bill for repairs to the cycling track at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex to facilitate the finish of the Holy Saturday Cycling Classic. G.O.B. will also provide thirty-five thousand dollars in financial support for the national football team’s trip to St. Kitts on March twenty-sixth for the return match in the World Cup qualifier. Belize took the first encounter by a 3-1 margin, playing a controversial “home” game in Guatemala City.