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A panoramic snapshot of the COVID-19 situation in the neighbouring state of Quintana Roo shows a growing number of cases but in the community nearest to Belize, the numbers are not as high. As of today, seven hundred and thirty-seven persons overall have tested negative for the deadly disease. Five hundred and eleven persons resulted […]
Written on April 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Chinese national Lee Henley Hu Xiang, who holds Belizean citizenship, remains locked up in China and the Chinese government has indicated that it will prosecute Xiang. He is accused of providing funds to “meddle” in Hong Kong affairs. Al Jazeera and news outlets from Hong Kong say that investigations by the national security agency confirmed […]
Written on April 24, 2020 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice held its first ever virtual plenary meeting. It required the president and the registrar to be available in the deliberation room of the Peace Palace in The Hague, while the remaining members of the court participated via videoconference. In that sitting, the I.C.J. considered pending judicial matters and […]
Written on April 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The third and final day of the Placencia Ambition Forum concluded today. The Government of Belize hosted the three-day forum which brought together the Alliance of Small Island States, via the internet. The discussion focused on the central theme of increasing ambition and safeguarding the Paris Agreement. The forum also highlighted the importance of “Keeping […]
Written on April 22, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, COVID-19 magnifies the importance of key island priorities for the global climate change agenda. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “If left to the Small Island and Low-lying Coastal Developing States history will absolve us. That is because we would cease the moment and tackle decisively not just the consequences […]
Written on April 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Local manatee conservationist, Jamal Galvez got another major shout-out from National Geographic. He is being featured by the publication for their Earth Day celebrations, which is being observed on Wednesday. The feature includes a short video and a write up about Galvez’s work and the manatees. The piece helps to raise awareness, as well as […]
Written on April 21, 2020 | Posted in
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As cases of COVID-19 pop up in different parts of the country, the use of masks is becoming more prevalent, but less available for purchase. Frontline workers in health, sanitation and security services were gifted today with twenty thousand masks for use in the execution of their duties. The donation was made by the Honorary […]
Written on April 9, 2020 | Posted in
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There is no definitive period to say when the COVID-19 pandemic will be over, but most people agree that it will take months for economic activity to normalize. In the meantime, the COVID-19 contagion continues all over the world. Spain today reported the highest number of deaths in one day and the number of cases […]
Written on March 31, 2020 | Posted in
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On Monday afternoon, the Inter-American Development Bank held a webinar to talk about COVID-19 and the implications on the Caribbean. During the live online show, Therese Turner Jones of the Caribbean Country Department spoke about the multi-lateral institution’s position on offering support to its members in the region. Turner-Jones outlines the priority areas of support […]
Written on March 31, 2020 | Posted in
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The private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, the IDB Invest, was also a part of the webcast discussion. C.E.O. James Scriven spoke about how they are engaging their partners during this pandemic and the level of support that they can offer the region: James P. Scriven, C.E.O., I.D.B. Invest “We have across […]
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The Cuban government has been deploying teams of doctors and nurses to fight the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe. With considerable experience in combating deadly diseases, the Cuban health personnel are in demand, even in wealthy countries. This afternoon, a second brigade of health personnel arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport and will join thirty-two […]
Written on March 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Minister of Health, Pablo Marin told News Five that today’s group will be assigned to the isolation area and intensive care unit at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Minister Marin says that today is a great day because of the almost ninety tests done in the country, only two have been positive up to now. […]
Written on March 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The world class Cuban health system is contributing across the world in the fight against the novel coronavirus. Belize and Antigua and Barbuda are the two most recent countries to receive health personnel from the island country. A second team of Cuban doctors is expected in the country to assist in the containment of the […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The first team of medical experts from Cuba will land in Belize on Wednesday and the second batch of doctors will arrive on Thursday via a chartered airplane from Guatemala. More than thirty other countries are also receiving the Cuban health personnel, including Italy. The doctors will be assisting local health official to combat COVID-19 […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Hernandez, Cuban medical professionals are working on a vaccine to neutralize the COVID-19 virus. According to press reports, preliminary results of the vaccine being developed by Cuba to fight the new coronavirus are optimistic. On the Phone: Orestes Hernandez, Minister Counselor, Embassy of Cuba in Belize “It said during a press conference that […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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At the headquarters of the Organization of American States in Washington today, the anticipated elections took place for Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General of the O.A.S. Secretary General Luis Almagro from Uruguay was re-elected with twenty-three of the thirty votes casted, easily defeating Maria Fernanda Espinosa from Ecuador. Assistant Secretary General Nestor Mendez had […]
Written on March 20, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier today in a Utah court, a jury convicted Lev Aslan Dermen of conspiracy and money laundering. Dermen, as we have been reporting, was accused of defrauding the U.S. government of one point one billion dollars in a bio fuel programme. Dermen, who acquired Belizean nationality under the name Levon Termendzhyan, was convicted of two […]
Written on March 16, 2020 | Posted in
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The economic impact of suspension of cruise arrivals compounded by hotel cancellations, will undoubtedly affect revenue generation within the tourism industry. Of equal concern to the Belize Hotels Association is the well-being of their employees. The tourism sector has the largest workforce in the country; many of those in the service industry are frontline personnel whose […]
Written on March 13, 2020 | Posted in
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A four-year project to spur greater benefits from the ocean was launched in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility and the Food and Agricultural Organization. The initiative is called the Blue Economy and involves six countries from the Caribbean. More than forty-six million U.S. dollars are being invested to maximise the marine economy. Here is […]
Written on March 6, 2020 | Posted in
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The President of the Senate, Darrell Bradley, was in Mexico City for the thirty-eighth Ordinary Meeting of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments of Central America and the Caribbean Basin, known as FOPREL. At the event on Friday, the presidency from Panama’s Legislative Body was handed over to Mexico’s senate. The meeting discussed a wide range […]
Written on March 2, 2020 | Posted in
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A results-based management system to monitor the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement between CARIFORUM and the E.U. is being put in place across the region to track the impacts that the E.P.A. is having on member states that have signed on to the agreement. Belize ratified the agreement in 2008 and has been able […]
Written on February 27, 2020 | Posted in
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International Trade Consultant Errol Humphrey has been advising the CARIFORUM Directorate and its member states on the monitoring of the Economic Partnership Agreement, known as the EPA. Humphrey says that there are a number of aspects to international trading and there are limited resources in smaller countries to deal with it. The monitoring mechanism is […]
Written on February 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Well-known Belizean artist Alex Sanker is attracting media attention in the United States where he was featured earlier today on ABC 7’s Eyewitness News in downtown Los Angeles doing what he does best, painting lifelike portraits of famous Americans. Last year, in the wake of the untimely passing of Nipsey Hussle, he immediately took to […]
Written on February 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Fraudsters have made Belize their haven. Even as the fallout from the Lev Dermen saga continues, new reports in the U.S. say a bitcoin businessman from Bath, Ohio, U.S.A. was indicted on Tuesday for conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and transmitting money without a license. He is identified as […]
Written on February 14, 2020 | Posted in
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We have heard about the text messages between John Saldivar and Jacob Kingston; well tonight we will share them with you. The string of texts were presented in the Utah court on Tuesday; there are thirty-three in all and was the evidence that led to the fall of John Saldivar as U.D.P. party leader-elect as […]
Written on February 13, 2020 | Posted in
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