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Technology is ever changing and the threats surrounding these technologies are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Our increasing dependency on internet-based platforms has opened doors to vulnerabilities and increased cyber threats. While the growth in modern technology has brought about a number of opportunities, those cyber threats have evolved over recent years. This has created the need […]
Written on September 29, 2022 | Posted in
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Today in the conference room at the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, public and private sector stakeholders, including representatives from non-government organizations, and other associations gathered for a climate change write shop. The two-day session, which commenced today, is the first of three. But what is a write shop? Basically, […]
Written on September 29, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier this year, we’re reported on the death of a child who ingested a pesticide in the north, as well as a case of a water system in the south being contaminated with a pesticide. This week, however, is being recognised as Pesticide Awareness Week and the focus this year is responsible pesticide management for […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Hurricane Ian picked up strength overnight off the coast of West Florida. It made landfall near Cayo Costa, Florida this morning as a category four hurricane with maximum sustained winds of one hundred and five miles per hour. A number of communities south west of the coast, including Fort Myers Beach, Cape Coral, and Naples […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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In Cuba, millions are left without electricity after Hurricane Ian made landfall there on Tuesday, with heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred and twenty-five miles per hour. Two persons have been reported dead as a result of the hurricane. According to reports, one man was electrocuted as he tried to disconnect a […]
Written on September 28, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Economic Development and Resilient Rural Belize paid a visit to the University of Belize Central Farm Campus on Monday to evaluate the progress of an M.O.U. signed back in April. At the time, the Government of Belize, the International Funding for Agricultural Development and the Green Climate Fund, through Resilient Rural Belize, […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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As we reported last Thursday, the Supreme Court has granted the proprietors of James Bus Line leave for judicial review against the Department of Transport and Floralia Bus Company. The decision came after legal arguments were made on behalf of James Bus Line to the effect that the insertion of Floralia into the southern schedule […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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The lifeless body of fifty-year-old Sergio Jovannie Valdez was found near a dumpster in Chan Pine Ridge last Thursday. A post mortem examination indicates that the fish vendor died as a result of a chop wound he received to the neck. This morning, A.S.P. Yearwood told reporters that information to the police department has not […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Flooding in Belama Phase Three has been a perennial issue for residents and business owners in that community. While it hasn’t been raining incessantly, the area is still submerged and getting in and out of the neighborhood is quite a challenge for commuters. Tonight, we look at the crisis that residents are faced with along […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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About sixteen youth volunteers from across the country will take part in a four-day training in disaster preparedness, spearheaded by the Belize Red Cross Society. The training will be held under an ongoing project called Caribbean Prepared. It comes at a time when Belize is most prone to hurricanes at this time of the year, […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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The National Fire Service has concluded its investigation into a fire near Holy Emmanuel Street in Belize City and the result points to an electrical flaw. Just before two o’clock, in the wee small hours of Thursday, as the Belisle family slept inside their homes in the family yard, a fire broke in the largest […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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And while Mortis was speaking with News Five, a team of firemen was deployed to Rockville at mile twenty-one on the George Price Highway where a concrete house was on fire. He gave us preliminary details of the fire. Kenneth Mortis, Station Supervisor, National Fire Service “This information has just been received to us […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Eleven years ago on September twenty-first, 2011, Joshua Abraham, a nine-year-old student was fatally shot on Victoria Street in Belize City. In the wake of his senseless killing, his mother Marcia Argalles worked to revitalise a neighbourhood park on North Front Street, which had been left abandoned. Multiple attempts were made, but today, the Victoria […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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The forty-first anniversary of Belize’s independence was celebrated in grand fashion on Wednesday, with an official ceremony being held in Belmopan. It was full pomp and circumstance, as the prime minister, government officials, and other dignitaries were in attendance. As is customary, we took a closer look at the speeches that were presented by Prime […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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In San Ignacio, politics was put aside on Independence Day. Mayor Earl Trapp and Belmopan Mayor Sharon Palacio joined each other on stage to dance to a Punta song, much to the delight of onlookers. When we caught up with Mayor Trapp today in San Ignacio, we asked him about that moment and the overall […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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If you have been monitoring the weather reports over the past few days, you would notice that there is quite a bit of activity in the Atlantic. While Hurricane Fiona is in a north-northeast trajectory to the U.S., Belize’s National Met Service has been monitoring a low pressure system that has formed in the south-eastern […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Ministry of Agriculture held a press conference to provide an update on the avian influenza that was detected in chicken farms up north in Orange Walk. C.E.O. Servulo Baeza began by prefacing that it was not the virus, but antibodies of a bird flu that was discovered in several samples taken from farms […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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So what will happen with these farms? So far, over twenty-eight thousand birds have been killed. Manager of the Belize Poultry Association, Armando Cowo says that a proposal has been issued to the Ministry of Agriculture and BAHA on a way forward. Dr. Miguel Depaz, Director of Animal Health Department, BAHA “We have depopulated […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness, which sits on the taskforce that has been put together to address the issue, confirmed today that the virus cannot be transmitted to humans and that the chicken is safe for consumption. Principal Public Health Inspector John Bodden explains. John Bodden, Principal Public Health Inspector, M.O.H.W. “The infection […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, the Belize Poultry Association and other stakeholders in the agriculture industry met and several decisions were made. Chief among those was that the plant in Blue Creek will be shut down for three weeks in November. While Belize Poultry Association Manager Armando Cowo says that the producer in Spanish Lookout has the capacity […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Public officers are leading the way towards digital transformation within the public sector. Today, an award ceremony was held for the second cohort of the Digital Transformation in Belize Course. These public officers were engaged in the training for the past four weeks. It focused on equipping them with the necessary tools to understand and […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Bus Association appeared on the news last week to raise concerns they have with the current public transportation revamping and the demands that the Department of Transport is placing at their feet to upgrade their fleet of buses, as well as the service they provide to Belizean commuters. The B.B.A. has questions over […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Floralia has been given consideration to also conduct runs in the north and west of the country, which the B.B.A officers say they will also challenge should Floralia get runs that compromise their members’ economic stability. At the centre of the conflict is the Minister of Transport, Rodwell Ferguson, who has been giving the bus […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Jose Espat, the leader of the Palma family search team, they were refused assistance from the local authorities because police officers had reportedly conducted a search on the island the day before. Espat asserts that he made several observations on the island, including the discovery of footprints belonging to persons that were walking […]
Written on September 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Police are refuting a number of the claims being made by Espat. According to ASP Yearwood, police were in contact with a family member during the entire search. Yearwood contends that he was in contact with a family member while Espat was live on social media. Reporter “Reports are that police refused to join […]
Written on September 20, 2022 | Posted in
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