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While a series of royal visits have been made to the Jewel; the most recent call on Belize was in March of this year when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Katherine, arrived to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee during a tour of the Caribbean. There were also visits by other members […]
Written on September 8, 2022 | Posted in
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Queen Elizabeth the Second’s death comes two days after Britain ushered in Liz Truss as its new Prime Minister. It also comes two days before Belize observes the two hundredth and twenty-fourth anniversary of the Battle of Saint George’s Caye, an event led by the British and natives in 1798; and thirteen days before we […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño has finally responded to a letter sent to him on August twenty-fifth by a consortium of twelve non-government organizations. The response they received, however, has raised more questions than answers and tonight the conservation community is trying to figure out what its contents are truly saying. The environmental N.G.O.s had asked […]
Written on September 7, 2022 | Posted in
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So where does this leave the N.G.O.s on these important matters? Chanona said they will continue to press and ask the questions to get more clarity. Senator Janelle Chanona, V.P., OCEANA, Belize “Many of us in civil society also feel a pressing responsibility to also call out and to ask these questions and keep […]
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Chanona also wrote a letter today regarding the Port of Belize Cargo Expansion and Cruise Tourism Facility, also known as the Waterloo project. That letter, addressed to Chief Executive Officer Doctor Kenrick Williams, who chairs the National Environmental Appraisal Committee, brings up the August 2022 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment that the Port of Belize […]
Written on September 7, 2022 | Posted in
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The news came simultaneously with flooding in low-lying areas of the city in the last week of June –St. Mary’s Primary School and Hall are no longer structurally sound. The only course of action that can be taken is for the structures to be demolished and rebuilt. But that news did not reach parents of […]
Written on September 6, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Audubon Society was one of several environmental NGOs that endorsed a letter written to Prime Minister John Briceño on August twenty-fifth. To date, there has been no formal response to the request being made by the conservation community which is to halt all Environmental Impact Assessments currently in process, including the hosting of […]
Written on September 6, 2022 | Posted in
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In the wake of that letter to P.M. Briceño, a wad of signed documents were also turned over to the Minister of Sustainable Development last week. Orlando Habet, whose portfolio responsibilities include sustainable development and climate change, received the petitions on behalf of the prime minister who was out of the country on duty leave. […]
Written on September 6, 2022 | Posted in
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Another controversial proposal that is being made by a foreign investor is the Vulcan project which has been met with strong objections from various quarters, including residents of Gales Point Village, the conservation community and several ministers of government. In speaking on the matter, the Executive Director of the Belize Audubon Society told News Five […]
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The Espat family in Orange Walk Town is mourning the death of their loved one, following an early morning execution in that northern municipality. Twenty-four-year-old Ramon Espat Junior was outside Spicy Bites Restaurant on Aurora Street in the vicinity of Hi-Five Night Club when a gunman brandishing two weapons approached him and opened fire. The […]
Written on September 5, 2022 | Posted in
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The Espat family is asking for justice in the death of their loved one. Earlier today, Deputy Head of the National Crimes Investigation Branch, Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero told the media that investigators are seeking two suspects in relation to this latest homicide. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “We […]
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Later on that same day, gunshots rang out a short distance away from the Raccoon Street Police Station. When the shooting subsided, thirty-six-year-old Giovanni Williams had been injured with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. While he is cooperating with investigators, a motive for the shooting remains unclear. Here’s more from the Deputy Commander of […]
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Twenty-nine-year-old Mindy Novelo was viciously attacked with a hammer over the weekend by her ex-common-law husband. The incident happened after five p.m. on Saturday evening in the community of Corozalito while Novelo was walking home with her children. Forty-four-year-old Edin Chi reportedly charged at the woman and inflicted multiple injuries on her using the hammer. […]
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On Thursday night at the Biltmore Plaza, dozens of residents from Port Loyola and other communities in Belize City were on hand to participate in a public consultation held to discuss the viability of Waterloo’s Port of Belize expansion project. The event ran for several hours during which concerned citizens raised a number of questions […]
Written on September 2, 2022 | Posted in
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Port Loyola Area Representative, Gilroy Usher Senior also attended the public consultation and came forward in support of the proposed development, as well as the economic opportunities that will become available for residents of that community. His support for the cruise terminal, however, was countered by the President of the Christian Workers Union whose contentious […]
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The public consultation, notwithstanding the concerns that were raised by environmentalists and members of the general public, was, by and large, a mixed bag. There seems to have been a fairly equal number of persons in support of the project as there were others who were against the development. Port Loyola Resident “If man […]
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During Thursday’s consultation, questions were also raised with respect of an existing cruise port policy. While we were with Tourism Minister Anthony Mahler today, he was asked about this. He says that there is one, but it needs to be updated. Anthony Mahler, Minister of Tourism “There’s always been a cruise policy. In fact, […]
Written on September 2, 2022 | Posted in
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The months of July to October are considered as the slow season for the tourism industry in Belize. Despite efforts being made by the Ministry of Tourism and the Belize Tourism Board to attract visitors to the country during this time, the month of September almost always sees Belizeans within the diaspora returning home for […]
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A public consultation will get underway in a few minutes at the Biltmore Plaza where stakeholders in the tourism industry, concerned citizens, as well as developers involved with the Waterloo project will discuss the likelihood of a third cruise terminal being built in the Belize District. Tonight’s meeting follows the resubmission of an Environmental Impact […]
Written on September 1, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Minister Habet, the resubmitted E.I.A. seeks to address concerns that were raised regarding the previous assessment, where the disposal of dredged material is concerned. The E.I.A., says the Minister of Sustainable Development, will also deal with a request that has been made pertaining to the erection of a retaining wall for material that […]
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Cordel Hyde, who is currently the Acting Prime Minister, also spoke on this evening’s consultation. He told reporters that if it was left up to him alone, the public event would not have taken place. Here is what he had to say when we caught up with him at an event this afternoon in Belize […]
Written on September 1, 2022 | Posted in
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Deputy Mayor Allan Pollard Junior, who is presently standing in for Mayor Bernard Wagner, has also weighed in on the matter from the perspective of the Belize City Council. While the proposed Waterloo development will take place on the south side of Belize City, particularly in the Port Loyola constituency, it is CitCo’s belief that […]
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On Wednesday, a sheaf of documents purportedly containing as many as twenty thousand signatures were presented to the Minister of Sustainable Development, following a countrywide petition to garner enough support from residents who are against the Waterloo development. The signed demand for action was presented by Thomas Greenwood, along with several other persons who are […]
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While on the phone with us, we asked Minister Habet about the authenticity of the signatures that have been garnered and what is the process being used to determine that the petitions were in fact endorsed by persons who qualify as residents, voters or adults. Isani Cayetano “What legitimacy do these signatures have? Are […]
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A shooting in Belize City on Tuesday evening has raised serious concerns about public safety heading into the carnival weekend. The armed attack on Dixon Ramirez, a short distance away from where Soca Moca was preparing for its mas camp on Pelican Street, canceled an event where participants in the pre-carnival activity were up to […]
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