Belmopan, March 2, 2023.
The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Transport has been made aware of a post on a Facebook page operated by Hot Off The Press, and also commentary on Wave Radio’s morning show, in which a minister of government is accused of blatant corruption, i.e. attempting to use public monies to install 25 A/C units at a hotel allegedly owned by the said minister, who was unnamed in the post.
For the record, there is absolutely no truth to the information contained in the post, nor in what was stated on Wave Radio. Ten A/C units were purchased by the Ministry of Transport to be placed at the ministry’s offices in the south. All A/C units have been installed.
The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Transport intends to pursue every legal avenue to bring action against the owner/operators of the blog, as well as against Wave Radio, for the clear slander of a government minister, and by extension the entire Government of Belize, without any basis in fact.
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