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The People’s United Party has called for the immediate removal of one of its own, following a domestic incident involving P.U.P. councillor Moses Cal, a member of the Punta Gorda Town Council. Cal, also a high school teacher, has been charged for wounding a woman in the south. In the wake of the altercation, the […]
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So what’s the future of Cal in the People’s United Party? As a party and government, the P.U.P. says it has absolutely no room for any form of domestic violence. Prime Minister John Briceño reiterated this in a brief statement to the media this morning. Prime Minister John Briceño “Our party was very clear […]
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Transport Minister Rodwell Ferguson wrote to C.E.O. Marconi Leal Junior recently, informing him that all financial transactions exceeding five thousand dollars require his expressed approval, effective February twenty-third. On Friday, the minister rationalized his decision by telling the media that he received information which ultimately prompted the letter. He also alluded to the likelihood that […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño is scheduled to present the General Revenue Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 2023/2024 on Friday. P.M. Briceño is on record stating that this year’s budget will build upon his administration’s work over the past two years. It will include investments in infrastructure, health, education, and housing as areas of priority for […]
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The Opposition Leader also spoke on the education budget, criticizing the Briceño administration’s commitment to free education as an unattainable objective. He says the 2023/2024 budget should instead provide more channels for families and students to access financing for education. Here is how he puts it. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “Education, […]
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It’s official, teachers and public officers will be receiving their annual increments as of April first, at the start of the new fiscal calendar. The decision to remove controls on wages has been the objective of the Briceño administration ever since increments were frozen and teachers and public officers also took a ten percent salary […]
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Leader of the Opposition, Moses “Shyne” Barrow marched in solidarity with members of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association during a protest in Belmopan on Tuesday. He was there with Deputy Party Leader Hugo Patt, who is also a sugarcane farmer in the north. Today, we caught up with Barrow in Belize City where we […]
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Not long ago, news surfaced of a high school teacher who had sent indecent WhatsApp messages to one of his students. It resulted in the girl’s parents transferring her to another high school after they discovered that prompt and appropriate action had not been taken against the teacher. The office of the Special Envoy for […]
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Moses “Shyne” Barrow will lead the United Democratic Party into the next general elections. That is, at least for now, the understanding he has been able to reach with the members of his party, including John Saldivar’s Caucus for Change. While a U.D.P. leadership convention was scheduled to take place in the coming months, the […]
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Municipal elections are one year away and the major political parties are already in the process of determining their respective slates. News Five caught up with P.U.P. Chairman Henry Charles Usher today who spoke about the process in his party. Henry Charles Usher, Chairman, P.U.P. “The party has started the process of engaging with […]
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A Belize Defense Force captain finds himself in all kinds of trouble with his job and with the law after he allegedly assaulted a lieutenant in the force. The incident happened on Monday at Fairweather Camp in the Toledo District, where the inebriated captain pounced on his junior, who has also filed a police report. […]
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As Belize prepares to present its case to the International Court of Justice at the Peace Palace in The Hague, flare-ups along the Sarstoon River, usually caused by Guatemalan military personnel, have reportedly waned. That’s according to B.D.F Commandant, Brigadier-General, Azariel Loria who spoke with the media today. Brigadier-General Azariel Loria, Commandant, B.D.F “Everything […]
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Meanwhile, operations in the Chiquibul have also been uneventful, as far as confrontations with Guatemalan civilians go. The B.D.F continues to work along with the F.C.D to keep illegal intrusions into that national reserve to a minimum. Today, B.D.F Commandant Loria explained how those operations are progressing, at least as far as the narco-cattle activities […]
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The Belize Defense Force lost two of its soldiers to suicide in a matter of months last year, and a subsequent assessment of its enrollment yielded that a significant percentage of its soldiers had suicidal tendencies. It was alarming news for a nation whose military personnel number fewer than two thousand. But since then the […]
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This afternoon, a Belize City couple arrived at the residence they have been occupying for the past four years to a demolition crew tearing apart the concrete structure with most of their belongings still inside. Caroline Jones manages a primary school cafeteria in Belize City. Just after midday she received a call that the house […]
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Campaign financing legislation continues to be an issue proposed by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry. But will it be tabled under the Briceño administration? It falls within the scope of the United Nation Convention Against Corruption and since Belize signed on to the convention under the Barrow administration, there are key pieces of […]
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Today was celebrated globally as International Women’s Day with the theme: Embrace Equity. To coincide with the occasion, a luncheon was held at the Belize Defense Force headquarters at Price Barracks for the women soldiers and officers who make up the rank and file of the military. Fittingly, on this occasion, cheers were made to […]
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And on Saturday, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at is hosting a Women’s Day activity here in Belize City where a variety of services will be provided free of cost to women across the country. It’s an open invitation to celebrate Women’s Day with the faith-based organization at its headquarters on the George Price Highway. Khadija Hassan […]
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The ongoing dispute between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industries culminated with a protest today in Belmopan under the scorching mid-morning sun. A.S.R/B.S.I was making a presentation to the Cabinet on its position and what it can and cannot afford to pay the B.S.C.F.A. for sugar cane. And […]
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The Government Press Office issued a press release in which it outlined, quite like Florencio Marin Senior indicated earlier, that Cabinet met with representatives of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association in January. Today, it was A.S.R./B.S.I’s representatives who made a presentation to Cabinet on a commercial agreement that is yet to be signed between […]
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If the protest staged in Belmopan today by the B.S.C.F.A does not result in a palatable agreement for them, Committee of Management Chairman Alfredo Ortega said they are prepared to go further. But Ortega stopped short of saying what their next step of action will be. Alfredo Ortega, Chairman, Committee of Management, B.S.C.F.A “This […]
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While the government is lending its support to both sides to reach a happy medium on a commercial agreement, earlier today we asked the Chairman of the Committee of Management for the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, Alfredo Ortega, to explain his association’s position to the suggestion among some farmers to raise the price of […]
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There were two shooting incidents in San Ignacio Town on Saturday night and Sunday morning that police believe are connected and drug-related. Just before midnight, officers responded to reports of shots being fired on Domingo Cruz Street. There, they received information that nineteen-year-old Alfredo Rash was socializing on his verandah with a friend when they […]
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On Monday, a missing person’s report was issued for a resident of Hopkins Village. Twenty-four-year-old fisherman, Marlon Martinez was last seen on Friday, March third. His mother informed police that he was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and camouflage pants. He is five feet, seven inches in height, medium built and of dark complexion. […]
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A small building used by the Prosecution Branch of the Belize Police Department, situated near the Belize City Magistrates Court, was burglarized over the weekend. According to police, the assailants forcefully entered the building which is now primarily being used to store office supplies. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communication Director, B.P.D. “We have received a […]
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