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The Toledo West Area Representative, Oscar Requeña is also taking on the issue. According to Requeña, some twelve families are being severely affected by the burning of medical waste in San Antonio Village. The parliamentarian is calling on the Ministries of Health and Environment to properly address the matter immediately. Oscar Requeña, Area Rep., […]
Written on January 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow today commented on the debate surrounding the banning of gillnets. Recently, OCEANA Belize offered the government a gillnet buy-back programme if a ban on gillnets is first instituted. The government, however, has rejected the financial aid package and plans to phase out gillnets in two years with measures to ensure that […]
Written on December 20, 2019 | Posted in
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It has been in the works for nine years, but today amendments to the outdated Fisheries Bill were introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill contains stiffer penalties against violation of fisheries regulations. The bill seeks to properly address illegal, unreported and regulated fishing activities as a matter of national priority. The bill provides for […]
Written on December 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Demand for renewable energy has skyrocketed in recent years, particularly because of the global discussion around climate change and the impacts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The global attempt to shift from energy derived from fossil fuel to more clean and green sources has pushed countries to transition to clean energy economies. While […]
Written on December 20, 2019 | Posted in
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On Tuesday we showed you the impacts of the drought on the sugar cane fields in the north. A lot of crops have been affected by the below normal rain fall in the last couple months. Today, we spoke with the National Meteorological Service to get a full picture of the scale of the drought […]
Written on December 18, 2019 | Posted in
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Today the Sea to Shore Alliance received a brand new truck for the manatees. The seventeen thousand U.S.D. truck and its trailer will be used to transport manatees. The manatee man, Jamal Galves, says that the current transportation being used is not always able to carry large manatees – so there is need for the […]
Written on December 18, 2019 | Posted in
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There are some in-roads being made in respect of the eventual ban of gillnets. As you know, the government has endorsed the continued use of the fish gear on the basis that more than eighty fisher folks need to secure their livelihood before a ban is imposed. Oceana and the Coalition had committed two million […]
Written on December 17, 2019 | Posted in
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Banana Enterprises Limited, a subsidiary of the Big Creek Group, is taking Island Holdings Limited, the parent company for Harvest Caye, to court for non-payment, following a business deal turned sour. Island Holdings, we understand, contracted the services of Banana Enterprises to purchase a dredge in order to clear a channel for Norwegian Cruise Line […]
Written on December 17, 2019 | Posted in
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According to Flores, Banana Enterprises lost significant money on the deal since the dredge has failed to serve the purpose that it was initially purchased for. Zaid Flores, Managing Director, Belize Enterprise Limited “Well we’ve been doing dredging of our own for some time. We own our own dredge so, you know, it’s not […]
Written on December 17, 2019 | Posted in
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A few months ago we told you about the drought that has hit the north. It has affected several different crops, and one of the hardest hit, is the sugarcane. Because of its value to the country’s economy and livelihoods of thousands of Belizeans, a lot of steps are being taken to build the resiliency […]
Written on December 17, 2019 | Posted in
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Fragments of Hope is a non-profit community-based organization that has been working to respond to coral reef challenges by re-seeding and re-planting the reef with diverse and resilient corals. There are many threats to coral reefs, including intense hurricanes, warm ocean temperatures, plastic pollution, development and sewage. These have degraded Belize’s barrier reef over time […]
Written on December 16, 2019 | Posted in
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The Belize Zoo today announced the passing of Jaguar “Junior Buddy”. Over the years we have followed the twelve-year-old jaguar, who passed from heart failure, on Thursday evening. The exact cause of the heart failure remains unknown until further diagnostic testing is conducted. Founding Director of The Belize Zoo says that Junior Buddy touched the […]
Written on December 13, 2019 | Posted in
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This evening, the Ministry of Education issued a lengthy statement in respect of a parcel of land in Corozal Town where it intends to build a pre-school. The land in question, according to the Belize National Teachers Union, has been with them for some time and they are prepared to fight to keep the land. […]
Written on December 12, 2019 | Posted in
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The Belize Federation of Fishers is the latest organization to come out against government’s decision not to discontinue the use of gillnets, despite a concerted effort by several stakeholder groups that were lobbying for a ban of the destructive fishing gear. On Sunday, the B.F.F. held an emergency meeting with its membership. Concerns were expressed […]
Written on December 12, 2019 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize remains under sustained fire from the N.G.O. community after announcing on December fifth that it will not ban the use of gillnets. OCEANA was first to respond to the disappointing news, issuing a release on the heels of that statement last Thursday. The organization made clear that by refusing to prohibit […]
Written on December 10, 2019 | Posted in
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Earlier today, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust, PACT, announced that a pair of programmes under its Climate Finance Portfolio has been approved through international climate finance mechanisms. Support for these initiatives follows the Trust’s recent accreditation by the Green Climate Fund and re-accreditation by the Adaptation Fund in 2018 and 2019, respectively. On Monday, the […]
Written on December 10, 2019 | Posted in
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The issue of the continued usage of gillnets in Belizean waters remains a heated debate among fisheries stakeholders, following government’s recent decision not to outlaw the destructive fishing gear. On Friday, only two days after G.O.B. sent out a press release stating that it will not prohibit the use of gillnets, a large commercial fishing […]
Written on December 9, 2019 | Posted in
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Late on Thursday, Government announced that it had taken a decision to control and eventually phase out gill nets. Government says that the measures are to be carried out over a period of two years and are intended to control the overall negative impacts of gill nets in Belize. Other changes include immediate moratorium on […]
Written on December 6, 2019 | Posted in
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And so in the government’s decision to control and eventually phase out the use of gill nets in Belize, they turned down a two million dollar fund that the Coalition had worked to put together to help the eighty plus licensed gill net users to transition from gill net use. Chanona says that aid package […]
Written on December 6, 2019 | Posted in
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The Belize Network of N.G.O.s also reacted to the government’s decision to retain the use of gillnets. Senator for the N.G.O.s Osmany Salas says that the N.G.O. community will not give up until a gillnet ban is implemented. Osmany Salas, Senator for N.G.O.s “We were waiting with bated breath after all the work that […]
Written on December 6, 2019 | Posted in
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The Programme for Belize, through a project with the Food and Agriculture Organization, carried out extensive research to determine what it would take to ensure the long term productivity of lowland tropical forest in Belize. The project, funded by the German Government, in partnership with the Forest Department, University of Hamburg and Programme for Belize, […]
Written on December 4, 2019 | Posted in
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In Thursday night’s newscast we showed you a part of BAHA’s plans to keep the deadly banana and plantain disease out of Belize. The preparation, as we reported, includes surveillance and containment simulation exercises to test the country’s readiness should the disease be detected here. While it is not a new disease, a recent detection […]
Written on November 29, 2019 | Posted in
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BAHA’s efforts are not being done in isolation. It is part of a regional readiness effort, because if it gets into one of the countries the chances of it spreading across the region is almost guaranteed. So, regional body OIRSA has been providing support to Central America, where countries have been carrying out similar exercises […]
Written on November 29, 2019 | Posted in
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A grant initiative valued at two hundred thousand dollars was launched on Wednesday. The Belize Seaweed Mariculture Project is a joint initiative between the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, The Nature Conservancy Belize, TNC, and Compete Caribbean. The project aims to develop the seaweed farming industry by tackling current challenges. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo reports. […]
Written on November 28, 2019 | Posted in
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Back in August we reported about the alert in the banana industry in the south. The Belize Agricultural Health Authority had announced the detection of suspected Fusarium Wilt of bananas in Colombia. It’s a devastating disease that affects bananas and plantains and can potentially wipe out the industry. If infected, banana plants die and the […]
Written on November 28, 2019 | Posted in
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