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The 2021-2030 National Gender Policy focuses on the gaps and areas for further action in six primary pillars: health, education, wealth and employment creation, gender-based violence, women in power and decision-making and organizational system strengthening. NWC President Thea Garcia Ramirez says that while there are some inroads, more has to be done to ensure equality […]
Written on October 14, 2022 | Posted in
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October thirteenth is celebrated as World Sight Day and on Thursday, members of the National Assembly commemorated the day by supporting an initiative by the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired to promote eye health care. B.C.V.I. is the only non-private, non-profit organization in the country that provides eye care in an effort to reduce […]
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Today, Hand in Hand Ministries celebrated its twentieth anniversary by hosting an open house at its headquarters in Belize City. Director of Operations Abel Vargas and members of staff at the organization were on hand to give visitors a guided tour of the facility that has done a lot to assist needy families across the […]
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Many self-care practices are encouraged to combat the characteristics of mental illnesses that plague the lives of one in every eight persons. October is the month of advocacy for mental health and Raquel Rodriguez shared with us one such way that persons may unknowingly experience therapeutic release through the world of art. Raquel Rodriguez, […]
Written on October 14, 2022 | Posted in
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Tonight, there is still no appointee to the post of Chairman of the Public Service Commission, that’s because the prime minister’s pick for presiding officer of that working group has withdrawn his name due to illness. Cresencio Sosa Sr. is the second person to have his name removed from the likely candidates to fill the […]
Written on October 13, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Flowers, the protracted delay continues to threaten the financial stability of families whose breadwinners were public officers who gave of themselves and their service to the Government of Belize for over thirty years. On the Phone: Dean Flowers, President, P.S.U. “Now the impact of this politicization of the commission has now reached […]
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Over two hundred tourism service providers are participating in the first annual Elevate Training Expo being hosted by the Belize Tourism Board in Belize City. The expo is providing tourism workers with over twenty different trainings hosted by lecturers from the Florida International University, and some of our very own experts. According to B.T.B., the […]
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This morning, All Saints School in Belize City received a generous contribution of over ten thousand dollars from a benefactor who was once a student at the primary school. The donation of digital equipment and financial assistance for deserving students is part of an initiative to modernize and improve the existing courses being offered. News […]
Written on October 13, 2022 | Posted in
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The Public Service Union has come out strongly against the Office of the Prime Minister for failing to appoint a new chairman, as well as members of the Public Services Commission. In a statement issued by the labor organization, its offices have been flooded with phone calls from retired public officers who have exhausted their […]
Written on October 12, 2022 | Posted in
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The internal row within the United Democratic Party continues to see members of the opposition stooping to their lowest. On Monday, a clip from a purported political ad was posted on Facebook. The brief video extract shows Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber in what appears to be another physical altercation with a woman in the […]
Written on October 12, 2022 | Posted in
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The Department of Transport in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank is seeking to modernize the country’s public transportation system. Currently, the program is in its information dissemination phase. Members of the technical support team made an appearance on Open Your Eyes this morning to detail the phased approach to the modernization undertaking. Eric […]
Written on October 12, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Trudy Joseph, the Administration and Procurement Officer, the modernization program will be rolled out in phased. She noted that significant these significant changes to the transport system will be realized in 2024. Trudy Joseph, Administration and Procurement Officer, Department of Transport “We want to do a phased approach. So, we are grateful […]
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Today, in the village of Lord’s Bank, the British Army Training Support Unit, BATSUB, officially inaugurated a bridge in the community that provides access to the Belize River. The project which is valued at twelve thousand U.S. dollars saw a troop of engineers who recently arrived in the country demolish an unserviceable small bridge in […]
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The bridge will provide access to an area for riverine and jungle exercises by both military forces. Lt. Col. Jermaine Burns, Acting Chief of Staff, B.D.F. “We had come at the back here along with our British partners to look at a way that we could bridge the gap between riverine training all the […]
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A donation of over four hundred thousand dollars in digital equipment was handed over to the courts this morning by the U.S. Embassy. As part of an initiative known as the Backlog Reduction Program, the governments of Belize and the United States have been working closely to moderate the number of surfeit cases in the […]
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The Annual La Fiesta del Pueblo was hosted by the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs in partnership with the Northern Maya Association and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology in San Jose Nuevo Palmar, in Orange Walk District on Sunday. It was a fun-filled event for the entire family and for […]
Written on October 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier today, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay addressed the Fifty-Second Regular Session of the O.A.S. General Assembly in Peru. The annual gathering is being held under the theme, Together Against Inequality and Discrimination. In his remarks, Minister Courtenay highlighted the inequalities observed across the Americas, from high commodity prices to income inequalities. Minister Courtenay […]
Written on October 7, 2022 | Posted in
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On the subject of discrimination, the Minister of Foreign Affairs raised issues faced by the indigenous community and the L.G.B.T. community. He also highlighted racial discrimination and reparations for people of African descent. Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs. “We must also fight against racial discrimination, especially where it is woven into the social, […]
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October twelfth was recognised as Columbus Day in celebration of the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas in 1492. But the Briceño administration did away with that and replaced it with Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance Day. The public and bank holiday will be observed on Monday, October tenth, in lieu of the twelfth. Minister […]
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A new passport system will be introduced in Belize later this month at a cost of roughly twenty million dollars to the Government of Belize. The introduction of an updated procedure is expected to do away with the bottleneck that has plagued the existing, antiquated system. It will also eliminate the small-time hustling that has […]
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With a new passport system to be launched in the next two weeks, how much will applicants have to pay for the various service? Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Immigration “The cost of the passport, again, like the amnesty, it’s still before Cabinet. We have taken a cabinet paper, there’s a debate, you know how these […]
Written on October 7, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a brazen attack on a food vendor at her home on Park Street in the Lake Independence area on Thursday night. It happened just after seven p.m., and the assailants were so bold that at first, the victim did not think it was a home invasion being carried out – that is until […]
Written on October 7, 2022 | Posted in
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For the first time in recent memory, a person who is accused of murder will be brought before the Supreme Court to be tried a second time, after having gone before all levels of the court system during her previous trial. Calaney Flowers, accused of the murder of her ex-boyfriend, Lyndon Morrison in August 2012, […]
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This evening, the Embassy of Taiwan in Belize hosted government officials, the Leader of the Opposition, a host of other Belizeans and dignitaries in Belize City for the One Hundred and Eleventh National Day Reception of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Opening of the Taiwan Expo 2022. The event was held inside Caribbean […]
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Stig Da Artist is in Miami, Florida tonight to perform for the Miami Carnival Caribbean Connect event. But, before flying to Miami, the musical artist made a stop in Los Angeles, California to meet with the Executive Vice President of Universal Music Group Jeffrey Harleston and U.M.G.’s marketing team. Viewers may recall that a group […]
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