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Mexico’s President-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated earlier this week that Chetumal will return to a ‘free zone’ status. While visiting Cancun, the president-elect announced that on January first, 2019, the Mexican government will roll out the programme in the entire northern border area of Mexico. Thereafter, it will be implemented in Quintana Roo along […]
Written on October 12, 2018 | Posted in
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On Tuesday we reported on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change one point five Report. It spelled out a serious warning for the Caribbean and the rest of the world. Today, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center, known as the five C’s, issued its own release to echo the warning that Caribbean leaders need […]
Written on October 11, 2018 | Posted in
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While the death of Paz has not been officially confirmed, tonight we can report that another Belizean has been killed in the U.S. She is thirty-five-year-old Jacqueline Dawson. She too is from San Pedro Town and died on Sunday as well. Dawson lost her life in a traffic accident in Wilmington, North Carolina. Online reports […]
Written on October 10, 2018 | Posted in
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The Republic of China (Taiwan) has appointed a new ambassador to Belize. He is Remus Chen and his new post was announced early this week by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chen is scheduled to assume his new position in November and will replace current Ambassador, Charles Liu who has served as ambassador since 2016. […]
Written on October 10, 2018 | Posted in
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Today, October tenth, Belize joined the globe to observe World Mental Health Day under the theme, “Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World.” According to the World Health Organization, young people are particularly vulnerable to mental distress and illness and most cases go undetected. The Ministry of Health says that youths in Belize […]
Written on October 10, 2018 | Posted in
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The first regional meeting of the fisheries and aquaculture communicators network of OSPECA commenced today in Belize City. OPESCA is a regional body attached to SICA and is in charge of strengthening technical coordination between member countries through the establishment of tools that allow sustainable fishing and aquaculture activities in the region. On Monday delegates […]
Written on October 9, 2018 | Posted in
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Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia Junior is in the Bahamas for this year’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference. It commenced on Wednesday under the theme “Rejuvenate. Recreate. Reconnect. New Directions for Caribbean Tourism.” In his address to representatives of Caribbean countries, Minister Heredia discussed several advancements Belize has made in the tourism sector. Manuel […]
Written on October 4, 2018 | Posted in
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The Secretary General of Commonwealth, Right Honorable Patricia Scotland was in country on an official two day visit. Officially she visited to promote the Commonwealth and its work. However, during her visit she has taken the opportunity to reiterate the Commonwealths support for Belize’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. For Belize, the membership of commonwealth has […]
Written on October 4, 2018 | Posted in
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Baroness Scotland is recognized as an esteemed international public leader and a former Attorney General of the United Kingdom. In her interview she was also asked to share her perspective on the role of the international community in the Belize Guatemala territorial dispute. Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of Commonwealth “I don’t want […]
Written on October 4, 2018 | Posted in
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Zamani Moodie, advisor for market intelligence with the Caribbean Export Development Agency discusses the role of the agency in the workshop, as well as the technical assistance provided by the European Union. Zamani Moodie, Advisor, Market Intelligence, CEDA “Caribbean Export is co-hosting this event with BELTRAIDE and the European Union. It‘s part of our […]
Written on October 4, 2018 | Posted in
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The criminal past of a current coast guard officer is being brought back to life after it was reported that Belizean-born British soldier Lee Charles Busano is back in Belize and serving in one of Belize’s security arms. Three years ago, in 2015, Corporal Busano who was based at Weeton Army Camp in the U.K. […]
Written on October 2, 2018 | Posted in
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Since the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington, addressed the United Nations one year ago, the government has announced a date for the referendum on whether or not Belizeans want to head to the International Court of Justice to bring resolution to the Guatemalan claim. That date is set for April tenth2019. In Guatemala, in April […]
Written on October 1, 2018 | Posted in
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On Monday morning, the top brass at the Ministry of National Security appeared on Open Your Eyes, the first stop in a media round speaking in support of a ‘YES’ vote to take the Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice for resolution. Senior officials of Belize’s three security arms, Coast Guard Rear Admiral […]
Written on September 27, 2018 | Posted in
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The U.S. Government has awarded over a million U.S. dollars to the four organizations through the CARSI-ESF programme. Since 2008, over seven million U.S. dollars been awarded to various N.G.O.s. Today’s funding is just one part of over forty million U.S. dollars awarded through the CARSI programme to Belize. The focus of the 2018 disbursement […]
Written on September 27, 2018 | Posted in
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The Garifuna Collective is heading to Spain for the famed World Expo of Music, having secured the necessary funding. As you know, the Collective has performed on international stages, but WOMEX is a big deal. This morning, the National Institute of Culture and History announced it will be making available the remaining thirty thousand dollars […]
Written on September 27, 2018 | Posted in
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On Monday, we reported on twenty-two-year-old Nishal Sankat, the son of the University of Belize President Clement Sankat, who was detained in Orlando, Florida. Late last week, the young man attempted to steal a commercial plane at that Orlando Melbourne International Airport. He was denied bail on Friday because he is considered a flight risk […]
Written on September 26, 2018 | Posted in
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A Belizean-American soldier has died in South Korea. Twenty-two-year-old Private First Class Adrienne Barillas of Woodlands, Texas, was found unresponsive at Camp Humphreys on Sunday. There are not many details known about the soldier’s death except that it is being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Command. The Second Infantry Division soldier had been assigned to […]
Written on September 25, 2018 | Posted in
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The Global Climate Action Summit was held in San Francisco, California on September twelfth to the fourteenth. It is an event that brought leaders and people together from around the world to “Take Ambition to the Next Level,” where climate action achievements were celebrated and deeper worldwide commitments were made. The Earth Journalism Network, with […]
Written on September 25, 2018 | Posted in
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As the I.C.J. Referendum campaign intensifies, the Belize Network of N.G.O.’s launched an online I.C.J. survey last week Thursday. The aim of the survey according to N.G.O. Senator Osmany Salas is to gather data on the perspectives of Belizeans on Guatemala’s claim to Belize. The survey primarily targets the online Belizean community with twelve short […]
Written on September 25, 2018 | Posted in
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The general debate of the United Nations opened this morning at the UN headquarters in New York. The Guatemalan President, Jimmy Morales was among the speakers on the first day of the debate. Morales spoke at length about the CICIG, which is the UN anti-corruption agency in Guatemala that is investigating acts of corruption which […]
Written on September 25, 2018 | Posted in
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The Technical Advisor for the Maternal and Child Health Unit of the Ministry of Health, Doctor Natalia Largaespada Beer, was conferred with the 2018 Pan American Health Organization Award for Health Service Management and Leadership at the fifty-sixth PAHO Directing Council Meeting in Washington, D.C. The PAHO Award Committee selected Doctor Beer from a group of […]
Written on September 25, 2018 | Posted in
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An empowerment conference for pastors and their spouses kicked off today in Belize City. The two-day event features international speakers and will include worship and transformational sessions. The aim is to equip the church leaders with skills, resources and knowledge on how to better serve their communities. Andrea Polanco stopped in at today’s session and […]
Written on September 25, 2018 | Posted in
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The Referendum Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched its awareness campaign to educate the public about the territorial claim and taking it to the International Court of Justice. The referendum takes place on April tenth, 2019, but the road to that historic poll is full of uncertainty for Belizeans. So what happens […]
Written on September 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Minister Wilfred Elrington says there will be a lot more effort in the awareness campaign outside of Tuesday night’s town hall meeting organized by Great Belize Productions/Channel Five. He says that a combination of mediums will be used as the campaign is rolled out in phases. Elrington told the media that he has been very […]
Written on September 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow remains in Havana, Cuba, after undergoing spinal fusion surgery. He’ll spend Independence Day recuperating and is expected to return to the country in a few days. This is the first time that we recall, he has missed Independence Day in Belize, but he released a statement to Belizeans. He states that […]
Written on September 20, 2018 | Posted in
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