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Today the Football Federation of Belize, with assistance from FIFA and UNESCO launched a Football in Schools program for primary school children in Belize. It is an initiative that seeks to engage youths in the discipline of football from an early age and to get them to develop their skills to international standards. It is […]
Written on August 15, 2022 | Posted in
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A sixty-six-year old grandmother and her extended family are tonight reeling from the devastating loss of their family home. The property located along the Phillip Goldson Highway was reduced to rubbles in an alleged arson. Sixty-six-year old Marie Lamothe told police that her ex-common law husband started an argument with her last night. She alleges […]
Written on August 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Torrential rains across the city earlier today left many streets under water. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorists had to make their way through flooded streets after roughly two inches of rainfall this morning. But what has CitCo been doing since the beginning of the rainy season to prepare the Old Capital for inclement weather? Bernard […]
Written on August 10, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize City Council is hosting a night of culture on Saturday at the Belize City Civic Center. The event promises a culinary and musical experience that showcases food and music from various ethnic groups across the country. Mayor Bernard Wagner tells us more. Bernard Wagner, Belize City Mayor “As a city, as a […]
Written on August 10, 2022 | Posted in
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This afternoon at the House of Culture in Belize City, the Belize City Council concluded its Youth Innovation Incubator Summer Program, an initiative that saw participants from various communities coming together to beautify the Old Capital, and engage in other activities, including sports and financial literacy. Here’s more from Mayor Bernard Wagner. Bernard Wagner, […]
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Over the past two weeks, the National Forensics Science Service engaged over three hundred youths from across the country with lessons on crime scenes investigation, during their first annual National Forensics Youth Camp. The Ariel Rosado Foundation pitched the idea for the camp to the Director of the Forensics Department, Gian Cho. The foundation then […]
Written on August 9, 2022 | Posted in
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The Monkeypox virus has now spread to eighty-eight countries worldwide, and in the United States alone, which is Belize’s number one tourism customer, there are close to nine thousand cases of the virus spread across forty-nine states. That’s according to the U.S Centers for Disease Control. The virus has increased in the U.S. from over […]
Written on August 9, 2022 | Posted in
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Some areas across the Belize District experienced over two inches of rain over the weekend, due to a tropical wave that passed over the country. And while most of the country experienced some relief from the rains today, another tropical storm is expected to cross over Belize on Tuesday afternoon. According to Meteorologist Derrick Rudon, […]
Written on August 8, 2022 | Posted in
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After twelve years, stakeholders within the energy sector have come together to review and update the National Energy Policy. Implemented in November of 2011, with the aim to put Belize on a path to energy efficiency, sustainability, and resilience up to 2040, the emergence of new and advanced renewable energy technology has prompted stakeholders to […]
Written on August 4, 2022 | Posted in
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Stakeholders within the energy sector must also take into account the vulnerabilities physical infrastructures within the Caribbean face from weather systems such as hurricanes and floods. Doctor Gardner noted that solar energy infrastructures are just as susceptible to hurricanes and other natural disasters, which could potentially lead to a disruption in energy supply, if the […]
Written on August 4, 2022 | Posted in
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Reports are that representatives from the aggregate mining company Vulcan Limited, which has been operating in Belize under Caracol Holdings Limited, will be visiting the country next month – particularly the private property of White Ridge Farms off the Coastal Road near Gales Point Manatee. The company, back in 2019, obtained a three-year exploration license […]
Written on August 4, 2022 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize has been demonstrating overall increasing efforts in tackling human trafficking, compared to recent years. As a result, Belize was upgraded to tier two in the U.S. State Department’s Human Trafficking Report. The report cited key achievements in Belize’s efforts over the last year, including the conviction of two traffickers, and expanding […]
Written on July 29, 2022 | Posted in
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The Statistical Institute of Belize has published its Consumer Price Index for June 2022. Results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s most recent monthly Consumer Price Index survey showed that, for the month of June 2022, the All-Items C.P.I., which summarizes price levels across all categories of goods and services, stood at one hundred and […]
Written on July 29, 2022 | Posted in
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The relationship between the Port of Belize Limited and its employees, dozens of stevedores who work tedious shifts loading and offloading cargo entering and leaving the country has been a rather contentious one. Oftentimes we’ve covered labor disputes between P.B.L. and the Christian Workers Union. But it’s things are taking a turn for the better […]
Written on July 29, 2022 | Posted in
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This morning in the Lake Independence community, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Doctor Richard Rosado led a team from the Leadership Intervention Unit into gang-ridden neighborhoods in an attempt to broker a ceasefire among feuding groups. Tension between various gangs has increased considerably since Sunday when several persons were injured during a shooting on La Croix […]
Written on July 28, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Doctor Rosado, today’s meeting with members from the respective groups was intense, as relatives of the individuals injured in the recent spate of shootings are still reeling from the senseless violence. On the phone: Dr. Richard Rosado, Deputy Commissioner of Police “The tension was somewhat high because of what had transpired and […]
Written on July 28, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Defense Force Volunteer Battalion is conducting its Annual Battle Camp in San Antonio Village, Toledo District. The training, which runs from July seventeenth to July thirty first, is focused on jungle survival. The Volunteer Battalion is being taught the basics when it comes to weapons handling, patrolling in the jungle, and first aid. […]
Written on July 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Ahead of Emancipation Day 2022, the National Institute of Culture and History re- launched its Documentary Heritage of Slavery and Emancipation in Belize. The website gives visitors an insight into the harsh realities enslaved African persons in Belize were subjected to based on historical records. One of the earliest records of slavery in Belize is […]
Written on July 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Clearly Belize City, because of its demographics with the various gang zones, is the most murderous municipality in the country. And the incidents of late have again put the Lake Independence area particularly under close police watch. But Commissioner Williams said he’s not going to refer to the recent flare-ups in the old capital as […]
Written on July 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier, we heard Commissioner of Police Chester Williams speak of the gang flare-ups in the Lake Independence area and the collaborative efforts directed at diffusing further retaliation in that community. But another gang that has also been a headache for the police is the MS-13 gang originating from El Salvador. This gang, which is said […]
Written on July 27, 2022 | Posted in
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The Commonwealth Games are being held this year in Birmingham, England and a delegation comprising of fourteen athletes has travelled to the U.K. to participate in cycling, triathlon and athletics. The athletes arrived earlier today for the first multi-discipline games since COVID in which eleven thousand athletes will be participating. Known as the friendly games […]
Written on July 27, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Camping Experience has for years been working with young people across the country, teaching them life skills and helping them develop a relationship with the church. It provides a space for youth leaders from various municipalities to converge on the camp grounds before going out to work with their peers in communities across […]
Written on July 27, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Orozco, the media lost an opportunity to appoint someone who would uphold the value of fairness within the citizenry of the country. Caleb Orozco, Executive Director, UNIBAM “What they fail to realize is that there’s already one group of people who represent the church and that is a person from the Council […]
Written on July 25, 2022 | Posted in
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What is a half-blind shark with a life span of up to four hundred years, and native to the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans doing in Belize? The Greenland shark, known to scavenge on polar bear carcasses in ocean temperatures below thirty five degrees Fahrenheit was for the first time found in the Caribbean Sea. […]
Written on July 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The price tag for the referendum is in the millions and so there was a suggestion being made that the referendum ballot should be used to simultaneously poll voters on whether or not Belize should remain part of the monarch. Minister Henry Charles Usher told News Five that the Referendum Act does not provide for […]
Written on July 22, 2022 | Posted in
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