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Last Friday and Saturday, the media was hosted by SATIIM on a trip to the Sarstoon Temash National Park to witness first-hand ongoing work by U.S. Capital Energy. On the eve of the tour, it appeared that a standoff was afoot, but the tour proceeded without trouble because SATIIM chose an alternate route to access […]
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Greg Ch’oc, the Executive Director of SATIIM, also used the trip to Sarstoon Temash to provide clarity to the question of whether he had resigned from the N.G.O. Speaking in Ketchi and then in English to reporters, Ch’oc said that detractors have been spreading mischief and that any decision he takes is in consultation with […]
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The memorandum of understanding between the government of Belize and Norwegian Cruise Lines is a done deal, and the parties are not allowing any grass to grow under their feet. M.O.U.s are not legally binding, but contracts are, and one is very much in the works. Despite much opposition to and many concerns about the […]
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Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Julius Espat has summoned the members of that committee to a meeting. That is set for this Wednesday, but meanwhile there is much drama being played out between G.O.B. and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. That started with a release from the Office of the Prime Minister […]
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There was a contraction of the economy in the first quarter of 2013 – a negative point five percent. The Statistical Institute of Belize cited downturns in the citrus, banana and electricity industries. But there seems to be no reason to panic or to expect more of the same in the second half of the […]
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Last Friday, police detained a San Ignacio woman, who was in hiding, for allegedly plotting to have her husband eliminated. Frances Ayala Wilson and her husband, Glen Wilson, have been separated for a year, but months ago, it came to light that Frances had allegedly approached a female police officer and offered money for her […]
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Today was the beginning of classes for primary schools across the country. But here in Belize City, a number of students and commuters from various areas were without transportation because several commuter buses were impounded at the Traffic Department on Youth for the Future Drive. The drivers of the buses were up in arms claiming […]
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The academic year 2013, for primary schools across the country, began today. While parents, students and teachers were on hand to commence the first day of classes, in Big Falls Village, a protest was being staged along the Southern Highway. The residents were up in arms over the transfer of five teachers from the village’s […]
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Despite the rains earlier in the day, the official inauguration of the transformed Memorial Park went on schedule on Saturday. The park, which was once dedicated to the soldiers who fought and have fallen in World War One, has now become a space for small entrepreneurs as part of a Sustainable Tourism program for the […]
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A press release on the BCB Holdings website says that Yumi Limited, a British Virgin Islands Company, has entered into an agreement to purchase the exclusive Caye Chapel Resort. The terms of the transaction, says the release, provide for an initial non-refundable payment prior to a due diligence period from September first to November fourteenth, […]
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There are serious rumblings in the Football Federation of Belize right now. The players who represented Belize at the Gold Cup have not received the payment they were promised. The F.F.B. says that as soon as they receive money from CONCACAF for participation in the Gold Cup Team Belize will be paid. It hasn’t made […]
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Some four hundred and fifty less fortunate primary school students from across the Belize District received some much needed school supplies courtesy of the Hands of Mercy Charity Foundation. Designed to assist marginalized children with school supplies, the N.G.O. has helped hundreds of students from ten various primary schools from south side Belize City, Hattieville […]
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Going into the weekend, military action appears imminent against Syria by the United States. On Tuesday, the U.S. president Obama said that he was weighing possible responses to what the U.S. calls a major chemical weapons attack in Damascus by the Syrian government claiming that close to one thousand five hundred persons were killed. The […]
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The September celebrations kick off this weekend. It’s a calendar filled with activities leading up to national day. This Saturday, the pageant called Independence Day Junior Miss will be staged at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Participating will be a number of primary school age girls representing schools around the country. Unlike other […]
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Last Friday there was a standoff between Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, Maya Leaders and the Police when the group attempted to leave Punta Gorda by boat to visit Temash Two, the location of a drill pad currently under construction by U.S. Capital Energy. And tonight we can report that there is further tension […]
Written on August 29, 2013 | Posted in
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OCEANA’s Vice President of Southern and Central America, Alex Muñoz, is in Belize. He’s here to deal with the transition from former VP Audrey Matura-Shepherd to a new, as yet unselected leader for OCEANA’s operations in Belize. That new head of OCEANA will now be a Country Director who will report directly to Muñoz. We’ll […]
Written on August 29, 2013 | Posted in
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Earlier in the newscast, we told you about OCEANA’s stance on the LGBT issue. But OCEANA’s Vice-President of South and Central America Alex Muñoz is in Belize. Muñoz says that they are reviewing about thirty applications from very interesting applicants. The successful candidate will pick up where former VP of OCEANA Belize Audrey Matura-Shepherd stepped […]
Written on August 29, 2013 | Posted in
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That was the more or less civil portion of the press conference called by OCEANA’s regional VP. The agenda of the briefing was generally a meet and greet, but the event took a different tone. Some members of the media were not interested in the meet and greet as they were on beating up on […]
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The Mahogany Cadets received a set of drums this morning thanks to the efforts of musician and Minister Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington. These cadets operate out of the Mahogany Police Sub-Precinct number two, and the donation will take them one step closer to the establishment of a full-fledged cadet band. The entire cadet program is a […]
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While the Mahogany Police Cadets got some musical equipment, the Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage and COLA handed over school supplies to needy students just in time for the new school year. Duane Moody was present when the students, twelve years and younger, received the gifts. Duane Moody, Reporting Some twenty primary school […]
Written on August 29, 2013 | Posted in
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Here in the Belize District, the Belize National Coast Guard is conducting an intensive search of the Old Belize River near the village of Isabella Bank in the Belize River Valley. They are looking for the body of seven year old Chelsie Smith, a student from Sandhill. She and her family were spending Sunday on […]
Written on August 26, 2013 | Posted in
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Great Belize Productions has won two major awards from the Caribbean Broadcasting Union. The awards were announced at the recently concluded annual general meeting of the CBU held in Georgetown, Guyana at which the award ceremony was a major event. Entries were submitted by members of the union in both television and radio in a […]
Written on August 26, 2013 | Posted in
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As I mentioned, the team of Isani Cayetano and Chris Mangar walked away with the award for Best News Feature for their story entitled ‘Support Continues to Flow for Decriminalization of Marijuana Possession.’ That story looked at the introduction of a proposal to decriminalize marijuana and the team explored all the angles from the courtroom […]
Written on August 26, 2013 | Posted in
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Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade Kuribena was in Belize on a brief working visit on Sunday afternoon during which he made a call on Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington at the Biltmore Hotel. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss various ways in which Belize and Mexico can improve bilateral relations. During […]
Written on August 26, 2013 | Posted in
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The City Council joined up today with a visiting delegation from Othon P. Blanco, from the neighboring state of Quintana Roo. Both municipalities continue to enjoy the longest running sister city relations. Mayor Darrell Bradley and Eduardo Espinosa Abuxapqui both celebrated the strong ties and committed to further strengthen the relationship through trade and services. […]
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