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BELTRAIDE and Caribbean Export Development Agency want to make SMEs more competitive and export ready. In a two-day training that started on Wednesday, business owners were engaged in a workshop to build their capacity to better take advantage of the European Partnership Agreement benefits, including the exportation of more goods and services. Exporters and potential […]
Written on March 26, 2015 | Posted in
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After this Friday, the Easter break officially commences for the children. Adults, however, have to wait another week before the highly anticipated four day weekend. If you are like most Belizeans, your Easter plans are sure to include some fun times near the water – be it a beach, a river, a lagoon or a […]
Written on March 26, 2015 | Posted in
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There is a lot of political news tonight. We’ll come to that shortly, but we start with a rather unprecedented proposed new law. This Thursday, Belize’s Parliamentarians go to the House to debate the 2015-2016 Budget. But even before that gets underway, News Five has gotten wind of a bill which Government intends to pass […]
It’s official. Albert constituency Area Representative Herman Longsworth is out. The wanna-be Area Rep., Phillip Willoughby, is also out. And Tourism C.E.O. and first-time, full-time politician Tracy Taegar-Panton is in. The announcement came today at U.D.P. headquarters, complete with all the bells and whistles to welcome the woman, Prime Minister Dean Barrow says will deliver […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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Panton comes from a traditionally P.U.P. background, and even worked for years as Manager of the P.U.P.’s Belize Times. She has been affiliated with the very successful Mark Espat era in the Albert Constituency and received her first official tourism posting under the P.U.P. So how does that true blue history get reconciled with the […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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So, the United Democratic Party formally introduced its new standard bearer for the Albert Division this morning, much to the surprise of many who believed that the candidacy would have been a duel between councilor Phillip Willoughby and Minister of State Herman Longsworth. One man who’s equally as taken aback, not by the abrupt change, […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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Thompson also says that he will be re-strategizing in the wake of the recent development and remains confident of his chances in his stomping grounds. Isani Cayetano “Does the familiarity of this new candidate force you in any way to change your campaign or to restructure or reorganize your approach to winning the upcoming […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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Back to Panton…She says she is confident that she can deliver the Albert constituency, and has committed to do just that. To have any chance at all, she will have to capitalize on any mileage made by Longsworth and even Willoughby, who has been working in the division for months. Both men’s sudden fall from […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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Most would say that Longsworth’s stint as Albert Area Representative has been unremarkable, and while Willoughby wanted it really bad, he’ll never get his chance to shine in the Alberts. But neither man seems particularly unhappy to be pushed out, and that’s probably because the favour of their stepping aside will likely be rewarded with […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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With Panton set to be installed, PM Barrow is setting up conventions in Belize Rural North, Orange Walk South and Caribbean Shores. Like we said, it’s all fine-tuning for general elections which Barrow really can call at his whim. Today he confirmed that it won’t be this year…or will it? Dean Barrow, U.D.P. Leader […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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Tonight, there is some good news on the fuel scene – the long delayed fuel ship is in port and is in the process of being offloaded. But that’s it for the good news and the rest is all bad. At midnight on Tuesday, the price of regular fuel increased by a very extreme one […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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The rice industry imbroglio continues without clear definition because government stakeholders in the Ministry of Agriculture have remained mum. Currently rice retails at over one dollar and twenty cents a pound, while importer Jack Charles maintains that he can import rice from Guyana which would then retail for around sixty-nine cents a pound. It’s got […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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The Marion Jones Sporting Complex is finally looking at completion. Since its groundbreaking in August 2009, the projected launch of the state of the art facility has been put off multiple times. In fact, the fence was constructed by a company operated by the current Minister of State in the Minister of Sports, Herman Longsworth, […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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The 2015-2016 Proposed Budget by the Barrow Administration will be heavily debated in the next two days at the National Assembly Building where it is expected that the Opposition will poke holes at the proposed expenditure and revenues of public funds. But even before the debate, which is expected to be a fiery one, the […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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BYM also touched on issues affecting the youth such as education and crime. Micah Goodin and Alberto Vellos spoke of not getting the monies worth out of what has been spent. Alberto Vellos, BYM “We call for value of money at the ministry of education. Does the investment match up with the results? Clearly […]
Written on March 25, 2015 | Posted in
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This Wednesday, starting at eight p.m. sharp, the Belize Jaguars will be playing against the national football team from the Cayman Islands in the first leg of qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup. Today, the Cayman delegation arrived in Belize on Taca Airlines, but interestingly, there were no officials from the Football Federation of […]
Written on March 24, 2015 | Posted in
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The retail cost of rice on the local market remains a topic of discussion since last Thursday when Belize City businessman Jack Charles issued a release shedding light on seemingly exorbitant prices. Charles, proprietor of Xtra House, has expressed an interest in importing rice from Guyana at a cost, he argues, that would be significantly […]
Despite the argument that the local rice industry is self-sustained, over three million pounds of rice was brought into the country from Guyana in 2014. The importation, according to Rempel, was the result of a shortage attributed to crop failure, and the reason for not seeing packaged product bearing Guyanese brands is simply because the […]
Written on March 24, 2015 | Posted in
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The Lands Department is advising private landowners to be on full alert after the discovery of active attempts to rob them of their properties. The scam was discovered last week when perpetrators attempted to lodge applications for first registrations. For those who don’t know, first registrations are carried out by those landholders who have not […]
At least twelve instances of land fraud have been discovered, going as far back as 2012. Land scammers are apparently focusing on three areas so far, including Consejo, Commerce Bight and Placencia. Those being targeted are primarily absentee landowners, who are in real danger of returning to Belize to find they no longer own a […]
The Department of Environment, along with the Hol Chan Marine Reserve Management, extracted the deep water submersible that has been lodged in the reef in front of San Pedro for the past few weeks. Following Saturday’s removal of the piece of equipment, the Hol Chan team wrapped up an assessment on the area where the […]
Written on March 24, 2015 | Posted in
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Seventeen manatees in twelve weeks; those are the startling statistics coming from the Belize Manatee Conservation Program Coordinator today, following yet another sighting of dead manatees in Belizean waters. It has only been twelve weeks since the start of the year 2015 and since then, there has been up to seventeen manatees that have been […]
Written on March 24, 2015 | Posted in
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But the Belize River Mouth area is heavily trafficked by boaters and is important to stakeholders in the tourism industry. Over the years, human activities in the area are primarily the causes of death of manatees in Belize. Despite visible no-wake zone signs and the awareness campaign that Galvez has been championing, the number of […]
Written on March 24, 2015 | Posted in
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Years of Grace: The History of Roman Catholic Evangelization in Belize is the brainchild of the late Charles Wood Senior. The Belizean historian spent countless hours documenting the arrival of Spanish conquistadores and the subsequent conversion to Christianity of the inhabitants they encountered in this part of the world. Following his passing several years ago, […]
Written on March 24, 2015 | Posted in
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The book is an in-depth look at evangelization dating back to 1524 and was funded by the German Bishops Foundation, Holy Redeemer Credit Union, as well as the Institute for Social and Cultural Research Research, among others. Sylvaana Udz, Co-author, Years of Grace “Years of Grace begins as a story in 1524 when Ferdinand […]
Written on March 24, 2015 | Posted in
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