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Also joining the discussion were Belize Jaguars players Woodrow West and Deon McCaulay. The two players told reporters what they hope to do differently for the next match which is their home game in Dominican Republic against Turks and Caicos. Woodrow West, Goalkeeper, Belize Jaguars “During the workout session we will have for the […]
Written on March 29, 2021 | Posted in
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As Belizeans hope they might have a less restricted Easter than last year, elsewhere in the Caribbean, some residents are dealing with a threat even greater than COVID-19. Those living in the shadow of the volcano on the island of Saint Vincent are keeping a watchful eye on La Soufrière. Kenton Chance has this report […]
Written on March 26, 2021 | Posted in
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The story of what happened to the Belize Jaguars when the landed in Port-au-Prince on Monday has gotten considerable international sports coverage. CBS Sports to TMZ, Al Jazeera and even the Times of India have circulated the news about the team’s bus being pulled over by armed gunmen as they left the airport and the […]
Written on March 25, 2021 | Posted in
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Chargé d’affaires Keith Gilges of the U.S. Embassy in Belize says his mission is coming to an end in the next four months. President Biden is expected to appoint an ambassador to Belize later this year, and a new chargé who will take over Gilges’ own post has already been selected. Keith Gilges, Chargé […]
Written on March 25, 2021 | Posted in
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Thursday’s World Cup Qualifier between Belize and Haiti will proceed as scheduled, that’s a decision taken by FIFA following an investigation by a match commissioner who was dispatched to the island nation in the wake of an incident involving the Belize Jaguars. On Monday, when the team arrived in Port-au-Prince they were held at gunpoint […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
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The newly appointed Mexican Naval Attaché to Belize, Captain Freddy Ruben Perez Castillo met with the Minister of National Defence and Border Security, Florencio Marin Junior today in Belmopan. The minister and the Mexican Naval leader pledged to continue strengthening the good relationship of cooperation between the two countries and to maintain open lines of […]
Written on March 24, 2021 | Posted in
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The first round of World Cup Qualifiers between Belize and Haiti is scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the Sylvio Cator Stadium in Port-au-Prince. At news time this evening, an investigation is being conducted by a senior FIFA match commissioner to determine whether the game between the Belize Jaguars and Haiti’s national football team can proceed […]
Written on March 23, 2021 | Posted in
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On Friday, the Football Federation of Belize introduced the men’s national team which will be participating in a series of regional matches ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022. The team arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti this morning where they are scheduled to play at the Sylvio Cator Stadium on Thursday afternoon. Instead […]
Written on March 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Like so many other organizations, the Inter-American Development Bank took its annual general meeting online this year. The Belize delegation to the three-day virtual event, which ended Sunday, was led by Prime Minister John Briceño. During the Prime Minister’s presentation, he underscored the importance of the I.D.B. Group’s support for small countries in the region […]
Written on March 22, 2021 | Posted in
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On Friday, the International Monetary Fund issued its concluding statement after their annual country visit. The Government of Belize has responded to the report saying the IMF has now confirmed what Prime Minister John Briceño has been saying for months regarding the financial legacy left by his predecessor Dean Barrow. The IMF reports that Belize […]
Written on March 15, 2021 | Posted in
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The Mexico-Belize Business virtual roundtable was held today. The online meeting was between public and private sector businesses from both countries and was done through collaboration between the Embassy of Mexico to Belize, the Ministry of Economic Development of Quintana Roo and COPARMEX Quintana Roo, as well as the BELTRAIDE. Among the sectors included were […]
Written on March 5, 2021 | Posted in
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Foreign ministers Eamon Courtenay and Pedro Brolo Vila met for the first time this morning at the Office of the Organization of American States at the Adjacency Zone. The meeting was cordial and productive and both government ministers made their way over to the border marker in a symbolic show of unity which is also […]
Written on March 4, 2021 | Posted in
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The territorial dispute between Guatemala and Belize is before the International Court of Justice, with Guatemala having completed its submissions to the court on its claim of Belize’s land and maritime area. For the next year and a half, the team of attorneys on our side of the border will be filing its position on […]
Written on March 2, 2021 | Posted in
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CARICOM Heads of State are expressing frustration at the obstacles Caribbean nations are facing trying to access vaccines. At the end of a two-day virtual conference, Chairman Doctor Keith Rowley, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, did not mince words as CARICOM once more calls on the World Health Organization to intervene. Dr. […]
Written on February 26, 2021 | Posted in
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If you are a young Belizean passionate about climate change, the Italian Embassy in Mexico City is looking for delegates to send to a youth climate summit in Milan this September. Successful applicants will join four hundred of their peers aged fifteen to twenty-nine from United Nations member countries. You must be able to demonstrate […]
Written on February 26, 2021 | Posted in
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The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, also known as IICA, is piloting a voluntary third-party quality assurance project in Belize and Honduras. Today, a virtual ceremony was held to officially launch the initiative that is expected to empower the private sector to set standards for food safety for public health and trade. BAHA Acting […]
Written on February 25, 2021 | Posted in
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The project will also look at legislative frameworks, capacity building efforts and public-private partnership opportunities to facilitate changes to strengthen the food security management system. Minister of Food Security Jose Abelardo Mai says three sectors will be targeted in this pilot project. Jose Abelardo Mai, Minister of Agriculture, Food Security & Enterprise “In the […]
Written on February 25, 2021 | Posted in
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They may not be able to sit together in person due to COVID-19, but that is not stopping Belizean and Mexican business counterparts from joining forces. Today, the Embassy of Mexico, COPARMEX Quintana Roo and the Ministry of Economic Development of Quintana Roo announced that the first virtual Business Roundtable Mexico-Belize will be held on […]
Written on February 25, 2021 | Posted in
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If Belizeans think that our COVID-19 lockdown a few months ago and the current curfew and other restrictions seem severe, you may want to hear what the government of Barbados has just announced. Following the death of a health care professional, Prime Minister Mia Motley told Bajans there will be what the government is terming […]
Written on February 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Also in COVID-19 news from the region, Saint Lucians celebrated their first set of vaccinations this week. The first round of three thousand doses is already being administered and the small island nation is expecting another seventy-four thousand from COVAX and a further twenty-five to forty-thousand from the Indian government in the coming weeks. The […]
Written on February 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Tonight, there is some progress to report on the COVID-19 vaccine front. Fellow Caribbean nation Barbados has offered Belize one thousand vaccines. On Sunday, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Motley received one hundred thousand vaccines under the Vaccine Maitri initiative from the Indian government; the Commonwealth of Dominica received seventy-thousand vaccines. West Indies and Caribbean […]
Written on February 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Former Belizean Prime Minister Said Musa has written to U.S. President Joe Biden in respect to Cuba. Musa tells President Biden that removing the recent designation and lifting the embargo will be acts of justice benefiting Cuba, the U.S.A. and the region. Musa says that the recent action taken on January eleventh by former President […]
Written on February 12, 2021 | Posted in
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As we reported earlier in the newscast, India’s vaccine diplomacy continues in full swing. Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the hundred thousand Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine doses. In a letter to PM Modi, Mottley said, “on behalf of my government and people, I wish to express gratitude to […]
Written on February 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Immigration Eamon Courtenay, participated in a virtual extraordinary meeting between Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central American Integration System and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi. Minister Courtenay highlighted that the COVID-19 pandemic presents new and exacerbated challenges for refugees and the national systems that […]
Written on February 11, 2021 | Posted in
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The tourism industry in Belize continues to take a hit from the economic fallout caused by COVID-19. Usually, this time of year, tourists arrive by the thousands; these days, they trickle in smaller numbers. Some hotels are still struggling to attract tourists, while others are enduring notwithstanding the tough times. On our visit to Blancaneux […]
Written on February 10, 2021 | Posted in
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