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And if it is recognition from government that the B.F.F. needs, they got it today at its A.G.M. Minister of Fisheries, Lisel Alamilla, attended the event. After a brief presentation, she heard the concern expressed by the grassroots in the industry. Alamilla says that the implementation of management access will address many of the issues […]
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Following a congress of the Football Federation of Belize on Saturday, President Ruperto Vicente reiterated that the organization will not be sponsoring striker Deon McCauley’s return to the country for training with the Jaguars. The reason for F.F.B.’s hardline position is simple, McCauley is no longer signed to an international team, therefore it will not […]
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That brainstorming led to the realization of a five thousand dollar quota, the total needed to defray McCauley’s travel expenses, as well as a weekly stipend while in Belize training. Dylan Williams, Belize Jaguars Fan “We wanted to involve basically other Belizeans who are concerned who want to do and see him on the […]
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Ray Davis….he is the union senator, who, since the passing of the Petrocaribe Loans Act, has come under much fire for his abstention from vote in the senate. A document has been circulating in the media that the embattled senator had written to the N.T.U.C.B. asking for C.W.U. President, Audrey Matura-Shepherd, to be involved and […]
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As to the criticism that Matura-Shepherd wants to replace Davis as the union senator, the second vice president had some choice words for those persons. Audrey Matura-Shepherd, 2nd Vice President, N.T.U.C.B. “Oh man, those who think so, I hope you are not one of them Daniel…that’s so low. I respect all senators; been there, […]
Today, two completed sections of road were officially inaugurated – that section from San Narciso to San Victor in the Corozal District, and another section from the old Northern Highway to its junction with B.S.I. It’s a total of seven point eight miles of road which cost a little over eight million dollars, funded by […]
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When the crop got underway very late in January, the B.S.C.F.A. which controls a majority of growers, was in crisis mode. On two separate occasions, farmers at the general assembly had passed resolutions to pay themselves millions in Fairtrade funds – monies allocated for project. Back then Fairtrade had even issued a letter of caution […]
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How safe is your food? That’s the focus of this year’s World Health Day. While it was celebrated internationally a week ago, the Ministry of Health, the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, BAHA, and the Pan American Health Organization commemorated the day with an event in Belmopan. A food fair was held this morning on the […]
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Nine-year-old Katerin Michel Perez has been at the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital in Boston for one week, following a freak accident which left her severely burned over more than half of her body. While she is not yet out of danger, every day increases her chances of survival. Katerin’s journey through this challenging time is just […]
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The discussion on offshore oil drilling and its risks continue to be ventilated in the media, and for some time now, N.G.O.s and government have bucked heads on this issue. Well, today the Department of Environment invited N.G.O.s to participate in a workshop that will see them offer their expertise to the draft oil spill […]
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On Monday night, we told you about the employees who had gathered at the grounds of Santander because they had issues about salaries. Workers were complaining about payments they received on Friday, but according to Santander, it was really workers who were confused about the monies they received and that everything was resolved by the […]
Written on April 14, 2015 | Posted in
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On Monday, Lake Independence Area Representative Mark King announced that a total of eleven families that have been settling illegally on a six-acre parcel near the Chetumal Street Bridge will be relocated with government’s assistance. While title for property within city limits is virtually impossible to come by without purchasing privately, the squatters will be […]
According to the area representative, the expedited process should be completed by the end of this week. That was, of course, for the initial list of squatters who needed to be relocated. The additional names would require identification of other parcels in Cotton Tree Village. Nonetheless, King encourages residents to follow the existing procedure to […]
As we reported in Monday’s newscast, an energy summit was held in Washington earlier this year and the U.S. is trying to move its energy influence back into the Caribbean. Last week, before his arrival at the seventh Summit of the Americas in Panama, U.S. President, Barack Obama made the first presidential trip to Jamaica […]
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CARILED, the Caribbean Local Economic Development Project is working in collaboration with the Belize City Council and the Canadian Municipal Association to develop a Business Improvement Area concept. It seeks to have business owners and community agents develop their space for increased economic activity. The initiative which will roll out simultaneously with the Belize City […]
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But the implementation of the BIA into the city’s framework comes with its compromises. Particularly for the business owners; while businesses will be given the opportunity to develop a collective voice on respective issues, it will come at a cost. Canadian Consultant, Andrea Steenbakker, spoke about the benefits to both the public and private sector. […]
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But the Belize City House of Culture and Downtown Rejuvenation Project, following its launch last week, was blasted by the former President of National Institute of Culture and History, Yasser Musa. Musa spoke of the project being retrograde, racist and backward and that the fifteen million dollars to be invested in the project should be […]
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Were Santander employees protesting salary issues this morning? Well, that was the word going around. Over twenty workers were in front of the company’s offices today querying about pay they received on Friday. According to a release issued by the Santander Group late this evening, the protest was the result of a misunderstanding which had […]
So, were the employees protesting or not? Santander rep in Belize, Beverly Burke says it wasn’t a protest but rather a miscommunication in the issuance of payments made on Friday, as result of an advance that the company had extended out of good faith to some employees. Here is how she explains it. Via […]
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Rawell Pelayo was deported to Belize last week after serving time in a U.S. jail cell for his purported role in drug trafficking. The name has also been synonymous with football for a number of years, including his promotion to second vice president of the Football Federation of Belize in March 2012. But his reputation […]
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The issue of Rawell Pelayo wasn’t brought up during the ordinary congress of the F.F.B. on Saturday but the future of star striker Deon McCauley in the upcoming home and away series against the Dominican Republic was a topic of discussion. There has been formal correspondence between F.F.B. and McCauley concerning his participation in the […]
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2015 is deemed historic and significant for Belize and the European Union because this year, the country has received a whopping forty million Euros, which is almost double the amount of money previously provided to Belize from the E.U. The eighty-four million, six hundred and nine-two thousand dollars will be used for the development funding […]
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An energy summit was held in Washington earlier this year and the U.S. is trying to move its energy influence back into the region. But in Belize, for some time now, the government has been looking at alternative renewable energy projects that can add to the national grid and reduce Belize’s dependency on energy from […]
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Belize’s Ambassador to the O.A.S., Nestor Mendez, in a historic vote became the new Assistant Secretary General Elect of the organization. The post becomes effective later this year in July and will be held by Ambassador Mendez for the next five years. In his first time back in Belize since the election, he too attended […]
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But with a Belizean representative holding the second to the highest seat in the O.A.S. hierarchy, will it help with the resolving the Belize-Guatemala dispute? Nestor Mendez, Assistant Secretary General Elect, O.A.S. “The O.A.S. has been involved as a key facilitator in trying to resolve the dispute between Belize and Guatemala for many years […]
