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The second day of the budget debate got underway this morning, minus the fireworks that erupted in the National Assembly on Thursday. Albert Area Representative Tracy Taegar-Panton was first to address the House of Representatives with a rather subdued delivery. During her presentation, the opposition parliamentarian positively acknowledged the Briceño administration’s effort in shepherding the […]
Written on March 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow was late in arriving at today’s sitting of the House of Representatives, but when he did walk in, there was no shortage of banter across the aisle. He entered during the Orange Walk South area representative’s presentation and quickly called for a point of order on the grounds that Jose Abelardo […]
Written on March 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The National Evangelical Association of Belize, NEAB, staged a brief protest this afternoon outside of the National Assembly. The organization has been staunch in its opposition to the legalization of cannabis. While it lacked the strength in numbers that would otherwise give its protest teeth, NEAB is fully supporting the position recently taken by the […]
Written on March 25, 2022 | Posted in
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In less than forty-eight hours, the United Democratic Party is going to have a new leader. Since the beginning of February, the party has been without a substantive leader; the post was made vacant when Patrick Faber resigned following yet another domestic dispute. And so, on Sunday, five hundred and sixteen delegates will choose between […]
Written on March 25, 2022 | Posted in
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With quarantine regulations and safety protocols soon to be completely lifted as a result of the low positivity rate for COVID-19, will the election process be any different on Sunday? U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte breaks down the format at Bird’s Isle, saying that it will be similar to the Recall Convention last July. Michael […]
Written on March 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Former U.D.P. leader Patrick Faber resigned under unfavourable circumstances – some would say that he was even forced to resign back in January – when the national executive voted against him. Since then, the embattled Collet Area Representative has been M.I.A. from House meetings and the public stage. Leadership conventions often put a wedge between […]
Written on March 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The Caribbean tour for the royal visit to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee saw Prince William and Katherine visit Belize, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are currently in the Bahamas on the last leg of the tour. But in Jamaica, some residents staged protests, calling for not only an apology, […]
Written on March 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The 2022-2023 budget debate kicked off this morning with Moses “Shyne” Barrow’s, the Leader of the Opposition, forty minute presentation. And, while he highlighted several line items, including education and national security, there was criticism that it was less about the budget and more a campaign speech for his party’s leadership convention on Sunday. Prior […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Barrow went on to chastise the Government for what he says is the failure to address citizen security, crime and violence. Barrow noted that more money is being invested in the office of the Prime Minister, while the budget for the Ministry of Home Affairs has been cut. The Leader of the Opposition asserted that […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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On the other side of the House, Cordel Hyde, Area Representative for Lake Independence and Deputy Prime Minister, said that Central Bank’s twenty million dollars allocation is necessary. Hyde countered that the budget for furniture in the office of the Prime Minister is to cover a bill the Briceño Administration inherited. According to Hyde, while […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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On bright spot today was the revelation that the Ministry of Education is rolling out its free education program in several Belize City high schools. The Deputy Prime Minister today announced that Maude Williams, Sadie Vernon, and Gwen Lizarraga are among the institutions that will benefit from the program’s initial phase. Cordel Hyde, Deputy […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Minister of Education, Francis Fonseca says G.O.B.’s investment in education has increased by thirteen million dollars in the 2022-2023 Budget. The Leader of the Opposition had argued that the education budget was reduced. But Minister Fonseca rebutted, suggesting Barrow is not comfortable with figures and should take some beginner classes in economics. Francis Fonseca, […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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And parents will be interested to know that all schools across the country will reopen for face to face learning five days a week after the summer break. The Minister of Education made the announcement today during his budget presentation. Here is what he had to say. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education “This budget […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The budget debate got heated when Henry Charles Usher, Representative for Fort George, rose to speak. At the start of his presentation, Usher criticized the Leader of the Opposition for distancing himself from the Dean Barrow Administration. Usher accused the Leader of the Opposition of benefiting from the alleged misdeeds of the government under the […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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There issue of Belize becoming a republic also surfaced in the House. The People’s Constitutional Commission, a newly established body under the Constitutional and Political Reform Ministry, will be conducting consultations across the country on the continuing decolonization process. Today Minister Usher announced that a Good Governance Unit has been established and will operate as […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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All eyes will be on the U.D.P. this weekend as the better of two candidates will be chosen to marshal the party in a new direction, following Sunday’s leadership convention. The meeting of delegates will take place in Belize City on March twenty-seventh, several weeks after former party leader Patrick Faber demitted office amid another […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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There are big changes coming at the top of the Ministry of Health. While it has been known for a few weeks now that former Director of Health Services, Dr. Marvin Manzanero, has accepted the new post of Director of International Cooperation within the Ministry of Health and Wellness, what happened with the other two […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Today marks the second anniversary of the announcement of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Belize. But while that happened on March twenty-third 2020, Dr. Marvin Manzanero, who was the Director of Health Services at the time, says there was a six to eight week delay between COVID’s arrival in Belize and the start […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Belize’s business sector is also taking stock of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country since the first case was announced on March 23, 2020. This morning on Open Your Eyes, Katherine Meighan, of the Belize Chamber of Commerce said the B.C.C.I. and BELTRAIDE have examined the startling numbers. Katherine Meighan, Belize […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Assistant Commissioner of Police, Howell Gillett, was back on the streets of the Old Capital this morning, where he continued his community outreach initiative by meeting with residents of Lake Independence. This time, however, the churches were in tow. As many as twelve religious leaders took turns speaking with at-risk youths, as well as known […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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A woman who went missing over the weekend was found dead on Tuesday morning off the Branch Mouth Road in San Ignacio, Cayo. Police found the body of forty-five year-old Bertulia Juarez lying face up at the Саѕtіllо Ѕаndріt. There were no obvious signs of foul play, but police say they are waiting for the […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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As most Belizeans know by now, Jamaica was the next stop on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Caribbean tour after leaving Belize. But while our Prime Minister welcomed the royal couple by avoiding any controversial issues, the Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, addressed the changing postcolonial relationship with Britain head on. Holness is reported […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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He was moved over in January as the Minister of Health to take up the portfolios of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and E-Governance. When Prime Minister John Briceño assigned Minister Michel Chebat to take up those ministries, he said he needed someone like the Minister who has a legal background since some matters have yet […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, a new school building was inaugurated in Santa Martha Village in the Orange Walk District. The preschool will boost early childhood development in the area. News Five’s Duane Moody files this report. Duane Moody, Reporting Five hundred and eighty-eight thousand, four hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty-five cents – it’s the price tag […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Before his departure, Prince William bestowed upon Governor-General, Froyla T’zalam, the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. The title was bestowed during an Investiture ceremony at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel in Cayo. News Five’s Marion Ali has the story. “The Order of Saint Michael and Saint George: […] to a knighthood of […]
Written on March 22, 2022 | Posted in
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