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The pro-constitution anti-gender policy crusaders who have gone on countrywide tour have stated publicly that they hate the sin and not the sinner where homosexuality is concerned. But during the march in Toledo, one prominent feature was an effigy labeled UNIBAM hanging from a noose, and that has drawn sharp condemnation and criticism. One of […]
Aggrieved families believe that there is a pattern of excessive use of force by the Police. There is the well-known case of Stephen Buckley, who survived two shots to the head and was left paralyzed on the left side of the body. Then there is Ryan Lozano from Ladyville who was shot and killed at […]
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The third case occurred on May tenth when Punta Gorda resident, Rasheed Elijio was shot and killed by Police as he allegedly attempted to escape custody. That officer-involved shooting and two others are among the files which were sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice. Last week, Cheryl-Lynn Vidal responded in scathing fashion, […]
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A major climate change meeting opened today in San Ignacio. Experts participating are from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries considered to be the most vulnerable to climate change. The highly technical meeting, the first of its kind, is being held under the auspices of the Global Climate Change Alliance and is an initiative of the […]
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The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre popularly known by insiders as the Five C’s is housed in Belmopan. Belize has a National Climate Change Coordinating Committee that was established by the Cabinet. The members of that body include a multidisciplinary committee of N.G.O.’s as well as from the private and the public sector. According to […]
Sport Development Manager for FIBA Americas, Nestor Rodriguez, recently concluded a successful visit to Belize. The purpose of the visit was to assess whether Belize is a viable location to host an international three by three event. FIBA also intends to assist the Belize Basketball Federation with its promotion of the three by three games […]
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A taxi driver from the Belmopan area disappeared over the past weekend. The father of a four year old daughter went missing after a fare hired him on Saturday morning while he was stationed within close proximity of his wife’s stall at the Belmopan market. Jose Ummana’s wife says he had a habit of calling […]
Written on July 17, 2013 | Posted in
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The postmortem examination has been completed on the newborn that died early Sunday morning at the K.H.M.H. The infant was due on August eighteenth but the expectant mother, Elvira Ack, gave birth on July twelfth. The results have just been released and late this evening, hospital officials told Lawrence Bol that his baby died from […]
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The pro-constitution anti-gender policy movement touched down in the city today, proclaiming the bold message NO TO UNIBAM…YES TO GOD. While the underlying theme has been the condemnation of homosexuality as an abomination, the focus has been on the gender policy. The government has committed to making amendments based on input from the church, but […]
Seventy-four year old Glen Roaden Senior was reported missing last Tuesday. He was seen leaving his home earlier that day. But the family was clueless as to his whereabouts…that is until late Monday evening, when they were called out to a creek some one hundred and twenty yards off the Jane Usher Boulevard. The decomposed […]
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Three years ago, Stephen Buckley was shot by the police paralyzing the left side of his body and unable to work. Buckley was promised assistance by the department, but that never materialized and these days, Buckley has been reduced to hustling on the street to take care of his family. There is little to come […]
On Monday night, we told you about the search being conducted for Edwardo Dominguez, a fisherman from the village of San Andres in the Corozal District. Dominguez was missing since Sunday morning when misfortune struck during a fishing trip to Bacalar Chico near North Ambergris Caye. The skiff on which Dominguez and another fisherman, Ryan […]
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The ministerial sub-committee that rejected Norwegian Cruise Line’s request to develop Crawl Caye inside the Belize Barrier Reef was tasked to inspect another proposal by the cruise line company. Harvest Caye lies outside the protected zone of the World Heritage Site, but a potential development of the island could possibly interrupt local commerce on the […]
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Summer is here and kids are out of school, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t learn. In fact, there are organizations which utilize summer months primarily to catch youths up on vital facets of education which they may not have grasped in the school setting. Two of those problem areas are reading and math, […]
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Thirteen babies died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in the first three weeks of May. An independent investigation by PAHO found that the babies were infected with the enterobacter cloacae. No one has taken responsibility and tonight, there is another disturbing report that a premature baby died at the hospital over the weekend. The […]
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Late this afternoon, Police were called to a location at the end of Jane Usher Boulevard in Belize City after children found a body lying in the creek. Unconfirmed reports are that the children were in this bushy area playing when they saw the body floating. They ran to get help and that’s when Police […]
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There have been pro-constitution, anti-gender and homosexuality marches as well as protests in Orange Walk, Toledo and Cayo. They’ve been organized by local evangelical churches in those areas with help and support from organizations like Belize Action and Belize Can. The purpose has been to send a message to the powers that be in Belmopan […]
Tonight a massive search effort is underway in the waters off Ambergris Caye after a fisherman went missing when his boat capsized. At around ten a.m. Sunday morning, Sarteneja fisherman Edwardo Dominguez was on a twenty-three foot sailboat with another man when the vessel capsized. They were headed to the Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve off […]
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For the first time, the presence of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly has been detected in Belize. The Belize Agricultural Health Authority is reporting multiple sightings of the fly in south and has activated a twenty-four hour check point in the village of Silk Grass, Stann Creek. BAHA wants to stop the fly from spreading to […]
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An award ceremony this morning brought to a close the eighth Film Festival. Close to fifty films were presented. The winner of the Best Feature Length Documentary was the Abominable Crime; in the category of the Best Short Film the winner is CEBU; the Best Short Documentary is “Agape: Story of Dream,” while Best Feature […]
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After three years in the planning and pre-implementation stages, today the Ministry of Immigration and Nationality in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy officially launched a new border management system for the Immigration Department. The Personal Identification and Registration System known as PIRS is a comprehensive software program to input departure and arrival entries for travelers […]
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The Youth Business Trust of Belize, a non-profit organization established to assist budding entrepreneurs, has suspended its operations indefinitely. Y.B.T.B. closed its doors today after citing, among other reasons, difficulties with its credit portfolio. Part of the organization’s multi-pronged approach to aiding young business owners develop small enterprise was through micro-financing. Qualified candidates were often […]
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The Belize Fishermen Cooperative Association today held a training workshop in Belize City geared towards fishermen and focusing on fisheries laws and regulations, good fisheries practices and product quality. It was a spirited session with representation from the Fisheries Department, the Coast Guard, the Police Department and the cooperatives. Mike Rudon stopped in at the […]
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The Film Festival opened on Thursday night with a red carpet event. The stars and stakeholders in the industry posed for photos at the opening at the Bliss Center for the performing Arts. Fifty-four films will be showcased in five days and ends on Monday with an award ceremony. But today was about a symposium […]
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The presenters at the BAVIA symposium discussed policies that worked in other parts of the region. BAVIA’s president and the Film Commissioner for the British Virgin Islands but discussed how the industry could be advanced with the help of legislators. Brent Toombs, President, BAVIA “Speaking as still being in the private sector, I don’t […]
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