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Tuesday’s incident has also brought into sharp focus the need for policies where school vendors are concerned. While the issue had been discussed previously, there were no approved measures in place to vet the street side sellers. Here’s more from the Minister of Education. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education “The school vendors issue, of […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Not lost in what transpired on Tuesday is the responsibility that each vendor has to ensure that the products and food items being sold at school are safe for human consumption. From the police department’s perspective, Minister Kareem Musa reiterated that the Ministry of Home Affairs is committed to transparency when dealing with the issue […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Just before midday today police were called out to the scene of what is believed to be yet another murder in Ladyville. It’s the third murder to be recorded in the village in less than a week and is completely unrelated. The victim of this latest homicide is an older man, Armando Williams, better known […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Approximately three-quarters of a million dollars in losses have been reported at Bacab Eco Park after a fire gutted two wooden buildings on the compound. After seven on Monday night, a fire broke out at the property; surveillance footage retrieved suggests that it was deliberately set by two male persons who entered the park on […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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The National Fire Service is also reporting a malicious act that occurred overnight in Orange Walk Town. Fire fighters were called out to a structural fire on San Andres and Progress Streets in that northern municipality sometime after eleven p.m. Flames were discovered on the step and under the back door of a wooden and […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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We have brought you coverage of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Junior Farmer of the Year and Woman Farmer of the Year. Earlier today, we travelled to Belmopan and Rock Stone Pond to meet the Senior Farmer of the Year, Andrew Bartley. The work he does on the Kingdom Orchard Farm is a collaborative effort between […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Motorists and people in engineering maintenance will be happy to learn that there’s a whole new line of lubricants and oils on the Belize market that are environmentally friendly and last longer than the others on the shelves. Westrac has partnered with Total Energies, a French lubricant and bio-fuels and green gases company with a […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Today was observed as World Intellectual Property Day globally with the theme: “Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity.” The expressed focus this year on women is because they make up nearly half of the global population and they represent a large percentage of people in business. Today, the Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO) held […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, thirty-three patients are receiving medical attention at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after suffering marijuana intoxication. Twenty-seven of them are children who are attending primary school, between the ages of four and fifteen. Earlier today, students were being hospitalized with symptoms, including vomiting and nausea. It is believed that they ate sweets that were […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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As we said, one woman has reported that she got a hold of seven packs of gummies since Monday evening. Given her account, police are questioning whether the gummies are being widely distributed across Belize City. Also, A.C.P. Romero says samples have been sent to the forensic laboratory for testing. ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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In an update to our lead story involving the mass hospitalization of primary school students earlier today, News Five is reliably informed that there was a recent confiscation of similar cannabis edibles by the Anti-Narcotics Unit of the Belize Police Department. That quantity of marijuana-laced treats was turned over to the exhibit keeper who, we […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Horses, whether thoroughbred, half or quarter breeds, are the most important part of horse racing culture in Belize. The sport was introduced to Belize in the 1920s. Much of what happens at the three major horse races that are held annually has not changed over the last century. Racing, betting and celebrating the attainment of […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Two structures at Bacab Eco Park, valued at seven hundred thousand dollars in total, went up in flames on Monday night. Police are currently investigating the incident as a case of arson. According to reports, fifty-nine-year-old Govanni Smith, the owner of Bacab Eco Park, told police that two male persons were seen entering the park […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize, represented by Doctor Leroy Almendarez, chaired an Extraordinary Board Meeting of the Regional M.S.M.E. Promotion Center on the eighteenth and nineteenth of April, as President Pro-tempore. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the progress of the center’s agenda by member countries. Prior to the start of the meeting, there was a collaborative […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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If you go hiking often in the Jaguar Paw area and have a Digicell phone, well now you’ll be in touch anytime, all day while there. That’s because B.T.L. introduced its 4 G L.T.E. service to that area today. B.T.L. Chairman, Mark Lizarraga explained that the company had seen a growing demand for the service […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, several non-government organizations received grant funding from the Ministry of the Blue Economy through the Belize Fund for Sustainable Future. The eleven point five million dollars were derived as a result of the Blue Bond agreement, through payments made by the government to help meet the conservation commitments of the Blue Bond agreement. […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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The Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association, TASA was one of the recipients of a grant. TASA is home to Caye Bokel, commonly known as the “elbow”, a multi-species spawning aggregation site. The atoll is a prime location to view sea sponge diversity, and TASA is involved in monitoring and managing a number of measures and their […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Over the last few weeks we have been reporting on the legislative amendment exercise that the Government of Belize has been undertaking at the behest of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force. Those directives have led to the passage of at least ten legislative amendment bills through the House of Representatives. On Friday alone, seven […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to this week’s edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. There is a huge regional cricket tournament to be played in Belize later this week. Teams from four countries, including Mexico, Costa Rica and England, will go head to head with the Belize Men’s National Cricket Team to see who will […]
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The Ladyville community was stunned on Thursday afternoon when reports of a double murder began to surface in the village. Indeed, a man and a woman were found dead inside the woman’s residence that she shared with her common-law-husband, who is the police department’s suspect in the pair of homicides. The woman, fifty-year-old Desiree Gonzalez […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, Kareem Musa, the Minister of Home Affairs, introduced a bill before the House of Representatives that will allow for the appointment of independent prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of criminal matters. The Special Prosecution Bill comes four months after the gruesome New Year’s Eve triple murder of David, Jon and Vivian Ramnarace in […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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The Development Finance Cooperation (D.F.C.) is seeking to borrow twenty million dollars from the Social Security Board to further finance its ongoing Mortgage Finance Program. Today, the Government of Belize sought the approval of the House of Representatives via a loan motion to have D.F.C. borrow the sum from S.S.B. Through its Mortgage Finance Program, […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Julius Espat, the Minister of Housing, also rose to contribute to the debate on the D.F.C. loan motion. He responded to the criticisms made by the Leader of the Opposition, while seeking to differentiate between the housing program under his ministry and the mortgage financing program at D.F.C. He explained that the loan program at […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Increments for public officers and teachers were unfrozen on April first. Today, the House of Representatives made that decision official, through an amendment to the Public Sector Emoluments and Allowances Reduction Act. But, will the Government of Belize pay public servants and teachers retroactively for the three years that their increments were frozen? Barrow is […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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And, the Government of Belize continues to take legislative action towards meeting the technical requirements set out by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). Today, Prime Minister John Briceño introduced seven amendment bills inside the House of Representatives. All seven bills are of a financial nature and are being amended to reflect compliance with […]
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