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The new government under Prime Minister John Briceño held its inaugural cabinet meeting on Tuesday and the first order of business was to be updated on national issues affecting the country. Sixteen elected ministers, six elected ministers of state and three senate ministers were briefed on four important topics. On matters of national security, Cabinet […]
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The Briceño administration is assuming office in difficult times, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on and industries struggle to bounce back. The P.U.P. government has promised to realize progress and development in all sectors. But for there to be the development that Prime Minister Briceño has promised, there must be money. The P.U.P. […]
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The ballooning wage bill stands at six hundred and eighty-eight million dollars for sixteen thousand public officers and teachers. One of the recommendations that the Public Service Union has offered as part of its belt-tightening is to reduce the government’s bill by releasing contract officers. P.S.U. President Gerald Henry also recommended that the government cease purchasing […]
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On the day that he was sworn in as the country’s new Prime Minister, John Briceño sent a subtle warning to all U.D.P. political appointees, asking them to tender their resignations. There are reports that some of those individuals are refusing to step down, while others are expected to be fired. On Monday, we asked […]
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources, Petroleum and Mining, Cordel Hyde has been given the difficult task of reforming one of the most corrupt departments in government. As Minister of Natural Resources, Hyde has pledged to transform the Lands Department into a public office that is easily accessible by all types of people. […]
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Oscar Requeña won the Toledo West constituency handsomely and was named the Minister of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labor, and Local Government. He is one of four ministers from the south. Minister Requeña says that the south was forgotten for twelve years under the United Democratic Party. He laid out his plans for his constituency […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat has met with all regional managers to discuss the way forward. During those discussions concerns and issues were also discussed, including the horrible treatment that patients receive at the hands of medicals professionals at public medical facilities. Chebat says that he has heard a lot of complaints where […]
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Before the elections on November eleventh, the People’s United Party disclosed details of fifteen contracts valued over one hundred million dollars to International Environments which is owned by brothers Daniel and Carlo Arguelles. In the list of contracts was the fourteen point nine million-dollar contract for the construction of a new Foreign Affairs Building in Belmopan. […]
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Last Thursday, P.U.P. leader John Briceño took the oath to lead this country as Prime Minister. Today, his ministers and ministers of state headed to the Biltmore to be sworn in to begin the work of government. Seventeen ministers, the attorney general and seven ministers of state arrived at the appointed time; the event was […]
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The south is fully represented in Cabinet. All four southern area representatives for the P.U.P. were elected and have ministerial positions. Doctor Louis Zabaneh is the Minister of State in Education, while Rodwell Ferguson has been assigned the Ministry of Public Utilities and Logistics, formerly known as the Ministry of Transport. Oscar Requeña is now […]
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Caribbean Shores Area Representative, Kareem Musa, is now the Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries. As Home Affairs Minister, the Belize Police Department falls under his responsibility and so does the Gang Suppression Unit. The G.S.U. has a negative image as a dreaded unit. The officers are known to be excessively abusive and […]
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Some thirty loads of cattle from farms in Orange Walk have been transported to the western border with Guatemala for exportation. The informal cattle trade was halted under the Dean Barrow administration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise, Jose Mai gave the go-ahead to continue with the informal trade after John […]
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The former Minister of Health was an electrician by trade and his name is Pablo Marin of Corozal. In Briceño’s new cabinet, the Minister of Health and Wellness is attorney Michel Chebat. Chebat says that his lawyer skills will be put to good use and when it comes to decisions of a medical nature, he […]
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We also spoke to Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde. He is responsible for the Ministry of Natural Resources, Petroleum and Mining. Hyde has been tasked in cleaning up the mess at the Department of Lands, labeled as a hotbed of corruption by former Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Hyde speaks of changing the culture of corruption […]
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The Ministry of Works was also known as a hotbed of corruption under former U.D.P. minister Rene Montero. Like the Lands Department in Belmopan, the Ministry of Works office in San Ignacio has been closed down until the new government has had a chance to carefully peruse each and every document and piece of equipment. […]
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Today, we caught up with a number of ministers after they took the oath of office. Orange Walk East Area Representative Kevin Bernard is the new Minister of Youth, Sports and E-Governance. He is responsible for putting the youth of Belize first and to guarantee their growth and development. He is also tasked with developing […]
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Marconi Leal is the P.U.P. area representative for Belize Rural North. He defeated three-time U.D.P. representative Edmond Castro by more than six hundred votes. It is quite a feat for the unassuming Leal and the P.U.P. since Belize Rural North was considered a stronghold for the U.D.P. Leal, however was not given a ministerial portfolio […]
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Just before news time, a release was issued on what Prime Minister John Briceño’s Cabinet would look like. The PM spent all day at Charter House carrying out the arduous task of assigning cabinet portfolios. He said on Thursday, that not all elected area representatives who won Wednesday’s election can be given ministerial rank because […]
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In the north, Jose Abelardo Mai has been given the portfolio of Agriculture, Food Security, and enterprise while his colleague in the Orange Walk division Kevin Bernard will be the minister of Youth, Sports, and E-Governance. Orange Walk North Area Representative Ramon Cervantes will serve as Minister of State under Eamon Courtney in the Ministry […]
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In the Cayo district, Julius Espat will be the Minister of Infrastructure Development and Housing. Cayo Northeast Area Representative Orlando Habet is being given the portfolio of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management. His colleague from Cayo North Michel Chebat is now the Minister of Health and Wellness. And the man who defeated […]
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On Thursday, the new Prime Minister was sworn in and the cabinet members are expected to take the oath on Monday. But this afternoon, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Patrick Faber was sworn as Leader of the Opposition. He took the oath of office before three other United Democratic Party area representatives […]
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As we said, “Sista B” was conspicuously absent from this afternoon’s swearing-in ceremony as the newly-elected area representative for Queen’s Square. She succeeds her elder brother and former Prime Minister Dean Barrow who has retired from electoral politics. While it has been rumored that “Sista B” will not be serving the five-year term as opposition […]
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As we said earlier in the newscast, Dangriga Area Representative Doctor Louis Zabaneh will be the minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology under Francis Fonseca. Rodwell Ferguson will serve as the Minister of Public Utilities and Logistics. His colleague from Toledo West Oscar Requeña will serve as Minister of Rural Transformation, Community […]
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The only woman minister in the P.U.P.’s cabinet is Belize Rural Central Dolores Balderamos will be the Minister of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. Her minister of state will be Port Loyola Area, Representative Gilroy Usher. Balderamos Garcia says she plans to give the Belizean people new hope. Dolores Balderamos Garcia, Area […]
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There are many angles to follow in respect of Wednesday’s elections. The win was massive for the P.U.P., which took twenty-six seats. The margin of victory in the Lake Independence constituency was a whopping, where Cordel Hyde trashed Dianne Finnegan by a margin of three thousand one hundred. And in Cayo South, Julius Espat beat […]
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