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“I totally respect the view of the churches. I am certainly not surprised by the position that they have taken and have been vocal about, in particular Pastor Wade; it is no secret how he feels about it. But at the same time, I come from a generation that can see the advantage of the economic upturn from something like this. Like I keep saying, we already have legislation in place since 2017 that made ten grams legal for you to have in your possession. But what that actually created was an entire irresponsible scenario whereby we don’t know where exactly you are to get this from- you can’t grow it and you certainly cannot buy it, and so it is just taking advantage of that. And I don’t really see it as a religious issue.”
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Jul 14, 2021
Ministry of Home Affairs Tours Caye Caulker & San Pedro
Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa and his C.E.O., Kevin Arthurs along with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams and other members of ministry are on a countrywide tour, meeting with officers attached to formations in various municipalities. On Tuesday, they were in Corozal and Orange Walk and today, they headed to the coastal communities of Caye Caulker and San Pedro. News Five’s Duane Moody caught up with the delegation and files this report.
Duane Moody, Reporting
The welfare of police officers has been the main topic of discussion as the Minister of Home Affairs makes the rounds on his country tour. Police barracks, health insurance and the overall morale of some two thousand two hundred police officers is at the heart of the visit.
Jul 14, 2021
Kareem Musa
Today New Five joined Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, Kareem Musa for a leg of his countrywide tour. This morning he was at Caye Caulker. We will have that story for you later in the newscast, but while we were with the minister we asked him for comment on the antivaxxer group, Belize Rights and Justice Movement.
Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs & New Growth Industries
“I don’t want in any way to be critical and bash the antivaxxers. The issue that I have as minister is that some of them are claiming to be doctors when in fact they are not. And so they are not qualified to be giving medical advice. And I think that has been counterproductive for them – the fact that you’re claiming to be a doctor when you are not. So that has had actually the reverse effect and now more people are saying well if this is what an antivaxxer campaign looks like, we don’t want to be a part of that; we have to listen to the prof