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Caribbean International Brewery, maker of Mine Beer, was raided by immigration authorities, as well as the Financial Intelligence Unit, in October 2022. Eleven persons were taken into custody and three point two million dollars was confiscated by the F.I.U. Earlier this month, all persons, Asian nationals, were found not guilty and subsequently released. On Friday, […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, the Belize Territorial Volunteers, led by Wil Maheia, travelled to the Sarstoon River where they were intent on taking over the forward operating base at the mouth of the river. The Forward Operating Base was installed back in 2015. Over the last year or so, the military post has been deserted due […]
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After several failed attempts, the Berger Field in Belize City has been upgraded and is now open to the public. A collaborative effort between Pickstock Area Representative Anthony Mahler, the Football Federation of Belize, and several other organizations, saw the five hundred thousand dollar facility to completion. News Five’s Paul Lopez was present at the […]
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Belize’s tourism numbers continue to trend upward. Minister of Tourism Anthony Mahler confirmed that January and February saw the highest increase of overnight visitors for the year. He also noted that June was a good month for tourism in Belize. Minister Mahler spoke with us about his projections for the remainder of the year, as […]
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The Belize Tourism Board has floated a fifty-four million dollar bond that it refers to as a “transformational bond”. It is not common to see this type of fundraising campaign coming out of the Belize Tourism Board, but Anthony Mahler, the Minister of Tourism, says it is needed to expand the work of the B.T.B. […]
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Today, at the House of Culture in Belize City, day one of a weeklong workshop on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Emergencies in Small Island Developing States began. Over forty persons already actively working in their communities to preserve culture are being engaged to determine the respective needs of their people at the community level […]
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t win’ is you and you don’t have to listen”. That’s a quote from British Olympic Track and Field Champion, Jessica Ennis-Hill. This weekend was a championship weekend for sports in Belize. Tonight, we […]
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We begin our newscast tonight with a tragedy up north where two persons lost their lives in a fatal road traffic accident. It happened around four-thirty this morning, near San Antonio Village in Orange Walk District. Investigation has revealed that a police vehicle, driven by Jose Paz, ordered the driver of a dump truck to […]
Written on July 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Police have arrested three men in connection with the murder of eighteen-year-old Gabrel Tillett. Tillett’s body was retrieved from the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery on Tuesday morning, after his family said he went missing on Monday night. The three charged are twenty-two-year-old Robert Lamb, twenty-six-year-old Kevin Lanza, and twenty-eight-year-old Samuel Trapp. Police believe these are the […]
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The re-division exercise carried out by the Elections and Boundaries Commission has been completed. The activity was held to consider the distribution of Belize’s population and make provisions for dividing the country into at least twenty-eight electoral divisions. The chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission will present a report with proposals to the National […]
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Earlier today, Cabinet Minister Francis Fonseca weighed in once again on the Definitive Agreement that was signed between Portico Enterprises Limited and the Government of Belize in 2020. Fonseca admits that he never saw the legal opinion provided by Doctor Ben Juratowitch on the validity of the agreement. He also described the extensive coverage by […]
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In respect of the legal opinion provided by Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes and his law partner on May fourth, on the agreement between Portico and the Government of Belize, Minister Fonseca also chimed in on the differences in perspective. Mendes’ legal opinion is contained in an eighteen-page document and in it, he says that the […]
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It’s been several weeks since the nightly Boledo draw and the Sunday lottery draw have been put on hold. In the interim, the Government of Belize has been losing out on revenue to be collected from the sale of tickets. When we caught up with Prime Minister Briceño on Thursday, he explained that there has […]
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Today the Belize Hotel Association held its Annual General Meeting at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel. It provided a moment for its members in the hotel, accommodations, service, and hospitality industries to discuss how the past year went for them and how they want to steer the next year ahead. President of the […]
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The Itz’at STEAM Academy, located on the IT-VET compound in Belize City, is geared to provide lessons in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math – collectively referred to as STEAM subjects. For the Ministry of Education, it’s a new approach that seeks to provide a new, transformative secondary school education for students. It was developed […]
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Ten days ago, the Freetown Area Representative and his constituency office teamed up with the Taiwan Embassy to offer a basic entrepreneurship program for single women in that area. Today, around fifty women from the Freetown division are now equipped with the know-how to better handle the small businesses or the job that they have. […]
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Tim August began experimenting with breadfruit as an alternative for French fries some years ago when a customer asked him for breadfruit instead of potato fries. He decided to take his popular meals to the public, offering the breadfruit as a staple side in all the variety of meals he prepares. It took off like […]
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Ten thousand primary school students from across Belize will benefit from FIFA Foundation’s Digital Education Program. This afternoon, the Ministry of Education, the FIFA Foundation and the Football Federation of Belize signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding. The objective of FIFA Foundation’s Digital Education Program is for students to acquire knowledge and develop skills related […]
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The 2023 Anthony Mahler Mundialito Tournament is holding its final matches on Sunday inside the Berger Field in Belize City. The season saw ten male teams and six female teams compete against each other over the course of eleven weeks. The top four teams have been selected. Those teams will face off in the finals. […]
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This week’s look on the bright side tells the story of a small act of kindness and how it returned full circle. Sabreena met a young man who never forgot a stranger he met and the impact he had on his life. Over a decade later, he’s showing his gratitude and paying it forward in […]
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The Briceño administration inaugurated the new Coastal Plain Highway earlier today near Gales Point Village. While Prime Minister Briceño and several senior government officials were on hand for the ceremony, a press conference was being held simultaneously in Belize City. At the Radisson this morning, a team of consultants who did extensive work on Waterloo’s […]
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The Piedroba Consulting Group was brought on board by Waterloo to conduct all the technical works necessary for the proposal to be granted environmental approval. Notwithstanding the scientific and fact-based approach, environmental clearance was denied twice. According to Luis Prieto y Munoz, that decision appeared to have been political and not based on the merits […]
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Despite its proposal being rejected twice, Waterloo says that it is important to note that a significant amount of money has been invested by the company in pre-development activities, hiring the best and most experienced technical experts to put together a comprehensive plan that exceeded the requirements of NEAC. Luis Prieto y Munoz, Piedroba […]
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Turning now to Prime Minister Briceño, this morning we asked him about the legal opinion submitted by Doctor Ben Juratowitch on the validity of Portico’s Definitive Agreement. Juratowitch’s learned position was presented well before the controversial document was determinedly taken to Cabinet. The prime minister attempted to talk down the value of the legal advice […]
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The state of play concerning the various cruise development projects remains dynamic. During our time with Waterloo’s consultants, we asked about a proposed next step should government decide that it will give the Port of Belize Expansion Project a stamp of approval. Isani Cayetano “You’ve had two attempts at getting NEAC’s approval to proceed […]
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