| Earlier this week, we reported on the miscommunication regarding the Treasury Department circular that stated sub-treasuries were only to decorate for September Celebrations and Christmas. Today we asked the Minister of Culture about the National Garifuna Council's response:
Francis Fonseca, MFAT/MOECST
"I think, you know, we... I think we're very proud of the very strong support that the Ministry of Culture, the Government of Belize, NICH provides to the National Garifuna Council. We provide unprecedented support to them at this time. So we're very proud of that. We have a very strong partnership with NGC. You know, I've met with them several times over the past few months. We have a lot of plans in place to work together to collaborate more on issues affecting the Garifuna community. So, you know, I'm very, very proud of that relationship we have with them. And we continue to listen to each other. So if there are things we can do better, we're prepared to listen. But we work very, very closely with them."
Courtney Menzies:
"Do you think money should be in the budget for the different ministries to decorate for Garifuna Settlement Day?"
Francis Fonseca, MFAT/MOECST
"Generally, the ministries do that. I know the Ministry of Education in Belmopan, they always put up some flags. And, so I think that's already built into the budgets. And most of the ministries do that just as they do for Independence Day, around Christmas time, you know, for all of the other holidays throughout the year. So I know at the ministry, I was there recently in Belmopan at Education, and they had Garifuna flags at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belmopan. We always put up our flags for Garifuna Settlement Day. So I think ministers are already doing that."
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