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Despite the appeal of the prime minister, Dean Barrow, to avert the strike which started 10 days ago, members of the Association of Sugarcane Growers in Belize remain posted on the outskirts of Belize Sugar Industries Ltd and announced that they will remain until the present system of sampling the quality of the cane is canceled and the resignation of the commissioner of the sugar industry, Nemencio Acosta, takes place.
— Jesús AMADOR TORRESAfter recognizing the reason that there are shortages of fish in the South Zone of Quintana Roo, the delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), Arturo Bolaños Medina, said that his office is not responsible for resolving this scarcity because the fuel and other inputs for this sector are not hampered.
— Rosy DORADOOver the weekend the price of petrol increased in the Free Zone of Belize and now the regular, which is equivalent to the Magna Sin, is priced more expensive than in Chetumal. However, this does not motivate the attempts to suspend approval of prices.
— Géner Corona MartinAfter three days of having their businesses closed for the lack of beef, because of the strike of the butchers of the Meat Processing Plant Alliance, four of 80 butchers in the capital markets had business as usual in the early hours of yesterday.
— Rosy DORADOUnlike in the northern zone of the State where parents waited up to a week, schools in Chetumal appeared empty in the days prior to the start of the enrollment period for education, although at some institutions parents showed up because the teachers erroneously reported yesterday that Monday started the registration for new aspiring students.
— Géner Corona Martín