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SpeedNet Communications, the parent company for Smart, has issued a press release dispelling the notion that the company’s service to the south will be cancelled as a result of ongoing litigation with B.T.L. According to the release, SpeedNet is working diligently and has invested millions of dollars to establish its own network, allowing the company […]
Written on December 18, 2014 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, we showed you the ignominious departure of the B.T.B.’s two day Director of Marketing and International Relations, Clive Percival Myers. Myers resigned, allegedly when it was revealed that his qualifications, including a Masters Degree, were faked. He had been named to the post only days ago, following the departure of Alyssa Carnegie on […]
Written on December 18, 2014 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department’s Eastern Division is organizing its second annual Christmas variety show entitled COPS. This year they have chosen B.T.L. Park as the venue and are inviting the public to come out this weekend and share in the spirit of the season. As is becoming customary, there will be giveaways and other surprises […]
Written on December 18, 2014 | Posted in
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This morning Belizeans lined up outside the Salvation Army’s headquarters on Regent Street in the City. Christmas is one week away, but while many Belizeans shop and decorate and prepare to celebrate the season, many others are having a difficult time just putting food on the table for their families. It’s an indication of the […]
Written on December 18, 2014 | Posted in
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And while the Salvation Army was doing its thing, other organizations are showing and sharing the love this Christmas. At the Sister Cecilia Home in Belize City, All Saints Church dropped in, as they do every month, to spend some time with the elderly. It’s something they’ve been doing for a while now, and involves […]
Written on December 18, 2014 | Posted in
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Thirteen…that is the number of agreements that were signed today between Belize and Guatemala in the margins of the SICA Summit that concluded today in Placencia. We will have more on the summit, but it is the agreements that are grabbing the headlines tonight. The accords signed between the foreign ministers of the two countries […]
Written on December 17, 2014 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow, signatory to the agreements on behalf of Belize, also conceded that both countries desire to live peacefully. The PM acknowledged, in large part, the role Foreign Ministers Wilfred Elrington as well as Carlos Raul Morales, in formalizing the way forward through several rounds of negotiations which began earlier this year. […]
Immediately following the signing of the agreements, Prime Minister Barrow responded to the P.U.P. position on the thirteen agreements with Guatemala. He was quizzed by the media in Placencia on whether any constitutional constraint would interfere with the implementation of the agreements. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “There might be legal questions, but I am […]
Written on December 17, 2014 | Posted in
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In Belize City today, the Belize Mayors’ Association signed on to a municipal service regulation policy, which is also described as historic. It seeks primarily to change human resources practices in local government so that political interference will become a thing of the past. The policy applies to all nine municipalities which have undertaken to […]
Written on December 17, 2014 | Posted in
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About a month ago, Cabinet decided to waive visas for a long list of countries from Japan to South Korea to closer to home….Colombia and Brazil. According to the Minister of Immigration, Godwin Hulse, the visa requirements were tedious for nationals from these countries applying to visit Belize. Hulse also says that in the case […]
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Today in Belize City, over one hundred protestors converged near the Baron Bliss Lighthouse to point a way forward for the cruise tourism sector. For several years now the issue of a cruise port docking facility has taken center stage with tour operators, led by the Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize (FECTAB) loudly […]
Written on December 17, 2014 | Posted in
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FECTAB’s executive member Yhony Rosado pointed to a new report that suggests Norwegian Cruise Line, who are completing their own facility at Harvest Caye in the Stann Creek District, aim to abandon Belize City as a port of call, a decision that would have fatal consequences for industry providers here. FECTAB President Tom Greenwood also […]
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Clive Myers was appointed Acting Director of Marketing at the Belize Tourism Board as recent as Monday. But his appointment has been short-lived because this afternoon, Myers resigned with immediate effect. The circumstances surrounding his abrupt departure, however, are rather curious since a package was delivered to all media houses this morning, just prior to […]
Written on December 17, 2014 | Posted in
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Monday was nomination day, and newscasts focused on the shows put on by both camps as their candidates did the deed. We’ve shown the highlights, but there’s another one which didn’t make the news, one that is extremely pertinent in this time of Petrocaribe plenty. On Monday, as PUP supporters waited for Cayo North candidate […]
Written on December 16, 2014 | Posted in
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Christmas time is a popular time for buying gifts for family, friends, co-workers and even for your KK. Gadgets of all shapes, sizes and functions are on the market this season, but GO Wireless is making a name for itself by offering quality products at low prices. Duane Moody went looking for a gift for […]
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Since its opening, the Inspiration Center has conducted a hundred and forty-four assessments of children with disabilities. The facility is currently actively seeing sixty-five children for speech and physical therapy and seventy-three children in other districts for community base rehabilitation. The Taiwanese Government has been one of the biggest supporters and donors of the Inspiration […]
Written on December 16, 2014 | Posted in
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The sugar industry impasse has been broken. By Friday, or at least by the weekend, cane trucks from Orange Walk and Corozal should be lining up at BSI to deliver their product. The decision was made by a majority of cane-farmers on Sunday at a general assembly meeting, after members of the BSCFA and the […]
Written on December 15, 2014 | Posted in
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Marleni Cuellar is also in Placencia and has the latest on the meeting between Taiwan and Central America. Marleni Cuellar “Good night! Of course I am here at the Belize Ocean’s Club in Placencia where there is actually a lot taking place here at the moment. As you have been able to see through […]
Written on December 15, 2014 | Posted in
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Since arriving on a working visit to Belize on December eleventh, Taiwanese Foreign Minister David Lin has had a busy schedule which included the conferral of the Order of Distinction of Belize on Friday. Later that afternoon, Minister Lin was also present for a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new headquarters for Belize’s […]
Written on December 15, 2014 | Posted in
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The Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize (FECTAB) is taking on the cause for the construction of a cruise port in Belize City. Tom Greenwood was a one-man show today at the Radisson Hotel’s VIP Room as he appeared without colleagues Yhony Rosado and David Almendarez. But he was no less vocal as he […]
Written on December 15, 2014 | Posted in
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But while it claims to speak for the majority of its members and in the interest of the industry, Greenwood’s FECTAB does have something at stake with the Stake Bank project: today he revealed that his organization has an iron-clad contract to conduct tour operations when the project gets going. Tom Greenwood, President, FECTAB […]
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OCEANA announced today that Alyssa Carnegie is joining its team as Communication Director as of mid January, 2015. Carnegie worked previously at the Belize Tourism Board and prior to that at the Government Press Office. Carnegie holds a Master’s Degree in International Political Economy from the University of Warick in the United Kingdom and a […]
Written on December 15, 2014 | Posted in
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Five and a half months ago on the morning of July eighth, Hattieville Justice of the Peace, Eloise Hyde, and her family lost the place they called home to a fire. The Hattieville family was left destitute after the fire, which was started by her grandson, gutted their wooden house and they sought shelter at […]
Written on December 15, 2014 | Posted in
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P.U.P. Deputy Leader Julius Espat will not be participating in the Petrocaribe-sponsored Christmas cheer program. Through that political initiative, all U.D.P. Area Reps will allegedly be receiving one hundred and ten thousand dollars. All P.U.P. Area reps should receive thirty-five thousand, which is the same amount collected by unelected U.D.P. caretakers. The P.U.P. made the […]
On Tuesday, the Government of Belize, through BELTRAIDE, announced the completion of the sale of Caye Chapel to a group of Mexican investors, who own El Secreto in San Pedro. The two hundred and sixty-five acre island which has been in foreclosure by the Belize Bank for a number of years has been sold for […]
Written on December 11, 2014 | Posted in
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