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The Briceño administration has earmarked just over ninety-seven million dollars for the Ministry of Home Affairs in its 2023 budget. In addition, monies have been allocated for the recruitment of two hundred and fifty police recruits. Minister Musa was also asked for his thoughts on the amount being set aside for policing and crime fighting […]
Written on March 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Minister Musa also weighed in on the Leader of the Opposition’s dismissal from the Sitting of the House of Representatives last Friday. As we reported, Minister Musa was presenting on the Legal Aid Bill when the Opposition Leader, Moses “Shyne” Barrow, rose on a point of clarification. That then led to a heated exchange between […]
Written on March 15, 2023 | Posted in
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It was widely circulated over the weekend that the verdict in the manslaughter trial against Kareem Martinez would have been handed down today by Justice Antoinette Moore in the Supreme Court here in Belize City. But that did not happen; in fact, it was oral closing submissions that were to be heard before the judge […]
Written on March 14, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier this year, the Justice for Laddie Foundation organized a Youth for Change Symposium in Belize City. During that event, they launched Laddie’s Law – a document suggesting amendments to the law in terms of processes to ensure accountability of law enforcement officers during shooting incidents that involve them. Laddie’s grandmother Lucy Fleming and his […]
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Just before the manslaughter proceedings commenced this afternoon, Justice Antoinette Moore handed down her ruling for other matters. In her verdict in the case of rape of a child against Cyril Casimiro, Justice Moore found him guilty. The case was heard in the Corozal jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The incident occurred back on April […]
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In January, the Statistical Institute of Belize announced that the employment rate currently stands at five percent as of October 2022. Since then, the low unemployment figure has come under heavy scrutiny, particularly from the opposition party. Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow ardently argued on Friday that the unemployment rate fell below five […]
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Traffic accidents remain one of the country’s leading causes of death and over the weekend, tragedy struck when four members of one family from Orange Walk District perished in a head-on collision. The mishap occurred on the Yo Creek/San Antonio Road on Saturday night. What’s worse is that the driver of the other vehicle is […]
Written on March 13, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department’s Communications Director, A.S.P Fitzroy Yearwood explained that when investigators arrived at the scene that night, they saw two mangled vehicles and debris strewn everywhere. While the driver of the other pickup truck, Byron Tillett is also hospitalized, he has been served with a Notice of Intended Prosecution, as police continue to […]
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There was another traffic accident up north, this time in the Corozal District. It involved a motorcycle and an S.U.V. As Yearwood explained, the motorcycle driver perished in that collision, after he reportedly veered into the other lane and collided head on with an oncoming vehicle. A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department […]
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The decomposing remains of twenty-one-year-old Freddy Chicas were discovered by a search party on Friday morning, in the vicinity of the Eight Mile Community along the George Price Highway. A missing person’s report had only been issued for the whereabouts of the Hattieville resident the night before; but, according to the family of the young […]
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“Delivering on Plan Belize” is the title that Prime Minister John Briceño gave to his 2023/2024 Budget Speech. In his seventy-seven minutes oration on Friday inside the National Assembly, the PM touched on the external factors affecting Belize’s economy, developments in the financial sector, public debt, his administrator’s performance in 2022 and its projected performance […]
Written on March 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño introduced the 2023/2024 budget before the House of Representatives today. His speech touched on a range of topics, from the external conditions impacting Belize’s economy, to developments in the financial sector, the impacts of the new budget and his administration’s reform agenda. At the beginning of his one hour and seventeen […]
Written on March 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Apart from the expenditures already outlined, the Briceño Administration has identified additional priority areas for investments in its 2023 Budget. These include free education, the distribution of eleven thousand parcels of land to first time land owners, the expansion of the National Health Insurance program in Orange Walk District, and the recruitment of additional police, […]
Written on March 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Cabinet has made a decision, essentially acquiescing to the demand put forward by cañeros in the north, that a commission of inquiry be convened into the sugar industry. That decision comes hard on the heels of a demonstration in Belmopan on Tuesday. The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association took to Independence Hill as cabinet met […]
Written on March 9, 2023 | Posted in
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G.O.B. has said that it will not nationalize the sugar industry. But what will be the scope of the inquiry? Will the unresolved commercial agreement be settled? Jose Abelardo Mai, Minister of Agriculture “It is not an exercise to go in and finger only on B.S.I. it has to be a holistic approach. It […]
Written on March 9, 2023 | Posted in
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We also heard from Alfredo Ortega, the Chairman of the Committee of Management at the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. Ortega was among those leading the protest on Tuesday in Belmopan. Today, he told us that the B.S.C.F.A. is thankful for the decision made by Cabinet to convene a Commission of Inquiry. Alfredo Ortega, […]
Written on March 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño has said that at this time an increase in the controlled price of brown sugar cannot be entertained due to the high cost of living. Two of the sugar cane farmers associations in the north, as well as A.S.R./B.S.I., have written the government requesting an adjustment to the cost; the last […]
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You have been warned and now the government is taking action. Last week, Prime Minister John Briceño told the media that a taskforce was set up to address the global issue of inflation and more specifically the extensive price gouging that has been taking place – primarily in smaller stores across the country. A report […]
Written on March 9, 2023 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize is moving full steam ahead with its planned public sector pension reform. Conversations surrounding pension reform surfaced back in early February when, at a joint union press conference, Dean Flowers, the President of the Public Service Union, announced that G.O.B. had proposed to reform the current public service pension scheme. Since […]
Written on March 9, 2023 | Posted in
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The next story is a plight of a burly middle-aged man who was employed and, for the most part, suffered no known health issues during the first forty-three years of his life. But in March of last year, Jomo Avila suffered a heart attack on the job. It would mean the gradual decline of his […]
Written on March 9, 2023 | Posted in
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The People’s United Party has called for the immediate removal of one of its own, following a domestic incident involving P.U.P. councillor Moses Cal, a member of the Punta Gorda Town Council. Cal, also a high school teacher, has been charged for wounding a woman in the south. In the wake of the altercation, the […]
Written on March 8, 2023 | Posted in
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So what’s the future of Cal in the People’s United Party? As a party and government, the P.U.P. says it has absolutely no room for any form of domestic violence. Prime Minister John Briceño reiterated this in a brief statement to the media this morning. Prime Minister John Briceño “Our party was very clear […]
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Transport Minister Rodwell Ferguson wrote to C.E.O. Marconi Leal Junior recently, informing him that all financial transactions exceeding five thousand dollars require his expressed approval, effective February twenty-third. On Friday, the minister rationalized his decision by telling the media that he received information which ultimately prompted the letter. He also alluded to the likelihood that […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño is scheduled to present the General Revenue Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 2023/2024 on Friday. P.M. Briceño is on record stating that this year’s budget will build upon his administration’s work over the past two years. It will include investments in infrastructure, health, education, and housing as areas of priority for […]
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The Opposition Leader also spoke on the education budget, criticizing the Briceño administration’s commitment to free education as an unattainable objective. He says the 2023/2024 budget should instead provide more channels for families and students to access financing for education. Here is how he puts it. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “Education, […]
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