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Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa has quite a tough job spearheading government’s response to the scourge of crime and violence associated with the illegal marijuana trade. In his dual capacity as Minister of New Growth Industries, Musa mentioned during a one-on-one interview with News Five on Monday that the referendum will also determine whether […]
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The churches and the Government of Belize are on opposite ends of the great cannabis debate, however, they are both working on a finite timeline. The Briceño administration has drafted legislation. It has also taken the bill through all the necessary stages in parliament, despite objection from the religious community. Notwithstanding public discourse around the […]
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In acknowledging that the result of a referendum is not legally binding, there is a likelihood that government can go ahead with the passage of its Cannabis and Hemp Control Licensing Bill. According to Pastor Louis Wade, going against the popular vote would not bode well for the democratic vote. Louis Wade, Belize Coalition […]
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While the Briceño administration and the Belize Coalition of Churches are preparing their respective campaigns leading up to the cannabis referendum, the Belize Police Department has been busy seizing quantities of the drug in various locations across the country. In Belmopan on Wednesday, a rectangular-shaped parcel wrapped in transparent plastic was discovered during an operation […]
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Today, when the media caught up with Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development, Elvia Vega, she was asked about the proposed increase of the minimum wage from three dollars and thirty-cents to five dollars. It is something that the Briceño Administration said it would address under its Plan Belize manifesto. Minister Vega […]
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And while laborers who fall within the minimum wage category will be smiling when they receive their first paycheck reflecting that increase, Belize has also made some inroads in the exportation of cattle to Mexico, which will inject some much-needed foreign currency into our economy. There is a down side to that, however, because just […]
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More exports of cattle to Mexico means a more lucrative business for cattle producers when compared to the amount they make locally for the same product. The reality is that the higher the demand is for cattle and cattle products beyond our borders, the higher the price is expected to go at home. So that […]
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Fifteen Belizean agri-businesses are receiving support from an international business development agency through Export Belize, an arm of Beltraide, to take their products into new international markets. ExportBelize made a call in May of this year for local businesses to participate in this Agro-business Support Program. The program, which seeks to offer technical assistance to […]
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Agrochemicals are important to the health of the produce we grow for food, but so too are the ways in which we use and apply them. This is what the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security & Enterprise and the Pesticides Control Board are discussing today and tomorrow. The objective is to come up with a […]
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The Pesticides Control Board is in the process of amending its legislation, so what comes out of the two-day meeting that is currently underway will help policy-makers to put together the necessary adjustments to the legislation. That legislation governs how agrochemicals are used in Belize. Chief Environmental Officer, Anthony Mai suggests that there have been […]
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“Elder abuse” or “abuse of older people” is defined as a single or repeated act or lack of appropriate action occurring within any relationship in which there is expectation of trust that causes harm or distress to an older person. That’s according to the World Health Organization and today, at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize […]
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Education is one of the keys to success, and members of the Belize Coast Guard are well on their way to becoming university graduates. Today, the Belize Coast Guard and the University of Belize signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see five coast guard officers receive scholarships to study at the university in the […]
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On Tuesday evening, we began our comprehensive look at the proposed minimum wage adjustment and the process that is being undertaken to introduce a phased-in approach to the new five dollar threshold. Earlier today, we spoke with Minister of Tourism Anthony Mahler who sits on a cabinet subcommittee along with Junior Minister of Finance Chris […]
Written on July 6, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is also represented on a government-appointed taskforce to carry out the minimum wage adjustment. BCCI President Marcello Blake sits on the taskforce and told News Five that consideration needs to be made for employees who are currently being paid at five dollars an hour. Likewise, he agrees that […]
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Last night we told you about the increase in the price of premium gasoline which now stands at over seventeen dollars per gallon. Today, we took to the streets of the Old Capital to ask motorists about their bloated monthly fuel budgets and the steps they are taking to curtail the additional expenses. We also […]
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The Government of Belize has committed to continue keeping diesel and regular gasoline prices at their current levels. In a release issued today, G.O.B. reiterated the various steps it says Cabinet has taken to, quote, cushion increases in the imported price of fuel products, which has raised substantially as a consequence of, among other developments, […]
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The Toledo Alcaldes Association has responded to the statement issued by government on Tuesday regarding concerns being raised by private landowners in Toledo District. The issue arises out of fear that in light of the ruling of the courts on Maya land rights in 2015, alcaldes and village chairpersons are being standoffish towards individual titleholders, […]
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During the first five months of 2022, one hundred and fifty thousand tourists have entered Belize via the international airport; about twenty thousand through our two main land border crossings in the north and west and two hundred and eighty thousand cruise ship visitors. Those are the official figures for the tourism industry that has […]
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The COVID pandemic brought the cruise tourism industry to a screeching halt in 2020. To secure the health of the country, Belize implemented strict protocols and we were able to see a few port calls being made. Fast-forward to 2022 and calls to port in the city and southern Belize are up. The number of […]
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Just last week, we reported on a visit to Belize by tourism officials from Mexico. The delegation was headed by Mexico’s Secretary of Tourism, Miguel Torruco Marquez, who met with Minister of Transport Rodwell Ferguson, as well as Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations Anthony Mahler and his team. The visit was to improve tourism […]
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Speaking about airlifts into Belize, airline companies have resumed their routes to the Jewel; Air Alaska recently announced increasing their capacity into Belize and there have been up to twenty-seven flights into the Philip Goldson International Airport on Saturdays. Minister Mahler says that along with the Belize Tourism Board, they are trying to improve ease […]
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The mandatory tourism insurance for entering Belize has seen travelers pay eighteen U.S. dollars for coverage for incidentals. It was specifically set for visitors who would be left with hotel and medical bills if they were to contract COVID while on vacation. But with the ease of restrictions and the pandemic slowing down, the Belize […]
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ABC Life Support will be hosting a basic first aid course for children ages eight to fifteen- years- old. The program is scheduled for July twenty-second, from eight a.m. until two p.m. Javier Canul, the Lead Instructor at ABC Life Support is of the belief that children can play a critical role in emergency situations […]
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Belizeans across the country eagerly anticipated the month of July to find out when and how the five-dollar minimum wage would be implemented. It’s a campaign promise that the Briceño administration is seeking to make good on, almost two years after taking office. While the new threshold hasn’t been brought into force just yet, work […]
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But is the proposed increase in minimum wage insignificant given the staggering inflation rate? Today, a News Five team headed to downtown Albert Street to get the pulse of the people on the ground. The reaction across the board was that the minimum wage should have been increased years ago, especially with the cost of […]
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