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The Rotary Club of Belize and the Gift of Life Program have been providing care to congenital heart disease patients in Belize for over a decade. Annually, the organizations host U.S. doctors in Belize to diagnose children suffering from the disease and to counsel their parents. The team of doctors is currently in country. On […]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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This morning, the Port of Belize limited handed over a cheque to Port Loyola Area Representative Gilroy Usher Senior, as well as a donation of school bags to Inspirational Promotions. The assistance was provided for back-to-school preparations in Port Loyola. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting A vision between a pair of […]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Last week, Sabreena Daly shared the behind the scenes of a seamstress’s high season when preparing for a new school year. This week, she went out to meet a teacher preparing her classroom also for the new school year. In just about a week before the reopening of primary schools, teachers are in high gear […]
Written on August 26, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s been exactly two weeks since Private Roxanne Hill, of the Belize Defence Force, lost her life in a road traffic accident on the George Price Highway near Cotton Tree Village. Ten other soldiers were injured in that accident. Tonight, Brigadier General Azariel Loria joined the family in making an appeal for blood for one […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s been around since 1981, collecting contributions from the working class and returning it to them as sickness or retirement benefits. Now the Social Security Board has transitioned from manual records-keeping to a modern, digital database that provides information and answers with the click of a button online. But as the organization adapts to the […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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While employers in the minimum wage bracket have been clamoring for an increase, S.S.B’s Actuary, Hernando Montas explained that because everything in economics is linked, an increase in salaries will inevitably affect the cost of goods and services. Hernando Montas, Actuary, S.S.B. “Now workers are expecting more pay, claiming higher salaries to keep the […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Constituents from Belize City, in Caribbean Shores and Freetown, queued up at the Belize City Center today to take advantage of the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Mobile Land Clinic. The roving clinic which has been held in several parts of the country was organized to expedite the services provided by the ministry. The assistance being […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Police officers attached to the National Prosecution Branch are participating in a three-day training course geared towards sharpening their skills in effectively pursuing criminal cases in court. Today at the Radisson, they paid keen attention to presentations made by attorneys and other facilitators. The goal is that police prosecutors will be successful against seasoned criminal […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Defence Force has been faced with a number of tragedies in recent weeks. While with Brigadier General Azariel Loria earlier today, he was asked for an update on the investigation surrounding the death of B.D.F. Micah Miguel. She was on suicide watch just ahead of the tragedy, which was later compounded by allegations […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department is also carrying out an investigation into the allegations of sexual assault of Micah Miguel. It is not the first time that allegations of crimes of a sexual nature have been made against the B.D.F. Brigadier General Loria was asked about how the military addresses these kinds of issues. Brigadier […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Four days into the start of the new school year, Ladyville Technical High School is the recipient of an addition to one of its existing buildings which will be used as a first form classroom. Today, the official inauguration of the extended space was held as the institution solidifies a partnership with the Belize Defence […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize has agreed to settle with the Belize International Services Limited for damages caused by the acquisition of the company in 2013. At the time of the acquisition, B.I.S.L. was managing the Belize International Ships and Companies Registry. In 2003, the Government of Belize extended its profit sharing contract with B.I.S.L. for […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Prime Minister Briceño, the Government of Belize will make a lump-sum payment to cover the B.I.S.L. settlement. He explained that eleven million dollars will be paid in Belize currency, while the rest of the payment will come from the Central Bank Reserve. Prime Minister John Briceño “Of course we are different. We are […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Leader of the Opposition, Moses Shyne Barrow, accused Prime Minister Briceño of playing the piper’s tune. Following P.M. Briceño’s contributions on the BISL settlement in the house, the Leader of the Opposition rose to question the prime minister’s motive behind the settlement payment. Barrow, on the other hand, agreed that the debt must be paid. […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Also on the opposition’s side, Tracy Panton, Area Representative for Albert, chided the Briceño administration over the lump sum payment to B.I.S.L. Panton contended that the Government of Belize has been unable to identify funds to hold a cannabis referendum, and to lower the cost of fuel, yet it is able to settle a thirty-eight […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño also sought to explain why Courtenay Coye L.L.P. will be paid handsomely as a result of the B.I.S.L. settlement. As attorney for the claimant, Courtenay Coye L.L.P. will receive close to nine hundred thousand U.S. dollars in litigation cost. Tracy Panton raised the matter during the debate. PM Briceño, on the […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Since the recent Belize International Music and Food Festival, a first-of-its-kind two-day event in San Pedro, the media has been asking Prime Minister John Briceño and Minister of Tourism, Anthony Mahler to show where the event was profitable. As Mahler promised a week ago, those figures would be provided. The figures are out; however, it […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Tracy Panton, the Area Representative for Albert Division, has broken her silence on the U.D.P.’s deep internal divide. Today, she spoke with reporters about her position, coming out of Saturday’s National Party Council meeting. While she was present for the meeting, she says her colleague Patrick Faber is out of the country, but he was […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Panton also responded to questions about her removal from the party’s Central Executive Committee in favor of Melvin Hewlett, who ran and lost in Fort George for the U.D.P. in 2021. Here is what she told reporters. Tracy Panton, Area Representative, Albert Division “If I have asked for his removal, no. I have not […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Panton also told reporters that she did not take part in her party’s protest on Tuesday, because she was working in her constituency. She told us that she also had some concerns with the fact that the protest was still being held even after the U.D.P. was denied its application to protest by the police. […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Immediately following the thunderstorms, personnel from the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing were dispatched to various parts of the country to evaluate the extent of damages to roads, drains and culverts that were affected by the tropical wave. During the house meeting today, Minister Espat specified the various locations, as well as the monies […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, senior public officers employed at the Audit Department wrote to C.E.O. Rolando Zetina expressing serious concerns about the manner in which that aspect of government is being managed. This was in the absence of an auditor general since Dorothy Bradley retired from the post in 2021. But the news today is that […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, the president of the Public Service Union spoke candidly with reporters. He said that the Audit Department has never been led by someone who is aptly qualified for the job, including former Auditor General Dorothy Bradley. Dean Flowers, President, Public Service Union “I stand to be corrected here, but I don’t know […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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As we told you earlier, the Government of Belize will be spending twelve million dollars on flood relief and thirty-eight million U.S dollars to settle the Belize International Services Limited debt. Both of these expenses were brought to the House of Representatives today as supplementary allocation bills. These two bills are now the second and […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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P.M. Briceño was also asked for his thoughts on Vulcan Material and its proposal for mining near Gales Point Manatee. The Prime Minister was more open to hearing from the company than other government representatives who have shared on the subject. P.M. Briceño noted that while it is a matter that must not be taken […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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