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Price Barracks will be receiving a much-needed facelift in the months ahead, with a loan of thirty million U.S. dollars from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, CABEI. The Ministry of Defense and Border Security will now move ahead with using those funds to improve the Belize Defense Force. Elvis Requeña, Program Coordinator, […]
Written on June 23, 2021 | Posted in
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RESTORE Belize is hosting an online capacity-building workshop on trauma-informed care. The virtual sessions, which will run through until July ninth, seek to empower service care providers for youth, families and vulnerable groups with the skills and strategies needed to recognize the impact of trauma on their clients and how to be sensitive and responsive […]
Written on June 23, 2021 | Posted in
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“Belize Public Service – making heroic sacrifices, displaying extraordinary humanness, providing service before self” – that is the theme for this year’s Public Service Day, celebrated annually on June twenty-third. Today, at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, public officers who have provided twenty-five years and more of service to the country were honoured by […]
Written on June 23, 2021 | Posted in
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The Belize National Fire Service headquarters has relocated to two temporary sites in Belize City. You’ll recall that the previous U.D.P. administration sold the fire station to Atlantic Bank before the General Elections. Today personnel were removing the final pieces of equipment as they closed off operations on Cleghorn Street. Fire Chief Colin Gillett tells […]
Written on June 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Last week, the Acting Chief Justice ruled that the past administration violated Maya Customary Land Tenure for the residents of Jalacte. The village and two men were awarded six point three million dollars as settlement in the case which arose after the former administration approved the upgrade of the Jalacte Road between 2013 and 2015. […]
Written on June 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Another one of those good governance measures that the government introduced back in May is the Protected Disclosures Bill of 2021. Popularly known as the Whistleblower’s legislation, it seeks to protect whistleblowers from being reprimanded when they disclose or reveal corrupt acts committed by public officers or elected officials. Attorney General Magali Marin-Young says the […]
Written on June 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Former Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte was also asked to weigh in on the whistleblower’s legislation. And he says that while it hasn’t been fully ventilated in the public and his party hasn’t discussed it, he has some preliminary personal concerns with the bill. Peyrefitte says that while he believes it could lead to malicious acts […]
Written on June 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Since it started the COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout, the Ministry of Health’s goal has been to get two hundred and fifty-one thousand Belizeans over the age of eighteen fully vaccinated. But three months later, only eight percent of this population has taken advantage of the vaccinations being offered. To increase these numbers, the M.O.H.W. is looking […]
Written on June 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, the United Nations Development Program donated a trove of information and communication technology equipment to the Belize’s judiciary to improve the access to justice by addressing the challenges leading to inadequate data and the back log in cases. The donation, valued at one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, was made possible through the Spotlight […]
Written on June 21, 2021 | Posted in
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The return of Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood as the Communications Director for the police department, more specifically the Commissioner of Police, had many wondering why the ComPol who is usually very accessible needs to have a press liaison. Williams says he will still make himself available to the press when necessary. Chester Williams, Commissioner […]
Written on June 18, 2021 | Posted in
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The Queen Conch season officially closes today. This means all you conch ceviche lovers will not be able to find that dish or any conch dishes at your favorite restaurant, or buy it from vendors, until the season reopens on September thirteenth. But what happens when conch is a big seafood seller at your business? […]
Written on June 18, 2021 | Posted in
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Three days after Cabinet met in regular session on June fifteenth, the briefing has been released by the Press Office. Among the highlights was a report from the Prime Minister’s office on his first official visit to Guatemala. The briefing says discussions were held on trade, security cooperation, migration, support for the Organization of American […]
Written on June 18, 2021 | Posted in
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The Belize Forest Department, through the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Disaster Risk Management, handed over thousands of dollars in equipment, transportation and uniforms to the co-manager of the Elijio Panti National Park. The donation was made through a regional forest conservation and protection project. Andrea Polanco, Reporting The Belize Forest Department […]
Written on June 18, 2021 | Posted in
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It is the most talked about mystery right now: what is causing the smoke or steam to rise in the Maya Mountains? Well, while the public continues its speculation ranging from previously unknown volcanic activity to fallen space debris, the Ministry of Natural Resources is assembling an investigative team to run some tests. According to […]
Written on June 17, 2021 | Posted in
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The NCO Leadership Center of Excellence inducted several individuals into the International Military Student Office Hall of Fame at a prestigious ceremony held on Wednesday. Among the inductees was Belize’s very own Warrant Officer Class One Wilfredo Majano, who has been with the Belize Defense Force for twenty-five years. While he could not be there […]
Written on June 17, 2021 | Posted in
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Social media has been abuzz with theories of what is happening in the mountains. Some speculate it is volcanic activity, while others say it is a meteorite that struck in the area. Today, personnel from the Geology and Petroleum Unit of the Ministry of Natural Resources were out at a farm on the Hummingbird Highway […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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When the San Pedro Town Council changed in March following the municipal elections, several employees from the previous administration were terminated. Under the labor laws of Belize, those individuals ought to have been compensated as part of a severance package. That has not been the case, however, despite written correspondence between their attorney and Mayor […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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According to Elrington, sufficient time has been afforded to the Town Council and its attorneys to respond to the query. Aside from a delay in response, Elrington says that at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, his clients entered into an agreement with the town council that they would accept a fifty percent pay cut […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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If you live along the Macal River or near the Chalillo Dam, the Belize Electric Company Limited is hosting a virtual public information session tonight you may want to attend. The session is being held to update the community about BECOL’s mercury in fish data, the water quality of the Macal River and their early […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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You may have noticed the various announcements from government departments of a change in their opening hours. Well, that shift came into effect June fourteenth when, along with the recent implementation of a ten percent salary reduction, as well as a three-year increment freeze, government decided to shorten the work week by five hours. Today […]
Written on June 15, 2021 | Posted in
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Two weeks after he was shot dead in San Pedro Town, forty-two-year-old Superintendent of police Henry Jemmott was laid to rest in his hometown, Dangriga. He was given all the official trappings of a send off fitting for a senior officer and many onlookers lined the streets as the police, including the military band played […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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Both the funeral and the wake for Superintendent Henry Jemmott were well attended by hundreds of people. While they all came out to pay their respects to the senior officer, there are many who were concerned about the non-compliance to quarantine regulations currently in place. Pictures and videos of the wake also circulated on social […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams officially announced that Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood is now the Director of Communications in his office and will be the point man to liaise with the media. Yearwood returns to public relations, having held the post previously under Commissioner Allen Whylie in several instances. According to Yearwood, aside from […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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But was Yearwood’s shift to Communications Director of the Belize Police Department a political move to muzzle the ComPol Chester Williams and his office? There is speculation from various quarters who question why Williams, who has been very open with the media and is also a trained attorney, would need a public relations officer. Here’s […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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Teachers and government officers across the country will begin to see ten percent less of their salaries starting this month since G.O.B.’s 2021 reduction in public service emoluments and allowances came into effect on June first. Those who stand to be directly affected protested the salary cut for weeks, while also fighting for good governance. […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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