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Salud Mesoamerica 2015, a regional health initiative being carried out by the Inter-American Development Bank with funding from a number of charitable organizations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, met with Ministry of Health officials in Belize recently. The purpose of the program is to improve access, usage and quality of maternal, infant, child […]
Written on September 3, 2013 | Posted in
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The Guyanese famed El Dorado rum is making its debut in the Belize market. The rum is being imported into Belize by Grace Kennedy which today organized a training for bartenders at Club Calypso in Belize City. That session will be followed by others in San Pedro and Cayo. Duane Moody caught up with the […]
Written on September 3, 2013 | Posted in
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The National Bank of Belize Limited was established in April 2013, and today its doors were opened to the general public in Belmopan. The state-owned bank will primarily provide concessionary credit to public officers, teachers and lower-middle income Belizeans. Suitable to the occasion, the launch was a red-carpet type affair of government leaders, public officers, […]
Written on September 2, 2013 | Posted in
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Last Friday and Saturday, the media was hosted by SATIIM on a trip to the Sarstoon Temash National Park to witness first-hand ongoing work by U.S. Capital Energy. On the eve of the tour, it appeared that a standoff was afoot, but the tour proceeded without trouble because SATIIM chose an alternate route to access […]
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Greg Ch’oc, the Executive Director of SATIIM, also used the trip to Sarstoon Temash to provide clarity to the question of whether he had resigned from the N.G.O. Speaking in Ketchi and then in English to reporters, Ch’oc said that detractors have been spreading mischief and that any decision he takes is in consultation with […]
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The memorandum of understanding between the government of Belize and Norwegian Cruise Lines is a done deal, and the parties are not allowing any grass to grow under their feet. M.O.U.s are not legally binding, but contracts are, and one is very much in the works. Despite much opposition to and many concerns about the […]
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Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Julius Espat has summoned the members of that committee to a meeting. That is set for this Wednesday, but meanwhile there is much drama being played out between G.O.B. and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. That started with a release from the Office of the Prime Minister […]
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There was a contraction of the economy in the first quarter of 2013 – a negative point five percent. The Statistical Institute of Belize cited downturns in the citrus, banana and electricity industries. But there seems to be no reason to panic or to expect more of the same in the second half of the […]
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Today was the beginning of classes for primary schools across the country. But here in Belize City, a number of students and commuters from various areas were without transportation because several commuter buses were impounded at the Traffic Department on Youth for the Future Drive. The drivers of the buses were up in arms claiming […]
Written on September 2, 2013 | Posted in
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The academic year 2013, for primary schools across the country, began today. While parents, students and teachers were on hand to commence the first day of classes, in Big Falls Village, a protest was being staged along the Southern Highway. The residents were up in arms over the transfer of five teachers from the village’s […]
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Despite the rains earlier in the day, the official inauguration of the transformed Memorial Park went on schedule on Saturday. The park, which was once dedicated to the soldiers who fought and have fallen in World War One, has now become a space for small entrepreneurs as part of a Sustainable Tourism program for the […]
Written on September 2, 2013 | Posted in
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A press release on the BCB Holdings website says that Yumi Limited, a British Virgin Islands Company, has entered into an agreement to purchase the exclusive Caye Chapel Resort. The terms of the transaction, says the release, provide for an initial non-refundable payment prior to a due diligence period from September first to November fourteenth, […]
Written on August 30, 2013 | Posted in
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Some four hundred and fifty less fortunate primary school students from across the Belize District received some much needed school supplies courtesy of the Hands of Mercy Charity Foundation. Designed to assist marginalized children with school supplies, the N.G.O. has helped hundreds of students from ten various primary schools from south side Belize City, Hattieville […]
Written on August 30, 2013 | Posted in
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The September celebrations kick off this weekend. It’s a calendar filled with activities leading up to national day. This Saturday, the pageant called Independence Day Junior Miss will be staged at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Participating will be a number of primary school age girls representing schools around the country. Unlike other […]
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Last Friday there was a standoff between Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, Maya Leaders and the Police when the group attempted to leave Punta Gorda by boat to visit Temash Two, the location of a drill pad currently under construction by U.S. Capital Energy. And tonight we can report that there is further tension […]
Written on August 29, 2013 | Posted in
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OCEANA’s Vice President of Southern and Central America, Alex Muñoz, is in Belize. He’s here to deal with the transition from former VP Audrey Matura-Shepherd to a new, as yet unselected leader for OCEANA’s operations in Belize. That new head of OCEANA will now be a Country Director who will report directly to Muñoz. We’ll […]
Written on August 29, 2013 | Posted in
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The Mahogany Cadets received a set of drums this morning thanks to the efforts of musician and Minister Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington. These cadets operate out of the Mahogany Police Sub-Precinct number two, and the donation will take them one step closer to the establishment of a full-fledged cadet band. The entire cadet program is a […]
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While the Mahogany Police Cadets got some musical equipment, the Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage and COLA handed over school supplies to needy students just in time for the new school year. Duane Moody was present when the students, twelve years and younger, received the gifts. Duane Moody, Reporting Some twenty primary school […]
Written on August 29, 2013 | Posted in
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The third annual Back-To-School Drive, organized by Brian Dena, a community activist of the Fabers Road area, kicks off this Friday. But Dena is wasting no time in appealing to the Belizean public to give freely in assisting primary school students to prepare themselves for the upcoming school year. For his part, Dena is leading […]
Written on August 27, 2013 | Posted in
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Last year, a former minister of government introduced into the national discourse a proposal to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of marijuana. A committee was formed to look at the issue, but it never got took flight and eventually had a natural death. Isani Cayetano, however, went further with the proposal and together with […]
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Here in the Belize District, the Belize National Coast Guard is conducting an intensive search of the Old Belize River near the village of Isabella Bank in the Belize River Valley. They are looking for the body of seven year old Chelsie Smith, a student from Sandhill. She and her family were spending Sunday on […]
Written on August 26, 2013 | Posted in
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The City Council joined up today with a visiting delegation from Othon P. Blanco, from the neighboring state of Quintana Roo. Both municipalities continue to enjoy the longest running sister city relations. Mayor Darrell Bradley and Eduardo Espinosa Abuxapqui both celebrated the strong ties and committed to further strengthen the relationship through trade and services. […]
Written on August 26, 2013 | Posted in
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News Five has been investigating reports of an apparent sex scandal at the Western Regional Hospital. There are allegations that a driver was engaged in a sexual relationship with a patient in the psychiatric ward. Furthermore, it is claimed that he was allowed to do so by nurses in the unit, and that the patient […]
Rafael Perez, the pastor of Zion Ministries Assemblies of God Church in Orange Walk Town, is still nowhere to be found. Perez has been hiding out since August second, when officials from his church approached him with serious questions. There are allegations from various women that they paid Perez money after he promised to take […]
Written on August 23, 2013 | Posted in
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This morning, under the patronage of the University of Belize, the Ministry of Education and the Commonwealth Open Schooling Association, Open School in Belize was officially launched. It’s the first of its kind and is being implemented at Gwen Lizarraga High School. The initiative is supported by the Commonwealth of Learning and is to foster […]
Written on August 23, 2013 | Posted in
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