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Apr 23, 2021 Hugo Patt Area Representative for Corozal North, Hugo Patt criticized the 2021/2022 budget as being a bill that creates additional burdens for the Belizean people.  He noted that while the U.D.P. administration was criticized for its borrowing practices, they never cut the salaries of public servants.  And while the records will show that the former administration did enact a one-year increment freeze in 2020, Patt condemned the Briceño administration’s recent hiring practices.  Public Service Minister Henry Charles Usher fired back, saying the U.D.P. rushed to hir...

Apr 22, 2021 2021 Budget Debate Off to a Tepid Start While the unions made their presence known outside the National Assembly, on the inside, it was business as usual for the first day of the Budget Debate, as the members took turns both criticizing and supporting parts of the budget that most directly affect their ministerial portfolios and constituents. News Five’s Isani Cayetano has excerpts from day one.   Isani Cayetano, Reporting Kicking off the 2021 budget debate this morning was Opposition Leader Patrick Faber.  The area representative for Collet spoke for almost an hour,...

Apr 22, 2021 Faber and Fonseca Spar over Unions During his rebuttal to the budget presentation, Leader of the Opposition Patrick Faber raised the issue of outstanding taxes owed to the Government of Belize. He commended the current administration for its decision to allocate funds to beef up tax collection; however, he questioned whether the Briceño administration has the political will to go after large companies with outstanding tax debts.  Faber lauded the unions for standing up against the proposed salary cuts. In response to those remarks about the unions, Freetown Area Repres...

Danish authorities have been accused of putting the futures of dozens of refugee children at risk by threatening to expel them to Syria, despite warnings that it is not safe to do so. In a statement released on Wednesday, the children's rights group Save the Children said it was "deeply concerned" to discover that at least 70 refugee children are at risk of being expelled to Syria. Denmark sparked an outcry after it announced plans to strip Syrian refugees from Damascus of temporary protections allowing them to stay in the country after officials determined that it was safe for them to return...

Denmark sacrificing the future of 70 Syrian children Format Save the Children is deeply concerned to discover that 70 refugee children are at risk of being returned to Syria by the Danish authorities, which would be detrimental to their physical and mental safety. Hundreds of Syrian refugees from the Damascus region are at risk of losing their Danish residency permits, which puts them at risk of being sent back to Syria -- a country steeped in conflict for ten years. Save the Children can confirm that some 70 children have been rejected in the first stage of the process, and are now waiting f...