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According to the Health Unit, the spike, in most cases, is due to the lack of maintenance of property in south side Belize City. District Supervisor of the Central Health Region, Egner Lalin, says that prevention measures remain the same and gave additional advice to the public when they go around spraying. Egner Lalin, […]
Written on August 20, 2014 | Posted in
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Well-known attorney and political aspirant Arthur Saldivar appears to be a magnet for publicity, all of it negative, lately. Tonight, he is in trouble with the law in Placencia, and News Five has been able to confirm the Police are contemplating his arrest on a charge of assault. Reliable sources tell us that the alleged […]
Written on August 19, 2014 | Posted in
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Written on August 19, 2014 | Posted in
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Camp Belizario, for the past two weeks, has been the site of a training facility for at risk youths. A total of thirty teenagers are presently enrolled at the camp where interventions are ongoing. But the news tonight is that the initiative got off to a rocky start with an all-out brawl involving rival groups […]
Written on August 19, 2014 | Posted in
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For two fiscal years, from 1995 to 1997, increments for all public service workers were frozen. As compensation, the unions were given four hundred and eighty thousand shares in B.T.L. by the government of Belize. The dividends from these shares were to be placed in a trust and the proceeds from the trust available to […]
Written on August 19, 2014 | Posted in
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Clearly stated in the agreement between both the unions and the government is that the monies be used to fund projects. But Castillo and National President of the Belize National Teachers’ Union, Luke Palacio, say that they were seriously disturbed by the release issued by the government because public officers are of the opinion that […]
Castillo and Palacio have been doing media rounds this week to sensitize public officers as well as the various unions and the general public about the types of projects that would satisfy the criteria for monies being disbursed. According to them, there must be in place a sustainable mechanism that will allow them to provide […]
Have you seen Denvo Banner Duhaney? The twenty-seven-year-old resident of Lemonal village in the Belize District has been missing for approximately ten days and his family fears the worst. “String”, as he is affectionately known by family and peers, was last seen socializing in the village at a victory party and since then, no one […]
Written on August 19, 2014 | Posted in
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The desecration of a loved one’s grave by vandals or others who are intent on unlawfully occupying precious funereal estate is an injustice that is not limited to the Lord Ridge Cemetery. In fact, we have reported numerous instances where headstones are damaged, skeletal remains are unearthed and tombs often looted. Tonight, a Ladyville family […]
Written on August 18, 2014 | Posted in
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The public health system is once again under intense scrutiny, following the suspension of a pair of administrators from the Primary Care Provider Clinics in Dangriga and Punta Gorda, respectively. Harry Sabal and Kayla Hoare have both been temporarily removed from their posts after it was discovered that there are financial irregularities at their individual […]
Written on August 18, 2014 | Posted in
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“Inspiring Solutions to Global Challenges through Innovation and Creativity.” That’s the theme of a seminar being hosted by the Public Utilities Commission in which tech savvy youths are being trained to create their own mobile apps. It was an initiative that was launched a few weeks ago and today dozens of teenagers gathered in Belize […]
Written on August 18, 2014 | Posted in
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The funeral of Ernest ‘JawMeighan’ Meighan this afternoon at Central Assembly of God drew hundreds of mourners, one of the largest gatherings of funeral-goers in Belize City of late. The audience was comprised of cyclists in uniform, childhood friends of the slain rider, family and friends, as well as onlookers who drove slowly in order […]
Written on August 15, 2014 | Posted in
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The murder statistics are in, and the numbers for this year so far have officially surpassed the figures for the same period in 2013. We probably didn’t need statistics to realize that Belize City is in the grips of increasing violence and gang warfare which seems poised to spiral out of control. We got a […]
Written on August 15, 2014 | Posted in
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According to Brigadier General David Jones, the change in the youths in just a matter of days has been nothing short of miraculous. It’s a short term solution when one has been desperately needed, and he says it is working. But, like with all else, there is the looming spectre of lack of resources. The […]
Written on August 15, 2014 | Posted in
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The Belize Defence Force is tasked with patrolling our borders and defending our sovereignty. Lately, soldiers have also been deployed on Belize City streets to assist Police in dealing with spiking crime and violence. But the Force does much more than that. For the past ten years, the BDF has provided a temporary home to […]
Written on August 15, 2014 | Posted in
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F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente remains in the hot seat tonight, after formally announcing earlier this week that Belize will not be able to participate in this year’s CONCACAF Champions League Tournament. Despite a massive investment and significant progress in the renovation of the stadium in Belmopan, the Bandits, winners of the 2014 Premier League of […]
Written on August 14, 2014 | Posted in
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Belizean sports fans and even general observers have been shocked and dismayed by the news that the Belmopan Bandits, champions of the Premier League, have been disqualified from the Champions League, scheduled to commence next week. The disqualification is through no fault of the team. The F.F.B. maintains however, that the decision was made by […]
Written on August 14, 2014 | Posted in
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The ongoing debacle which the F.F.B. finds itself in, not being able to field the Belmopan Bandits in the 2014 Champions League tournament, is one that many sports enthusiasts, including the minister with responsibility for that specific portfolio, have shared opinions. Despite the many expressions of disappointment, critics of Minister of Youth and Sports Herman […]
Written on August 14, 2014 | Posted in
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The Road Safety Program today held a teacher training curriculum workshop at the ITVET. The idea is to develop a road safety curriculum that could be integrated into social studies and health and family life education for youths to be informed about some of the small things that can be done to be safe in […]
Written on August 14, 2014 | Posted in
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One of the biggest challenges of the program is changing the public’s attitudes and behavior towards safety tips, procedures that can generally save lives. The simple things such as wearing a seatbelt even when you are in the backseat of a vehicle, wearing a helmet when riding a bicycle and even crossing the road are […]
Written on August 14, 2014 | Posted in
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Members of the youth arm of the project, Belize Youth for Road Safety, were also presenters at the workshop held today. They have put together a commercial competition opened to all Belizeans that should focus on drink driving, speeding and distractive driving. Zaire Garbutt, Belize Youth for Road Safety “It’s a forty-five to sixty […]
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A new General Manager has been appointed to head the Belize Natural Energy Charitable Trust. Succotz resident, Victor Alegria has signed on to a two-year contract to take on the job beginning next week. Alegria holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of South Florida. He replaces Sharon Ramclam who […]
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Today, we can report that there is no give in the impasse between ASR/BSI and the B.S.C.F.A. Cane farmers have instructed the B.S.C.F.A. to ask for intervention from the Sugar Industry Control Board, which is government’s entity in the industry. The B.S.C.F.A. has done so. But the Prime Minister has stated that he is reluctant […]
Written on August 13, 2014 | Posted in
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Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, on a working visit to Belize, called on Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington at his Belize City office this morning, where agreements were signed to formalize bilateral relations between Ecuador and Belize. Before now, neither countries had any formal ties with the other. So, the purpose of the mission […]
Written on August 13, 2014 | Posted in
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In the absence of an extradition treaty between Belize and Ecuador, thirty-nine-year-old Christian Ebanks, also known as Floyd Ebanks Jurado, wanted in that country for murder, remains a free man. In mid-May, Ebanks made headlines when he was remanded to the Belize Central Prison after being found in possession of an unlicensed firearm. He was […]
Written on August 13, 2014 | Posted in
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