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On Friday, teachers from the Belize District and the Cayes will march in Belize City before holding a rally in Battlefield Park. That move is part of a series of planned industrial actions countrywide under the banner of the B.N.T.U. Last Friday, hundreds of teachers in Corozal and Orange Walk marched under the B.N.T.U. banner. […]
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On December sixth, Belize’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom hosted an LGBT party at the official residence in London, Belize House. The event was reported recently in the media, and drew scathing criticism in some quarters. While sexual orientation or preference is not the issue tonight, at least at News Five, the LGBT bash […]
Last week, the firebrand activists at COLA issued a statement recording their concern over the “archaic gun laws” that result in the unlawful detention of persons. COLA also condemns those that have eluded the long arms of the law because of their connections referencing the incident of GST Supervisor, Reynaldo Verde, in whose property a […]
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As we said, COLA is now putting its full support behind Russell Roberts, who is championing this move to have the law removed or revised. Since then, Roberts says that he has met with several attorneys to peruse the gun law and at today’s press conference, he gave an update. One activist even called for […]
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Back in September, the immigration scandal shook up the government, but it is almost four months later and there is little information on the status of three simultaneous investigations. But we can say tonight that we have been reliably informed that a recommendation has been made by the Director of Immigration, Maria Marin, to terminate […]
Written on January 15, 2014 | Posted in
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In politics….National and political icon George Price died on September nineteenth, 2011, following a fall in his Belize City home. The man hailed as the father of the nation would have turned ninety-five today. In tribute to his memory and in keeping with his legacy, the political party he served faithfully for more than six […]
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With the launch of its social justice agenda, the P.U.P. is also making a commitment to more aggressive advocacy and agitation on social issues. The party has been seen as somewhat on the side when critical matters arise. There have been numerous protests by various parties and the P.U.P. as a mass party has been […]
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The P.U.P. last week held a fiery and upstart press conference where leader Francis Fonseca and other outspoken members of the party lashed out. The focus of the attack was the government of Belize, and particularly the elections and Boundaries Office. The P.U.P.’s petition to recall Elvin Penner was derailed after three hundred and thirty-seven […]
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The B.T.B.’s annual tourism presentation was hosted in Corozal Town this morning. Along with a respectable growth in tourism numbers, the industry was celebrating other achievements. There are more tour guides and hotel rooms than in past years and the Ministry of Tourism announced that it has just secured an eleven million Belize dollar loan […]
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On any given day, evidence that a Minister or Minister of State used his authority to get money from a department in his portfolio would be big news. Checks issued to that Minister by a government department for his own personal use, or used to pay bills owed by that Minister would at the least […]
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Prior to the press conference by the Ministry of Health on the reports of Influenza A H-one N-one, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital held an informal press briefing to introduce a new two-year residency program for emergency medicine and response. The initiative, called the Belize Emergency Development Program, has been years in the making and […]
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According to the team, emergency medicine, if not the most popular, is one of the top choices of specialty training in the United States. While its practice is relatively young, it was developed following the experience in Vietnam where the importance of rapid transport and treatment of injured victim within the first hour of trauma […]
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Earlier we reported that a twenty-nine year old mother, Shahira Bodden had died due to the H-one N-one influenza. Another disease that has been detected in Belize is Leptospirosis. And according to the Ministry of Health, it has caused the death of a forty-seven year old resident of Belize City. The only other death recorded […]
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A storm has been brewing since last year over a parcel of prime seafront property in the Caribbean Shores Area. Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley says that the Council has been maintaining the property for over ten years and wants to develop it further for recreational use. But it has now come to the attention […]
Written on January 14, 2014 | Posted in
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The sugar-cane standoff is officially at an end. Late Monday evening representatives of both the B.S.C.F.A. and B.S.I. met in Orange Walk and signed a seven point interim agreement. That agreement will provide guidelines for the 2013-2014 crop…pending the penning of a new agreement governing future crops. It’s been a long, hard road getting to […]
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The critical necessity of government’s intervention where sugar roads are concerned cannot be understated at this point. Now that the signing is done, the cane-farmers need to get their product to the mill, but in many branches of the B.S.C.F.A. that is just not possible at this time. Access roads to fields and even main […]
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In mid-October of last year, while encouraging voters of Cayo Northeast to abstain from signing the Penner recall petition, Prime Minister Dean Barrow promised residents that government would spend millions of dollars in infrastructure development in that constituency. While the declaration may have appeased the electorate, it certainly raised the ire of teachers and public […]
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On Monday, the prime minister called in to the media to explain the context in which he made the statement. PM Barrow says that the terms of the PetroCaribe agreement forbids the use of the funds for other purposes, particularly for the salary adjustment. Via Phone: Prime Minister Dean Barrow [Courtesy: Love FM] “I […]
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Over the past two weeks there have been as many as eleven reported oil spills off the coast of Trinidad. While efforts are underway to clean up the discharge, residents are complaining loudly about the impact that the spillage is having on the marine environment. The recent catastrophe, while not affecting Belize, has once again […]
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Motorists whose drivers’ licenses are in need of renewal are now able to do so electronically, thanks to the efforts of the Belize City Council to automate the application and renewal processes. This morning, City Hall unveiled its latest success. Residents of the Old Capital can now log on to the Traffic Department’s website and […]
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A teacher from Belmopan is the winner of a 2012 Great Wall Wingle courtesy of Courts Belize. The raffle was launched back on November eighth and ended on December thirty-first. Today, Standard three teacher of Garden City Primary School, Desmond Lewis was handed the keys to a brand new pickup truck valued at fifty thousand […]
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Today, teachers from Orange Walk and Corozal stood strong and united, as the Belize National Teachers Union held rallies in those northern districts. The burning issue is of course the salary adjustment which has been promised to teachers and public officers. Government has agreed to make good on that commitment later this year, retroactive to […]
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From there our team moved on to Corozal, where teachers marched in unity. The issues are the same, and so was the message. Mike Rudon has the story. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE: COROZAL BNTU RALLY Mike Rudon, Reporting Teachers from all schools in the Corozal District marched today in solidarity with their union. It is […]
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Cane-farmers will meet on Sunday to discuss the way forward, and tonight that road is uncertain. On Wednesday the BSCFA submitted an interim agreement to the B.S.I. The first point on that agreement was a commitment by B.S.I. to pay for bagasse. B.S.I. took that agreement to make some modifications, and today it was sent […]
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Eighty thousand dollars has been jacked from the Corozal Town Council, and it was an inside job. That’s the allegation from the northern municipality, where word surfaced that three employees of the council were terminated following the discovery of missing monies. Those monies are allegedly part of the revenues collected by the municipality through taxes […]
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