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Over the weekend, Prime Minister John Briceño travelled to Brussels, Belgium to attend the European Union – Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Summit 2023. The two-day event saw heads of state and government convene for the first time in eight years. Coming out of the summit was a joint declaration on digital alliance, […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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A team of power lifting athletes departs for the Cayman Islands on August sixth, where members will participate in various categories of competition as they represent the Jewel. Earlier today, the National Sports Council handed over official tracksuits to be worn by the team during the event. Present were Power Lifting Association President Khalid Usher […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Coding or computer programming is the skill utilized to tell a machine which actions to perform and how to complete a task. In San Ignacio, a group of primary school students is spending the summer learning how to code. They have been sacrificing time away from their electronic devices at home and playing with friends […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s been thirty-nine hours since the grisly murder of a single mother in Belize City and an arrest is yet to be made. While police believe that the motive for the murder is gang-related, they are still investigating the homicide to determine who may have been the triggerman in the deadly early morning attack on […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Nineteen-year-old Felipe Cesar Sanchez, a fisherman of Guerrero Street in the Yabra area of Belize City, is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after he was charged for being a member of a gang. The Guerrero Street resident appeared unrepresented in the lower courts earlier today where he was read a single charge related […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, a well-known street figure is back behind bars after he was accused of neglecting a judicial order. It is alleged that Ulide Allen, who was granted bail by the High Court for the offense of being a member of a gang and escaping from lawful custody, failed to abide by an order of the […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The management of the Belize Electricity Limited held a press conference today to provide the media with a high-level overview on the infiltration of its information technology network by cyber criminals. John Mencias, the Chief Executive Officer at B.E.L., explained that the company carries out its operations on two separate systems. The company’s IT system […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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According to C.E.O. Mencias, the company has taken steps to employ further security measures. He emphasized the fact that data such as credit card information was not leaked, because B.E.L. does not store such information on its system. C.E.O. Mencias also extended an apology to the customers, employees and stakeholders affected by the incident. […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Electricity Limited is now working to restore its online services. Following the cyber attack, key pieces of hardware for its online server were damaged. As a result, customers are no longer able to pay their bills online. Additionally, the Belize Water Services Limited has abruptly terminated its Joint-Utility Agreement with B.E.L. As a […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Federation of Fishers has gone public, once again, over its concerns in respect to a report ago that a fishing company has been caught with a sizeable catch of undersized conch. The B.F.F. has expressed further concerns that, from its perspective, the authorities have done nothing so far to penalize the company. In […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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In its initial press release, the B.F.F. had suggested that the fisheries industry was in crisis, a comment to which the Ministry of the Blue Economy has expressed concern. In that release, the B.F.F stated that a month prior to that, it had partnered with the SUMMIT Foundation of the United States to conduct a […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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It was the late Leela Vernon who sung the famous lyrics, “Ah wahn noe hu seh Kriol noh ga no kolcha”. In tonight’s Kolcha Tuesday, we take a closer look at the Creole culture through the lens of Eboe Town, a slave community that was established centuries ago in what is now known as downtown […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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In July 2015, the Board of Directors of La Inmaculada Credit Union in Orange Walk terminated the services of General Manager Yolanda Gomez, after twenty-five years with the lending institution. The decision to fire Gomez followed an investigation that was conducted by the Central Bank of Belize, as well as an external financial auditor, where […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Civic pride – it is a virtue that many of us lack, and it shows in the way we manage the garbage that we produce individually. That golden rule to put litter in its proper place seems to have escaped quite a few of us while growing up, so we wantonly toss our refuse on […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon, the Belize Police Department discussed the heinous murder during its weekly press brief. Regional Commander, ACP Hilberto Romero is in charge of Eastern Division. He told reporters earlier that Domingo’s brother is believed to have been the intended target of the armed assault on the Plues Street residence. Assistant Commissioner of Police Romero […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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The trauma experienced by the four-year-old survivor and the fact that femicide is an issue that is still not being addressed, are among a number of concerns for Thea Garcia-Ramirez, the President of the National Women’s Commission. She says that enough is not being done to protect our women and girls. Thea Garcia-Ramirez, President, […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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A copy of the Redivision Report of the Elections and Boundaries Commission to the National Assembly has been leaked to the media. Viewers would recall that the commission had attempted to prevent a divulgence of information from the report before it was tabled in the House of Representatives. That effort to muzzle the press has […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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In a legal matter that was taken to the Supreme Court by the Belize Peace Movement several years ago, the People’s United Party, as well as Lord Michael Ashcroft signed on as interested parties. In court, American journalist and political analyst Sean Trende gave testimony as a key expert. He also presented several recommendations in […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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A notice of application for leave to apply for judicial review has been filed by Waterloo Holdings Limited, Belize Cruise Developments Limited, and Belize Logistics Terminal Limited, against the Department of Environment, NEAC and Portico Enterprises Limited. The applicants are all the intended developers of the cruise and cargo expansion project envisioned at the Port […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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A new police station was launched in Seine Bight Village on Friday, following concerns raised by residents on the Placencia Peninsula last year regarding crime and violence in that tourism destination. The ministers of Home Affairs and Tourism, along with the Area Representative for Stann Creek West, and Commissioner of Police Chester Williams were on […]
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Today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, a CARICOM regional gender equality strategy validation meeting was held to look at a draft policy for the region. It comes almost a year after CARICOM has been doing its consultations. The draft policy aims towards women’s equality and will become the guiding gender policy for the […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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In Belize, consultation on a draft National Gender Policy was launched earlier this year and will soon be tabled before the House of Representatives. President of the National Women’s Commission Thea Garcia-Ramirez says that while there are similar issues across all CARICOM member states, Belize does have some positive achievements. Thea Garcia-Ramirez, President, National […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Public Service Union representatives from throughout the Caribbean are gathered in Belize for their Fifty-first Annual Conference of the Caribbean Public Services Association, C.P.S.A. Fourteen of the region’s nineteen affiliates are in Belize for the event, which ends on Friday. The conference is divided into three meetings, with each group attending the forum that covers […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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The association’s General-Secretary, Thomas Letang, was first elected to that post seventeen years ago right here in Belize. And now that he is once again in Belize, we asked him what have been the major accomplishments in that capacity during his time. Letang told us that he has made sure that he and his team […]
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Over the weekend, members of the media were invited to a familiarization trip at Belize Dive Haven. Although the trip was only for an overnight, we got a behind the scenes look at how many international tourists travel to Belize and spend a pretty penny to experience the underwater wonders that the country has to […]
Written on July 17, 2023 | Posted in
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