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Belize’s very own Julio Chub was awarded the 2019 Disney Conservation Hero award. Chub is the Liaison Officer of Ya’axché Conservation Trust and is regarded as a community-oriented conservation hero who has committed the past two decades of his life to conservation and community empowerment in southern Belize. The award recognizes local citizens for their […]
Written on January 29, 2020 | Posted in
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The Southern Workers Union has received its trade union certification. The S.W.U. is now certified as a bargaining agent for employees of the Dangriga Town Council. The union is made up of thirty-three members and is led by President Glen Lewis. Today, the Ministry of Labour, Local Government and Rural Development, along with the Tripartite […]
Written on January 29, 2020 | Posted in
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The National Agriculture and Trade Show will be held on May first, second and third of this year. The annual event will be celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year with the theme, “Innovations in Technology – Driving a Climate Resilient and Competitive Agriculture and Food Sector.” A press release issued today, announcing the dates, says […]
Written on January 29, 2020 | Posted in
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As the trial of American Armenian national Lev Dermen enters its second day in the U.S. courts, in Belize, the matter is getting plenty attention because of its implications to a sitting government minister. The question in everyone’s mind is about the contents of the messages shared between Dermen’s former business partner, Jacob Kingston and […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Musa says that if the messages or any other documents prove some level of criminality, public pressure will be applied on Commissioner of Police Chester Williams to launch a criminal investigation and seek prosecution of those involved. Kareem Musa, Area Representative, Caribbean Shores “If the evidence comes which I suspect it will in the […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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By this afternoon, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte responded to Caribbean Shores Area Representative Kareem Musa, despite not being in receipt of the letter in reference to Minister of National Security John Saldivar. The AG minced no words, calling the notion of invoking the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, under these circumstances, absolutely impractical. According to Peyrefitte, […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Attorney General Peyrefitte says that even if he were to proceed with such a request to obtain the names of the government ministers from U.S. Attorney General William Barr, the bureaucracy of that process would take significantly longer than waiting for the trial to commence and simply paying close attention to Jacob Kingston‘s testimony. […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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The man in the eye of the storm here in Belize is John Birchman Saldivar. The Minister of National Security took to social media today saying that he stands proud. He said that, “Imagine the amount of people who are conspiring from outside my Party and from inside my Party to see me fail. Naw […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Jury selection continued today in the District Court in Utah, where Lev Dermen is facing up to ten charges relating to money laundering in a case brought against him by the U.S. for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service of five hundred and eleven million dollars. The prosecution has worked out a plea deal with one […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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A lawsuit brought against Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin as chair of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission is set to commence on February nineteenth before Justice Michelle Arana. The presiding officer of the Supreme Court is himself being dragged to court for sidelining the president of the Bar Association who also has a seat on […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Two weeks ago we told you of the legal dispute brewing between Troy “DJ Dalla” Flowers and Shyne Barrow. DJ Dalla faced court action by Belize Brewing Company after he committed to taking out a twenty-six thousand-dollar consignment for drinks to be sold at last year’s Music Week reportedly at the behest of Shyne. One […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Light bills are not expected to increase between now and the end of the year. That’s the word from the Belize Electricity Limited which has made an application to the Public Utilities Commission for a review of rates for a four-year period, beginning July first, 2020 to June thirtieth, 2024. So while the current forecasts […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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B.E.L. also announced today that it plans on investing almost three hundred million dollars in the national electricity grid over the next five years to connect to new renewable sources of energy in-country, as well as introduce smart grid technologies to improve its services. Sean Fuller, GM, Commercial & Retail Services, B.E.L. “Dawn mentioned […]
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F.C.D. held a two-day bi-national youth exchange programme with youths from five Guatemalan communities that fringe the Chiquibul National Park. The purpose of the exchange was to sensitize and help empower the young people to champion the protection of the environment, primarily the forest and water resources. The engagement with the rural communities in Guatemala […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Day two of a regional adolescents and youth forum took place today at the Radisson Hotel in Belize City. Today’s discussions centred on the topic of mental health and the need to speak out freely on the issue. The lack of knowledge about cervical cancer and the effects of gender-based violence on adolescent dating were […]
Written on January 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Accused fraudster Lev Dermen who owned a chain of gas stations under the name Noil Energy in Los Angeles, is headed to trial. “Noil” is “lion” spelled backward and it is one of several examples of Dermen’s affinity for the big cat. Other businesses of his have had the word “lion” in them as well. […]
Written on January 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Police in Orange Walk Town are investigating the mysterious death of a two-month-old baby boy. Adriel Augustine died on Saturday afternoon, less than a day after being vaccinated at the Northern Regional Hospital. The mother, Melissa Castillo of San Estevan Village, told police that the baby was vaccinated on Friday. Soon after, baby Adriel developed […]
Written on January 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Health officials in Mexico and Colombia are investigating their first cases of the deadly coronavirus spreading from China. Here in Belize, authorities are closely monitoring and the Ministry of Health has activated the National Surveillance Team to keep an eye on the new strain of coronavirus. Last week, the team, headed by the Director of […]
Written on January 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The infamous Joseph Budna is back in the news. He escaped into Belize from Guatemala where he was serving a twenty-five-year sentence for kidnapping and extortion. He managed to successfully escape in 2019, but according to Budna, not even the Guatemalans harassed him as much as he is alleging that officers of the Belize Police Department […]
Written on January 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Budna says that he is attempting to make a formal complaint with the Professional Standards Branch to have the matter addressed. Joseph Budna, Claims Police Harassment “If you are going to apply this law, apply it across the board to everybody; stop targeting me. But this wasn’t the main thing. The main thing is […]
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The Government of Belize signed a ten-million dollar agreement with the I.D.B. this morning. At the signing, the I.D.B. Country Representative and PM Dean Barrow spoke about the educational quality improvement programme two which, aside from quality improvement, will encompass a new component on innovation on science and technology, arts, engineering and other mathematics. It’s […]
Written on January 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Lakers and basketball superstar Kobe Bryant is dead. The NBA MVP, his thirteen-year-old daughter, six friends and the pilot were all killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. The helicopter carrying the nine persons is reported to have encountered heavy fog when it crashed and burst into flames in the hills above Calabasas in California, […]
Written on January 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Former U.D.P. Albert area representative Herman Longsworth is the subject of a criminal investigation. Longsworth was fired by Prime Minister Dean Barrow after his name surfaced in the Auditor General’s Report on the National Sports Council. Longsworth, who was the then Minister of State responsible for Sports reportedly created Go Enterprises Limited which received contracts […]
Written on January 24, 2020 | Posted in
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But here is a kick; Longworth’s release was accompanied by a set of photographs showing clean and completed facilities at the Marion Jones Sports Complex. But just before news time, News Five received information that those photos were taken as recent as Thursday and do not reflect the state of work when Longsworth was in […]
Written on January 24, 2020 | Posted in
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As you heard, the former minister says the establishment of the company, Go Enterprises, was undertaken to facilitate the completion of work at the Marion Jones. Longsworth states that work ceased when the National Sports Council could no longer pay. But the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington, who was Longsworth’s boss until this week, […]
Written on January 24, 2020 | Posted in
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