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3447 Tues March 23, 2021 Tuesday, March 23, 2021 AMANDALABelize Page 1 NO. 3447 BELIZE CITY, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2021 (20 PAGES) $1.00 Auditor General fires back at PSU president Auditor General Bradley has referred to alleged threats that were made to her life by the president of the PSU, Gerald Henry. BELIZE CITY, Fri. Mar. 19, 2021 blasted the allegations made against Marisol Amaya, she During a press conference held last her. According to Bradley, the reminded the public that her week by the unions that are part of statements made by the unions are a office, which is established the Joint Union Negotiation Team direct and baseless attack on her under section 120 of the which had been engaged in budget office, one which she says cannot be Constitution of Belize, is consultations with the government, the ignored. legally protected. union reps, in addition to expressing Bradley’s public statement She shared that the call for their opposition to GOB’s proposed asserted that the unions do not her removal was especially salary cuts, called for the removal of understand the mandate of the Auditor shocking, since she had been Auditor General Dorothy Bradley General or the powers vested in the in a meeting with the from her post. In response, Bradley office. Additionally, during an released a public statement that interview with KREM News’ Please turn toPage 19 Patrick Faber gets the jab Clifford Lorenzo BELIZE CITY, Fri. Mar. 19, 2021 murdered in Belize City On Friday, March 19, the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Patrick Faber, received his by Dayne Guy first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid- 19 vaccine. He was asked by the Ministry of BELIZE CITY, Sat. Health and Wellness to take part in a public Mar. 20, 2021 inoculation to aid in quelling any doubts that A recent may be lingering in the public’s mind about the shooting on Rivero vaccines. Street claimed the “So far, it’s a pain-free process, it’s life of yet another something that I encourage people to do,” Faber shared. Please turn to He noted that while he was requested to take the vaccine as Page 19 the Leader of Please turn toPage 18 PSU holds solidarity Belize Zoo’s Sharon Matola passes Premium gas motorcades BELIZE DISTRICT, Sun. Mar. 21, 2021 up by $1.24 The country of (See story on page 18 Belize is mourning the loss of a Jevaughn Ramclam falls trailblazer, beloved environmentalist, from 200-ft tower and humble founder (See story on page 3) Please turn to Covid-19 update Page 19 (See story on page 2) Haitian gang intimidates Jaguars (See story on page 17) Page 2 AMANDALABelize Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Covid-19 update GOB orders Barranco resident (From page 1) to cease farm development family members of that person of Mayan descent began moving into the area, which eventually became Midway Village. “What Belizeans need to know is that Midway Village is actually on Barranco farmland. It was owned by the Cayetanos, and they started out by giving one person in the Maya group permission to build a house on this farm and farm a piece. Then it started to multiply, and the next thing you know, family came, other family members came, and then the next thing you know it’s a full-fledged community. It started around 1982,” said Miranda-George. Miranda-George asserts that the BARRANCO, Toledo District, Fri. traditional lands in the area belong to Mar. 19, 2021 the Garinagu people of Barranco The government of Belize has village and expressed hope that the ordered Dr. Francis Arzu, a resident government of Belize will find an of Barranco village, to halt the amicable solution to the issue at hand. development of a farm which is near ”ILO Convention and the United the border of the neighboring Midway Nations Declaration of the Rights of Village. Indigenous People clearly stated that BELIZE CITY, Mon. Mar. 22, 2021 percentage now stands at 97.0%. The two communities consist of the tribal lands, the indigenous lands, As phase one of the COVID-19 Fortunately, no new fatalities caused indigenous Garinagu (Barranco) and the lands that your ancestors used from vaccine rollout proceeds, the Ministry by Covid-19 have been recorded. Our Mayan (Midway) residents way back then, belongs to you,” she of Health and Wellness continues to call case fatality rate is currently 2.55%. respectively, both of whom have lived said. all persons eligible to receive their first Two active hospitalizations have been side by side since the ’80s. A release from the Ministry of shot of the vaccination to reach out to recorded. The issue at hand involves the Human Development, Families and vaccination sites across the country. As On March 19, one (1) new case of development of farmland believed to Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs stated, “It of Friday, March 19, a total of 15,006 the virus was found from a batch of be owned by one of the members of is the Ministry’s understanding that the vaccines have been administered to 394 samples processed by the Barranco’s village council, who was said cease-and-desist order does not Belizean citizens. On that day alone epidemiological team inside the sent a letter from the Lands at all directly concern any claim by (March 19), 1,856 persons received Ministry of Health and Wellness. On Commissioner, ordering him to stop villagers of Barranco Village to lands their initial jab. that day, two new recoveries were the development. of their community. Rather, Dr. Arzu Among those persons were Leader logged and 1 hospitalization was This has led the National Garifuna himself, not the Barranco Village of the Opposition, Hon. Patrick Faber, reported. No new deaths related to Council to make a public statement Council, was apparently granted and several media personnel. Covid-19 were identified on that day. clarifying the ownership of the lands permission to survey a large parcel According to reports, teachers and On March 18, 2021, 1,207 persons in the area. of land in 2016. The 2015 Consent media workers have begun to receive were vaccinated throughout the The president of the National Order of the Caribbean Court of vaccinations as a part of phase 2(a); country. Garifuna Council, Sandra Miranda- Justice requires Government to respect however, the Minister of Health and At this time, according to Reuters, George, shared that the Mayan Customary Land Rights of Maya Wellness, Hon. Michel Chebat, Belize is seeing an average of four new residents of the Midway community communities, thus making necessary announced on Saturday that the country infections reported daily. This is a never owned the lands on which the consultation with stakeholders of both is currently still in phase one of the marked decrease compared to the village is located. In fact, only one indigenous southern communities.” vaccination rollout. number of new cases seen daily in person of Mayan descent was The release ends by saying, “The According to Minister Chebat, a December 2020. permitted to develop a farm in that area Ministry assures both indigenous total of 65% of healthcare workers — Internationally, the Biden by the owners of the land, who were communities that it will duly consult which amounts to approximately 2600 administration in the US has decided the Cayetano family, according to and engage with all relevant parties persons, have received a dose of the to loan about 4 million doses of the Miranda-George. in seeking amicable resolutions to the vaccine. Also, around 30% of persons AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada and Shortly after, an influx of friends and challenges at hand.” over the age of 60 — a total of about Mexico as the company awaits 9,000 senior citizens — have come out approvals in the US. for their shot. The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines Since the start of the pandemic, a total have not been authorized in the US for Detainee shot by police of 12,407 confirmed cases of COVID- use as yet; however, inoculation 19 have been logged in the country. Of programs in Canada and Mexico are BELIZE CITY, Sat. Mar. 20, 2021 shot to prevent the possible escape that number 12,031 infected persons well on their way, and are administering A Belize City police officer of the detainee, who has since been have recovered from the deadly virus. doses of the serum from AstraZeneca. connected to Precinct 2 shot a hospitalized and is currently in a To date, the Ministry of Health and According to AstraZeneca, recent detainee who was allegedly trying to stable condition. Wellness (MOHW) has recorded 316 data from a US-based clinical trial escape from police custody on One expended 9 mm shell was deaths related to Covid-19. Also, a total shows the vaccine to have a 79% rate Saturday evening. According to recovered from the scene. of 94,455 tests have been conducted of efficacy against symptomatic reports, around 6:00 p.m. Ryan While being questioned by members throughout the country since the start of disease. Foster, 26, was escorted by police of the media on Monday, police said the outbreak locally. In Brazil, vaccination rollouts have outside the cellblock so that he could that their evidence revealed that On Monday, March 22, the Ministry lagged as the third surge of infections wash his hands. excessive force was used in the of Health and Wellness (MOHW) continues to bring that country’s That is when he attempted his detention of Foster. He was reportedly released data covering new COVID- healthcare system to its knees. As of daring escape from police custody.
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