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In last Wednesday’s meeting of the Senate, Senator for Government Business Eamon Courtenay went into details of a land agreement between the Government of Belize under the Barrow administration and The Nature Conservancy (TNC). It was his attempt to humiliate the past administration, as he went on to call the deal “nefarious” and a “scandal”. He says that because of a number of tax write-offs, we now “find ourselves in this impossible situation today.” Representatives of the United Democratic Party (UDP) held a press conference on Friday to address the issue. Senator for the UDP, Hon. Michael Peyrefitte, first explained that the lands, covering some 266,000 acres in the Yalbac, Gallon Jug, and Laguna Seca areas of Orange Walk and sold to TNC for some USD $72 million, were all privately owned lands. As a result, the agreement did not necessarily need to be presented. Still, this agreement was never hidden nor secret, since the Government, under the Barrow administ ....
Alex Guzman A missing person bulletin has been issued for Alex Guzman who left his home in Armenia village on Thursday, April 29th in search of work in the Cayo district in the Yalbac farms area. Family members have not heard from or seen him since. However, they have received a picture, which was supposedly taken at a farm in the area sometime around 10 on the morning of Saturday, May 1. Reports are that the picture was taken by someone in the area and they called the police. When the police arrived, he was no longer in the area. Family members tell The Guardian that a piece of clothing believed to have been for Guzman was also found in another area far from where he was spotted on Saturday. ....
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