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Briceno Speaks About OW Communities Under Lockdown
posted (August 12, 2020)
We also asked Briceno about the Orange Walk communities of Santa Marta, Guinea Grass, and Shipyard, and the struggles that residents are facing while they pass the 14-days of lockdown. As viewers are aware, late last week, the Government implemented a strict lockdown for these communities and San Pedro town, in the hopes of containing the community spread of COVID-19.

Here's our conversation with Briceno about the lockdown:

Hon. John Briceno
"It is putting undue hardships on them and I have been getting calls from people from Guinea Grass asking for help, for food. Well I see they finally have something in place whereby they can access the food. I hope that they will be able to get it quick enough and whatever unemployment relief benefits that we can get to the people that have lost their jobs that we can do a better job than the first time around, because the first time around many people applied and many of them did not get. People that were employed - I know, I'll give you a quick example Ernesto Leiva from Orange Walk Town was a porter at the Phillip Goldson International Airport - he applied and he was respond that his application was in process and the entire time he did not get not a single dollar from the unemployment relief. SO we have to do better."

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