Belize City: 3rd February 2022

Word of the increase scattered like wildfire on the social media as government announced yesterday that effective this morning, motorists will have to dive deeper into their pockets to foot the cost per gallon of gasoline at the pump.

These changes hit the spot precisely because the rise in prices affected both Premium and Regular Gasoline at the same time.

Premium gasoline saw an increase by 43 cents, from what is considered an already high $12.30 to a whopping $12.73 per gallon.

Cracks in the City is now obvious within the administration of Sharon Palacio, barely 10 months after she was elected as Mayor of a PUP City Council. 

 

In a string of 11 serious allegations brought out public by five City Belmopan Councillors against Mayor Palacio, there is the issue of lack of transparency and accountability in City Finances which merits a full audit to either confirm or deny such allegations.

 

The extra-ordinary sitting of the House of Representative was called on Friday to introduce a new Referendum bill even though the prior writ of Referendum is still pending before the Supreme Court.  The extra-ordinary sitting of the House of Representative was called on Friday to introduce a new Referendum bill even though the prior writ of Referendum is still pending before the Supreme Court. This New Bill on Friday was pushed through all its required three stages in this one-session. It is Barrow’s kneejerk response to an interim injunction imposed by Chief Justice, Kenneth Benjamin in the Supreme Court last Wednesday which postponed the April 10thReferendum.  

On Saturday April 13th the Holy Redeemer Credit Union invited the public to view a housing development that the financial institution was undertaking and offering its member owners to become home owners in an affordable process.