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According to Doctor Marvin Manzanero, the Ministry of Health is currently assessing how many beds and ventilators are currently available in the country for seriously ill COVID-19 patient. This is part of the preparation ahead of the reopening of the Philip Goldson International Airport on August fifteenth due to the expectation that there might be […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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The Senate met today in Belmopan on four loan motions that were tabled in the House last Friday and were passed after heated debate. Government is borrowing a total of about sixty million Belize dollars, to be used mostly in response to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The first motion brought before the Upper Chamber was […]
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According to Private Sector Senator Mark Lizarraga, the government has no solid plan for economic recovery and the right thing to do is to call elections now to give way for a new administration to put in place a viable plan. Lizarraga says this government does not have the best track record in guarding public […]
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Forty-five thousand persons have benefitted from the COVID-19 Relief Programme by the government; fifteen thousand were directly employed in the tourism industry. Those were the figures presented by Doctor Carla Barnett during the Senate Sitting today. The senate also debated a request for an additional twelve million U.S. dollars, this time from the Inter-American Development […]
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But Lead P.U.P. Senator Michel Chebat is asking where the millions of dollars went, concluding that the government is asking for money for electioneering. Michel Chebat, Lead P.U.P. Senator “A hundred million dollars, Mister President. Can you grasp how much money that is? How many Belizeans could have benefited from that hundred dollars that […]
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Another loan brought before the upper chamber was for one million thirteen thousand U.S. dollars from the C.D.B. for sugar cane farmers to restore production, following the effects of the drought that impacted the sugar industry last year. According to Senator for Government Business, Godwin Hulse, who is also the Minister of Food and Agriculture, […]
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But Senator Mark Lizarraga was quick to crunch the numbers concluding that the million dollars for the drought is not enough because it works out to only about three hundred and five dollars per registered farmer. For Senator Doctor Louis Zabaneh, monies could have been diverted from road contracts to mitigate the negative impacts of […]
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Back in March we told you about the land dispute between the Valley of Peace Farms Limited and the Valley of Peace Farmers Association. The Association is made up of over fifty farmers from the village who plant a number of crops, and as we’ve showed you they are the largest producer of cabbage for […]
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Members of the Christian Workers who work at the Port of Belize this afternoon staged a protest in front of the Port in Belize City. They are complaining that the Port is cutting their salary by ten percent. The management at the Port says that COVID-19 has affected its revenue streams and as such certain […]
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At the National Assembly on Tuesday, we had a first-hand view at the archives that date back to the colonial past of Belize. The interesting historical literature shows how the parliamentarians met and passed laws dating back to 1883. Hipolito Novelo takes us back in time when there was no Prime Minister but a Premier. […]
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PM Barrow told reporters that they need not seek a response from him in respect of the outcome of the B.I.S.L. appeal. He famously said, “I am telling you from now: won’t pay, can’t pay.” Here is that clip once again, in the context of today’s decision. Prime Minister Dean Barrow [File: June 26th, […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Aside from the ‘won’t pay, can’t pay’ statements from the PM, there is also the matter of non-decision. When PM Barrow dismissed former Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin’s ruling that he, the Minister of Finance, unlawfully spent over one point five billion dollars from the public purse, as a non-decision, it raised alarm. The prime minister […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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A letter was leaked today in which businessman and U.D.P. standard bearer for Caribbean Shores, Lee Mark Chang is threatening legal action against the Belize City Council for unpaid food bills, racked up under former Mayor Darrell Bradley’s administration. In a letter, dated June twelfth and addressed to the Senior Finance Manager at City Hall, […]
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The letter has been released within weeks of the July leadership convention of the U.D.P. where Darrell Bradley is seeking to be leader. Political pundits believe that the timing of letter is to smear former Mayor Darrel Bradley, who is running against Wilfred Elrington, John Saldivar and Patrick Faber. Lee Mark Chang is known to […]
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Tonight a corporal of police is detained for operating a fraudulent gun license approval scheme. Corporal Oscar Itch who was stationed at the Police Headquarters in Belmopan issued nearly thirty fake special gun license approvals. The scam was discovered by none other than the Commissioner of Police. Today, ComPol Williams said that he went on […]
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Another cop is in hot water tonight and this time he’s from the San Ignacio Formation. Police Constable Roy Zuniga reportedly stole four hundred dollars in cash from a person who was detained at the police station. Investigators were able to recover the money and later charged Zuniga with theft and placed him on interdiction. […]
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More news on cops who apparently were not behaving like cops. This time it is about two policemen in San Pedro who were filmed slurring, walking, and acting like they were under the influence of alcohol. Here’s how Commissioner Chester Williams responded when he was asked about the video. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police […]
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Last week news broke that the Belize Police Department had lodged a formal request with relevant government agencies to get documentation as a part of investigation into Belmopan Area Representative John Salidvar. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams said that the request for documents also include those from the Lev Dermen Trial. Williams gave an […]
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A new S.I. will come into effect as the country’s state of emergency ends. The Belize Police Department will be enforcing the measures that remain in place, such as the proper wearing of face masks and social distancing. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the press today that while they will be enforcing the law, […]
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Corporal Eldon Arzu is before the courts again attempting to overturn the results of the recently elected executive of the Police Association. Those elections concluded two weeks ago and Sergeant Jane Usher emerged as the new president. But Arzu is challenging the results, saying that he would have been re-elected if the Commissioner of Police […]
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On Monday, we showed you a land situation in Red Bank Village that has divided the village council and residents of that southern community. Tonight, another land situation is brewing farther south in Toledo District where farmers in Jacintoville descended on a team of surveyors who were in the area earlier today mapping out parcels […]
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Belizean American businessman, Roman Palma is gifting scholarships for tuition and uniform to ten high school students from around the country. The Roman Peace Scholarship Fund was created by Palma to assist those less fortunate to pursue their academic goals. Entries were sent to an email address and after they were vetted by two Belizean […]
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A modern system has been installed in the National Assembly. It will facilitate the broadcast of live proceedings of the House and Senate by media houses who will be able to connect to the feed for transmission. The upgrade was partly funded by the Government of Taiwan and has been in the making since 2019. […]
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The end of the state of emergency is in sight; it expires this Tuesday. Today, the Attorney General announced what many Belizeans have also been waiting for, ‘there will be no more curfew.’ On Ask the Experts today, Michael Peyrefitte announced the government’s plan to lift the curfew as of July first. The curfew has […]
Written on June 29, 2020 | Posted in
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While the government does away with the curfew, one thing that will become part of our daily lives is the face mask. There are currently three active cases of COVID-19 in the country and it is anticipated that when the P.G.I.A. opens on August fifteenth, Belize might experience a wave of imported cases. Attorney General […]
Written on June 29, 2020 | Posted in
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