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Welcome back to a new year of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. We remain committed to bringing you the best stats and highlights in various sporting disciplines from across the country for 2023. This year, we will bedelving into much more stories of triumphs and defeats from some of your favorite athletes, while breaking […]
Written on January 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has come forward to dismiss conjecture surrounding the incident on January fourteenth during which former Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal visited a small business in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan, requesting surveillance footage from that premises. In the wake of surveillance footage being released of the brief encounter, […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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With respect of the audio recording that was presented by Marco Vidal and Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith to Belmopan police on Thursday, ComPol Williams told the media that he has had an opportunity to listen to the copy. Notwithstanding the fact that the recording doesn’t show former ACP Vidal saying or doing anything illegal, the […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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With the passing of Vivian Ramnarace, a third victim in the fatal December thirty-first attack, many are questioning the strength of the witness statement that was given to investigators prior to her death last Sunday. According to ComPol Williams, the police department remains committed to working the case with a view to successfully prosecute the […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Saint Catherine Academy has been serving in Belize’s education sector for the past one hundred and forty years. The all-girl catholic institution was established in Belize on January twentieth, 1883, when a group of missionaries from the Sisters of Mercy Convent travelled from New Orleans to provide quality education in Belize. S.C.A. has remained committed […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The San Jose Government School in Orange Walk District will be benefiting from a new classroom building for the upcoming school year, in September. As construction being carried out by the U.S. Southern Command team continues, today, Ministry of Education officials and U.S. Ambassador to Belize Michelle Kwan made a site visit to see the […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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This morning at the ITVET in Belize City, a cohort of fifty young women from across the country began a training organized by Peacework Belize, a non-profit organization led by Doctor Carol Babb. Empowered Resilient Women is a program that will assist these women with entrepreneurship, as well as financial literacy and emotional intelligence. The […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Since the start of the year, we have been reporting on the Prime Minister’s decision to move Minister of State Ramon “Monchi” Cervantes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration over to the Ministry of Sustainable Development. Following the move there were questions about why Prime Minister John Briceño made that decision. […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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On Thursday, a ceremony was held in Belmopan to transfer the pro tempore presidency of the Coordinacion Educativa y Cultural Centroamericana for the Central American Integration System (SICA) to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology. It’s a unique position that the country assumes as it continues to serve as a bridge between Central […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Fisheries Department received satellite equipment and tracking monitoring systems from the Republic of China, Taiwan on Thursday. The donation comes by way of the Integration of the Value Chain in Fisheries and Aquaculture project, an initiative established in March of 2019 to strengthen regional governance of marine resources across the region. The satellite […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Oftentimes, development brings problems, especially when there’s miscommunication involved and it leads to actions that need to be corrected. Such is the case in Alta Vista Village, Stann Creek. It happened when workmen for an investor in the village dug out an area on a hill so close to a dam that when it rains, […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize City Council’s ‘Mek Wi Plant’ Urban Garden on Police Street Extension has been showing great success. Since the inception of the project in early 2022, the garden has yielded more than a hundred pounds of green and yellow bell peppers, over three harvests. The program has created employment for several residents on Police […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, two Scratch and Win customers from the north are celebrating. Rangel, a resident of Corozal won ten thousand dollars on a single ticket, while Feliciano won five thousand dollars on a single ticket. These men have big plans for their winnings and today they stopped by our office to tell us all about it. […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s been a little over two and a half months since Hurricane Lisa, a category one storm, made landfall in Belize, affecting approximately five thousand households across the country. And while majority have received some level of assistance, there are some families that have still not recovered and remain displaced. On Thursday, Panama Ambassador to […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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This week, we take you to San Antonio, Cayo District, where Sabreena met Frank Tzib. Frank is on a mission to preserve his native language and inscription through the ancient Maya writing of hieroglyphics. Sabreena found out just how he plans to do that in this week’s look on the bright side. Frank Tzib, […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, former Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal visited the Belize Police Department. He did so in the company of Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith, following a stop at an establishment in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan on January fourteenth. He was accompanied by two other men who alighted a sports utility vehicle along […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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This morning, Home Affairs Minister Kareem Musa was a guest on Open Your Eyes. During his appearance on the morning show, Musa shared his view on what took place over the weekend regarding Marco Vidal’s visit to the establishment in Belmopan. He also detailed what transpired in the wake of the incident. Kareem Musa, […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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On the issue of witness intimidation, Minister Musa also spoke about witness protection programs that are being explored with other countries within the region, including Trinidad & Tobago. First, he shared his view on the video that has been in circulation. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs “I am very, very, very disturbed, as […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Passports – they’ve been in high demand ever since the new electronic system was introduced, but there’s a shortage of them at the Immigration Office, leaving many passport applicants questioning what’s going on. According to the Minister of Immigration, Eamon Courtenay, the issue is simple. There was an error in judgment in the number of […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize assumed the presidency of SICA from the Dominican Republic on January first, and there are several issues that Belize intends to zero in on during its six-month term. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eamon Courtenay shared that those include migration, food security and climate change. Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs “SICA is important […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Housewives and bakers who use condensed milk for pastries and sweetener will be happy to learn that the price you pay for a can of condensed milk should not increase, once the brand you buy is from the CARICOM market. Brands that originate outside of the region, however, might see an increase of twenty percent, […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Condensed milk is not an item under the price control regime, but if you find that the price of the condensed milk at your grocer is grossly inflated, you can report it to the Bureau of Standards. While the bureau has been overwhelmed with reports of price-gouging across the country, it does try to keep […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The U.S Embassy in Belize handed over one hundred and thirteen thousand dollars in furniture and equipment to the National Fire Service in Belmopan. The donation will be used to furnish the newly constructed Belmopan Fire Station which was handed over in May of 2021. Additionally, the fire station’s dispatch centre has been retrofitted with […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The U.S Embassy has also committed to assist the Government of Belize with the construction of a Belize City Fire Station. Currently, fire personnel in Belize City are being housed at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. So, what has been the hold up? Minister Habet explained. Orlando Habet, Disaster Risk Management “They are also […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, the Department of Youth Service revealed that it is about to launch an app in early February that will be able to track the location of buses and their schedules. It will be piloted particularly in the Belize Rural North and Belize Rural Central and is specifically for students. It is being made possible […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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