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Neither Vice President Blake nor CEO Lane anticipate there will be any significant delays in getting those Christmas items delivered to Belize on time. It is also not expected that your supermarket shelves will run low on supplies for your Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. While your favorite brands may be not be as plentiful, Belizeans […]
Written on October 26, 2021 | Posted in
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And while Belizeans can rest at ease knowing the local market is at no immediate risk to international events, the supply chain could be interrupted by local factors. Today, Port of Belize Limited entered into negotiations with its stevedores over a sugar redundancy package. As was reported before, stevedores are requesting compensation for the income […]
Written on October 26, 2021 | Posted in
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The Investment Policy amendments presented today are timely as Belize’s first Investment Summit is scheduled to begin in just two weeks in San Pedro. That event is expected to draw interest from investors not only from Belize, but also from the region. Lincoln Blake, Dir., Investment Policy & Compliance Unit “Belize needs a push […]
Written on October 26, 2021 | Posted in
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The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is quickly approaching, and OCEANA Belize is looking forward to the event. The event is scheduled for the thirty first of October to the twelfth of November. We asked Carnegie what OCEANA expects will be the priority issues for Belize. Alyssa Carnegie, Communications […]
Written on October 22, 2021 | Posted in
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There’s good news coming out of Florida today for the under-seventeen female national team who went on to beat the national team from Barbados two to one in the CONCACAF U-Seventeen Women’s Tournament. Earlier this week, the team lost to Curacao; they regrouped and today, with renewed motivation, the team won. Team captain Khalydia Velasquez, […]
Written on October 22, 2021 | Posted in
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The island of Barbados elected its first president today as they transition towards becoming a republic. Dame Sandra Mason secured two-thirds of the votes in the Barbadian Parliament. In September 2020 Mason had said in a speech “the time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind.” That same month Barbados announced they would […]
Written on October 22, 2021 | Posted in
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The under-seventeen female football national team is preparing to go up against Barbados in the 2021 Women’s Under 17 Championship. The Belize team lost in a three-to-one final score against Curacao on Wednesday. But, that has not stopped them from being optimistic about tomorrow’s game and learning from their errors in game one. We got […]
Written on October 21, 2021 | Posted in
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The Minister of Agriculture was recently in Mexico along with a delegation of government officials, including Prime Minister John Briceno. We have told you about the discussions Prime Minister Briceno had with leader in Mexico about a possible railroad into Belize, and the construction of a bridge linking San Pedro to Mexico. And while the […]
Written on October 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Minister Mai has also been in El Salvador, meeting with his counterpart there. Mai also visited Salvadoran markets to see which products Belizean farmers might be able to provide. Abelardo Mai, Minister of Agriculture “Alarmingly, El Salvador imports eighty-five percent of what they consume. They import huge amounts of food from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras. […]
Written on October 20, 2021 | Posted in
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In terms of regional export potential, Mexico alone has a population of over one hundred and twenty million. Mai says having Mexico as a partner in trade, by way of a partial scope agreement, would be a game changer. We asked Minister Mai if Belize’s farmers are producing enough food to meet the demands of […]
Written on October 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Female athletes attached to national teams are overseas representing the country in volleyball and football. Nearest to our borders are the national female volleyball team, who landed in Nicaragua on Friday. They have since participated in three matches at the Central American Championships. They lost to Costa Rica, won the second game against Honduras and […]
Written on October 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Similarly, the under-seventeen female football national team is in Florida competing in the 2021 Women’s Under 17 Championship. During the match against Curacao held today, the national team lost in a three-to-one final score. News Five got an interview with Head Coach for the team, Iris Centeno, who broke down what happened and the mindset […]
Written on October 20, 2021 | Posted in
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On that same day, Kaya leaves Belize for Sacramento, California to compete in the first ever “Into the Lion’s Den” criterium cycling race. It is being hosted by Belizean National Cross Country Champ Justin Williams and his team Legion of Los Angeles, with a hundred thousand dollars in prizes up for grabs. Now Cattouse has […]
Written on October 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Viewers may recall that 2018 was a big year for women’s volleyball in Belize. Fans from across the nation witnessed the Belize Women’s National Volleyball team capture silver in the Central American Women Volleyball Championship on their home court. Today, the women’s national team departed Belize for Nicaragua to once again compete in the Central […]
Written on October 15, 2021 | Posted in
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In regional news, the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Motley has announced that in order to protect those who have gotten vaccinated, her government will be creating “safe zone” where people can mingle without fear of the virus. She has rejected calls for any further lockdowns, saying these actions jeopardize jobs and economic recovery. Here […]
Written on October 15, 2021 | Posted in
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By contrast, Antigua is moving towards removing all COVID-19 restrictions by the end of the year—regardless of the number of vaccinated people. Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he wants to see the country reopen and citizens have had sufficient time to get their jabs. He says whoever is not vaccinated by the time the […]
Written on October 15, 2021 | Posted in
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It’s been just over a week since fifteen-year-old Kassman Gill, a promising student at Saint John’s College died at the K.H.M.H.. He had been hospitalized for gunshot injuries he sustained fifty-two days earlier. To date, nobody has been charged in connection with his murder, even though there is surveillance footage from the area that captures the […]
Written on October 14, 2021 | Posted in
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Speaker of the House, Valerie Woods has been appointed the new regional Chairperson for Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. The post is rotated every three years and Woods was selected for the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region. The CWP works on a regional basis with the nine regions, coordinating programmes, conferences, and […]
Written on October 14, 2021 | Posted in
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The Belize National Rugby Team left for the Turks and Caicos Islands today. They will be competing for the first time in an international tournament. It’s a historic step for sports in Belize. Team Belize will be in group C of the Fireman’s Rugby Americas North Sevens 2021 being played on Saturday and Sunday. Belize […]
Written on October 14, 2021 | Posted in
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The Belize Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations just completed a four city tour in the United States, holding town hall and business meetings with Belizeans living in Houston, Chicago, New York, Miami. The in-person sessions also looked at the need for embassy and consul services. The CEO in the Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora […]
Written on October 11, 2021 | Posted in
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While on Open Your Eyes, the Director of the Belize Tourist Board, Evan Tillett said bringing visitors back remains the big challenge. He says vaccination remains key, and the sector’s front line workers have stepped up to get their jabs. But CEO Solano says what works to protect local Belizeans may not work for tourism […]
Written on October 11, 2021 | Posted in
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A seventeen-year-old slugger is getting ready to represent Belize for the first time at a baseball event in the United States. It’s a dream come true for George Perteau who is a young sports enthusiast with great potential. Several years of intense training at Rogers Stadium, here in Belize City, have culminated in this once-in-a-lifetime […]
Written on October 11, 2021 | Posted in
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Kiefer Mes is heading to COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. You remember Kiefer? Last month, we aired a story about this seventeen-year-old environmental activist from southern Belize who needed help to get to the Sixteenth United Nations Climate Change Conference of Youths at the end of October. Well, his story caught the attention of the people […]
Written on October 8, 2021 | Posted in
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The Minister of National Defence and Border Security, Florencio Marin Junior was invited by Admiral Jose Rafael Ojeda, Secretary of the Navy of Mexico, to attend the two hundredth Anniversary of the Mexican Navy in Veracruz. During the October fourth event, Minister Marin met with the heads of Mexico’s four primary security agencies. He was […]
Written on October 8, 2021 | Posted in
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And while and agreement has been reached on the CBA, there are still two outstanding matters directly affecting stevedores. Perhaps the more important of the two is the matter of a rightful compensation package for loss of sugar earning. With the Labor Commissioner and the Labor Department now on board to take part in these […]
Written on October 7, 2021 | Posted in
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