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We also spoke with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams about the department’s preparations ahead of TS Lisa making landfall. Here is what he told us earlier today at an event in Belize City. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “This morning I met with all my commanders from across the country in Belmopan. One of […]
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The threat of Hurricane Lisa on Belize puts the coastal communities of San Pedro and Caulker in the projected path that the hurricane is supposed to cross. The islands remain vulnerable to flooding and strong winds associated with a category one hurricane. Belize Rural South Area Representative, Andre Perez, who is also the Minister of […]
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There is a new Belize Film Commissioner. He is Carlo Habet, a co-founder of Ignite Limited, an advertising agency and video production company in Belize. Habet was appointed to the post by Prime Minister John Briceño. His primary responsibility as the film commissioner is to sell Belize as a destination for international filmmakers to realize […]
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Today, the Belize Police Department added one hundred body cameras to its inventory. The Gang Intelligence, Investigation and Interdiction Unit, or G.I.3., has been incorporating body cameras in its daily operations for some time. And, G.I.3.’s superiors say that it has been an effective tool in curbing incidents of police brutality. With the addition of […]
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New details have emerged about additional payments being made to government C.E.O.’s. Last week, we told you about a circular signed by Cabinet Secretary Stuart Leslie approving an increase of seven hundred and fifty dollars to C.E.O.s’ living and entertainment allowances. Well, today in an interview with News Five, President of the Public Service Union, […]
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We also asked Flowers about the emergence of several memos dating back to June 2021, all the way up to October fourteenth, 2022. One memo reveals that C.E.O. in the Prime Minister’s Office Narda Garcia is receiving two thousand dollars monthly as a responsibility allowance. On June thirtieth, a special allowance of two thousand dollars […]
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There is a Development Policy and Strategy and Implementation Plan for 2022 to 2027 for the Ministry of the Blue Economy. The priority areas for the policy and goals of the strategy were presented today and look forward to the next five years. It will deal with creating new opportunities in marine bio-diversity and livelihoods, […]
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Welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. The Inter-Office Basketball League is down to its final matches. On Friday night, basketball fans made their way over to the Belize City Civic Center for two action-packed games. Tuff eNuff took on Belize Water Services in game two of their best-of-three series. Well […]
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Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber broke his silence today, taking aim squarely at the leadership of the United Democratic Party. The salvo comes hard on the heels of an announcement on Thursday that he will no longer be running for the U.D.P. in that constituency, despite having won five consecutive terms since 2003. It is […]
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During his press conference which was held at his constituency office on Antelope Street Extension, Faber criticized the composition of the Nominations Committee, the trio that vetted and subsequently rejected his application to run in Collet. He also emphasized that as a proud member of the United Democratic Party, he isn’t going anywhere and will […]
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During his press conference which was held at his constituency office on Antelope Street Extension, Faber criticized the composition of the Nominations Committee, the trio that vetted and subsequently rejected his application to run in Collet. He also emphasized that as a proud member of the United Democratic Party, he isn’t going anywhere and will […]
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The United Democratic Party held a press conference today to discuss a variety of issues, save for the elephant in the room which is the failed recall attempt of Shyne Barrow’s leadership, as well as the Patrick Faber fiasco. The U.D.P. also discussed recent concerns being raised by the public service in respect of allowances […]
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Beyond the internal wrangling of the United Democratic Party, conversations this week have been centered around the dire situation that nurses and hospital staff are faced with at the K.H.M.H. On Wednesday, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Workers Union came forward to voice serious concerns regarding a lack of medicine, equipment, human resources and morale. […]
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Government’s monthly subvention to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is close to two and a half million dollars. Almost one hundred percent of those funds go directly towards covering the hospital’s wage bill, according to C.E.O. Chandra Cansino. And while, as an authority, the hospital’s management is obligated to access its own resources, with millions […]
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Today, reporters got to speak with President of the Belize Medical and Dental Association, Doctor Perlita Aldana, who said that, from time to time, even the private sector has to depend on the public healthcare system when it runs out of supplies. She did say, however, that while it was difficult to source some of […]
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Internist, Doctor Fernando Cuellar is a former member of the K.H.M.H Board of Directors. He said that the head of the K.H.M.H. Workers Union sits on that board so that it should have known about the severity of the shortages at the hospital. He points to the involvement of middlemen in the acquisition process as […]
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President of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, Luke Martinez, also weighed in on the situation at the K.H.M.H today. He told News Five that the union feels that there is not an urgency to address the health issue at the hospital. Martinez says he believes that the shortages in the public health sector […]
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The Public Service Union is demanding that Prime Minister John Briceño lift the freeze on increments for public officers. Following the reinstatement of public officers’ full salary, the Government of Belize also moved to reinstate the deducted living and entertainment allowances for its C.E.O.’s. Prime Minister John Briceño explained that these allowances were slashed at […]
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And, Stuart Leslie, the Cabinet Secretary, called a press conference this afternoon to set the record straight on the reinstatement of C.E.O.’s allowances. There are reports suggesting that the C.E.O.’s never took a fifty percent cut in their allowance. Leslie argued otherwise. Here is what he told reporters today. Stuart Leslie, Cabinet Secretary “I […]
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Leslie confirmed that government C.E.O.’s had in fact lobbied for the return of their fifty percent living and housing allowance. They reasoned that such a request is fair, considering the fact that the ten percent that was taken away from public officers was returned. And, the cabinet secretary agreed with this rational. But, what about […]
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Earlier we heard the President of the N.T.U.C.B speak on the shortages within the public health sector. When he spoke with us today, Luke Martinez said that there are a number of things that concern the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, such as inflation, and the cost of fuel. Martinez said that the congress, […]
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As we have reported, the opposition is calling for a referendum on Belize’s accession to Pact Bogota. Prime Minister John Briceño says that to hold a referendum on Pact Bogota would be a waste of time and money. In responding to the Opposition’s call for a referendum, P.M. Briceño noted that the matter was already […]
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As we have reported, the proprietors of Eruption Nightclub in Ladyville have been charged for admitting a seventeen-year-old inside the establishment. That female minor said that she was drinking and ended up unconsciousness, before she woke up the following morning and realised that she had been raped. A Ladyville resident has also been charged for […]
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The Belize Medical and Dental Association today opened its thirty-ninth medical congress at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel in Belize City. Doctor Fernando Cuellar, an internist at the Belize Medical and Dental Association, was one of the presenters at the event. He focused on what the COVID pandemic taught us and how we […]
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Belize High School has done well, putting Belize on the map having won gold in Switzerland in a robotics competition. Rightly so, the team has been receiving acknowledgements – not only from their peers, but also from the U.S. Chargé d’affaires last week, the cabinet earlier this week and now today from one of the […]
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