$650K for Christmas Cheer Programme
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Channel: Greater Belize Media | GBM · 2018 · News & Politics
For the latest news across Belize, visit: http://edition.channel5belize.com/ Prime Minister Dean Barrow has made it quite clear that he makes no apology for the distribution of what has become the yearly Christmas Cheer. U.D.P. Area Representatives are given twenty-five-thousand-dollars, while constituencies represented by an opposition member are given twelve thousand, five hundred dollars. Some have criticized Barrow’s Christmas Cheer programme, saying that the distribution of monies is inequitable. The monies have been prepared and despite rumors, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight told the press on Wednesday that U.D.P. caretakers are not getting a single cent.
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