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The Women’s Committee of the Public Service Union has issued a strongly worded condemnation of the act of violence allegedly perpetrated by the Leader of the Opposition. The P.S.U. Committee says he did the right thing announcing his intended resignation, and they expect him to carry through with this commitment. The Public Service Union reminds […]
Written on January 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Today Thirty six women, mostly single mothers, completed a two-month-long training program in one of two fields of their choice – cake-baking and decorating, or hair analysis. This includes perms, braiding, weaving and dying. The program was conducted with assistance from the Taiwanese Embassy and the Ministry of Education’s ITVET Program. The Minister of Education, […]
Written on January 28, 2022 | Posted in
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More Belizean artisans and entrepreneurs will be able to reach more customers thanks to the Enhancing the Economic Empowerment of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean project. Heritage Education Network Belize was among the recipients who were issued grants and participated in a completion ceremony today. They worked with artisans from across the country […]
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A delegation led by Jose Abelardo Mai, the Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise, is attending the Latin American Summit 2022 in Cancun, Mexico. Тhe event draws еntrерrеnеurѕ frоm thе Unіtеd Ѕtаtеѕ, Соlоmbіа, Раnаmа, Веlіzе, and Мехісо who are interested in networking and investments in the region. According to the Government Press Office, Belize’s […]
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It has been almost a year since the various unions staged several days of protest against the Government over their ten percent salary cut. This week, government representatives met with their union counterparts to discuss the growth of the economy, and the topic that matters to them – the ten percent. Minister of Education, Francis […]
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The Education Upliftment Project, which involves full scholarships to secondary school students on the city’s south side, is currently being rolled out. The initiative is providing full scholarships to a thousand high school students who live and attend school on that side of the Haulover Creek. Today, Minister of Education, Francis Fonseca, shared the scope […]
Written on January 28, 2022 | Posted in
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A Maya Nut Micro Project under the Community Resilience Building in the Caribbean Program has been implemented by the Belize Red Cross. It looks at providing not only food security to seven communities in the Belize and Cayo Districts, but also generating income. In addition, it addresses the wider issue of climate change. The Maya […]
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After the momentous victory last week, the Barbados Labor Party was finally sworn in to Cabinet on Wednesday. One of Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s first proposals to parliament is for a constitutional amendment to allow an eighteen year old to serve as senator. Her reasoning is if young people are old enough to vote, they […]
Written on January 28, 2022 | Posted in
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The public spectacle that has become Patrick Faber’s fall from grace continued on Wednesday when he abruptly ended an interview and walked off the set of a weekly talk show. On January nineteenth, a violent incident at his home resulted in charges being brought against him by his fiancée, Dr. Shanikka Arnold. She decided to […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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The strike at the Port of Belize is now in its eighth day, and the latest indications are that the port will be seeking legal redress against the Christian Workers Union for what is being termed their illegal strike action which has already cost P.B.L. an economic loss of one million dollars. But, even before […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Delroy Fairweather, Vice President of the Belize Custom Brokers Association, was also a guest on the morning show. He spoke about the number of ships that have had to return to the U.S. with cargo, as well as the logistical problems that arose when containers are diverted to the only operational port in the country […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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And, while ships are diverting to the Big Creek Port only on a temporary basis at this time, drawn out conflict at the P.B.L. could result in businesses moving their operations there full time. A.S.R./B.S.I. permanently migrated to the Big Creek Port back in 2021 to export its raw sugar. Fairweather says what is currently […]
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Minister Hyde also chimed in on the state of affairs at the Port of Belize Limited, as well as the negative effects that it is having on the nation’s economy. He is hopeful that a resolution is drawing near. Cordel Hyde, Deputy Prime Minister “No, I think it is a really difficult situation. These […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño and a delegation including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eamon Courtenay, and C.E.O. of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amalia Mai, are in Honduras where they attended the inauguration ceremony for the newly elected President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro. Prime Minister John Briceño on Wednesday told the media that this trip […]
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Last night, you heard from the Joint Union Negotiating Team after yesterday’s meeting with the government counterpart. We learnt that several financial documents were presented and reviewed during the four hour meeting. We were also informed that a second meeting is scheduled for February sixteenth, where the Union leaders expect to get a clearer picture […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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While with acting Prime Minister Cordel Hyde, he was also asked to comment on the case of the eight Venezuelans who purported to be asylum seekers in Belize. They were among thirty-seven persons who had entered the country via a COPA Airlines flight on January eighteenth and denied leave to land. In the process of […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Cabinet has approved the repeal of the Libel and Defamation Law and will be replacing it with simply a Defamation Law, the papers for which will be introduced at the next House of Representatives meeting. We spoke with Attorney-General, Magali Marin-Young, who explained that the new Bill will replace an outdated piece of legislation with […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Under the new laws, people who make Facebook posts that are republished or shared or draw other comments that can be deemed as libelous or defamatory comments can be held accountable. Unless they can prove in court that they were unaware of the libel. Magali Marin-Young, Attorney-General “Sometimes somebody publishes something and its republished, […]
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In this week’s Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister and his advisors approved the Free Prior Informed Consent Protocol that will guide consultations with Maya communities. According to this week’s Cabinet briefing, this protocol is in keeping with government’s commitment to the implementation of the 2015 Consent Order of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Cabinet has […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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According to the Pan American Health Organization, Belize is reporting the highest rate of new COVID infections in Central America. In terms of the rest of the region, many of Mexico’s southern states have seen new infections triple, and infections are accelerating in Honduras and Costa Rica. There have been spikes in South America as […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Since 2021, Minister of Natural Resources Cordel Hyde has been bringing the lands department to the people through its mobile clinics across the country. They’ve been south in Dangriga, north in Corozal, and to the island town of San Pedro. But today, their stop was Ladyville – one of the largest, most populated areas of […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s been over two weeks since classes have been reopened to hybrid learning. But, not all students have the resources to access learning material virtually. Today, five schools from across the country are benefiting from a total of ninety-nine laptops. A symbolic handing over ceremony was held at the House of Culture in Belize City […]
Written on January 27, 2022 | Posted in
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C.E.O. Valentino Shal also announced that there are another two hundred laptops that will be donated under the Basic Needs Trust Fund Ninth Program in the near future. Those will be distributed to high school students. Valentino Shal, Deputy Chair, Social Investment Fund “Very soon C.E.O. Maheia, we will also be making another contribution […]
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In early December, we reported on an effort to encourage women and youth in entrepreneurship through a project called Enhancing the Economic Empowerment of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in the COVID-19 Post-Pandemic Era. With support funding from the Government of Taiwan, seven recipients were handed twenty-five thousand U.S. dollars to advance these […]
Written on January 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Like the rest of the country, COVID is on the island of Caye Caulker. With the omicron and delta variants in country, the village also saw an increase in COVID numbers earlier this month. But there has been a downward trend and up to the end of last week, there were only about twenty active […]
Written on January 26, 2022 | Posted in
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