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In the months ahead, founder of MAT, Audrey Matura says that she will be touring the country to meet with community and village leaders in an effort to ensure that the peoples’ movement grows and develop teeth. But is this the semblance of a political career for Matura? Here’s how she responds. Audrey Matura, […]
Written on November 28, 2022 | Posted in
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The inaugural meeting of the Peoples’ Constitution Commission was held last Thursday and over the course of eighteen months, they will be responsible to review and make extensive amendments and revise, where necessary, the Constitution of Belize. It is a profound task that has been placed on the twenty-three members of the commission. While it is […]
Written on November 28, 2022 | Posted in
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And while Union Senator Elena Smith is optimistic that the process is progressive and will yield results in the end, attorney Audrey Matura is sceptical. She believes that G.O.B. is going about constitutional reform in a wrong way. Matura says that experts in constitutional law and its development should have instead been pooled and amendments, […]
Written on November 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Over the past few weeks, the conversation of offshore oil drilling resurfaced. OCEANA’s Vice President in Belize, Janelle Chanona launched a petition drive to trigger a referendum on offshore oil drilling and in that same vein, the Office of the Prime Minister issued a statement saying that it has not entered into any agreements for […]
Written on November 28, 2022 | Posted in
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A group of eleven persons, many of whom are family and friends, walked free from charges that were brought against them in August 2021. They were arrested following an alleged party that was held on a boat during the State of Emergency which was associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, they appeared before Chief Magistrate […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Twenty-four-year-old Nicholas Trapp, a fisherman of Chunox Village, appeared unrepresented before the lower court today where he was charged with a single count of fishing in a conservation zone. It is alleged that on November eleventh, he was caught fishing within the Blackbird Caye Conservation Zone. In his possession were nineteen conchs inside a canoe. […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Another fisherman, also from Chunox Village, was equally charged for the offense of fishing in a conservation zone. Thirty-five-year-old Leonardo Mesh, however, is challenging the allegations brought against him by the Fisheries Department. On November eleventh, Mesh was discovered in the vicinity of Dog Flee Caye where he was found in possession of forty-two conchs. […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Mum’s the word at the Ministry of Sustainable Development, in the wake of a decision taken by the National Environmental Appraisal Committee on Thursday. Following a final round of public consultations earlier this month regarding the construction of a cruise terminal as part of the Port of Belize Expansion Project, NEAC convened a meeting to […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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On Thursday, a joint United Nations Government of Belize National Steering Committee meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Belmopan. The meeting was to ensure that the UN Multi-Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2022-2026 and the Country Implementation Plans are aligned with the development processes and commitments. This is particularly as it […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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As the country continues to recover from the impact of Hurricane Lisa, a little over three weeks ago, the gaps in basic needs are being exposed. Earlier this week, we showed you the handing over of food supplies by a group of Asian businessmen from Stann Creek to the Belize City Council to assist families […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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There are over seven thousand beneficiaries of the P.S.W.T.’s food assistance program and Doctor Philip Castillo says that already the office is being contacted by the membership on how they can access the support in areas across the country. Doctor Castillo breaks down the procedure. Dr. Philip Castillo, Public Sector Workers Trust “The procedure […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Belize’s elected parliamentarians oftentimes get a bad rap for unsavory comments towards each other and the general manner in which they conduct themselves during national debates in the House of Representatives. Today, high school and tertiary level students held a debate of their own on the topic Vocational Education Development and conducted themselves in a […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The debate continued for well over an hour, after which there was also a session set aside for student senators. But the arguments for and against the further enhancement of vocational education in each municipality was one that drew solid arguments from student parliamentarians on both sides of the floor. Tomas Serrut served in his […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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One student who stood out during the debate was Maria Cal, Student Area Representative for Belmopan, not because she is visually impaired, but because even with her physical restrictions, she eloquently argued for and on behalf of everyone who has a disability and whose needs are overlooked every day in public spaces by the absence […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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We keep hearing of nerve-racking incidents of violence within the home or between spouses that sometimes end up fatal. It all seems to be a never-ending cycle of abuse that gets dragged before the courts. At the centre of many of these scenarios are children who are either the victims of the atrocity or are […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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But while gender-based violence continues to be a perpetual problem in our society, the education and awareness campaign does not stop. In fact, while the sixteen days of activism is front and centre at this time, those who work behind the scenes at the National Women’s Commission like Eleanor Murillo and Geovanni Brackett told us […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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This morning at the Belize City Center, entrepreneurs from across the country gathered for the grand return of EntreCon, a business showcase organized by BELTRAIDE. The event had been placed on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, there were pop-up shops outside of the venue and presentations on growing and strengthening small business inside the […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The Public Utilities Commission hosted a web development competition this morning for secondary school students from eight high schools across the country. The tech-based challenge, in some ways, replaces its predecessor, Raspberry Pi. This morning, we stopped by the Biltmore where students gathered to participate in the competition which saw serious prizes being afforded to […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The tourism season has just entered its peak season and the number of flights arriving in San Pedro from the Philip Goldson International Airport with visitors at this time has flooded air traffic at the island’s only airstrip. So now that tourism is expected to blossom in the coming months and years ahead, there is […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, we showed you how the volume of trash and plastic carelessly discard winds up in the waterways around San Pedro. That, coupled with the clearing of mangroves, and the removal of sargassum from the beachside, have all lent to beach erosion. But very shortly, the San Pedro community will undergo a land […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Designation aside, Saldivar’s political future hangs in the balance. The defeated politician is offering himself as a candidate in an upcoming U.D.P. convention where he is running against several others, including George Lovell, Khalid Belisle and Emil Torres. But at what point is he prepared to throw in the towel amid all the allegations of […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Can embattled politician John Saldivar mount a legitimate legal challenge against the United States government and what would it take for him to be successful in court? It’s a question that many are asking in the face of his designation, notwithstanding the absence of evidence from the U.S. State Department. But Saldivar told the media […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The Mental Health Association has issued a statement in the wake of Wednesday’s deadly officer-involved shooting that claimed the life of forty-eight-year-old Francis Ramos Junior, an individual who had been struggling with mental illness. In the absence of adequate training and proper protocols on how to treat with persons suffering from mental illness, the association […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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A missing person bulletin has been issued for a Belizean American businessman who has not been seen or heard from since Tuesday afternoon. Sixty-six-year-old Owen Tucker Senior was last seen in Biscayne, when he left his recently purchased property, formerly known as Croc Land. Work has been underway at the property, located about two miles […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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On Monday, we brought you the story of the robbery and murder of San Pedro businessman, Elvis Polanco, a father of four, including a four-year-old daughter. While police were quick to make an arrest, the incident has left the family naturally distraught. Their only hope is that out of all that has occurred, Polanco could […]
Written on November 24, 2022 | Posted in
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