John BriceñoIn his State of the Nation address at the University of Belize gymnasium on Tuesday, September 16, Prime Minister Hon. The Prime Minister proudly proclaimed that unemployment fell to less than 5 percent, with widespread reports of worker shortages, as employers seek to hire workers, rather than workers looking for jobs. These include $60 million invested in new plants for coconut water and coconut oil processing, juice processing, fruit pulp processing, soursop and pineapple processing, and the preparation of fresh coconut for export. The dairy farmers invested $6.8 million in a Ultra High Temperature milk processing and dairy plant to produce long-shelf-life packaged milk. Prime Minister Briceño said that he remains optimistic that the cane farmers will defeat fusarium, just as the cattle ranchers will overcome the New World Screwworm challenge.