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El Informativo Melchor is reporting that Belizean Kelton is stranded in Peten, Flores, Guatemala. Reporter Rudel Alvarez wrote that Kelton was first in Livingston staying with family there and has been trying to make his way back to Belize. But that is proving to be difficult since the land borders are closed so he is […]
Written on October 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier in the newscast John Briceño spoke of a number of issues, we also asked him about a foreign policy matter, relations with Taiwan. If the People’s United Party becomes the next government, Leader John Briceño says that Belize will remain a strong ally and friend to the Republic of China, Taiwan. Concerns arose in […]
Written on October 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Fourteen year old Tomari Jackson of Georgia, U.S.A drowned in February 2016 in the Sibun River. Jackson was in Belize with more than thirty other students on a school trip at Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The group went swimming in the Sibun River, which runs behind the sanctuary, and that is when he drowned. Jackson’s mother, […]
Written on September 29, 2020 | Posted in
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The Government of Taiwan has signed a Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with Belize. On Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington signed the MLAT with Remus Li-Kuo Chen, Ambassador of Taiwan to Belize. According to a release, the treaty had been previously signed by Minister Ching-Hsiang Tsai in Taipei. The MLAT is […]
Written on September 29, 2020 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrignton met with Mexican Ambassador Carlos Quesnel Melendez, presenting him with the Key of Friendship in honour of his professional and personal accomplishments. Outgoing Ambassador Quesnel has been in Belize for five years and has been actively working on successfully achieving objectives and registering tremendous progress in the bilateral relations between […]
Written on September 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Trade is closely linked to diplomacy. According to the affable Ambassador, one of the most noteworthy accomplishments is the exportation of cattle to Mexico. Earlier this month two hundred and forty-one heads of cattle from Blue Creek were officially exported to Mexico. Quesnel hopes that in the years to come, trade between both countries can […]
Written on September 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Belizean Anita Zetina has been elected to the post of Secretary-General of the Secretariat of Central American Social Integration. That body is an arm of SICA which focuses on building the foundations for greater convergence of the social policies of SICA member states. It is also a technical body that promotes the coordination of inter-sectoral […]
Written on September 11, 2020 | Posted in
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The Philip Goldson International Airport is on schedule to reopen on October first and previous measures that were being introduced for the initial startup date of August fifteenth have since been adjusted. According to D.H.S. Manzanero, there should be two rapid tests available within the next three weeks; PAHO would have to give its approval […]
Written on September 9, 2020 | Posted in
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The Sanctuary Bay saga was back before the U.S. courts late last week. A default judgment was entered on August twenty-eight in the U.S. District Court of Maryland by Justice Peter Messitte. The Justice granted the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for a default judgment against Andris Pukke, Peter Baker, Luke Chadwick, and Belizean John Usher […]
Written on August 31, 2020 | Posted in
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Speaker of the House, Laura Tucker-Longsworth chaired a virtual meeting today for the Inter-parliamentary Committee on Education and Health of the Forum of Presidents and Presidents of the Legislative Powers of Central America, the Caribbean Basin and Mexico, also known as FOPREL. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a regional prevention and response agenda […]
Written on August 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The FOPREL meeting is to define strategic actions to ensure that educational systems are strengthened to guarantee safe and inclusive access for all students. So, as a part of the knowledge exchange session, each member country spoke about their experiences navigating education during the pandemic. Minister of Education Patrick Faber represented Belize in FOPREL’s virtual […]
Written on August 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The Football Federation of Belize held its 2020 congress in Belmopan over the weekend, despite initial concerns from members of the organization regarding social distancing and other safety measures in light of the spike in COVID-19 cases. On Friday evening, P.M. Barrow emphatically said that the event was a no-go since the location which was […]
Written on August 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The long anticipated reopening of the airport will not happen as planned. After a very stern warning to the nation about not practicing quarantine guidelines, the Prime Minister said that the P.G.I.A. will not reopen on August fifteenth. According to the PM, the soft opening of the tourism will have to wait. Still, there is […]
Written on August 5, 2020 | Posted in
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During the lengthy press conference that concluded around five-thirty, Prime Minister Dean Barrow received an update from American Airlines regarding the government’s decision not to open the P.G.I.A. on August fifteenth. According to the Prime Minister, American Airlines says it will cancel this market longer term in the event the closure extends pass August eighteenth. […]
Written on August 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to the Caribbean Court of Justice where SpeedNet is appealing a decision from the Belize Court of Appeal on the matter of provisional licenses. Now, the matter has been languishing before the courts for years and has gone through the local courts all the way to the C.C.J. The Public Utilities Commission is claiming […]
Written on July 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay pressed the court that it would be unfair for him to proceed with the presentation of his argument. The judges offered that the P.U.C., represented by attorney Fred Lumor, assume the cost of court for attempting to introduce a late submission and with that as a remedy, asked to proceed with […]
Written on July 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize is joining the government and people of Taiwan in mourning the passing of one of its former presidents, Lee Ten Hu, who died at the Taipei’s Veterans General Hospital at the age of ninety-seven. Lee was instrumental in the forging of relations with Belize thirty years ago, when he led a policy to win […]
Written on July 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Owen Arthur, former Barbadian Prime Minister, has passed. Seventy-year-old Arthur died this morning in Barbados. The former PM was hospitalized earlier this month with heart complications. Arthur was Barbados’ fifth Prime Minister, who led his country for an unprecedented three consecutive terms from 1994 to 2008. He was a member of the Barbadian Parliament from […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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In three weeks, the Philip Goldson International Airport will re-open for commercial flights from the US. Even as August fifteenth has been set as the date for the re-opening it is not a date set in stone because as Doctor Marvin Manzanero told News Five today, the situation is fluid. Border jumpers are posing a […]
Written on July 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The reopening of the P.G.I.A. is a matter of much public interest. Executive Director for the Belize Tourism Industry and Association John Burgos says that the majority of members support the resumption of commercial flights to Belize. But Burgos says that the decision is in the hands of the government. The Association is also of […]
Written on July 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The Belize Tourism Industry and Association today hosted a forum under the theme, “Belize Tourism Industry: Charting a Way Forward.” The event brought stakeholders together to prepare for the recovery of the tourism industry. Executive Director for B.T.I.A., John Burgos says that the forum is an efficient way to discuss various topics that are important […]
Written on July 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The clock is ticking for the reopening of the Philip Goldson Airport to international visitors on August fifteenth. Today, the Ministry of Health reviewed the protocols in place. Hotels and resorts are also putting final touches from a nine point list to ensure that visitors feel safe and stay healthy. The Gold Star Certification Programme […]
Written on July 21, 2020 | Posted in
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Tourism stakeholders are counting down to the reopening of the P.G.I.A. on August fifteenth. But there are some in the tourism sector who don’t want the P.G.I.A. to reopen so soon because of the surge in cases in neighbouring countries and in the U.S.A., which is Belize’s largest tourism market. One of the properties that […]
Written on July 14, 2020 | Posted in
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A massive judgment with damages of one hundred and thirty-eight point seven million U.S. dollars was handed down earlier this week against businessman John Usher. He was embroiled in the Sanctuary Bay scam a few years ago, along with incarcerated real estate developer turned fraudster Andris Pukke, during which hundreds of millions of dollars were […]
Written on July 9, 2020 | Posted in
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Chetumal has been placed under quarantine, again. That’s the news coming from our neighbours in the north. Televisa Quintana Roo, a Mexican news outlet, reports that the Secretary of Public Security made the announcement today. The decision to restore quarantine is because authorities say that the COVID-19 spread quickly in southern Quintana Roo by almost […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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