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While consumers and industry stakeholders anxiously await the outcome of an ongoing scenario involving the proposed importation of Guyanese rice, the Government of Belize earlier today announced a decrease in the cost per pound of Grade C rice. Loose rice, as it is otherwise known, is seventy percent whole grain and thirty percent broken, in […]
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According to Stanley Rempel, C.E.O. of Circle R Products, the decrease in the cost of Grade C rice is the result of lengthy discussions with government on the issue. Grade C rice, says the producer, is widely consumed by Belizeans. Isani Cayetano “There is a sense of timeliness with regards to a government release […]
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Coming out of the ongoing controversy is the fact that grain growers in the south are being paid considerably less per pound of rice than their colleagues in the Orange Walk District. That point was made earlier today by activist Wil Maheia. He contends that farmers in Toledo are being paid thirty cents per pound, […]
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While there is controversy over rice, consumers are up in arms over the price of sugar, which is also locally produced. The Bureau of Standards has been hard at work following up official reports of price gouging where local plantation white sugar is concerned. Based on a long-standing request from cane-farmers, G.O.B. approved an increase […]
The Christmas holidays are upon us, but for the Sanchez family of Belize City, there is little to look forward to. Last Friday, their belongings were destroyed when a fire spread through their house on the King’s Park area. With nothing left except for the clothes on their backs, the family is attempting to rebuild […]
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Mercy Care Centre, HelpAge Belize, Salvation Army, HOPE Toledo, Belize Red Cross Society are among several organizations that provide care for elderly persons in Belize. This morning in the City, the spirit of Christmas was present at the Sister Cecilia Home where the residents were having a jolly good time with an unusual set of […]
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Twenty-seven persons have completed courses in home care giving and wait staff and are ready to enter the workforce. Their training was held at the ITVET and was organized by numerous agencies including PAHO, the Ministry of Health and BERT. Duane Moody was present for the ceremony and has this report. Duane Moody, Reporting […]
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Turning to politics….At news time, there is only one confirmed name in the leadership race for P.U.P. Party Leader. The deadline is Tuesday, December fifteenth, but John Briceño was officially nominated today via letter to PUP Secretary-General Henry Charles Usher. Briceño’s nomination included endorsement signatures from the executive committee chairmen of four constituencies in Orange […]
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On December eighth, an American dentist was detained in San Pedro after his name came up in the most bizarre story. Doctor John Hall had already been granted a license to practice in Belize when reports surfaced that he had injected semen into the mouths of several patients in North Carolina, U.S.A. We hadn’t heard […]
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A shipment of rice is sitting at a Guatemalan port and is scheduled to be unloaded at the Big Creek port this Thursday. At least that is the plan of businessman Jack Charges of Xtra House who says he can bring in the staple at a lower price to retail locally. But there is a […]
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The Cayo Police formation spent some quality time on Sunday – not in training and not on operation, but in Church. According to Deputy Commander Reymundo Reyes, he felt that the Department needed all the blessing that it could get as they head into the Christmas season, and that’s why on Sunday officers marched proudly, […]
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‘Tis the season to be jolly and across the country, Christmas concerts and parties for children are being organized by numerous organizations as well as personalities. On Saturday, the Governor General, Sir Colville Young, held his annual Christmas party for one hundred sixty children at the YWCA in Belize City. Aside from participating in great […]
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Last Friday in the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister bid farewell to Francis Fonseca as the Leader of the Opposition in the House. Well tonight, the outgoing P.U.P. Leader has made an about-turn and is now an aspirant for new Party Leader. In the wake of general elections Fonseca announced that he was stepping […]
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The fate of approximately four thousand Cuban migrants marooned in Costa Rica continues to hang in the balance as countries along their intended route to the United States decide on whether to allow them transit north to the U.S./Mexico border. Nicaragua and Guatemala have refused them passage through their countries and on Tuesday, the Government […]
David Nanes Schnitzer, the Houdini of international fugitives, remains at large since absconding from Belize after receiving bail on November twentieth. But the story won’t go away and in fact the call for an investigation was narrowly defeated in the Senate on Wednesday. In fact it is known that the government of Mexico has expressed […]
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Ambassador Moreno acknowledges the personal interpretation of Justice Hanomansingh while presiding over the Nanes matter. His disappointment however, is twofold. Firstly, the former judge says that a court order to temporarily suspend the execution of the ruling would have allowed the prosecution to appeal. Secondly, bail should have been set at a much higher cost […]
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At news time tonight, we can confirm that a total of three shipping containers en route to Belize from Guyana are presently in port at San Tomas, Guatemala. The consignment of rice is scheduled for delivery by barge to the port at Big Creek next Thursday. The quantity, imported by businessman Jitendra Chawla, Jack Charles […]
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Five months after a rate decrease, it is likely that electricity rates will go up. The last decrease in July, afforded consumers a thirty-five cents cut per kilo watt hour. Today, the Public Utilities Commission announced that BEL has submitted a request for a rate increase because of a “underestimation of the Cost of Power […]
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The Pagola cargo ship from Jamaica has been offloaded and operations are back in full swing at the Port of Belize where days of industrial action taken by the stevedores have come to an end. On Monday, gang seven stevedores headed by Guy Neal started an impromptu strike that was reportedly sanctioned by the Christian […]
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The point of contention that led to the strike by the stevedores was a pension plan. The stevedores want an increase to six percent retroactive to 2004. While the Port has agreed to the six percent, C.E.O. Vasquez says that their position is that it cannot be retroactive to the past eleven years. The discussions, […]
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Now, there are three options that were being explored as solutions to the strike at the Port of Belize. The first option for cargo vessels to call to port at Big Creek in the south was also the most costly. The second was to acquire other stevedores, even police officers, to offload and on-load the […]
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On Wednesday, ground was ceremoniously broken for the construction of a joint forward operating base near the mouth of the Sarstoon River. Present for the brief formality were a number of government officials, including the ministers of National Security, Education and Public Service. Noticeably absent were other invited guests, particularly the United States Ambassador and […]
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But the ambassador was present for a groundbreaking ceremony to commence a pair of multimillion dollar projects on the U.S. Embassy compound held this morning in Belmopan. Over the next two years, a new Marine Security Guard Residence will be built on the site at an estimated cost of twenty-two million U.S. dollars. Additionally, the […]
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In October when Belize City was inundated by floodwaters impoverished zones in the south-side took the hardest hit. In some cases homes held together by little more than faith collapsed. One such case was that of mother of three Kayla Stevens. Her home on Neal Penn road literally fell apart, and somehow Kayla fell between […]
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On Tuesday, the General Sales Tax Department will be drawing the first of a series of winning tickets in a raffle. Shoppers will have the opportunity to win five thousand dollars on December fifteenth by redeeming GST receipts from purchases made from October at various businesses. The five-thousand dollar cash will be up for grabs […]
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