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At around eight p.m. on Sunday, July sixth, a massive blaze in the Boca del Rio area of San Pedro destroyed eight homes, displacing sixteen families. They lost everything, all their possessions, and were left with only the clothes on their backs. But the desperation of those families has spawned a tremendous multi-agency relief effort. […]
Written on July 10, 2014 | Posted in
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The death of Ambassador Fred Martinez has sparked an outpouring of tributes from his colleagues in the diplomatic community, as well as from persons from all walks of life. Martinez had been ailing for some time and was hospitalized on Saturday in Guatemala City. His condition deteriorated and on Monday he was transferred to the […]
Four years ago, a plane was confiscated in one of the biggest drug bust in the country. The plane, a twin engine Beechcraft, landed and sat on the Southern Highway for hours back in 2010 and carried two point six tons of Colombian cocaine. Six persons including four police officers were charged, tried and released, […]
Written on July 9, 2014 | Posted in
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The Belize Tourism Industry Association held a biennial general meeting today at the Biltmore where stakeholders in the tourism industry were present to discuss developments within the sector over the past six months. This time the association invited C.E.O. Guido Bauer of Green Globe, a universal certification for sustainable tourism. While there are presently six […]
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Do Di Right Thing has become one of the most successful programs by the police department; it recognizes exemplary and outstanding youths who have beaten the odds despite adversity. This morning thirty nine youths were honored; the top spot was taken by an eighteen year old young lady from the Cayo District whose story inspired […]
Written on July 9, 2014 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, sixty-six persons were left homeless when a fire spread through the Boca del Rio area of San Pedro gutting eight houses. The origin of that fire remains under investigation but tonight there are thirteen additional persons left without a roof over their heads in the Hattieville community. It took less than half […]
This morning in the Supreme Court, the case against Belize Water Services Ltd., in a lawsuit filed by a group of six former employees of the utility company, commenced before Justice Michelle Arana. Mark Menzies, Colin Morrison, Don Gillett, Michael Novelo, Journett McKoy and Charlette Barnett were fired from BWS in February 2013. They contend […]
Written on July 8, 2014 | Posted in
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According to Musa, BWS says that Menzies’ severance was included in his payout. The others, represented by Tricia Pitts-Anderson, are also seeking general damages which Musa says can range from a couple thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Reporter “Sir, the other side mentioned a hundred and eighty-eight thousand dollars that was […]
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On Saturday, Paul Saldivar Sr. was rushed to the Western Regional Hospital with acute vomiting and diarrhoea. He died at the hospital that same day, succumbing to what doctors believed was a heart attack. But his family says it is foul play, and they are basing that assertion on the findings of an autopsy conducted […]
Written on July 7, 2014 | Posted in
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An election was held by the Christian Workers Union on Saturday to choose a third trustee on its executive board. A hundred and twenty-four members participated in the process, casting a majority of ballots in favor of Ras Dion Pitter. The election succeeded a previous exercise in December 2013 during which Pitter and Maureen […]
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This morning, the San Pedro Town Council was visited by members of the opposition People’s United Party on the island. The meeting, at the invitation of the current U.D.P. Mayor, Daniel Guerrero, was in reference to allegations of misappropriation of public funds at the town hall. It has been quite some time since an audit […]
Two squatters are tonight in detention following a complaint from a reported land owner in the Krooman Lagoon area. The men have been arrested for illegally squatting on private property. According to Officer Commanding Precinct Two of the Belize City Police Department, Superintendent Alford Grinage, the men have not been charged because they are working […]
Written on July 4, 2014 | Posted in
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Danini Contreras is the daughter of U.D.P. Minister Erwin Contreras. She is also the newly appointed Director of the Drug Inspectorate, a post that was created for her. It’s an appointment that has caused no end of discontent, primarily in the Pharmacy Association but also in the Ministry of Health. The situation has gotten so […]
Belize may not have qualified to participate in this year’s World Cup tournament but our athletes in five other disciplines will take to the international stage on July twenty-third in Scotland where they will compete in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Belize’s delegation is comprised of eleven athletes and six coaches, as well as a Chief […]
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Also accredited to take part in the Road and Time Trials in Glasgow is Byron Pope. Due to a near-fatal mishap last weekend in which the cyclist collided into the rear of a delivery truck along the Hattieville/Boom Road, Pope will not be joining the team to Scotland. In his place is Gregory Lovell. According […]
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On Wednesday morning, the lifeless body of Andrea Herbert was retrieved from the Haulover Creek near the BelChina Bridge, amid speculation that she may have been killed and dumped into the murky water. It was later discovered that she had a history of mental disorder which is strongly believed to be the reason that Herbert […]
This morning, Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse was in court for a libel suit he brought against the Belize Times. That matter will not go to full hearing as attorneys are talking settlement which will be determined at a final court session on July tenth. But with that out the way, there’s always plenty to […]
Written on July 3, 2014 | Posted in
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The Puerto Azul project is still months away from serious consideration, according to Hulse. But the Norwegian Cruise Line Project is a definite go. In fact, work has already started on Harvest Caye to clear the site. Notwithstanding Government’s clear support for the project, on Wednesday, Justice Courtenay Abel granted B.T.I.A. leave to apply for […]
The interim Auditor-General’s report was submitted almost four months ago and there is no sign of the final report which, hopefully, will be made privy to the public. Now we know the wheels of government grind slowly, but four months? There are still plenty of unanswered questions coming out of the interim version, which was […]
Minister Hulse also totally disregards some very serious criticism levied at his Director of Immigration Maria Marin. And even more than just criticism, the Auditor-General says that Marin can actually be charged. Marin’s name has come up before during our reports into the Penner immigration scandal and even during investigations into other immigration offences and […]
Written on July 3, 2014 | Posted in
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The Rod of Correction met at the offices of the Belize National Teachers Union today to determine the leadership structure of the organization and to take a position on three national issues. For some time now, the media has been airing the concerns of various associations and organizations on issues from land to immigration and […]
Written on July 3, 2014 | Posted in
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It’s been seven and a half months since the executive of the Christian Workers Union has been reconstituted with Audrey Matura-Shepherd as its President. Former president, Antonio Gonzalez and his General Secretary James McFoy were booted from the organization over alleged mismanagement of the organization’s funds. In December of last year, despite being expelled from […]
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Almost twenty acres of rice have been cultivated in the north by children from Belize City who are participating in the annual Harvest for Kids initiative. In collaboration with Circle R’s Rice in Orange Walk they harvested sixty tons of rice for the local market. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting Harvest […]
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The 2015 municipal elections are right around the corner and across the country; political parties are putting together their respective slates to contend in the elections. The P.U.P. has had a minor glitch with its Belmopan slate and we’ll have that coming up. But what about its Belize City team that will have to take […]
Written on July 2, 2014 | Posted in
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The immigration scandal that has seen the removal of former Minister of State Elvin Penner has also reached members of the People’s United Party. In a leaked copy of the Auditor General’s Report on the immigration scandal, P.U.P. political aspirant Martin Cal’s name was called in the facilitation of Belizean birthrights to foreign nationals. The […]
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