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More details are surfacing as the investigation continues into the theft and subsequent crash of a Maya Island Air plane in Placencia Village on Monday morning. As has been reported, four armed men accosted one of two KBH security guards posted at the airstrip on the peninsula, before a Cessna Caravan turboprop aircraft was stolen. But […]
Written on October 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has issued a formal, written apology to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two months after an email was sent to her that raised the ire of parliamentarians in both houses of the National Assembly. On Friday, the leader of the United Democratic Party was given until October thirty-first to […]
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On Monday, the Ministry of Health and Wellness issued an advisory informing of counterfeit Tylenol being sold in various supermarkets across the country. The phony product bears batch number GS13790, with an expiration date of March 2024. To safeguard your health, shoppers are being advised to avoid purchasing the medication. Currently, the ministry is on […]
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According Doctor Samouge several persons have reported investing in the counterfeit Tylenol products. Those individuals, however, did not report experiencing any adverse effects. Notwithstanding their experiences, fake pharmaceuticals present a national health crisis and put the population at risk. That is why Doctor Samouge says the Ministry of Health is looking at what penalties can […]
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It’s been almost a year since bus operators were given a deadline to upgrade their fleet of buses. December, 2023 will complete that year after the bus operators had met with the Ministry of Transport to ask for more time. They had cited a number of problems that they were having, including the inaccessibility to […]
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The Briceño administration has rejected a recent European Union designation which places Belize on a list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. The list which has been adopted by the EU Council was updated earlier today by European finance ministers who also added Antigua and Barbuda, Seychelles [pronounced Seashells] to the blacklist. They also removed […]
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On Monday, Minister of State Chris Coye held a press conference to apprise the media of developments arising from a round of meetings held with the World Bank Group, including the likelihood of Belize being able to access concessionary loans through the International Investment Association. Here’s more from that discussion. Christopher Coye, Minister of […]
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According to Senator Coye, the Briceño administration is exploring the possibility of being allowed to access funding through a Small Island Economy exception. He explains the primary criteria that Belize needs to meet in order to be considered. Christopher Coye, Minister of State, Finance “In looking at IDA resources, certainly it would have been […]
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Poverty has an adverse effect on the wellbeing of over fifty percent of Belize’s population. To address the scourge of poverty, the Government of Belize is seeking to strengthen its national social protection system through the implementation of a social protection strategy. Several entities have combined efforts to organize the country’s first Social Protection Summit. […]
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The International Association of Chiefs of Police is holding its annual conference and expo in San Diego, California and Commissioner of Police Chester Williams is in attendance. The I.A.C.P. 2023 is described as the largest and most impactful law enforcement event of the year and convenes over sixteen thousand public safety professionals who learn new […]
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There was a brief meeting today at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex between visiting youths from Korea and officials of the Ministry of Sports. The youths are in Belize on a cultural exchange program with their Belizean peers. They have planned a day of activities in Belize City and tours across the country before they […]
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October ninth marked the fifty-third anniversary of the inauguration of the National Assembly Building. The building has seen many people pass through its doors, from past parliamentarians, to the late Queen Elizabeth the Second, and Prince Phillip. More recently, the President of Taiwan, Tsai ing-Wen also visited the building. Now, Taiwan has graciously offered to […]
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Escalante says the work will take roughly nine months to complete, from around the first or second week of December until the end of September of next year. And because the work will involve some degree of demolition, Escalante says another venue will have to be identified where House meetings will take place during the […]
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On Monday we brought you the story of an Evangelical church in Unitedville that has become a nuisance to the residents of that community because of the loud sound system they use to during their service. According to Marlenie de la Fuente, an environmental officer with the Department of the Environment, the law governing noise […]
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On Friday evening in Belize City, a well-known underworld figure was targeted by a lone gunman in the Lake Independence area. Forty-seven-year-old Jose Matus was driving a vehicle in the vicinity of Morning Glory Street when a shooter emerged on the scene and opened fire at him. Matus was lucky to have escaped unscathed from […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Twice in as many months, a high-powered weapon assigned to the Belize Defense Force has gone missing. The latest weapon, another M4 Commando rifle was reported missing on Sunday morning when the Battalion Commander at Camp Belizario reported that it was lost along the outer edges of the Xunantunich Observation Post. The B.D.F. spoke with […]
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On Friday, the United Democratic Party demonstrated at the foot of the Assembly Building while a sitting of the House of Representatives took place inside. The protest was the result of several concerns, including the proposed use of Social Security funds to invest in the construction of a public administration campus next door to the […]
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Belize Infrastructure Limited, a special purpose vehicle established under the Barrow administration to manage the construction of the Eleanor Hall Building and the Belize City Center, was drawn to a gradual close when the People’s United Party took office in late 2020. For the purpose of the proposed public administration campus, a new SPV is […]
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Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow and Prime Minister John Briceño got into a heated debate at the adjournment of Friday’s Sitting of the House of Representatives. Opposition Leader Barrow rose to voice his objection to a twenty-million-dollar loan from Social Security Board to Public Administration One Limited. The loan agreement is for the […]
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On Friday, we told you about the twenty retired Belize Defense Force soldiers who claim that they have been attempting to receive their gratuity and pension for several months to no avail. Doroteo Ical, one of those retired soldiers who served for twenty-two years, told reporters that he has been receiving the turnaround treatment from […]
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Financing for activities aimed at mitigating or adapting to the impact of climate change remains a priority for the Briceño administration. When it took office in November 2020, it was with the idea that economic resiliency should be aligned with climate resiliency and, as such, efforts are being made by the Government of Belize to […]
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Former Minister of Blue Economy Andre Perez was present at Friday’s House Meeting, carrying out his duties as Area Representative for Belize Rural South. But, there is no recent update on the investigation into allegations of sexual assault and threat against him. When we interviewed the Attorney General, Anthony Sylvestre in September, one month after […]
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Also on Friday, the House of Representatives passed legislation to effect a Firearm Ammunition Control Board. The three-member panel will oversee the issuance of firearm and ammunition licenses, a task that was once the sole responsibility of the Commissioner of Police. The board will include a magistrate, the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of […]
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The Briceño administration’s trade license reform legislation was first introduced in the House of Representatives in May 2022. The legislation was shelved amidst various concerns from parliamentarians. On Friday, the bill was brought back for second and third reading. The legislation seeks to establish a mechanism for village councils to collect trade license fees from […]
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If you were outdoors witnessing Saturday’s annular solar eclipse, you were part of history, as these events are rare. Before Saturday, the last time there was a solar annular eclipse was in 2012. If you weren’t outside to see it, your next chance won’t come again until June twenty-first, 2039. That’s almost sixteen years from […]
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