On Monday, after the opening of the National Bank of Belize, the Prime Minister left for the US to be with Mrs. Barrow as she continues receiving cancer treatment. He left Deputy Gaspar Vega as acting PM, but today Vega left for a meeting as well. According to a government press release, Vega, in his capacity as Agriculture Minister is going to a Livestock Congress and Fair to take place in Flores, Guatemala. In his absence, Police Minister John Saldivar is acting as Prime Minister until Friday, 6th September, when PM Barrow returns.