Jul 5, 2021
Cemento Progreso Launches New Factory in Belize
For years, Cemento Progreso has been imported into Belize from neighboring Guatemala. The powder for concrete has been used extensively in the infrastructure development and housing construction of the country. Following a visit to Belize, on the heels of the opening of Santander Sugar in Cayo District, however, the Chief Executive Officer of the company decided to expand its operations by building a factory in Belize. That vision has become a reality and earlier today a host of government officials converged on the new facility for its grand opening. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports.
April, 2021
Day two of the national budget continued today inside the National Assembly. But it was outside where all the action happened. The joint unions, galvanized by a common stance against [.]
Apr 22, 2021
Cabinet Approves Changes to Public Officer Salaries
The details of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting were released late this afternoon. The big news is that the Minister of the Public Service, Henry Charles Usher, will proceed to fix the salaries of public officers due to the deteriorated state of public finances. To soften the blow, cabinet agreed to grant a land credit to the affected public officers that’s equivalent to fifty percent of the salary adjustment. This may be used when they acquire land from the government. In relation to a story making the news this week, cabinet has ordered that there be a review of a lease agreement signed by Edmond Castro, the former minister responsible for ports, and Recological Systems Limited for twenty-five years. This contract was signed on November ninth, 2020, two days before the General Elections and after the House of Representatives was dissolved. In agricultural news, cabinet ministers authorized the deli