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CONCACAF President Victor Montagliani also responded to requests for his thoughts on Belize’s youth national teams performances in regional tournaments. Of recent, a couple youth national teams have attracted criticism from Belizeans after numerous defeats in regional tournaments. Well, the CONCACAF President says, there are more important things than winning at the youth level. […]
Written on May 8, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. We kick things off tonight with some controversy in the Premier League of Belize. Football teams across the country are waiting with bated breath for the start of the 2023 playoffs. It was expected to begin weeks ago, but, there have been […]
Written on May 8, 2023 | Posted in
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Another murder was recorded overnight; this time in Ladyville. The details of the tragedy are that a brawl between a pair of siblings and a group of men from the village ended with James Bainton being shot and killed; his older brother was stabbed and received cut wounds to the face, but survived. All indications […]
Written on May 5, 2023 | Posted in
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Four persons are being hospitalized and a fifth reportedly drowned as a result of a shootout between two groups of men who were involved in a high-speed chase on Thursday afternoon in the Corozal District. The incident ensued shortly after one p.m., near the Pueblo Nuevo Ferry and ended when one of the vehicles overturned […]
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This afternoon at Lopez Mateo’s Park in Belize City, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Belize Police Department kicked off its annual basketball tournament. Dubbed the William Dawson Sprite Basketball Tournament, the competition unites young men from various communities in Belize City and surrounding villages. It is an initiative that was started by the […]
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The coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19, is no longer deemed a public health emergency of international concern. The World Health Organization made the announcement today, after more than three years since the virus first emerged. But the organization quickly added that the shift in status does not mean that COVID-19 is over as a […]
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The month of May is celebrated as Pet Month; it recognizes domesticated animals that have secured a place in the hearts and homes of owners. But while we celebrate the domestication of pets, it is important to also recognize strays that have lost homes and owners due to neglect. Humane societies are usually the organizations […]
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A cargo ship with as many two hundred containers, waiting to be offloaded for delivery to customers across the country, remains docked at the Port of Belize Limited. The vessel sits idly in the middle of another standoff between the waterfront workers and their employer and everyone is losing money. This morning, the Christian Workers […]
Written on May 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Ted Peralta is the new chief executive officer at the Port of Belize Limited. He says that the Christian Workers Union decided on its own to go back on an arrangement that was already slated for discussion. The C.E.O. says that the attempt to revert to the unproductive arrangement of one gang, one ship, places […]
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Prior to Peralta taking over as C.E.O., agreements involving the Port of Belize Limited and the stevedores had been entered into and discussions were had on the financial implications for stevedores. Peralta says that notwithstanding the mutual agreements, the C.W.U. proceeded to act on its own irresponsibly and the potential consequences can negatively impact the […]
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Going back to the initial agreement between the stevedores and their employer, C.W.U. president ‘Mose’ Hyde says that because that arrangement was not workable, they approached the shipping agent directly and struck a deal that was mutually beneficial. He says that the Port of Belize took that good faith agreement and made it mandatory. […]
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The Port of Belize maintains that the C.W.U. is attempting to hold the country ransom by its actions, but is the company also playing hardball by effectively splitting the members of the union on this controversial issue? That’s what our colleague put to the C.E.O. Peralta during a sit-down with reporters this afternoon. Reporter […]
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Two persons lost their lives in separate shooting incidents over the past twenty-four hours. The first is a murder that was recorded on Wednesday night in Dangriga. A thirty-five-year-old father of four was targeted by a gunman who opened fire on him in the presence of two of his children. The deadly shooting happened within […]
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Around eleven a.m. today, a fire broke inside a wooden structure in the Lake Independence area of Belize City. Firefighters responded to the distress call and a short while after found a twelve-by-fifteen house engulfed in flames. The fire was soon after extinguished and an investigation revealed that it may have been an electrical fire. […]
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We are less than a month away from the start of the rainy season and today at the NEMO Headquarters in Belmopan, a two-day workshop commenced on the implementation of a Common Alert Protocol in Belize. Stakeholders from across public sector, as well as organizations that work in the preparation, management and response to disasters […]
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A group of Mexican businesspersons from the Quintana Roo area have planned the first Bel-Mex business conference for May eighteenth and nineteenth in Belize City. Similar to previous joint Mexico-Belize trade summits in the past, this event aims to bring together businesspeople from both countries who can market the products or services they offer in […]
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It was fifty years ago, in 1973, that the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, was established under the Treaty of Chaguaramas. Belize’s membership took effect in May 1974. The Treaty of Chaguaramas was revised in 2001, advancing CARICOM from a common market to a community with a single market and economy, comprising twenty states, fifteen member states and […]
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Former C.E.O in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, David Gibson shared how CARICOM leaders came to Belize’s support in order for the country to gain political independence in 1981, effectively keeping Guatemala’s claim at bay. David Gibson, Former Ambassador/C.E.O., Ministry of Foreign Affairs “As Belize prepared for independence, CARICOM ministers converged in Belize to […]
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May fourth has been recognized annually as International Firefighters’ Day since 1999. It was established following the death of five firefighters in a bushfire in Australia and the day is being observed to honor service to the community. Today, Dotbox Donuts recognized firemen in Belize City by treating them to a selection of their sweet […]
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In Toledo West, the constituency represented by Oscar Requeña, there are as many as twenty-six indigenous communities. Despite a position taken by government that is being met with cold water by the Toledo Alcaldes Association and the M.L.A., we asked if he is prepared to face the potential backlash from the indigenous community. Oscar […]
Written on May 3, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon, following the walkout in Belmopan, the Toledo Alcaldes Association issued a statement in which it said, “we are at a disadvantage if we trust government officials who seem set on defeating us, set on working against us. The government has repeatedly mischaracterized our aspirations for protection of our judicially-recognized rights and has repeatedly […]
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According to Coc, the Toledo Alcaldes Association and the Maya Leaders Alliance, representatives of the indigenous community, demand full recognition and protection of customary land rights in accordance with the decision of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. On the phone: Cristina Coc, Spokesperson, […]
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In our second episode of “The Five Point Breakdown,” we head south to Toledo District where the complexity of Maya land rights versus urban expansion is at the heart of the proposed de-reserving of a forest reserve. At word of the proposal, there was public outcry about a suspected land grab, but tonight, we delve […]
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The ongoing dispute between the Port of Belize Limited (P.B.L.) and the Christian Workers Union (C.W.U.) has caused service delays, according to a public statement from P.B.L. P.B.L. says that in May 2022, the C.W.U. agreed to switch to a two-gang rotation, which would increase work frequency and earnings for stevedores while lowering costs for […]
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The deadly house fire on Tuesday morning in Belize City that claimed the life of a young mother and her two children remains under investigation by the National Fire Service. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Human Development has also been working closely with the family of the deceased woman. According to Minister Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, social workers […]
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