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The Belize Network of N.G.O.s received twenty-seven thousand U.S. dollars to fund an exercise that will strengthen civil society organizations to promote good governance and accountability. The donation is made possible through the Belize Association of Planners and the Research Triangle Award. The money, according to BAP, came through a CARSI-funded project. Senator Osmany Salas […]
Written on January 15, 2020 | Posted in
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Two other local organizations also received funding through the Belize Association of Planners and Research Triangle International micro grants. The Emergent Corp and the Belize Association of Persons with Diverse Abilities (BAPDA) received ten thousand Belize dollars each for six-month projects. Representatives of the two organizations share how the grants will be used to further […]
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Businessman and politician Lee Mark Chang came up big for Dara’s Feeding Programme. Today, Chang presented a thousand dollar check to the grassroots initiative that feeds about fifty underprivileged school children from the area. Chang also committed a monthly check for the rest of the school year. Joel Dara Robinson’s thirteen-year programme is at risk […]
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Swift Hall in Belize City was overflowing on Monday night in the mad rush by immigrants to acquire Belizean nationality. The Minister of State for Immigration Beverly Williams was not present, but high ranking members of the Immigration Department turned up to meet the hundreds of immigrants. It all started last week when crowds converged […]
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Immigration C.E.O. Edmond Zuniga was also quizzed about the vast amount of documents that were collected at Finnegan’s political office over the course of last week. He did not confirm their status. Edmond Zuniga, C.E.O., Ministry of Immigration “I don’t know; I haven’t seen those documents so I don’t know. I can’t speak to […]
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A storm is brewing in the ruling United Democratic Party ahead of its national convention in February. This on the heels of the release of U.S. court documents of a massive tax fraud case. One of the documents is a deposition, eighteen pages long, against Lev Aslan Dermen by his business partner. Dermen is originally […]
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A series of countrywide public consultations commenced over the weekend; on Monday it was held in Belmopan where proponents of the Equal Opportunities Bill presented, to an audience of interested persons, the need for the proposed legislation. Led by Chief Executive Officer Judith Alpuche of the Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation and Executive […]
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The Equal Opportunities Bill is of serious concern for the National Evangelical Association of Belize, NEAB, which has come out strongly against the proposed legislation because of the perceived same-sex agenda. NEAB has also been staunchly against the repealing of Section Fifty-three of Belize’s Criminal Code. That issue was raised pointedly during Monday night’s forum. […]
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The murder of three-year-old Mark Tuyul Junior has pushed the issue of domestic violence to the front burner. Domestic violence is pervasive and has become commonplace to a point where it is casually addressed in everyday conversation. In our interview on Sunday with the biological father of the Tuyul kids, he described an incident where […]
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Equally concerning is the issue of child sexual abuse resulting from pedophilia. According to Lovell, this kind of predatory behaviour often manifests itself in situations where children are groomed by the stepparent. Jennifer Lovell, Psychotherapist “We have a lot of pedophiles here you know, these are people, men and women, who like young children […]
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The Belize Tax Service is holding on to its position that Belize Telemedia Limited owes millions of dollars in taxes to the Government of Belize. The Department initiated an audit of B.T.L.’s account last year and reviewed a trove of documents that showed that B.T.L. owed up to twenty-nine point three million dollars for the period […]
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Reynaldo Verde, Former Deputy Director of the Belize Tax Service, remains incarcerated in the U.S. after he was nabbed by F.B.I. officials on September seventh 2019, on a charge of extortion and attempted extortion. Verde has denied any wrong doing. The allegation brought against him was made by owner of Orchid Bay in Corozal, Chris Williams who […]
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Jumoke Castro, son of U.D.P. Minister Edmond Castro, is yet to be charged for what is considered a threat of rape against Plus TV’s Shasta Wade. Castro was placed on administrative leave with full pay after he appeared on social media making vile comments against Wade. His own party has denounced his actions with Prime […]
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Last week the Nurses Task Force called out the Ministries of Health and Public Services for acting in bad faith. According to the Task Force, the ministries were failing to address issues affecting the nursing profession. In our story, we spoke with the President of the Nurses Association of Belize, Darrell Spencer. Well, there is at […]
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Now, while Baird wants answers from the association in regards to the task force and elections, he says that he believes some of the points that they have called for are legitimate. He told us that if nurses were consulted more issues would have been included in the nursing task force’s agenda with the Ministries […]
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Is the ‘Dara Feeding Programme’ closing its doors after thirteen years? Not just yet – that is, if Joel Dara Robinson gets his way. The local philanthropist says that his feeding programme is on life support and is in serious need of a boost. According to Robinson, he can no longer maintain the programme because […]
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A throve of documents has been obtained on a complex case in the U.S. Courts involving an alleged scheme to illegally obtain more than five hundred million U.S. dollars in renewable fuel tax credits. It includes court documents and press reports of the alleged bribes paid to senior U.S. officials as well as from Belize. […]
Written on January 13, 2020 | Posted in
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The traditional opening of the Supreme Court took place as scheduled this morning. Members of the Judiciary were in full force as they made their way to the courtroom following a ceremony at Saint John’s Cathedral; but the Executive of the Bar Association and its President, Cheryl-Lyn Vidal, did not attend boycotting the event due […]
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At this time, a meeting is currently underway at the Swift Hall in the Lake Independence constituency of Belize City where as promised, Minister of State for Immigration, Beverly Williams, is meeting with immigrants seeking nationality. Hundreds of persons, some who have been living in Belize for over a decade, have gathered there hoping to […]
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Less than twenty-four hours after the body of Emil Escalante was laid to rest over the weekend, the tomb at the cemetery in Orange Walk was broken into and his casket opened. It occurred overnight and relatives are questioning who could be behind such a vile act and why. Outside of the vandalism, which police […]
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The Belize Police Department owes a San Pedro hotel over a hundred thousand dollars. The hefty hotel tab is reportedly for accommodations for officers who have been working on the island. According to the Commissioner of Police, the Belize Police Department will not pay the six figure bill in its entirety. He says that it […]
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The Belize Police Department says that it’s in the process of designating ranks within the force as gender-neutral. Currently, the female police constables are referred to as W.P.C. Moving forward, the department wants to get rid of the “W” and all female police constables will be referred to by the gender-neutral term ‘PC.’ Commissioner of […]
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And on the topic of female police officers, today Commissioner Chester Williams told the media that two of his officers will take the department to court. The legal action is over the matter of hairstyle. If you’ll recall, last year several members of the department faced disciplinary charges over dreadlock hairstyles. Back then, the department […]
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For three days this week, hundreds of immigrants from Central America, and elsewhere, turned up at the political office of U.D.P. standard bearer Dianne Finnegan with immigration documents in hand. They were there to get assistance to get their nationality moved quickly through the process. It is an election year so there is a wild […]
Written on January 10, 2020 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court opens this coming Monday. The ceremony has traditionally been one of pomp featuring a full turnout of the Judiciary as well as the Bar. But that will change this coming Monday, and it is a first. All this in light of a challenge presently before the Supreme Court involving Chief Justice Kenneth […]
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