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While the extension of S.O.E. in the south side was on debate in the House, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, at the police press briefing also in Belmopan, confirmed that he had requested an additional sixty days of lockdown. This would allow some thirty-four persons, including four females, who are detained as a result of […]
Written on August 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Back to COVID-19…the increase in number of cases has triggered the Belize Police Department to tighten up on the enforcement of quarantine laws. Commissioner of Police Williams says directives have been issued to officers to intensify enforcement of social distancing and the wearing of masks. ComPol Williams also says that an incentive will be issued […]
Written on August 3, 2020 | Posted in
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ComPol Chester Williams is also pushing for stricter measures on violators of the COVID-19 regulations. Williams said today that he is advocating for an amendment to the quarantine statutory instrument to go further to hold establishment owners liable for not ensuring that patrons wear face masks and observe social distance. Chester Williams, Commissioner of […]
Written on August 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The body of an elderly man was discovered in Punta Gorda today. Just after nine o’clock this morning, police were called out to the Joe Taylor Bridge in that southern municipality where they discovered the body of eighty-five-year-old Hugh Ordonez. ACP Joseph Myvett gave preliminary information, which suggests that there was no foul play in […]
Written on August 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Late this evening, the Christian Workers Union issued a release and the news is that contrary to what the Prime Minister asserted this morning, stevedores have not ended their strike. The Port of Belize Limited and the C.W.U., however, remain in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. The release from the C.W.U. states that, […]
Written on July 31, 2020 | Posted in
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Also this morning, the Prime Minister was asked about the nationalization of the Port which he said on Wednesday was under consideration. According to him, that is not on the table at this time. As far as we know, a meeting was held on Thursday with the Prime Minister and Ministers Edmund Castro, Carla Barnett […]
Written on July 31, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to politics, Port Loyola area representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez announced his pending retirement from electoral politics several years ago, indicating that upon completion of this five-year term, he would retreat into private life. His retirement was timid to the retirement of Prime Minister Dean Barrow. That constituency has elected Philip Willoughby as the U.D.P. […]
Written on July 31, 2020 | Posted in
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As for Martinez’s ministerial colleague, Frank ‘Papa’ Mena, there is still no certainty whether he will be contesting the Dangriga constituency come November. That’s because a petition has been launched by the U.D.P. committee in that area asking for his removal as candidate in the upcoming general elections. This afternoon, PM Barrow spoke glowingly about […]
Written on July 31, 2020 | Posted in
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The biggest private sector organization, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is celebrating one hundred years this year. It’s a milestone for the organization that has endured the test of time and now readies itself to face the challenges in a post-COVID Belize. At its annual general meeting on Thursday night, the B.C.C.I. also […]
Written on July 31, 2020 | Posted in
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The guest speaker at the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s AGM on Thursday night was Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amore Mottley. PM Mottley spoke on the challenges of COVID-19 – how it has shown to be the ultimate test of Caribbean nation’s development and capacity to respond. Mottley called on the business community […]
Written on July 31, 2020 | Posted in
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On Thursday, screenshots of WhatsApp conversations surfaced in respect of the chaotic incident at the Port of Belize Limited last Wednesday when striking staff members of the P.B.L. went on a rampage and the GSU was called in to bring the situation under control. The gist of the messages centres around the bus that was […]
Written on July 31, 2020 | Posted in
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While he was on damage control mode, Rosado says that the incident at the Port is a battle between giants and the little man is being trampled. Facing a backlash from FECTAB over the leaked WhatsApp messages, Yhony Rosado says he is officially severing all ties with the organization, which he claims to have personally […]
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A lawsuit in which government is being sued by several parties, including the Belize Peace Movement, the People’s United Party and Lord Michael Ashcroft, is presently before the Supreme Court where an international expert will be called in to provide input in the matter. The claim, in respect of an urgent need for a redistricting […]
Written on July 31, 2020 | Posted in
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There’s a third standard bearer for the Belmopan constituency. She is Anna Banner Guy and she is contesting the next general elections as an independent candidate. Guy is a well-known face in electoral politics in Belmopan, having served on the Belmopan City Council under the United Democratic Party. She is going up against John Saldivar […]
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Senior Counsel Lisa Shoman and Professor Westmin James have been appointed to the Supreme Court bench on a one-year tenure. Their appointments, however, have raised the ire of the National Evangelical Association of Belize which has come out strongly against the pair of lawyers who represented Caleb Orozco and the United Belize Advocacy Movement, UNIBAM, […]
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While the Port of Belize remains open, the business community has not been able to receive imports or to export cargo as stevedores are on strike. The port remains on security level two following a violent protest last week. On the morning of July twenty-second, as early as six-thirty, two buses were mysteriously parked at […]
Written on July 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Back to the port, meetings were held today between the parties seeking a way forward and it is expected that activity would resume in the next few days pending the arrival of cargo vessels. At this meeting, the Port of Belize put the cards on the table now that the Prime Minister has said that […]
Written on July 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Back in April, we told you that Justice Michelle Arana was elevated to the post of Acting Chief Justice of Belize. She officially took over from the former Chief Justice, Kenneth Benjamin, who retired in March. Arana is the first female Justice of the Supreme Court, but will she get the substantive CJ post? It’s […]
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One of the leading companies that specializes in the finest cuts of beef and pork is located in the west. Running W has been around for decades and overtime, it has redefined the quality of its meat, all locally grown. Their operations start from the pasture to the processing and then on to the dinner […]
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The Santa Cruz Village expansion project involving six hundred lots in southern Belize has yet to be completed, but there is a battle raging between the village council and U.D.P. standard bearer, Ivan Williams over the project. The expansion project kicked off a few years ago and according to Chairman Vincent Scott, the village council […]
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According to Williams, it is in the best interest of the villagers for Chairman Scott to handover the list of persons to the Lands Department so that the land expansion project can continue and be completed. Hipolito Novelo “The council’s belief however is that you are piggy backing on their project and seek to […]
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Belize is joining the government and people of Taiwan in mourning the passing of one of its former presidents, Lee Ten Hu, who died at the Taipei’s Veterans General Hospital at the age of ninety-seven. Lee was instrumental in the forging of relations with Belize thirty years ago, when he led a policy to win […]
Written on July 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, the Youth Enhancement Services kicked off a two-day workshop for thirty police officers. The workshop, according to Karen Cain of the Y.E.S., is to sensitize in the officers in four key areas as frontline workers. Karen Cain, Executive Director, Youth Enhancement Services “Today, we have about thirty police officers in the house. We […]
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According to Karen Cain, the capacity building workshop will also help to strengthen the work that the Youth Enhancement Services does. More importantly, it will positively impact vulnerable lives. Karen Cain, Executive Director, Youth Enhancement Services “The four issues that we are dealing with are a big deal and issues of concern. We are […]
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A single father of one needs your help. Belize City resident, Travis Eiley says that his eighteenth-month baby boy, Jayden, was recently diagnosed with sickle cell anemia and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he has been having a difficult time in providing medication for this son. Eiley stopped by our studios seeking public assistance. Eiley […]
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