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Tonight, we feature something sweet, so head over to the popular Ice Cream Shoppe in Belize City and San Ignacio, a favourite spot for children and adults who drop in to savour a wide variety of ice creams. Now, the coronavirus has hit the ice cream businesses as it has everywhere else. So Molly Doley, […]
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A group of seven Belizeans touched down at the P.G.I.A. on a United Airlines flight; they came as part of the repatriation process of Belizeans and are the first group to come by air. The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Keith Gilges, also came on the flight after spending time in the U.S. for medical treatment. The […]
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Land reform advocate Nigel Petillo has identified another acreage not far from where he initially encouraged hundreds of Belizeans to sign up for parcels that, as it turned out, belongs to the Belmopan Land Development Company. This Sunday, Petillo expects another massive turnout of residents who are interested in owning land in Cotton Tree Village. […]
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Petillo is encouraging as many interested residents to come out this weekend to engage in a discussion about land ownership, including those who have reportedly tilled the soil in Cotton Tree Agricultural Layout for over twenty years. He also took on the ownership of land which belongs to Belmopan Land Development Company. Nigel Petillo, […]
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The iconic Image Factory Art Foundation is celebrating twenty-five years today. Over the years, we have grown to recognize the Image Factory as the most edgy and innovative art gallery in the city, where you can find exhibitions, art, photography, book launches and a host of anything relating to visual arts. One of the central […]
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A single mother and her children are in better living conditions tonight. Georgia Valentine today received the keys to a house that was retrofitted and gifted to her through Amy Thomas’ N.G.O., Beauty in Belize in partnership with Doctor Candice Pitts. Valentine did not live in the best condition, but she is now safe, dry […]
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Pathlight International has been around for four years; their most recent initiative includes assisting families that have been affected by COVID-19. A group of needy families from the tourism and agriculture industries are the recipients of Pathlight’s pantry programme. Duane Moody caught up with a deserving and grateful families. Duane Moody, Reporting They are […]
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The Prime Minister has announced an initiative to tackle the foreign exchange crunch triggered by the halt of tourism activities which bring in significant foreign exchange. But the grounding of air travel and the uncertainty as to when flights will resume at the P.G.I.A. is having a huge impact on the economy and putting air […]
Written on June 4, 2020 | Posted in
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The longer the borders remain closed, the more damaging it is to the tourism industry, which accounts for forty-five percent of G.D.P. The Philip Goldson International Airport remains closed and there is no date as to when it will reopen. Opposition Leader John Briceño says the country can’t be locked off from the rest of […]
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The effects of the COVID pandemic is being felt everywhere and sport is no exception. Early in the crisis, sporting activities had to be cancelled because of the limit of numbers allowed at sporting events. It meant that gate receipts disappeared. FIFA came up with one million dollars for the F.F.B. to cover costs until […]
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But there is another dilemma at the F.F.B. because the coaching staff and athletes, who have contracts with the F.F.B., believe the federation is taking advantage of them. News Five was contacted by several athletes who say that FIFA earmarked approximately one point two five million dollars for COVID-19 relief for coaching staff and athletes. […]
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General Secretary Earl Jones of the Football Federation of Belize says that COVID-19 has caused the football industry to crash. No money is coming in and the way forward for the sport is difficult to predict, despite plans to restart in July. On the Phone: Earl Jones, General Secretary, F.F.B. “COVID-19 has caused a […]
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There is an update to the Unemployment Relief Programme and it is not good news for those persons waiting for financial relief. The hotline numbers that were listed on the Unemployment Relief Portal are inactive due to public officers returning to their substantive posts. Those applicants who still have not been able to receive their […]
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John Briceño also weighed in on John Saldivar’s economic recovery strategy. The disgraced former Minister of National Security was forced to resign after he admitted to having received monies from now convicted fraudster Lev Dermen. He became the leader-elect of the United Democratic for less than seventy hours and now the Belmopan area representative says […]
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A group of Belizean students in Massachusetts in the U.S. is waiting for approval from the government to return home. Saint John’s Anglican school teacher Keisha Garbutt and three other students completed their master’s degree in May, but were allowed to stay on campus until June thirtieth. They say they have applied to be repatriated […]
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Numerous landings of drug planes in Belize have amassed a fleet of aircrafts that government has taken into its possession. Those business jets, in various state of disrepair, are kept at the Philip Goldson International Airport where they remain for an inordinate length of time. Tonight, however, we can report that four of those confiscated […]
Written on June 3, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Enriquez, the collective price for the aircrafts was determined based on the conditions in which they were being sold, and many of them were damaged after landing on makeshift runways in various parts of the country. Felix Enriquez, C.E.O., Ministry of National Security “The aircrafts are, in many cases, very damaged; in […]
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The Organization of American States is conducting an investigation to determine the geographical location of a team of Belize Defense Force soldiers, who ventured into an area of the adjacency zone in southern Belize near Jalacte Village. This follows a report from Guatemalan media that the B.D.F. officers illegally entered into a settlement on the […]
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The following story also involves the B.D.F. Images of filth that has accumulated at the kitchen at Camp Belizario in Central Farm have been raising concerns for some of the military personnel deployed there. The images show how unsanitary the kitchen is. According to the information, it has gotten worse over the years and it […]
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The main border points remain closed, but illegal border crossings are still taking place because every week we get an update on how many persons are arrested and charged for illegal entry. In the west, at the village of Arenal, which is shared by both Belize and Guatemala, the crossing across the borders is a […]
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At the Philip Goldson International Airport this morning, a French aircraft touched down, bringing supplies that will be used by inmates at the Belize Central Prison. Everywhere, including the prisons, are ideal places for the coronavirus to thrive because of congestion and overcrowding. But fortunately so far, local prisons have not logged any case of […]
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Belize has entered its eighth week without recording a positive COVID-19 case. The closure of the P.G.I.A. and land borders has kept imported cases away and the work of frontline workers and the Ministry of Health has contributed to the current status. The government had tentatively set July first as the day when flights would […]
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More than one thousand six hundred COVID-19 tests have been conducted and as of Tuesday afternoon, only two cases were under investigation. Belize continues with zero positive COVID-19 and is standing out in the region for this record. At this time, there are no reports of anyone reporting to hospitals or clinics with signs and […]
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Businesses are finding new ways to provide customers with personal safety. In the downtown area of the City, Dibary, is one of the attractive places to shop. But due to the COVID pandemic, the business is adapting a feature that will attract customers back to the store. The new norm will now require customers to […]
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Sanitation workers and operational support staff at the Belize City Council will be donning a professional look. City Hall has acquired overalls and provided them with protective gear to be used when they carry out their work at playgrounds, markets and other areas. Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner says the initiative was in the making […]
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