By Zoila Palma: During Thursday’s Sitting of the House of Representatives, Prime Minister John Briceno announced that the Government of Belize is making $3 million more available for housing assistance through Area Representatives.
“We’ll also make $3 million more available for housing assistance through area representatives over the remainder of the fiscal year. The additional housing assistance will be available through the area representatives who hear directly from their constituents who need help to make small repairs to their home, to paint their home‚ Christmas is coming‚ buy the Marley, including the UDP. You all will be getting this money. You will get this money too because we need to help all; we don’t look at red or blue or green or whatever color when it comes to helping our citizens. Unlike you on that other side, we think different; we were elected to help the Belizean people,” the Prime Minister said.
But, the PM stressed that Area Representatives will need to account for this money.
“So, we will give you the money to be able to help, but you have to give account for the money. You can’t bad spend it, because if you don’t give receipts, we don’t give you more money. And that’s the rule, and that’s a hard rule we stick on, even us on this side of the House. If they do not report, they do not get any more money,” he added.
The Government of Belize will also provide an additional $30 million to municipalities for investment, infrastructure works, and employment across the country.
“Of this 30 million, we have already been forwarding monies to these cities and towns because we believe, again, the UDP had the opportunity to be able to pave and put drains and culverts in our cities and towns and they refuse to do that. We, with the little that we have, we have been paving streets across this country, improving drains all across this country, including culverts all across this country,” the Prime Minister said.
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By Zoila Palma: During Thursday’s Sitting of the House of Representatives, Prime Minister John Briceno announced that the Government of Belize is making $3 million more available for housing assistance through Area Representatives. “We’ll also make $3 million more available for housing assistance through area representatives over the remainder of the fiscal year. The additional
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