With just six weeks gone since the PUP was elected to office, Belizeans are already starting to regret voting for the PUP. Only this week alone, there have been several occurrences that has brought on such feelings. We will list a few of those occurrences that has caused Belizean to be kicking themselves for having voted PUP.
On Wednesday, December 23, the Ministry of Human Development, Families, and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs announced the closure of the Belize COVID-19 Cash Transfer program (BCCAT). This is exactly eight days after it was opened. The BCCAT is a program to provide support to vulnerable households affected by COVID-19. No sooner had the announcement been made that when the application phase was closed. The closure is effective on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at midnight. New applications will be processed over the next 31 days. That bit of news was a hard blow to those many Belizeans, who were depending on that money that would have certainly come in handy for C
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After more than a month of crying for economic support to help get them through the hardships that COVID-19 has brought on, the Belizean people have finally been given some news. On Tuesday, December 15, the PUP’s Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs launched a “cash-transfer” program. This is being done in partnership with the National Bank of Belize Limited, Digi, and Belize Social Investment Fund to provide support to vulnerable households affected by COVID-19. The BCCAT program is being funded by the Government of Belize with funds from the World Bank, which has allocated BZ$19 million to provide financial assistance to over 18,000 households during a six-month period. Since winning the election on November 11, the PUP administration put a stop to this and other programs.
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