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The Sarstoon’s Forward Operating Base remains in a deteriorated state. As a result, Belize Defense Force soldiers are not able to maintain a permanent presence at the base. So, what is delaying the repairs at the base? Former Minister of National Security, Michael Peyrefitte says the government should have moved to fix the base a […]
Written on August 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Bishop Alvin Moses Benguche, the Senator for the Churches, has come out in condemnation of sexual abuse within the church. Senator Benguche is a spokesperson for the Council of Churches and the Evangelical churches in the upper house. In light of the damning allegations of sexual abuse against an evangelical worship leader in the Cayo […]
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Residents of Hopkins Village are reeling from a fatal traffic accident that claimed the life of six-year-old Makaya Magdaleno. The little girl had just left home on Main Street and was heading to her sister’s house in the southern part of the community when a gas truck from Lucas Gas Company knocked her down. The […]
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Minister of Education Francis Fonseca also commented on the tragedy involving six-year-old Makaya Magdaleno. He says that while an investigation is being conducted, the Ministry of Education has reached out to the school to ensure that psychosocial services are provided to her peers when they return to school in September. Francis Fonseca, Minister of […]
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The National Students’ Union of Belize is today speaking out against the University of the West Indies for an increase in school fees at the start of the new school year, later this month. A memo from the Office of the Campus Registrar to all UWI Global Campus Students informs that tuition fees will increase […]
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Have you ever sat and wondered what happened to that close friend who went missing years ago and was never found? Or maybe it was a child who simply disappeared without a trace; or an elderly relative who left home for an evening stroll and never returned. Under Belize’s law, after someone has been missing […]
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Today, at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, the Ministry of Education, in partnership with UNICEF, launched the Think Equal Programme in Belize. The early childhood education programme, valued at half a million dollars is being rolled out in primary schools across the country, for infants one and two children and is focused at reimagining […]
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And while a team of Belizean Volleyball athletes is waging war inside the Civic, a delegation of Belizean powerlifters is currently in the Cayman Islands competing in the 2023 North American Powerlifting Championship. On Tuesday, five of our women athletes medaled in their individual categories. Alida Sharp and Rhea Tsai both won overall gold medals […]
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After a successful game against Honduras on Tuesday night, Belize’s Senior Men’s Volleyball Team was placed at the number one position in the ongoing Central American Men’s Volleyball Championship. It is a story of comeback for team Belize, after losing their first match against El Salvador and defeating Panama on Monday night in a nail-biter […]
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The Belize Sugar Industries Limited is partly successful in challenging the existing Sugar Industry Act. That piece of law which governs the large-scale production of sugar in northern Belize is archaic and a formal objection before the High Court has proven that there are sections of the Sugar Industry Act that are unconstitutional. A claim […]
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Justice Patricia Farnese’s decision is that annual payments made to the Sugar Industry Control Board are, in essence, illegal. But what does it mean for the regulator whose operations are funded, in large part through, these payments from B.S.I.? Senior Counsel Smith responded to that question, as well as the decision of the High Court […]
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Michael Peyrefitte, the Chairman of the United Democratic Party also weighed in on the ruling. This afternoon he held a virtual press briefing where he gave his thoughts on what the ruling means for the sugar industry. Here is what he told us. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party “Essentially what the judge was […]
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B.T.L. Chairman Mark Lizarraga was recently appointed to the Appeals Tribunal, a three-member panel tasked with reviewing a matter involving Waterloo Holdings Limited in which the Department of the Environment has decided not to grant environmental clearance for its Cruise Ship Port and Cargo Expansion Project. That appointment was made just a few weeks ago, […]
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King’s Counsel Ben Juratowitch is the lead attorney in Belize’s case against Guatemala that is presently before the International Court of Justice. The esteemed legal mind was also tasked with reviewing the Definitive Agreement between the Government of Belize and Portico Enterprises Limited. In that instance, Prime Minister John Briceño famously stated that the preeminent […]
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Charges are yet to be levied in one of the most explosive sexual assault investigations to come out of the local evangelical church in recent times. Last week, Rebecca Lennan-Stirm, via a social media statement, alleged that she was sexually assaulted by Mervin Budram when she was eleven-years-old. Since then, several other women have come […]
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The National Evangelical Association of Belize is yet to comment on the allegations of sexual abuse against Mervin Budram. We also tried once again to reach out to Budram for comments, but up to news time we did not receive any. We did, however, receive a second press release from Jubilee Ministries in which it […]
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The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on August ninth each year. It’s a day set aside to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. It is also used to recognize the achievements and contributions of indigenous people in environmental protection and development. In tonight’s Kolcha Tuesday, we look […]
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The United Democratic Party has scheduled its national convention for this Sunday, August thirteenth. Several months ago the U.D.P.’s National Party Council voted to endorse its current executive in an upcoming national convention. That is expected to happen at Sunday’s event. But, added to the occasion is a protest march through the streets of Belize […]
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A little girl was knocked down and killed in Hopkins Village today. Six-year-old Makaya Magdaleno was reportedly riding a bicycle on Main Street and was heading towards her house on the northern part of the village around noon. That was when a gas truck reportedly knocked her down. The child was rushed to the Southern […]
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The Twenty-third Central American Senior Male Volleyball Championships continue tonight at the Belize Civic Centre where Belize takes on Honduras. The home team pulled off an excellent and important victory last night against Panama in order to still have a shot at winning gold. They will have to face off with top guns to snag […]
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On Monday, the official funeral for former government minister Carlos Diaz was held in Belize City. Diaz passed away at the age of seventy-five on Thursday, August third. Carlos Diaz served as Minister of Energy and Communications from 1989 to 1993 under the former Prime Minister George Price. At the services held at the Saint […]
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It’s Tuesday, so that means that your favourite entertainment show takes place tonight at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Another battle round takes place tonight to determine which four singers will continue in the competition. Last week, Yuhan Lin lost the battle to Tamika Gordon and five continued to compete in the pop/country […]
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Alleged victims of sexual abuse at the hands of well-known church leader Mervin Budram continue to speak out. Tonight, we hear from another woman who has also decided to tell her story in support of other victims, known and unknown. The church where Budram fellowshipped, Jubilee Ministries, has revealed that an investigation was launched after […]
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A resident of Ladyville was injured inside her home when a bullet tore through her roof and struck her in the head. Cynthia Joseph, told investigators that she heard a bang on her rooftop, only to discover that she was bleeding from the head. Where the round came from and who fired the weapon are […]
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On Friday, we reported on the shooting of a fisherman in the Antelope Street Extension area the night before. The attack on forty-nine-year-old Delbert Hinds left him with a bullet wound to his abdomen. We had reported that Hinds, a fisherman of Iguana Street Extension, had just left a relative’s yard at the corner of […]
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