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An initial group of ten small business owners were hosted today and will be engaged in three days of training at City Hall in Belize City. Dubbed the Accelerator Program Training Session, the Local Economic Development Department of the Belize City Council is working with a total of twenty participants who will learn about the […]
Written on June 23, 2020 | Posted in
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In the fight against the novel coronavirus, the Ministry of Health has received further assistance from the private sector. UNICOMER Belize, in collaboration with one of its product suppliers, has made available aeroboxes which are used to minimize exposure between a healthcare provider and a COVID-19 patient. The equipment will be distributed to hospitals across […]
Written on June 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, a funeral and memorial service took place to celebrate the life of Hubert Pipersburgh. This afternoon, at the Sacred Heart Church in San Ignacio, Cayo, family and friends gathered to officially say their goodbyes to the Pipersburgh who was the first of two persons to succumb in Belize, to complications associated with deadly COVID-19. […]
Written on June 23, 2020 | Posted in
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We start our newscast tonight with big financial news. The biggest single investment at this time of the COVID pandemic was announced this morning. Caribbean Investment Holdings, the parent company for the Belize Bank, announced it will be acquiring Scotia Bank Belize, which has been on the market for some time, pending final regulatory approval. […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The willingness to engage in opportunities and associated arbitration channels available based on the perception of risk and return is a primary concern for anyone wanting to invest money in Belize. The investment of thirty million U.S. dollars in purchasing the assets of Scotiabank Belize is a significant move for C.I.H.L., which requires a particular […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The Port of Belize Limited remains in receivership eight years after being taken over by Private Investment Limited. Despite its status since businessman Luke Espat filed for bankruptcy in January 2012, there is no interest in PIL owning the facility. According to Lord Ashcroft, the plan is to construct a two hundred million dollar cruise […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The idea of building a world class cruise terminal in Belize City has been met with objection from other tourism developers, including investors in the Stake Bank project who vehemently oppose the construction of the facility. But has Lord Michael Ashcroft met with these other stakeholders to understand their concerns? Isani Cayetano “Have you […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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On Saturday, villagers of Santa Cruz in the south expressed frustration against the Belize Police Department after their village leaders were detained and quarantined. The chairman Alfredo Mes, First Alcalde Renata Canti, and Second Alcalde Caterino Chaeb were arrested after police received an anonymous report that the men were selling cacao across the Guatemalan border. […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to political news…the United Democratic Party is heading to a second leadership convention on July twelfth, after within three days of his election, John Saldivar had to step down in February amid the Lev Dermen scandal. Tonight, the political race is now down to only four aspirants as Cayo North Area Representative Omar Figueroa […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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How will the upcoming leadership convention be conducted amid social distancing and limited crowd sizes post the state of emergency? According to Peyrefitte, who is also the attorney general, all steps will be taken to adhere to new rules going forward. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party “It will have to take place within […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier in the newscast we told you about COVID patient number twenty-three, but across the northern border, Chetumal, has surpassed Cancun with the number of positive COVID-19 cases. On Friday, Chetumal registered thirty-one new cases of COVID-19 cases in twenty four hours, so that there are three hundred and ninety seven active cases of COVID-19 […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The incident was captured in video and Yorke and Neal families have their convictions about what transpired on Sunday night on Berry Street in the Lake independence. A video capturing the police mobile taking away two men has gone viral on social media. While it is not clear if it is the same incident, today, […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The Mesopotamia Father’s Day Unity Basketball Game between once rival members of the George Street and Taylor’s Alley Gangs went off without a hitch on Sunday. The game was held on the basketball court off Orange Street in Taylor’s Alley and there is confirmation that a truce of sorts was established between these two major […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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This afternoon, the newly elected executive of the Belize Police Association was officially sworn in by the Commander of Welfare and Sports, Superintendent Calvert Flowers. The association is now being headed by President Sergeant Jane Usher and Vice President Sergeant Jermaine Hyde. Usher’s slated bested the former’s president slate Eldon Arzu last week by a […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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And some good news, last week Thursday the Supreme Court of the United States ruled to continue Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), allowing young people to apply for and get authorization to work and/or go to college in the US. They are called ‘dreamers’ and were taken to the US as undocumented children, such […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Belizeans trapped overseas are returning home in a trickle via the ongoing repatriation exercise being led by the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health and National Security. This afternoon, a United Airlines flight arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport with forty-five passengers onboard, a majority of whom are Belizean citizens. The P.G.I.A. remains closed indefinitely; […]
Written on June 19, 2020 | Posted in
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So far, there have been twenty-two confirmed cases of COVID 19 in the country. The latest case involves one of three Guatemalans, who was busted for illegal entry into Belize, earlier this week. The men were caught in the company of a Belizean who facilitated their movement through the western border. That individual remains in […]
Written on June 19, 2020 | Posted in
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As we said, patient twenty-two is a Guatemalan border jumper. He and two other Guatemalan men and a Belizean were detained over the weekend at a checkpoint in Unitedville Village, Cayo. The four men reportedly entered the country illegally through the western border and were swabbed and placed in quarantine at the Victor Galvez Stadium […]
Written on June 19, 2020 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court has been operating with a chronic shortages of puisne judges but an attempt to fill the void through new appointments is meeting challenges. That is because recent submission and interview processes did not include the president of the Bar Association who has a rightful seat on the Judicial and Legal Services Commission. […]
Written on June 19, 2020 | Posted in
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You may know him on social media as Tape Boss, but tonight Roderick Wade is trying to clear his name after a crude joke on Facebook backfired on him. Several weeks ago, Wade posted a video onto his social media account along with a narrative that purportedly described an unwanted sexual encounter with an unknown […]
Written on June 19, 2020 | Posted in
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As you heard earlier, flooding has affected the western and southern parts of the country and it is anticipated that up north, flood levels on the Rio Hondo at Blue Creek, Santa Cruz, San Antonio, San Roman, and Douglas are rising. The New River at Tower Hill and Caledonia is above normal and also rising. […]
Written on June 19, 2020 | Posted in
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This coming Sunday, fathers will be honoured in a number of ways with cook-outs, cards, gifts and other forms. Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and much like Mother’s Day; it is an opportunity to shower fathers around the world with love. It is not a public holiday but it is […]
Written on June 19, 2020 | Posted in
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This afternoon, Opposition Leader John Briceño said that his party is reaching out to all affected families in order to provide some sort of assistance to get them back on their feet. Commenting on the flash floods, which compromised the structural integrity of a portion of the George Price Highway, Briceño told News Five that […]
Written on June 18, 2020 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight confirmed to News Five that Belize applied for a loan through the IMF at the eleventh hour and is at number eighty-eight on the long list of countries waiting for COVID-19 relief funding. According to Waight, the loan is small and comes with a low interest under the rapid […]
Written on June 18, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on John Briceño Questions PM’s Wisdom on Treasury Notes Offer
Opposition Leader John Briceño also criticized the government’s move to request from bondholders to defer and capitalize the August interest payment of the superbond. If the bondholders agree to the capitalization, the interest payment will be added to the principal which in a way means that the total amount of interest owed on a long-term asset […]
Written on June 18, 2020 | Posted in
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