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While City Hall’s street woes inhibit Christmas cheer, there has been an attempt to deal with the sanitation company crisis. In early December, the Council was behind in payments to Belize Waste Control to the tune of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. That’s four months worth of arrears, and BWC was at the point […]
Written on December 17, 2013 | Posted in
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Contracts were signed this morning between the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and contractors for works to be undertaken at the national referral in the upcoming New Year. In the first instance, the K.H.M.H. will be renovating the Adult Intensive Care Unit and secondly, remedial work will be done on the parking lot. But there is […]
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Government provided a subsidy of eighteen point five million dollars to the K.H.M.H. this year. Notwithstanding, the renovations to the hospital will come at a cost to the public. As was mentioned earlier, the K.H.M.H. took out a loan with the Belize Bank Limited to pay for the remodeling and construction works. The Director of […]
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Up north, the sugar industry remains at a standstill. This Sunday, cane-farmers from all eighteen branches in the north assembled at the Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Mexico to receive an update from the BSCFA, and to provide the association with a mandate for the days ahead in respect of a proposed deal with B.S.I. on bagasse. […]
The condition of the sugar roads is affecting not only cane-farmers, but commuters in general. After a week of alternate cold and dry spells, the rains returned with a vengeance, wreaking havoc on critical roads in the sugar network. On the Petville road, just outside Orange Walk Town, the deterioration is such that only tractors […]
Tonight, there is no official explanation or comment from the Immigration Ministry on the Rafael Vasquez Medina nationality facilitation. Salvadoran national Vasquez-Medina received his Belizean nationality certificate on September nineteenth, 2013, signed by Director of Immigration Maria Marin. There are credible reports that the certificate was processed, signed and delivered in one day. But that […]
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The United Nations is looking at human trafficking Belize but that study reveals that there are far more cases of human smuggling of nationals from Central and South America and as far as Asia. Belize is considered a country of destination, transit and origin. At the invitation of the government, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, the United […]
The government of Belize has signed and ratified numerous international human right treaties which offer protection to women, children and migrant workers. G.O.B. has also pledged to suppress and punish those who traffic persons and at the national level, it has adopted the 2013 Trafficking in Persons Provision Act. But Ezeilo says that it is […]
Written on December 16, 2013 | Posted in
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The line Ministry for the issue of human trafficking is the Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation and Poverty. Its C.E.O., Judith Alpuche, says that the number of trafficked persons in Belize is small and disagrees with some of the information revealed by the UN Rapporteur. Alpuche identified victim care and services and says that […]
Last Thursday, the outspoken attorney, Audrey Matura-Shepherd joined the ranks of the unions and was approved as President by all fourteen entities of the haemorrhaging Christian Workers Union. And on Saturday, Matura-Shepherd was formally endorsed by the members in attendance and the rest of the executive was endorsed as follows: Vice-President Basil Brannon, Organizer Stephany […]
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One of the biggest issues facing the union is an allegation of missing monies. And that thorn will be dealt with head on by the new president and vice-president as a matter of priority. Both Matura-Shepherd and Brannon gave their perspective on some of the immediate priorities of the union following Saturday’s election. […]
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Reality Wedding Couple Allen and Roscelli took their wedding vows on Sunday during a memorable ceremony officiated by Cannon Leroy Flowers. The reality wedding aired live on this station brought a close to our series, From Yes To I Do Channel Five Will Follow You. Here is a snippet of the auspicious event. {Highlights […]
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Tonight, there is more evidence of corruption in the issuance of nationality certificates, this time directly implicating insiders in the Vital Statistics Unit, and likely the nationality section of the Immigration Department. Salvadoran national Rafael Vasquez Medina was detained by Police on December fifth because of a false document in his possession. That document was […]
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FECTAB press conferences are normally colorful and charged. Today, the organization held another one of those, but it also got emotional. Two of its firebrand members cracked under the pressure of slow business and they placed blame squarely on the government and on another tour operator saying there is unfair advantage. Despite slashing prices by […]
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The Special Envoy for Women and Children today launched the latest edition of the Inspiration Calendar. The artwork in the calendar was done by children with special needs who started to paint and draw since July of this year. Its release has now become a tradition at this time of the year and Kim Simplis […]
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On Thursday, the second and third reading of amendment two to the criminal code was passed in the House of Representatives. The amendment had a rocky start because some sectors felt that the decriminalization of sodomy was being sneaked in through the amendment, even before a ruling from the Supreme Court on that issue has […]
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Popular Belizean food vendor Gloria Jimenez is in a protracted battle with the Department of Human Services for custody of her three children. The kids were taken away from her and placed into foster care three years ago. Since then she has been trying desperately to regain legal rights over the children, whom she […]
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While the walkout by Opposition members ended the day, it wasn’t the first of the day. For weeks the N.T.U.C.B. has been agitating for the introduction of the Occupational Safety and Health Bill in the House. This is a bill which has been in the works for years, but despite extensive vetting locally and regionally, […]
Written on December 12, 2013 | Posted in
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Jose Alpuche was back into the government service in March 2012 following the last general elections. Alpuche was named Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture and assigned specifically to the agriculture to work alongside Minister of State, Hugo Patt. With the recent resignation of Beverly Castillo as C.E.O. of Natural […]
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Today the bill to amend the Criminal Code of Belize, after a long and torturous journey, was read a second and third time and passed through the House of Representatives. It was introduced to the House in late September, and received less than rave reviews, primarily from the churches. That led to a public session […]
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And then it was on to the bills for amendments to the Immigration Act. The amendments are the results of the ongoing immigration scandal, measures proposed by Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse to slam shut open doors of opportunity for hustling. Those amendments have been roundly criticized and shredded by President of the Bar Eamon […]
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Where in Belize is former Minister of State Elvin Penner? Nobody’s sure, because the man who was in the center of the passport scandal has gone to ground. We know that he is still receiving his salary as an Area Representative, in addition to approximately seven thousand dollars each month that should be used to […]
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The embattled Christian Workers Union, booted from the fold of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize in late October for failing to convene a meeting to elect executives, has a new president. Audrey Matura-Shepherd has been unanimously approved by all fourteen entities within the CWU, including stevedores, as well as Central Bank and Social […]
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Outgoing president Antonio Gonzalez says he’s pleased that the membership of the union has chosen Matura-Shepherd, whom he believes will help to return the CWU to its glory days. Similarly, General Secretary James McFoy, whose post will become vacant as of this Saturday when a general assembly will be held, says that they will continue […]
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It has been raining consistently for several weeks; in fact, it has been an above average rainy season with the measure of rainfall doubling in some areas. In the city, the overnight rain has caused heavy flooding in main arteries at the entrance of the city and Freetown Road. But just about everywhere, the streets […]
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