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Feb 2, 2021
PM Briceño Announces Ambassador Designates
Prime Minister John Briceño today announced his picks for diplomatic posting. Ambassador-designate Lynn Young will be posted in the United States of America and serve as Belize’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States. Belize City Councilor Oscar Arnold has been chosen as ambassador-designate to the United Mexican States. The former C.E.O. in the Ministry of Agriculture Jose Alpuche is the country’s Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of Guatemala, while Therese Rath is High Commissioner Designate to the United Kingdom. Doctor Candice Pitts is Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Cherie Nisbet is Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of El Salvador. Lou-Anne Burns Martinez is Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of Cuba. Carlos Fuller will be Belize’s Permanent Representative Designate to the United Nations and Alexis Rosado is now the Ambassador-Designate t
Feb 1, 2021
Commission of Inquiry into Fire Sale of Government Asset to Commence
The selling off of public assets at a steal by the financially-burdened Barrow administration in the months leading up to the November eleventh general elections will be fully investigated. This morning, the persons tasked with carrying out that investigation were sworn in at the Biltmore Hotel where the oath of office was administered by Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford. The three-member Commission of Inquiry is being chaired by Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck. Marcello Blake and Luke Martinez are representing the business community and unions, respectively. The period under review is from 2019 to 2020 when government vehicles, office equipment and furniture were sold at dirt cheap prices. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports.