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Mayor Wagner says that going forward the Belize City Council will focus on fixing and rehabilitating the condition of streets that have been obstructing the good quality of life of city residents. He says that these streets have been identified and with the revenue generated from the bond, the streets within city limits will be […]
Written on January 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Members from several media houses today attended a breakfast meeting hosted by the Belize City Council. The purpose of the gathering was for the council to restore relations with the media. Things went sour with the council after several requests from the media were ignored by the council’s public relations unit. The media showed its […]
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The sixth annual convention hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Belize will be held this Saturday at the ITVET here in Belize City. Otherwise known as the Jalsa Salana, the gathering of the faithful will feature a keynote address by the Vice President and Missionary in Charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in the […]
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The sixth year of the Ahmadiyya Basketball League also gets underway on February second and it will run for the next three months. The association will feature forty teams competing in five categories, which makes it the biggest youth basketball tournament in the country. Rodvern Lino is the Commissioner of the Ahmadiyya Basketball League. […]
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The U.D.P.’s leadership race is getting tense and the party appears to be hopelessly fractured. Scheduled for February ninth, John Saldivar and Patrick Faber will go head-to-head to become the next U.D.P. leader and hold over the reins of government if the Prime Minister of Belize steps down before the term of the government expires. […]
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Jumoke Castro, son of U.D.P. Minister Edmond Castro, failed to explain his December 2019 Facebook vile comments that attracted widespread condemnation and disgust. Castro attacked Plus TV’s Sashta Wade with the threat of gang rape. Castro, who is a public officer attached to the Belize Tax Service, was placed on administrative leave after a complaint […]
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A group of at-risk young men and women headed to the Wagner’s Facility for a firsthand experience of life behind prison walls. There they heard from the teenaged inmates on the harsh realities of incarceration. The visit is part of a programme at different high schools to discourage negativity and crime; and instead, chart a […]
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The Corozal Town Council’s garbage collecting woes will soon come to an end. The council will soon acquire two garbage trucks, courtesy of the Japan Embassy. The official grant contract signing ceremony was held on Tuesday between the council and the embassy for one hundred and ninety-nine thousand U.S. dollars. According to Mayor Rigoberto Vellos, […]
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Belize’s very own Julio Chub was awarded the 2019 Disney Conservation Hero award. Chub is the Liaison Officer of Ya’axché Conservation Trust and is regarded as a community-oriented conservation hero who has committed the past two decades of his life to conservation and community empowerment in southern Belize. The award recognizes local citizens for their […]
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The Southern Workers Union has received its trade union certification. The S.W.U. is now certified as a bargaining agent for employees of the Dangriga Town Council. The union is made up of thirty-three members and is led by President Glen Lewis. Today, the Ministry of Labour, Local Government and Rural Development, along with the Tripartite […]
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The National Agriculture and Trade Show will be held on May first, second and third of this year. The annual event will be celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year with the theme, “Innovations in Technology – Driving a Climate Resilient and Competitive Agriculture and Food Sector.” A press release issued today, announcing the dates, says […]
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As the trial of American Armenian national Lev Dermen enters its second day in the U.S. courts, in Belize, the matter is getting plenty attention because of its implications to a sitting government minister. The question in everyone’s mind is about the contents of the messages shared between Dermen’s former business partner, Jacob Kingston and […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Musa says that if the messages or any other documents prove some level of criminality, public pressure will be applied on Commissioner of Police Chester Williams to launch a criminal investigation and seek prosecution of those involved. Kareem Musa, Area Representative, Caribbean Shores “If the evidence comes which I suspect it will in the […]
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By this afternoon, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte responded to Caribbean Shores Area Representative Kareem Musa, despite not being in receipt of the letter in reference to Minister of National Security John Saldivar. The AG minced no words, calling the notion of invoking the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, under these circumstances, absolutely impractical. According to Peyrefitte, […]
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Attorney General Peyrefitte says that even if he were to proceed with such a request to obtain the names of the government ministers from U.S. Attorney General William Barr, the bureaucracy of that process would take significantly longer than waiting for the trial to commence and simply paying close attention to Jacob Kingston‘s testimony. […]
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The man in the eye of the storm here in Belize is John Birchman Saldivar. The Minister of National Security took to social media today saying that he stands proud. He said that, “Imagine the amount of people who are conspiring from outside my Party and from inside my Party to see me fail. Naw […]
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Jury selection continued today in the District Court in Utah, where Lev Dermen is facing up to ten charges relating to money laundering in a case brought against him by the U.S. for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service of five hundred and eleven million dollars. The prosecution has worked out a plea deal with one […]
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A lawsuit brought against Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin as chair of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission is set to commence on February nineteenth before Justice Michelle Arana. The presiding officer of the Supreme Court is himself being dragged to court for sidelining the president of the Bar Association who also has a seat on […]
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Two weeks ago we told you of the legal dispute brewing between Troy “DJ Dalla” Flowers and Shyne Barrow. DJ Dalla faced court action by Belize Brewing Company after he committed to taking out a twenty-six thousand-dollar consignment for drinks to be sold at last year’s Music Week reportedly at the behest of Shyne. One […]
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Light bills are not expected to increase between now and the end of the year. That’s the word from the Belize Electricity Limited which has made an application to the Public Utilities Commission for a review of rates for a four-year period, beginning July first, 2020 to June thirtieth, 2024. So while the current forecasts […]
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B.E.L. also announced today that it plans on investing almost three hundred million dollars in the national electricity grid over the next five years to connect to new renewable sources of energy in-country, as well as introduce smart grid technologies to improve its services. Sean Fuller, GM, Commercial & Retail Services, B.E.L. “Dawn mentioned […]
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Day two of a regional adolescents and youth forum took place today at the Radisson Hotel in Belize City. Today’s discussions centred on the topic of mental health and the need to speak out freely on the issue. The lack of knowledge about cervical cancer and the effects of gender-based violence on adolescent dating were […]
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Accused fraudster Lev Dermen who owned a chain of gas stations under the name Noil Energy in Los Angeles, is headed to trial. “Noil” is “lion” spelled backward and it is one of several examples of Dermen’s affinity for the big cat. Other businesses of his have had the word “lion” in them as well. […]
Written on January 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Police in Orange Walk Town are investigating the mysterious death of a two-month-old baby boy. Adriel Augustine died on Saturday afternoon, less than a day after being vaccinated at the Northern Regional Hospital. The mother, Melissa Castillo of San Estevan Village, told police that the baby was vaccinated on Friday. Soon after, baby Adriel developed […]
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The infamous Joseph Budna is back in the news. He escaped into Belize from Guatemala where he was serving a twenty-five-year sentence for kidnapping and extortion. He managed to successfully escape in 2019, but according to Budna, not even the Guatemalans harassed him as much as he is alleging that officers of the Belize Police Department […]
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