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The unwarranted mission to Sarstoon Island, in Jones’ opinion, can very well result in a split in the relationship that the B.D.F. and the Guatemalan army have forged. That liaison, from a military standpoint, is mutually beneficial. Brig. Gen. David Jones, Commandant, B.D.F. “North of the Sarstoon, in our mind, belongs to us. South […]
Written on August 7, 2015 | Posted in
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Just last week, the TIP report issued by the US, downgraded Belize to a Tier Three on the Human Trafficking Watch list. The report stated that the Government hasn’t been doing enough to fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and hasn’t been doing enough with prosecution in 2014. And in […]
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In the past three months, reports of accountability with water boards in different parts of the country have been reported in the media. Earlier this week, allegations surfaced that a cash pan with only two cents was handed over- from an account that had about thirteen thousand dollars- from the Maya Center Water Board in […]
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It’s World Breast Feeding Week and Belize culminated its observance with an all day workshop to discuss breastfeeding and work. While there are no pieces of legislation that mandate work places to provide child friendly spaces for mothers to breastfeed, today was about changing that conversation in an effort to promote breastfeeding in the workplace. […]
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The prime destination San Pedro Ambergris Caye is overflowing tonight with the local as well as international visitors. The San Pedro International Costa Maya 2015 celebrations started on Thursday night with the Reina de la Costa Maya Pageant, as the big ticket event. Eight contestants from Central America and Mexico competed in the international pageant […]
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The Ministry of Health is currently dealing with an outbreak of dengue fever. A rash of the disease is being confirmed in the country, a concentration of which has been noted in the Cayo District. The vector-borne illness, also known as break bone fever, is up by thirty-six cases from the same period in 2014. […]
The dengue virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito which reproduces in areas where stagnant water is not properly drained. Despite an awareness campaign which remains ongoing, the ministry is appealing to the public to organize cleanup efforts in order to do away with unwanted receptacles to mitigate the spread of resultant dengue fever. […]
Written on August 6, 2015 | Posted in
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According to health officials, additional manpower has been brought in to assist with fumigation efforts, as well as the application of larvicides. Residents are required to do their part to keep their surroundings clean. Kim Bautista, Chief Operations Officer, VCU “Each of the districts has hired an average of between six to seven additional […]
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Still on health related matters, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is faced with yet another embarrassing dilemma which has forced the national referral facility to suspend elective surgeries until Monday, August tenth. The predicament comes on the heels of a spike in admissions of trauma patients. On Wednesday, the hospital informed the public that as […]
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A similar concern had been raised about the diagnostic X-ray scan. The CT scanner has been out of service for quite some time and it was only on Friday of last week that the machine was finally repaired. Dr. Coye, in offering comment on the bed crisis, briefly commented on the issue of the CT […]
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A Mennonite community up north is grieving the unexpected death of one of its own. A freak accident on Wednesday associated with a tropical wave passing through the north took the life of twenty-four year old Johan Friesen of a Mennonite community fifteen miles from the Santa Martha Village on the Old Northern Highway. Heavy […]
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While Guatemala’s territorial dispute will take time to solve if it lands before the ICJ, trade relations between Belize and Guatemala are moving along. In June 2010, after years of negotiations, a partial scope agreement was signed with Guatemala. Today, discussions took place at the Belize City Ramada Princess on the functions of the Administrative […]
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C.E.O. in the Ministry of Trade, Mike Singh, expressed optimism that in the next few days all the wrinkles will be ironed out in the cross-border trade. Mike Singh, C.E.O., Ministry of Trade “We do offer the Central American countries, including Guatemala, a strong opportunity to enter into the CARICOM market, which is […]
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The Youth Apprenticeship Program graduated eighty students this morning. The six month course prepared the apprentices to enter and stay focused in the work force. The program has had a good rate of success and the majority of those who have passed through are today gainfully employed. Duane Moody was at the Ramada Belize City […]
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Over the past few years we have shared many stories on the projects of the Belize Camping Experience. It’s a N.G.O. that has been supporting camps with children primarily in Belize City, but they have spread their wings and reached out children in other parts of the country. Now, this camp relies heavily on the […]
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Three years after Jasmine Lowe was brutally killed in the Cayo District, the Jasmine Alert was created in her memory to help protect young children. A program fashioned after the U.S. Amber Alert, the Jasmine Alert triggers a warning via social media and phone companies when there is a reported missing child. Earlier this year, […]
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World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from first to seventh August in more than one hundred seventy countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. The last survey conducted on Breastfeeding in Belize showed that only fourteen percent of babies were exclusively breastfed for the first six months of […]
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Belize Telemedia Limited, a government-owned company, is under fire tonight, for a series of offensive ads that have been posted on social media. If you’re a subscriber of Facebook or Instagram and have followed Digicell’s page, then chances are you’ve probably seen a pair of posts that are very much open to discussion. The first […]
Written on August 5, 2015 | Posted in
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This time last year, the staff of Belize Maintenance Limited (BML) was protesting in front of City Hall; garbage was strewn across the street and the protestors were arrested by police. The workers were complaining that the City Council would not pay BML for its work and they were losing their jobs. The two sides […]
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According to Bradley the Council has paid off what was outstanding to BML in terms of compensation for terminating the contract. He is not considering implementing a proposed ten dollars residential garbage fee floated as a partial response to the issue. There are enough revenues available, he said, to get the amount paid off. […]
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Mayor Bradley also discussed the issue of trade licenses. Some Belize City businesses are reportedly thinking of moving outside of the Old Capital’s boundaries to Ladyville and Hattieville which are exempted from paying trade license fees. The city charges twenty-five percent of rental value by square foot annually which results in disproportionate payments and complaints. […]
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In recent days, not much has been heard about the John McAfee, the eccentric millionaire who remains a person of interest in the murder his neighbour, Gregory Saul in San Pedro back in 2011. But on Sunday night, according to U.S. newspaper accounts, McAfee was arrested in Tennessee, where he has taken up residence. He […]
It is budget season for the nine municipalities across the country, who feed in their requests to the Ministry of Local Government to be forwarded to the Ministry of Finance for inclusion in the annual National Budget due in March. The Ministry is teaming up with the Belize Mayors’ Association to offer a series of […]
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Also participating were the local staff of the CARILED project which has been assisting various municipalities. Even with the largest revenue base of all the municipalities, Belize City still has its revenue stream problems. But according to Mayor Darrell Bradley, the coffers are healthy, if not swimming, and they are teaching their expertise to their […]
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As we told you earlier, the second murder for the Corozal district happened on Tuesday night in the Venezuelan Site area of the town. It is also the first murder to take place since the installation of a new commander at the precinct. Superintendent Dennis Arnold was transferred to the jurisdiction from Orange Walk effective […]
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