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Construction of a new five-million dollar building is about to begin on the compound of Saint John’s College in Belize City. Over the years, there has been a continuous and growing interest by students in the sciences which has rendered the current facility inadequate to meet the curiosity of the budding scientists. SJC is investing […]
Written on February 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Corozal Town Council inaugurated the installation of nineteen surveillance cameras in the town on Wednesday. Since last year, the Council and Belize Police Department have been working to set up the municipal surveillance system. The high definition cameras have been installed at key spots around the town to serve as an added layer of security […]
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A results-based management system to monitor the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement between CARIFORUM and the E.U. is being put in place across the region to track the impacts that the E.P.A. is having on member states that have signed on to the agreement. Belize ratified the agreement in 2008 and has been able […]
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International Trade Consultant Errol Humphrey has been advising the CARIFORUM Directorate and its member states on the monitoring of the Economic Partnership Agreement, known as the EPA. Humphrey says that there are a number of aspects to international trading and there are limited resources in smaller countries to deal with it. The monitoring mechanism is […]
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Farmers in the villages of Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Roman in the south are up in arms. Villagers, who rely on the land to provide for their families through subsistence farming, say that a company is making moves to acquire two thousand acres of land in the area. Santa Cruz chairman Vincent Scott, says […]
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According to Scott, the expected sale of the land in question and subsequent development will have an adverse effect on not only villagers of Santa Cruz, but those from San Roman and Santa Rosa. The chairmen of those villages are also upset and will join Scott in leading a protest on March fifth when parliamentarians […]
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The police command has been under scrutiny ever since it was revealed that an Interpol check did not turn up anything on the shady background of accused fraudster Lev Dermen, who is on trial in a Utah court. Dermen was twice pushed for honorary consul appointments, including by the then Minister John Saldivar. But these […]
Written on February 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Leading the investigation against John Saldivar is Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal. There are those in the public that are questioning the department’s ability to properly investigate the former U.D.P. minister without any hindrance or interference. Today, Williams shut down the naysayers, expressing full confidence in Vidal and the capabilities of his investigative team. […]
Written on February 26, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Commissioner Chester Williams, the disgraced former minister, John Saldivar, will be brought in for questioning at some point in time during the investigation. Contrary to what he had previously indicated, Williams reiterated today that the investigation into the allegations of bribery against Saldivar has commenced and will continue when the department puts its […]
Written on February 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño has written to the British High Commissioner in Belize as well as to the Caribbean Development Bank in Barbados. The United Kingdom and the C.D.B. have provided funding to the government of about one hundred and twenty-two million dollars for the Coastal Road Rehabilitation project. Work started on […]
Written on February 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Last Thursday, the National Trade Union Congress of Belize took to the streets to protest corruption and to bring pressure on a number of demands they are making on government. Within twenty-four hours, on February twenty-first, they met with the PM starting at ten and concluding just before one o’clock. There was headway in some […]
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A census exercise, estimated to cost the government somewhere around seven to eight million dollars, is to commence on May twelfth and conclude sometime in November of this year. In Belize, a population and housing census is carried out every ten years and the data collected is used by government departments, agencies and other groups […]
Written on February 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A team from the Guyana Bureau of Statistics is currently in Belize observing the process, which will include mapping areas and real time information being updated into the system. But in tracking how the country has developed and changed over time, Diana Castillo-Trejo says that they will be able to monitor and have field workers […]
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Fifteen-year-old Ashton Stevens has been found. The teenager was located safe and sound on Tuesday night, following his disappearance on Monday. As we had reported, Stevens went missing from the Rockville Boot Camp compound sometime before five on February twenty-fourth. His parents were worried because he didn’t take any personal effects. The boy had reported […]
Written on February 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Well-known Belizean artist Alex Sanker is attracting media attention in the United States where he was featured earlier today on ABC 7’s Eyewitness News in downtown Los Angeles doing what he does best, painting lifelike portraits of famous Americans. Last year, in the wake of the untimely passing of Nipsey Hussle, he immediately took to […]
Written on February 26, 2020 | Posted in
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At some point in your life, whether as a baby or an adult, you’ve come in contact with a nurse or midwife. These persons play a vital role in providing health services, and many times are the first and only point of healthcare in communities. According to the World Health Organization, the world needs nine […]
Written on February 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The Coastal Road Project was formally launched on Monday with a groundbreaking ceremony in La Democracia Village. At a cost of a hundred and thirty million Belize dollars, the stretch of road connecting central and southern Belize, bypassing the Hummingbird Highway, is arguably the most expensive infrastructure initiative to be undertaken by the government. It […]
Written on February 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams is tasked with carrying out a criminal investigation into former Minister of National Security John Saldivar in the wake of the Lev Dermen scandal. A probe into financial transactions conducted between Saldivar and Dermen, dating back to 2013 when large sums of monies exceeding the prescribed limit were doled out […]
Written on February 25, 2020 | Posted in
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In requesting privileged information under MLAT, attorney Eamon Courtenay says that assurances are given by both countries on how the information would be used during an investigation, particularly if there is a trial that is ongoing on the other end of that request. In the case against Lev Dermen and Jacob Kingston, Courtenay says that […]
Written on February 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Three weeks ago, Steve Duncan stepped down as a government appointed senator after serving at least four years on the upper chamber. At the time of announcing his replacement, the government said he had resigned for personal reasons. Well, today, a letter was sent to the Governor of the Central Bank Joy Grant by attorney […]
Written on February 25, 2020 | Posted in
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On most days, from Mondays to Fridays, long lines form at the Immigration Department in Belmopan by first time applicants for a passport or others seeking renewals. The process can be frustrating and time consuming and the paper work, voluminous. The procedures were tightened in 1994, following an immigration scandal in which persons, who did […]
Written on February 25, 2020 | Posted in
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The John Saldivar Scandal has brought sharp focus to the issue of campaign financing. With everyone talking about this, President of the Senate, Darrell Bradley says he has produced draft legislation to the issue. Bradley provided an outline and says it is critical to clean up the dirtiness in the matter of funds given to […]
Written on February 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Bradley’s draft is patterned along U.S. legislation, but incorporates laws in other countries. It contemplates that foreign nationals should be prohibited from financing campaigns in other jurisdictions. Bradley says that in instances where it happens, it is safe to say that there is a quid pro quo or a vested interest. Darrell Bradley, Attorney […]
Written on February 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Unlike a number of U.D.P. cabinet ministers and supporters, the President of the Senate says he is disappointed at what has come up in the Saldivar scandal. Bradley says right thinking Belizeans should not support what is illegal or unethical. Darrell Bradley, Attorney at law “As a person, who is a member of the […]
Written on February 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Darrell Bradley recognizes that the current climate is rife with cynicism due to the corruption. Bradley says the system of government is broken and needs fixing because there are no checks and balances. His word of advice? Darrell Bradley, Attorney-at-law “The first thing I would say is never trust politicians. That is a thing […]
Written on February 25, 2020 | Posted in
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