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All over the country, businesses have been choked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most have been shifting their way of doing business to be able to stay in the market. Tonight, we introduce BelizeOn. Now, once you have access to internet, almost anyone can buy or, for that matter, sell their products on this new online […]
Written on July 28, 2020 | Posted in
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On Monday night we showed you fifteen participants, majority fisherfolk from the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve, who became certified in an introduction to seaweed farming. Those fisherfolk want to supplement their income base and managers of the marine resources want to reduce the pressures on the fish stocks. So, they believe that seaweed has the […]
Written on July 28, 2020 | Posted in
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The Belize City Council is getting ready to launch the second tranche of its Belize Accelerator Programme. One month ago, the programme was launched to provide training and equipment to help Belize City businesses get off the ground. The council’s aim is to create employment opportunities for those who have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. […]
Written on July 28, 2020 | Posted in
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A group of at-risk young men involved in various programmes will join the employment pool having completed a training programme with mediator Nuri Muhammad through his organization, Innadynamics Consultancy. The intention is to integrate them into the tourism sector for gainful employment. Today, a first cohort graduated from the programme and News Five attended the […]
Written on July 24, 2020 | Posted in
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As the situation played out on its compound, the Port of Belize issued a release stating that at eleven o’clock it was obliged to proceed to terminate thirty-six employees due to redundancy. It explained that the affected workers will receive the full benefits and compensation they are entitled to. The Chief Operating Officer, Pablo Salinas […]
Written on July 22, 2020 | Posted in
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It is rough for consumers across the country due to COVID-19 pandemic and this Wednesday, it is going to be tougher. That’s because the price of diesel will take a hike; it is going up by sixty cents and will retail at eight dollars and twenty-one cents per gallon. This increase comes on the heels […]
Written on July 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Government continues to cut costs as it struggles with the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its latest austerity measure is cutting down on rental costs. A memo dated July fifteenth states that “as part of the cost saving measures related to the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, a decision has been taken by the Ministry […]
Written on July 17, 2020 | Posted in
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The Public Utilities Commission is enforcing an order which makes it compulsory for Belize Electricity Limited to sign on to a power purchase agreement with Santander Sugar for the supply of energy to the national grid. The order follows several months of back and forth between the regulator and the licensee over the terms and […]
Written on July 17, 2020 | Posted in
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Thirty-six workers of the Port of Belize Limited are staring down termination. Of the thirty-six employees, twenty-nine of them are members of the Christian Workers Union. The declared redundancies may come within one week from today. While the P.B.L. has made that decision, its staff members are against it. And as we’ve reported, they have […]
Written on July 16, 2020 | Posted in
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There is bad news tonight for persons who rely on the National Health Insurance Programme. A notice was issued today and it says that all referrals have been exhausted for the month of July, and that clients will now be required to pay for these services in full. The N.H.I.’s annual budget was cut and […]
Written on July 14, 2020 | Posted in
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreck havoc on the economy and budget cuts are been imposed in most sectors, the foreign exchange crunch is not improving. Businesses are being advised that new limits are being imposed beginning this Wednesday. A cap had already been imposed earlier in the pandemic, and the new measure calls […]
Written on July 14, 2020 | Posted in
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The economy has been ravaged by the COVID-19 and up to date, not all the assistance sought from the international financial institutions has been received including from International Monetary Fund which has placed the country at number eighty-eight on the list of nations seeking aid. Prime Minister Barrow said on Sunday that monies are already […]
Written on July 13, 2020 | Posted in
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The Barrow administration is being called upon to exercise transparency, accountability and good governance. This comes on the heels of long term contracts recently issued past the life of the current government. The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a release today said that the government continues to operate within the grey areas on […]
Written on July 13, 2020 | Posted in
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In the following story you will meet an enterprising single mother of four children. She is Elsy Rosales and she started a small business from scratch. She did not have a lot of money in the bank nor experience in business, and was left homeless at a point, but she kept going and today, Everything […]
Written on July 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Last week, we reported on the cuts at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where Doctors Fernando Cuellar and Amin Hegar have been terminated. Tonight, we can confirm that the National Health Insurance Programme is also suffering from budget cutbacks. Executive Chairman, Doctor Ramon Figueroa says that the budget cuts are due to the economic effects […]
Written on July 9, 2020 | Posted in
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The dollar fare on the well-known ‘Dalla Van’ that run in the south side of the city is soaring by as much as a hundred percent. Commuters are now paying two dollars because the vans are to exercise social distancing, which means less passengers onboard. The increase is not going down well for residents who […]
Written on July 9, 2020 | Posted in
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The staff at the Port of Belize Limited today continued their demonstration against their employer. The management at the Port has decided to cut staff salaries by ten percent due to the drop of income resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The staff, comprising members of the Christian Workers Union, are resisting the pay cut and […]
Written on July 6, 2020 | Posted in
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The government on Thursday presented its plan to financially assist micro, small, and medium enterprises that have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to fourteen million dollars are being set aside for the M.S.M.E. Support Programme. The idea is to keep M.S.M.E.s afloat and stimulate economic activity. An online portal will allow persons […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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According to C.E.O. in the Ministry of Investment, Trade, and Commerce, Duane Belisle, the M.S.M.E. Support Programme will be implemented over a course of three months starting on August first, when the application process will be opened. There are, however, certain requirements that applicants will have to meet. Duane Belisle, C.E.O., Ministry of Investment, Trade and […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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As government prepares to rollout out phase two of its unemployment relief program, it is also gearing up for the introduction of another initiative to assist micro, small and medium enterprises in rebounding from the economic crisis associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. MSME Support Program will see up to fourteen million dollars being earmarked for […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The application process will run for a period of twenty-one days beginning in August. There are specific conditions to qualify for assistance, including the use of those monies to cover the salaries of employees. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “The two million dollars that would be disbursed by way of grants to the micro, small […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The Senate met today in Belmopan on four loan motions that were tabled in the House last Friday and were passed after heated debate. Government is borrowing a total of about sixty million Belize dollars, to be used mostly in response to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The first motion brought before the Upper Chamber was […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Private Sector Senator Mark Lizarraga, the government has no solid plan for economic recovery and the right thing to do is to call elections now to give way for a new administration to put in place a viable plan. Lizarraga says this government does not have the best track record in guarding public […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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Forty-five thousand persons have benefitted from the COVID-19 Relief Programme by the government; fifteen thousand were directly employed in the tourism industry. Those were the figures presented by Doctor Carla Barnett during the Senate Sitting today. The senate also debated a request for an additional twelve million U.S. dollars, this time from the Inter-American Development […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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But Lead P.U.P. Senator Michel Chebat is asking where the millions of dollars went, concluding that the government is asking for money for electioneering. Michel Chebat, Lead P.U.P. Senator “A hundred million dollars, Mister President. Can you grasp how much money that is? How many Belizeans could have benefited from that hundred dollars that […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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