Jul 8, 2021
Youth Hostel Undergoes Facelift and Change of Image
Six months ago we took you to the youth hostel at mile twenty-one on the George Price Highway in Rockville. You’ll recall the deplorable conditions of the facility, shown by the Ministry of Human Development. They promised to make the necessary upgrades to the facility. Well, they made good on that promise. Today the press was invited out to the hostel for a tour.
Andrea Polanco, Reporting
This is what the Princess Royal Youth Hostel looks like today – bright and cheery. It got a face-lift with a fresh coat of paint; new furniture; and fully refurbished restrooms and public spaces including a counseling room. But this renovation became necessary because back in December the home was in a deplorable state. According to Minister Dolores Balderamos Garcia, the hostel is getting a full rehabilitation from the physical upgrades to programmatic changes.
Jan 14, 2021
PM Briceño Departs the Country, Cordel Hyde is Ag. Prime Minister
Prime Minister John Briceño departed the country on Tuesday, January twelfth, 2021, on personal leave. This means that Lake Independence Area Representative Cordel Hyde is acting Prime Minister. Briceño will return on Sunday, January seventeenth. But before he left, the Prime Minister chaired a virtual cabinet session on Tuesday, during which several decisions were made. One of them is creating an inter-ministerial committee tasked with reviewing plans and protocols to reopen the Free Zone. On this committee are ministers Michel Chebat, Jose Abelardo Mai, Kareem Musa, and Anthony Mahler. During the Cabinet meeting, Minister of Human Development Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Dolores Balderamos Garcia provided her colleague with an update regarding the Maya Land Rights Case. Cabinet recognized the government’s obligation under the Consent Order and agreed that a mechanism is