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Since the Belize Peace Movement filed a claim against the Government of Belize a few years ago, pertaining to a long overdue redistricting exercise, the matter has been languishing in the Supreme Court. The most recent development where that lawsuit is concerned involves a decision taken before Justice Genevieve Chabot where both parties have entered […]
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The Attorney General’s Ministry will also prepare draft legislation in accordance with Section Ninety of the Belize Constitution to amend the First Schedule of the Representation of the People’s Act to reflect the recommendations of the Elections and Boundaries Commission. Those proposals will be presented to the National Assembly before July thirty-first, 2023. Lastly, both […]
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Founder of the Belize Peace Movement, Robert “Bobby” Lopez, notwithstanding the latest legal developments, continues the call for equity where voting by constituency is concerned. He reiterates the idea of one man, one vote. Robert Lopez, Founder, Belize Peace Movement “Whether it’s thirty-one or thirteen or fifty-one, for us, we want the constituencies to […]
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness organized a virtual conference today with the Director of Public Health Services, Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa. The interview was to give an update on the increasing COVID-19 numbers. For the second week in a row, the numbers have jumped by more than a hundred and between the weeks of December […]
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Despite a recession in the number of active cases, COVID never went away. Because it is the omicron variant, many who may have contracted the virus did not exhibit any symptoms or respiratory infections and so, they never accessed a medical facility for treatment. Inevitably, Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa confirmed that Belize is experiencing yet another […]
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An increase in the number of active cases is concerning, because it means that many more than the two hundred and twenty-one active cases are walking around with COVID. And so there are concerns for vulnerable populations such as the elderly and those who have underlying conditions. While there have been no hospitalizations or deaths […]
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Today, the Belize Police Department held a press briefing on crimes that occurred over the weekend. Among the first topics addressed were two murders which occurred within twenty-four hours of each other. The first was reported in the newscast on Monday; that of twenty-seven-year-old Byron Herrera, but the other, which occurred in Dangriga, somehow went […]
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The National Fire Service has completed its investigation into a fire at a house in Sand Hill Village on December fourth. The wooden structure, as has been reported, was the scene of the November seventeenth triple murder of Emerson Garcia, Charleston Jenkins and Jareem Davis. No one was at the property at the time of […]
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Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow says that he supports the call for transparency in the companies’ registry. Reporters spoke with Barrow at the adjournment of Monday’s House meeting. During his remarks, he asserted that the newly launched Online Business Registry System lacks transparency and is an example of bad governance. Barrow questioned the government’s […]
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The Belize International Financial Services Association, BIFSA, says it supports government’s initiative to modernize the Companies Act and the Online Business Registry System. BIFSA states in a press release that based on an Economic Impact Assessment report which it commissioned, the financial services industry contributes at least twenty-five million US dollars in foreign currency, or […]
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Reporters also asked Barrow for his take on the cooperation between Belize and Venezuela. Only a couple weeks ago, the Biden Administration eased the U.S’s oil sanctions on Venezuela after President Maduro and Venezuela’s opposition signed an agreement to set up a UN-mandated fund. Here is what Barrow had to say. Shyne Barrow, Leader […]
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Prime Minister Briceño also introduced a Fiscal Incentives Bill to the House of Representatives. The revised Fiscal Incentives Act will see Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises taking advantage of a million dollars in duty and excise duty exemptions, among other benefits. It’s a huge step in the advancement of the M.S.M.E. sector here in Belize. […]
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Human Rights Day was celebrated on Saturday and in conjunction with the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights, the International Office for Migration, I.O.M completed a legal identity survey in Midway Village, Toledo. It’s part of a bigger project involving villages in the southernmost part of Belize where a lot of the residents […]
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We reported that the amnesty application program has been extended for another three months. This means that the International Office for Migration, I.O.M, will be conducting migrant hubs in rural communities again for the benefit of those irregular migrants who did not get a chance or who now want to apply in this extension period […]
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Inspiration Promotions is back with their fourth annual children’s Christmas party in the Port Loyola Community. The foundation was first launched over a decade ago as a way to give back to children in the community. Inspiration Promotions have been supporting children to return to school with haircuts and school supplies, since its launch. Four […]
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Less than a month ago, youth parliamentarians took their seats in the National Assembly to hold parliament. It was a debate on the topic: Vocational Education Development and saw students from high schools and tertiary-level institutions across the country make presentations either for or against the placement of vocational facilities in every district. One such […]
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There is major news coming out of the Prime Minister’s visit to Venezuela a few weeks ago. As we have reported, during his recent trip Prime Minister John Briceño met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and discussed the close relations between both countries. Among the matters deliberated during that visit was Belize’s debt to Venezuela […]
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And while negotiations with Venezuela have saved tax payers millions of dollars, the Government of Belize presented its fourth Supplementary Appropriation Bill for this fiscal year before today. The need for additional funds was triggered primarily by the devastation left behind in the wake of Hurricane Lisa. The Government of Belize sought authorization for the […]
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The Caribbean Development Bank has agreed to loan the Development Finance Corporation twelve million Belize dollars to support the financing of the Tertiary education in Belize. D.F.C., however, must first obtain the approval of the National Assembly to increase its foreign debt. As a result, this morning a loan motion to this end was brought […]
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This morning, the father of Orange Walk’s latest murder victim was at the cemetery in that northern municipality, taking measurements and preparing to lay his son to rest. On Saturday night, shots rang out in an area just beyond the People’s Stadium in Orange Walk. Byron Herrera had been killed by at least one gunman […]
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Eight-year-old Stefan Keryan, a resident of Denver, Colorado is tonight hospitalised in a critical condition after an accident in Bermudian Landing last Tuesday. The boy was visiting Belize along with his family on a Carnival cruise line when they went on a horseback riding tour of the village. The fun family tour of the community […]
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The companies registry has gone digital and you’ll get to hear all about the ease of access that the medium provides for registered business owners who want to access their business profiles from wherever they are. The online service also comes about as a result of the merging of local and international companies’ registries. But […]
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The Online Business Registry System, O.B.R.S. was officially launched on Friday night for people who do business in Belize and for those who wish to start. It serves to complement the work of the Belize Companies and Corporate Affairs Registry, BCCAR, which was established in July of this year to provide companies and business registration […]
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The Online Companies Registry should provide ease of access to registered companies and business owners, but it should not create any kind of ease for people who want to engage in fraudulent businesses. President of the Belize International Financial Services Association, Reynaldo Magana says it takes a few in-depth procedures to license a company, and […]
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Before now, there have been businesses that were registered but whose actual owners were not the persons whose names were on the register. And in particular instances there are, sometimes, suspicious conflicts of interest as it pertains to shadow companies that enter into contract with the government. A classic example of this occurred when a […]
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