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While police have their hands full, they did take time today to receive a small but thoughtful contribution that will be used for elderly residents in the Hattieville community. This morning, a charitable group calling itself Silent Santa presented officers with three beach cruiser bicycles that will be used to conduct house to house visits […]
Written on January 18, 2016 | Posted in
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Government is proposing a bilateral arrangement with Guyana which it hopes will settle the controversy surrounding the importation of rice. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Gaspar Vega, along with C.E.O. Jose Alpuche, returned from Georgetown, Guyana this afternoon where they met with several government representatives, including Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture Nigel Holder, to […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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According to Minister Vega, the effect of the meeting and the resultant agreement simply means that the sustainability of the local rice industry is of utmost priority, a roundabout way of saying that businessman Jack Charles has lost the fight to import Guyanese rice to Belize. Isani Cayetano “What does this specific outcome mean […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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Attorney Eamon Courtenay, who represents the Mennonite communities of Shipyard, Blue Creek and Spanish Lookout, has been following the situation closely. He explains the effects the proposed agreement would have on the rice producers. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for Mennonite Community “The impression I have is that what Guyana and Belize are doing at the […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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From rice to carrots, the Ministry of Agriculture has had his hands full over the past few weeks. Last Friday, we reported on farmers in San Carlos, Orange Walk who have been complaining about the loss of root vegetables in the north. According to the growers, licenses have been granted to wholesalers in Belize City […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow is in Guatemala City where he attended the inauguration of President Jimmy Morales on Thursday and returns to the country on Sunday. In his thirty-four minute lofty speech, Morales referred briefly, for about fifteen seconds, on relations with Belize. He said, “We want to advance in the resolution of the territorial, maritime […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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The territorial claim to Belize is a matter of priority on the national agenda of successive governments. Last year a number of incidents occurred at the Sarstoon River in the south in which the Guatemalan military was seen to be behaving aggressive against the Belize Territorial Volunteers as well as the Belize Defense Force well […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, we heard from Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales in respect of the Forward Operating Base that is being constructed on the banks of the Sarstoon River and not on the island as first announced. Morales disclosed that the shift in location was agreed to in discussions with Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington. The PM […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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Who will be the leader of the People’s United Party on February first? That’s the million dollar political question. The candidates are Francis Fonseca, John Briceño and Cordel Hyde, and one will emerge victorious from a balloting process in which almost three thousand delegates will participate. Francis Fonseca has been leader of the Party for […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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Many political observers believe that this is the worst of times for the battered grand ole Party which hasn’t won an election since 2003. It’s been said that no matter who wins, the party is in danger of disintegration. But Fonseca says that’s not going to happen. He believes that contrary to that school of […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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Fonseca says he has managed to mount the only national slate and is confident that he will be returned as Party Leader. Still, he is cognizant that the road ahead is a tough one simply because of the amount of delegates that will be voting on January thirty-first. He’s been in this spot before, actually, […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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And to wrap up Fonseca’s extended interview today, he spoke about the increasingly nasty, personal attacks on social media. It’s been pointed out repeatedly that the attacks are coming from Fonseca’s camp, if not necessarily from Fonseca. He says that’s not the way he does things, and while he cannot control all his supporters, those […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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Blackadore Caye is an unpopulated one hundred and four-acre untouched island west of San Pedro Ambergris Caye. Located twenty minutes away by boat, the caye is in proximity to the Belize Barrier. The island is owned by actor Leonardo Di Carpio who is planning a massive mega eco-tourism development. On Thursday night, a first round […]
The Toledo Land Rights Commission was formally introduced earlier today during a press conference at the Radisson. The working group which is responsible for carrying out the consent order of the Caribbean Court of Justice is chaired by former minister Lisel Alamilla. That directive requires government to take up positive measures to identify and protect […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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The Father of the Nation, Honourable George Price, would have been ninety-seven today. The political icon died in September, 2011, and each year the P.U.P.’s leaders and many of the faithful make the pilgrimage to his tomb at the Lord Ridge Cemetery to pay tribute. They did this morning, to say Happy Birthday to the […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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The lower courts across the country suspended session today to give way to magistrates and their support staff to meet in a two day retreat at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. The conference is looking at several areas in which the judicial system can become more efficient. Chief among the discussions […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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Then there is the move to install a drug treatment court which deals with issues of addiction. Several CARICOM countries already have theirs in place. Though lagging behind, Belize is working toward the establishment of one. In this court, a team of professionals from the Prosecution Unit, the Mental Health Unit, the National Drug Abuse […]
Written on January 15, 2016 | Posted in
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Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega returns to Belize this Friday from Guyana where substantive discussions took place about rice and its importation into Belize. Belize is looking at a structured arrangement in respect of a bilateral agreement which would allow Guyanese rice into the local market but only when there is a shortage. The proposed […]
Written on January 14, 2016 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow chimed in on the rice situation, reiterating that the ongoing state of affairs is not an issue between Belize and Guyana. He went on record to state that government was willing to grant businessman Jack Charles a forfeiture override to re-export the quantity of rice. The PM, however, minced […]
Written on January 14, 2016 | Posted in
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Today, the Belize Progressive Party weighed-in on the rice issue once again. In a previous release the party called for the government not to destroy the three containers of Guyanese rice that remain at the Big Creek Port in the south. In an interview today, the Party Chairman Paco Smith says that research shows that […]
Written on January 14, 2016 | Posted in
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The Christian Workers Union and CIBC First Caribbean International Bank are concluding its negotiations on an exit package for some sixty of the bank’s employees. In late December last year, the bank announced that it was officially closing its doors in Belize on Friday, January twenty-ninth, 2016. Several protests were staged last year by the […]
Written on January 14, 2016 | Posted in
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On January ninth, the badly decomposed body of PG resident nineteen year old Jarrell Edward Pop was found dumped in a well in the town. He had multiple stab wounds to the body and neck, and apparent blunt force trauma. Police have held details of the investigation very close, but tonight we can confirm that […]
Written on January 14, 2016 | Posted in
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While Valentine is on the way to Punta Gorda, a PG youth is currently detained at the police station in that southern municipality in connection with Pop’s murder On Sunday night, the family of a fifteen-year old was detained by police as a way of smoking out Barillas for questioning in connection with the murder. […]
Written on January 14, 2016 | Posted in
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Today stakeholders in the fight against child labour in sugar production met for its first ever concerted meeting. It included representatives from Fairtrade International, G.O.B. and CLAC, the Latin-American and Caribbean Network of Small Producers and Workers in Fairtrade. Fairtrade is the organization which pays the B.S.C.F.A. millions each year for its premium product and […]
Written on January 14, 2016 | Posted in
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The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Small-holder Producers and Workers, CLAC, has two missions – one is the representation of those producers to the outside world, and the other is the provision of technical assistance to organizations which is a part of CLAC. CLAC is playing a vital role in the formulation of a […]
Written on January 14, 2016 | Posted in
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