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The Belize Police Department was the recipient of equipment to enhance the training of officers which was handed over by U.S. Chargé d’affaires, Keith Gilges. The U.S. Government is also providing a curriculum advisor who will work closely with the police academy to develop curriculum. This initiative is part of a CARSI-supported in-service training project, […]
Written on December 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, we reported that Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero had tested positive for COVID-19 and has since been self-isolating. One day later, the Minister of Health and Wellness, announced that in his absence, Doctor Melissa Diaz, the Deputy Regional Manager for the Central Health Region, has been appointed as Acting Director […]
Written on December 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Gilbert Swaso is the new Commissioner of the Belize Port Authority. According to a release from the Government Press Office, Swaso is a renowned maritime expert and certified master marine surveyor who served twenty-four years in the Belize Defence Force. The Retired Major has also served as the Deputy Ports Commissioner and Operations Manager at […]
Written on December 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is in Belize just in time for the holidays! You won’t see this red-nosed reindeer galloping though because we are talking about stationary reindeers made from logs. That’s what an enterprising family is doing in the north. They are making reindeers in an outdoor shed in their yard and selling them […]
Written on December 10, 2020 | Posted in
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The Belize Camping Experience is selling apples this Christmas in order to raise funds to cover the cost of activities, including summer camps or children. 2020 has been an unusual year for many, but the faith-based organization is already looking forward to next year and it is hoping that your support for their fresh apples […]
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Director of the Belize Tourism Board Karen Bevans has hired the legal services of former Prime Minister Dean Barrow to sue Love FM and Prime Minister John Briceño. Bevans’ contention is with an interview with Prime Minister Briceño that Love FM aired last week. The topic of the interview was the extension of contracts given […]
Written on December 9, 2020 | Posted in
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Coast Guard conducted a search and rescue operation earlier today in Crooked Tree Village. A report was received of two villagers who were heading to check on their farm in a sixteen-foot canoe with a small engine. The vessel began to take on water and capsized in the area of Spanish Creek. Coast Guard, along with […]
Written on December 9, 2020 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams took to social media over the weekend and expressed concerns over what can only be deemed as irresponsibility on the part of employers who, despite having COVID-positive persons among their staff, have refused to send them home to isolate and, in some cases, to quarantine. Now by law, any of […]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize is the latest country to form its own national chapter of the Caribbean Women in Leadership, known as CIWiL for short. Since 1998, CIWiL, a non-partisan and N.G.O., has been working to increase women’s participation in political and public life across the Caribbean. An election was held last month where the executive was selected. […]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Valerie Woods says that CIWiL has been instrumental in advocacy and policy work across the region and so the plan is for the Belize Chapter to bring that same energy and commitment to champion women’s participation and advancement in Belize. She tells us more about the N.G.O. Valerie Woods, Chairperson, CIWiL Belize “What it […]
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The Public Service Union met with Minister Henry Charles Usher and Chief Executive Officer Doctor Osmond Martinez on Thursday to discuss recommendations made by the P.S.U. to investigate the recent fire sale in which government assets were disposed at rock-bottom prices. This succeeds a Cabinet decision to launch a probe into the cheap sale that […]
Written on December 4, 2020 | Posted in
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Ahead of the recent elections, the Public Service Union had made several recommendations regarding the purchase and acquisition of new vehicles for ministers and other government officials. While some elected officials have opted not drive new vehicles, others including their C.E.O.s have gotten spanking new rides. According to the P.S.U. Vice President, the new administration […]
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness hosted a virtual session earlier today to introduce to the public and its stakeholders the front of package nutritional warning label. The idea is that as residents will go about their shopping, these labels will help them with making healthier choices for food selection and prevention of diseases. For […]
Written on December 4, 2020 | Posted in
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Represented in the virtual meeting were PAHO, as well as the Belize Bureau of Standards. While there have been some delays in the implementation of the front of package labelling exercise, there are various things that must be considered including the fact that Belize imports a large number of food items, therefore legislations would impact […]
Written on December 4, 2020 | Posted in
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Since Wednesday, a number of documents purported to be land approval forms have surfaced on social media. Those documents show that over thirty acres of land were approved just days before the general elections. The prices for what are deemed prime lands and the persons behind the land deals are raising eyebrows. According to some […]
Written on December 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, the Belize City Council teamed up with a number of corporate partners to gift a brand new house to an elderly citizen. The handing over happened this afternoon on Sunflower Street where Mayor Bernard Wagner and the council’s business partners joined the grateful recipient to hand over the house valued at almost twenty-five thousand […]
Written on December 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The National Fire Service, in collaboration with a non-profit organization from out of the U.S., is developing the capacity of the department in its response to trauma. It is being piloted in Cayo where fire-fighters are learning the basics of emergency medical services which they would be able to execute and very likely save lives […]
Written on December 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The Belize Camping Experience, through their Harvest for Kids programme, is asking for your support this Christmas holiday. They are back again with apples for sale to raise funds for activities for a thousand children they support throughout the year. This time around Alex Perez of the Belize Camping Experience says that the apples are […]
Written on December 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The new COVID-19 measures were amended over the weekend. Two major changes were announced, the first being the time the curfew comes into effect. Initially, Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat announced that the twenty-one-day curfew, which began on Saturday, would have started at nine p.m. The curfew now starts at ten p.m. There […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Statutory Instrument 170 of 2020 came into effect over the weekend. You’ll recall that the Ministry of Health outlined a number of measures being taken to contain the spread of COVID-19. These measures include a curfew from ten p.m. to five a.m.; the continuation of the mandatory wearing of masks and social distancing. The latest […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier today, Commissioner Williams told the media that he was simply following the directives initially given to him and could not explain the decision to move the curfew back an hour. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Well, I guess people were relying on the press release that the Ministry of Health had issued prior […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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A Honduran woman delivered her baby early this morning inside a police station. Amparo Lopez was detained at the Orange Walk Police Station where she was scheduled to appear before the court on immigration charges later today, but by four-thirty a.m., she began to experience labour pains. Two police officers, including Corporal Teresita Higinio, assisted […]
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There was an uproar in the southern community of San Vicente on Sunday night where residents faced off with Belize Defense Force soldiers. The men who are assigned to the village observed a group of six boys playing football at a nearby field. As it stands, participating in any contact sport is prohibited under an […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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According to residents of San Vicente, the B.D.F. soldiers stationed in the village have been seen on previous occasions frequenting the nearby Guatemalan border to purchase contraband beer and liquor and were reportedly under the influence when the incident transpired on Sunday evening. On the Phone: Juan Ca’al, Spokesperson “Within that commotion reports surfaced […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has also weighed in on the confrontation in San Vicente and explained the need for police to have intervened in the fracas. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Yesterday in the late evening, there was some issue in the village between elements of the B.D.F. and some villagers which resulted […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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