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Today’s swearing in was done at Independence Hall, the traditional and emotional home of the People’s United Party. But emotion aside, the assets of the Party, including Independence Hall, the Belize Times and Positive Vibes are privately owned by principals within the Party. It created no end of discomfort from 2008 when 2011 when Briceño […]
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For years, the issue of the teachers training has been on the drawing board at the Ministry of Education. According to recent figures, only about forty percent of primary school teachers are trained at the associate level while in secondary schools only thirty-one percent have the required training. The ministry thus embarked on a program […]
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Belizeans Milin Vasquez and Hugo Casanova were serving time behind bars in neighboring Chetumal since February 2013. They were arrested when they were busted at the house of notorious Mexican dealer, Carlos Cabanas Catzin, known as the Monster. In the house, the Mexican navy found with two million dollars worth of crystal meth. There were […]
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There have been fifteen murders since the start of the New Year. In January alone, there were thirteen; and since the start of the month, a double homicide in Orange Walk has increased the number of murder victims to fifteen. Police have embarked on initiatives of community policing in the City to bring down the […]
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A twenty-five-year exclusive contract has been awarded to Norwegian Cruise Lines for the controversial southern cruise port at Harvest Caye. The matter was taken to the House of Representatives at its last sitting by way of a bill called the Belize Island Holdings Facility Development Bill of 2015. Essentially, NCL gets to have the only […]
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Hollywood Actor Leonardo Di Caprio is planning to build a massive and impressive resort at Blackadore Caye in San Pedro which he hopes to open in 2018. Plans for the mega tourism development involve the construction of villas across a platform above water levels. The site is also within the Hol Chan Marine Reserve which […]
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The Belize Tourism Board reported last week that tourism numbers for 2015 were impressive with growth in airport arrivals. These numbers are expected to grow even further this year. This morning, Minister Heredia disclosed that the seventeen-million-dollar municipal airstrip project is about to conclude. The expansion includes the modernization of the Belize City airstrip to […]
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Earlier we told you about the swearing in of John Briceño as the new leader of the P.U.P. Briceño confirmed that following his round of meetings post-Convention victory, he has received the support of P.U.P. parliamentarians in the House of Representatives. This means that the next order of political business for Briceño will be his […]
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The first real test of the P.U.P.’s strength, unity and energy will come in just a matter of weeks – Village Council elections. Briceño acknowledged the challenges facing the party in that battle, but says that it is a priority of his new administration. John Briceño, Leader, People’s United Party “One of the […]
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Moody’s Investors Service has just concluded a visit to Belize; the correspondent banking issue was at the centre of discussions with major players. The report issued at the end of the visit is dated February second and entitled Government of Belize Loss of Correspondent Bank Services Compounds Existing Economic and Fiscal Challenge. According to the […]
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This afternoon in Belize City, the new Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit Joy Grant and Comptroller of Customs Victor Recinos signed a memorandum of understanding intended to strengthen domestic cooperation in the fight against money laundering and terrorism. The FIU and the Customs Department will now have access to an increased number of sources […]
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Crime has been affecting Belize as a tourism destination. The Ministry of Tourism is hoping to undo any fear of crime that would dissuade potential visitors to the Jewel. This morning, the ministry handed over three vehicles to National Security for use in hotspots in the City and the Cayo District to provide safety and […]
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The Supreme Court today finished hearing a case that could have impact on the employment of so-called “open vote workers”, those persons who work for Government, but not under formal contract or in a permanent capacity in the Public Service. Former Ministry of Education employee Melissa Belezaire Tucker was employed for seventeen years, from 1995 […]
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Not only is Tucker seeking judicial review of the termination; she has filed separately a challenge to the Open Vote Workers Regulations of 1992. Tucker and attorney Senior Counsel Magali Marin-Young believe it violates the Constitution, as then Governor General Dame Minita Gordon was not empowered to enact a law that creates a wholly separate […]
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The case has also caught the attention of the Public Service Union, whose president, Eldred Neal, attended this morning’s arguments. He told us that the case points to the need to regularize workers’ status, and that in his ongoing tour of the country as P.S.U. President, workers have been asking their Union to help Government […]
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John Briceño and the members of the new National Executive of the People’s United Party will be sworn in at Independence Hall on Wednesday morning. Briceño was elected Party Leader at a National Convention held in Belmopan on Sunday after he beat out Francis Fonseca and Cordel Hyde. There after he will be sworn in […]
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Between 2012 and 2015, when just the word Petrocaribe was enough to inspire poetry, song and euphoric frenzy, Government’s coffers were said to be bulging with hundreds of millions. The closest we’ve gotten to an official figure is somewhere in the region of close to four hundred million dollars. That’s a whole lot of money. […]
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According to Waight, a payment of fifty million dollars is due in a few weeks time. That’s cause for anxiety, but there’s another financial storm looming. When Prime Minister Dean Barrow settled his Belize Telemedia woes just before election for one hundred and sixty million dollars…that was only part payment! There’s an arbitration panel getting […]
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On Monday, the second Friends for Conservation and Development Ranger training program concluded at the Chiquibul. The week long program was conducted in collaboration with the Institute of Archaeology and the Forest Department, with the successful participation of fourteen rangers from FCD, four from the Forest Department and two from the Institute. This is the […]
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The People’s United Party held its leadership Convention on Sunday in Belmopan. Three candidates were vying for the post – Francis Fonseca, John Briceño and Cordel Hyde. The winner would be selected through a historic process where two thousand, nine hundred and seventy-three delegates from thirty-one constituencies would be afforded the chance to vote. In […]
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But while all eyes were on the leadership race, both John Briceño and Francis Fonseca also fielded slates for the positions available. Those were Chairman, Deputy Leader North and South and National Communications Director. For the Chairman’s post, Henry Charles Usher from the Briceño camp contested Oscar Requeña from the Fonseca camp. For Deputy Leader […]
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But while the tourists in the vehicular accident were slightly injured, that wasn’t the case for two other visitors to Belize. On Sunday, twenty-seven year old Australian tourist Patrick Leslie Jaccound died at the K.H.M.H. while receiving treatment for injuries he sustained on five days earlier. According to police, Jaccound was socializing with friends on […]
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Two Belizeans, Milin Vasquez from Orange Walk Town and Hugo Casanova from Corozal District have been in a Mexican jail since February 2013 after they were allegedly busted by Mexican authorities. The duo was reportedly in the company of notorious Mexican dealer, Carlos Cabanas Catzin, known as the Monster, when they were found with two […]
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There was a freak accident on Saturday evening on Mahogany Street in Belize City. Sometime around six-thirty that day, a metal gate near a newly built perimeter fence at the Samuel Haynes Institute of Excellence Compound fell atop a three year old girl, playing in the yard. Brianna Timmons is the daughter of the librarian […]
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The Fisheries Department is reporting a huge bust in undersized conch made on Sunday evening. Officers were on routine patrol in the Turneffe Atoll when they came up on the SOL, a sailboat with eight fishermen on board. Five of those fishermen, from the Sarteneja and Copper Bank areas of Belize, are in custody while […]
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