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Now turning to regional news, the Barbados Labour Party, led by the Prime Minister Mia Mottley, was victorious in the Republic’s general election on Wednesday. The Barbados Labour Party defeated all its political opponents in a clean sweep to score its second victory at the polls with a historic thirty to zero parliamentary seats victory. […]
Written on January 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay congratulated Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley for her party’s landslide win and return to office. Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs “I think once again, Prime Minister Mottley showed us that she is a master politician. Anybody who calls an election more than a year and a half before […]
Written on January 20, 2022 | Posted in
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The Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, Rodolfo Solano Quiros, is in Belize to discuss cooperation, tourism, climate change, and migration, among other regional issues. Today, Belize’s Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Courtenay and Minister Solano signed two joint declarations and two memorandums of understanding. One is for the establishment of a Strategic Association for Integral Cooperation. […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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As it relates to cooperation between Belize and Costa Rica for economic growth, Minister Solano spoke about the importance of investing in Belizean entrepreneurs and broadening skill sets. Rodolfo Solano Quiros, Foreign Minister of Costa Rica “The pandemic affects the logistic chain, and there are very important markets like Mexico, the United States, and […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, Barbados held its first General Elections since becoming a republic. Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Labor Party is widely expected to retain control since they held twenty-nine of the thirty seats in parliament. Mottley called elections in December. According to Reuters News Agency, she said at the time that the vote would “promote unity in […]
Written on January 19, 2022 | Posted in
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The forty-eighth Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers convened virtually today, under the chairmanship of Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay. Key issues discussed were the Plan of Action for CSME Implementation and the continued reform of the CARICOM Secretariat. Ministers recognized the need for greater collaboration with public and private partners in addressing […]
Written on January 14, 2022 | Posted in
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U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Task Force Bravo today concluded a six-day medical outreach program in the Toledo District in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The joint medical teams provided preventive and primary care, dental, and pharmacy services in the Jalacte and San Pedro Columbia villages to almost eight hundred area residents. Over […]
Written on January 14, 2022 | Posted in
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E.C.I. Development is investing fifty-two million dollars in a Marriott-branded hotel on the island of San Pedro. The hotel will boast over two hundred rooms. Some forty percent of those rooms will be up for sale to private owners for a hefty price tag. But the company says part of the true value of this […]
Written on January 14, 2022 | Posted in
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We also asked Senator Herrera for his thoughts on the reopening of the land borders, and how local businesses have been able to stay afloat as a result of the closures. Kevin Herrera, Senator, Business Community “I sympathize with persons who may want to go over the border to do a little shopping and […]
Written on January 11, 2022 | Posted in
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There has been some development in the search for Honduran National, Angie Pena, who went missing on January second near a beach in Roatan, Honduras. Latest information to News Five is that a Belize Coast Guard search and rescue team at Glovers Reef recovered a life jacket and kill switch for the jet ski, believed […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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With a new wave of Covid-19 infections now affecting almost every country, in Mexico, the state of Quintana Roo will institute its code yellow alert system beginning January tenth. The code, which indicates people can resume limited activities but with caution, will be in effect until January sixteenth. Mexico’s color code system ranges from the […]
Written on January 7, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Coast Guard is currently assisting with a desperate search to locate a woman who went missing at sea on the second of January. Twenty-two year old Angie Pena was riding a jet ski near a beach in Roatan, Honduras, when she suddenly disappeared. After days of fruitless searching nearby waters, her family fears […]
Written on January 6, 2022 | Posted in
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The presence of the Omicron variant has still not been confirmed in Belize, only suspected. And already, there is another variant detected in France. So, as Belize braces for the news that it is Omicron that is causing the number of new infections to spike exponentially over the past three weeks, we may have to […]
Written on January 4, 2022 | Posted in
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This week, Belize’s hotel industry has begun to see more COVID cases among both their staff and guests. This morning on Open Your Eyes, industry spokesmen discussed the problems they are facing such as trying to keep their doors open, visitors housed, and workers on the job. Ted Tejada of the Belize Hotel Association says […]
Written on January 4, 2022 | Posted in
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And while Barrow meets with West and his entourage, Minister of Tourism, Anthony Mahler commented briefly on the benefits of celebrity and influencer visits to Belize. Anthony Mahler, Minister of Tourism “In this era of social media, yes, they do, when they come to Belize. And we welcome all of them. We want as […]
Written on December 30, 2021 | Posted in
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Diehard fans of megastar Kanye West are still digesting DONDA, his long-delayed body of work that was released on August twenty-ninth, some are still reminiscing about the Old Ye. Others are perhaps talking about his most recent purchase, a four-point-five million dollar property that was bought just across the street from his soon-to-be ex-wife Kim […]
Written on December 29, 2021 | Posted in
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In regional news, this week the Nicaraguan government took over the embassy used by the diplomatic mission from Taiwan, saying the property belongs to China. This follows the breaking of diplomatic relations between Nicaragua and Taiwan in early December. President Daniel Ortega’s government said at the time they would only be recognizing mainland China from […]
Written on December 29, 2021 | Posted in
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The Government of Taiwan has given the Ministry of Health and Wellness four hundred and sixty thousand U.S. dollars to be used for the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) project. The four-year initiative, which began in 2019, will see an improvement in medical imaging systems at the Karl Heusner Memorial, Western Health Regional, and […]
Written on December 20, 2021 | Posted in
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The U.S. Embassy Belize has announced that the U.S. Government-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation has selected Belize for a five-year grant to fund local programs aimed at reducing poverty and stimulating economic growth. The release says that as one of MCC’s newest partner countries, Belize will develop and lead its own projects’ design and implementation based […]
Written on December 17, 2021 | Posted in
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Police are collaborating with their Mexican counterparts for the return of two brothers who are wanted for the murder of their uncle. Enrique and Shamir Teyul are suspected of the murder of Eugene Teyul in San Antonio Village, Orange Walk on Sunday night. Police believe that after the brothers killed their uncle in an open […]
Written on December 16, 2021 | Posted in
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There is good news tonight for the tourism industry and by extension the economy as a report from Forward Keys is indicating that Belize is among the top destinations in the Latin America and Caribbean region rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic. The report gives a retrospective of the year 2021 compared to pre-pandemic figures in […]
Written on December 15, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, the Biden Administration announced its intent to nominate three new ambassadors, and among them is Michelle Kwan, for Belize. Kwan is a two-time Olympic medalist and the most decorated figure skater in the United States. She became a diplomatic envoy in 2006 and was an active supporter of Biden during the 2020 campaign. The […]
Written on December 15, 2021 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño took to Twitter on Saturday to reaffirm Belize’s support for Taiwan. This only days after regional neighbour Nicaragua flipped its support from Taiwan to the People’s Republic of China. The Taiwanese government reportedly expressed “heartfelt pain and regret” over Nicaragua’s decision, accusing the government of disregarding a “longstanding and close friendship” […]
Written on December 13, 2021 | Posted in
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This past weekend, UNICEF Belize held a gala event in Belize City to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the U.N. agency’s work to protect children and enhance their well being. Not just in Belize, but around the world. The special evening was attended by representatives from many of the partner agencies and government ministries, the […]
Written on December 13, 2021 | Posted in
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eamon Courtenay, and United Nations Resident Coordinator, Birgit Gerstenberg, signed the 2022-2026 United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework at a ceremony in Belmopan on Thursday. This effort is the UN’s response to the common development challenges of the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. The document prioritizes outcomes in the region in four […]
Written on December 10, 2021 | Posted in
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