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An early morning fire on Sunday destroyed the residence of Mercedes Carcamo from San Ignacio Town. The technician from the Climate Change Office escaped unhurt but her mother received burns to her back and shoulder. The Fire Department has assessed that the fire originated from an electrical mishap. The house had an estimated value of $75,000.00 Neighbours were at the scene of the fire on Eighth Street and were able to alert the four adults and one child inside the house. Neighbours were also able to rush in a vehicle to the Fire Department’s House to alert the firemen to the fire.

Last week, the Government announced that it had, “approved $930,000 for a special December COVID-19 Relief Fund to be equitably distributed among 31 constituencies to assist disadvantaged Belizeans.” Based on what UDP Area representatives are reporting, it seems that the Christmas fund will be very, very, very small. UDP Area Representative Hon. Shyne Barrow for Mesopotamia posted as follows: “Prime Minister Briceno has just notified that MESOPOTAMIA will be getting TWO DOLLARS & FIFTY CENTS per 2,270 constituents for XMAS! That’s $5,700 shared between 2,270 constituents Without the s...

Nep•o•tism Noun: the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. The People’s United Party were swept into office on a promise that they would put an end to corruption and nepotism. Throughout the entire just under 13 years that the United Democratic Party was in office, the PUP accused the UDP of corruption and nepotism. The pointed to the fact that a few family members of UDP officials were either employed by the government of were appointed to boards or governmental entities. Never one day did they ever question the ...

Move to maryland. it's going to be hot. you've got chris van hollen. you've got baltimore area representatives, you've got a kennedy potentially considering the race. it has the makings of a really messy contest. but he gets in this is man who was responsible this cycle, was supposed to be responsible this cycle for raising money for house democrats, it shows you how eager he is to get out of the house that he's running for the senate. >> that tells you that he's looked at the numbers as closely as anybody and the democrats don't think they're getting the house back any time soon. >> we showed...