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On Monday, the villages of San Jose and San Pablo were the beneficiaries of a water system. The Government of Belize officially launched the newly rehabilitated water system, which was made possible through financing by the Caribbean Development Bank and G.O.B. under the Water and Sanitation System Enhancement Sector. Fifteen hundred residents from both villages […]
Written on May 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Many families choose to live with their elders with the notion that it is safer and more convenient for them, especially when the time comes that their parents need to rely on them more, as they approach their twilight years. But on Saturday, the unthinkable happened in Belmopan when a large family could not protect […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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We now go to Concepcion Village where there was a deadly chopping incident. Family and friends believe that Arturo Mendez was cheated out of his life when he was hacked to death by a man whom he opened his home to two days earlier. Mendez, who lives with an impediment, was at his home when […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Fifty-nine-year-old Kevin Castillo and a minor were injured during a shooting incident on Friday night when they came under gunfire from an assailant who alighted a vehicle and took aim at the pair. It is unclear what precipitated the attack on Castillo and an investigation into the case is ongoing. The details of this incident […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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A trio of thieves dressed in camouflage hit a home in Hope Creek pretending to be police officers carrying out a raid, before making off with a sack full of money. The home invasion happened around ten p.m. on Thursday night at the residence of fifty-seven-year-old Esther Crispia. The men led the woman inside her […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Three men, a Belizean, a German, and an American, made a distress call off the coast of Ranguana Caye, after their vessel submerged. The S.O.S. signal was picked up by the International Emergency Response Center in Miami and relayed to the Belize Coast Guard. The information was then passed on to Chief Rigoberto Rivas and […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Chief Rivas, the Belizean national is a tour guide. He informed the officers that he had experienced an engine failure, before the boat began to take on water. Rivas says his greatest concern was not knowing if the men were equipped with flotation devices. This, says Rivas, made the mission one of greater […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Twenty-one-year-old Kevin Ack, a police officer of Santa Theresa Village, lost his life over the weekend in a motorcycle accident. Shortly after seven p.m. on May nineteenth, police responded to a scene between miles thirty-five and thirty-six on the Southern Highway where they observed Ack bleeding from the mouth and ears. According to ASP Fitzroy […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Another police officer is recovering from injuries he received during a motorcycle collision in the vicinity of Naia Resort. Police Constable Jose Carabantes was riding a red Lifan motorcycle when he attempted to overtake another motorcycle that was being driven by twenty-two-year-old Damian Avilez. When Avilez indicated that he was turning into the compound, Carabantes […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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A group of law enforcement officers from Belize City who were returning from a Pontoon Waterfall adventure tour in Cayo District, was involved in a road traffic accident that has left one policeman clinging to life. The van assigned to Precinct Two was being driven by Police Constable Douglas Card at the time of the […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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This morning inside the National Assembly Building, a House Committee Meeting was convened to discuss the Trade Licensing Bill 2022, chaired by Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development, Elvia Vega. The meeting went well into the afternoon, with presentations by several members of the entertainment industry. At the heart of the matter […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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And while those artists were in Belmopan, a room full of artists was at the Biltmore in Belize City. But, this wasn’t a consultation on the Trade License Bill. They were there to be introduced as the headlining artists for the Belize International Music and Food Festival. We will tell you more about that event […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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In December 2002, Hillaire Sears was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole after being convicted of the murder. That conviction was later reduced to manslaughter before Sears was subsequently released on parole ten years later. But while on parole and working at the Belize Central Prison in 2014, Sears was subjected to a […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Mendez, the case involving Hillaire Sears highlights a number of issues within the criminal justice system. Leslie Mendez, Attorney-at-law “I think it’s important for us to also look at the manner in which parole was revoked. So Hillaire was working at the prison while on parole and it was while he was […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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The number of active COVID-19 cases continues to spiral upwards. Today, the Ministry of Health and Wellness reported a total of one hundred and ninety eight newly confirmed cases. These are cases identified over the weekend, between the twenty-first and twenty-third of May. The Ministry of Health and Wellness says it continues to encourage Belizeans […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Music and Food Festival will arguably be one of Belize’s biggest musical events to date. With a packed line up, including some of the biggest names in Soca, Dancehall, and Afrobeat, the festival promises to provide international exposure for Belizean musicians, as well as Belize’s culinary experience. The event is scheduled for the […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Belizean American Dorin Collins is using her story of rape, abortion, and a near death dog attack to encourage the masses. In her newly published book titled “Lost Between Two Worlds”, Collins gives readers an up-close and personal look into her teenager years in Belize when she was raped, got pregnant, and later forced by […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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A young female jaguar, about eighty pounds in weight, was discovered dead near Sarteneja Village in the Corozal District. A vehicle collided with the jaguar that was crossing the street, but did not render any assistance. The Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and Development, which works primarily with marine environment, was called out to the scene. […]
Written on May 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Former Ambassador to the European Union Alexis Rosado is in London along with a team of experts on international law making the final touches on the counter memorial, as he remains co-agent on Belize’s I.C.J. team. For many, given the criminal allegations of a sexual nature brought against Rosado, he should be removed. The career […]
Written on May 20, 2022 | Posted in
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As you just heard, Guatemala is claiming two-thirds of Belize’s territory. And while the work of Belize’s I.C.J. team continues, Belize’s counter-memorial in the Belize/Guatemala I.C.J. case has been finalized and is in the process of being submitted in time for June eighth. This was confirmed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay during a […]
Written on May 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration, Eamon Courtenay also spoke about the amnesty program, which is tentatively set to begin in July. It is estimated that over forty thousand persons, who have made Belize their home, have irregular immigration status in the country. The amnesty program is a government initiative to regularize their […]
Written on May 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Last Friday’s house meeting saw the introduction of a loan motion for Belize to borrow twenty-five million U.S. dollars from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. This is to aid fund a climate resilient and sustainable agriculture project. The initiative will provide for support to agriculture producers, with an emphasis on individual smallholder farmers […]
Written on May 20, 2022 | Posted in
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The motion, however, brought forward more questions than answers and Opposition Senator Michael Peyrefitte took the liberty to point out the ambiguities in the presentation. Senator Michael Peyrefitte, Opposition Senator “When it talks about financial assistance to implement a climate resilient and sustainable agricultural projects, what kind of transition, are we talking consultancies, we’re […]
Written on May 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Business Senator Kevin Herrera, in discussing the proposal, spoke on the need for government to carefully consider the interests of farmers and others in rural communities across the country. He says that GOB should look closely at issues such as food security and poverty in the broader context of climate resilient agriculture. Senator Kevin […]
Written on May 20, 2022 | Posted in
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The discussion continued today in Sarteneja over a fisheries regulation that was passed into law in March of this year for a four point five ounce lobster tail weight as the approved threshold, up from four ounces. There was also an increase in the escape gap size of the lobster traps. And this has not […]
Written on May 20, 2022 | Posted in
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