{"id":28756,"date":"2023-07-06T23:50:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T04:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=28756"},"modified":"2023-07-06T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:22:10","slug":"ministry-of-transport-faces-questions-over-controversial-payment-to-the-sign-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/ministry-of-transport-faces-questions-over-controversial-payment-to-the-sign-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Transport Faces Questions Over Controversial Payment to The Sign Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Belize<\/p>\n<p>As if there were not enough fires for the Government to be putting out, there is another report tonight that requires some answers, particularly, from the Ministry of Transport.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>A letter, purportedly sent by Chief Executive Officer, Adele Catzim, is now questioning a payment of over one hundred and eight thousand dollars made out to a relatively new company called, The Sign Factory.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The CEO is questioning the procurement procedures used in giving the contract for license plates, asking if they are in accordance with the procurement guidelines.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Reports in other media outlets are saying that the contract was issued to a relative of a government minister, but we could not confirm that allegation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>We have reached out to the Minister of Transport, Rodwell Williams, but he says he will give a comment when he returns in-country.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovefm.com\/ministry-of-transport-faces-questions-over-controversial-payment-to-the-sign-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Contract-agreement-signature<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belize As if there were not enough fires for the Government to be putting out, there is another report tonight that requires some answers, particularly, from the Ministry of Transport.\u00a0\u00a0A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":6598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[160,173],"class_list":["post-28756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-belize","tag-contracts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Contract-agreement-signature-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-7tO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16303,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/belize-business-bureau-calls-for-a-commission-of-inquiry-on-questionable-contracts\/","url_meta":{"origin":28756,"position":0},"title":"Belize Business Bureau calls for a Commission of Inquiry on Questionable Contracts","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"April 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Belize Business Bureau is calling for a commission of inquiry into a contract that may have been facilitated with insider information and influence.\u00a0 The Bureau\u2019s President Arturo Lizarraga has written the Contractor General Omar Mitchel expressing concerns with a specific tender process and bid selection. 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