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The U.S. Embassy held its annual Pride Month commemorative event today in Belmopan. It joins the rest of the world this month to celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex persons and reaffirms its commitment to protect and defend the human rights of all, including L.G.B.T.I. persons. A brief ceremony was held in Belmopan where […]
Written on June 26, 2019 | Posted in
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In our past coverage of the L.G.B.T.I. event at the U.S. Embassy, you may have seen the symbolic raising of the rainbow flag; but that didn’t happen this year. Visiting Deputy Director of Central American Affairs, Thomas Lersten, delivered the remarks at today’s event in the absence of Charge d’ Affaires Keith Gilges. Lersten said […]
Written on June 26, 2019 | Posted in
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The fifteenth annual Growing the Future Project takes place next month from July first to the nineteenth in four locations across the country; namely, Belize City, Belmopan, San Ignacio and Dangriga. Over five thousand primary children have successfully completed the summer programme that helps them to transition to the next year of classes in areas […]
Written on June 25, 2019 | Posted in
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The first Society of Women Coders Camp for Girls was launched this morning and the aim is to engage the intellectual curiosity of Belize’s young women and provide an atmosphere for learning a skill which can develop their appetite for information technology. The camp will run for two weeks in Belize and Belmopan and is […]
Written on June 24, 2019 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department has lifted a vendors’ curfew that was introduced a couple days ago. As we’ve reported since the start of this week, street vendors who operate from midnight into the early hours of the morning were being placed on a curfew to operate. The reason it was being implemented was to curb […]
Written on June 20, 2019 | Posted in
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The reinvigorated Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action, COLA, has jumped on the matter. The grassroots organization has been monitoring the situation and according to President Shawn Saldano, the only persons negatively affected by the department’s decision were the vendors. He says that the department’s choice to impose a curfew not only stifled the vendors […]
Written on June 20, 2019 | Posted in
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Today, thirty-one young men from across the country proudly marched up to receive their recognition and award for having successfully completed the 2019 Belize Youth Challenge. The initiative is modeled from a similarly successful Youth Challenge Programme run by the Louisiana National Guard in the United States and was established with their technical support. Over […]
Written on June 20, 2019 | Posted in
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A national consultation to address challenges to girls’ education was held today at the Belize Institute of Management in Belize City. Private and public sector stakeholders gathered to look at the issues surrounding adolescent girls not being inside of the classrooms and the social issues affecting them. The process was triggered by a recent out-of-school […]
Written on June 13, 2019 | Posted in
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The idea is to get young women and girls to understand their position and value in society. There must be a multi-ministerial approach to solve the issue. Today’s consultation serves also as a springboard for a project that is being supported by the CAMI-Fund. The RISE Girls programme has been taking place in schools and […]
Written on June 13, 2019 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department, through its Community Policing Unit, is teaching south side residents how to sew through an initiative called the Community Development Sewing Programme. The police partnered up with the Department of Youth Services to teach skills in an effort to impact poverty and crime on the south side of Belize City. Last […]
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In 2002, the International Labour Organization launched the World Day Against Child Labour to raise awareness on the extent of child labour across the world and the actions and efforts needed to eliminate it. Back in 2017, the Government of Belize partnered with the CLEAR II Project to identify areas where child labour is prevalent […]
Written on June 12, 2019 | Posted in
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As we’ve reported before, the Ministry of Human Development Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation is trying to establish a comprehensive social protection system for the country. So today, another round of discussions was held at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. Stakeholders believe that in order for that framework to be achieved, we must first […]
Written on June 4, 2019 | Posted in
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A number of public and private sector reps, including members of the national assessment team overseeing the next country poverty assessment, were present at today’s session. But to help with the process, the ministry has sought the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, who are leaders in poverty assessment methodology. Monica Pinilla-Ronconcio says the programme […]
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One hundred and sixty-eight boys and girls are forming this year’s intake for the third annual Police Youth Mentorship Programme. The program which starts tomorrow and concludes in the next six months was launched today in Belize City. Participants will embark on a journey, led by their mentors, with the aim to be molded in […]
Written on May 31, 2019 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Education and RESTORE Belize have concluded a series of roundtable discussions to share new ideas and methods in the education response to citizen security. The goal was sensitize stakeholders on the implementation of school-based responses to citizen security using the principles of Quality Child Friendly Schools. It also highlighted successes in the […]
Written on May 30, 2019 | Posted in
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Vice Principal Georgia Griffith, of Maud Williams High School, says that with the introduction of the pilot project there has been vast improvement in the relationship between students and teachers. Georgia Griffith, Vice Principal, Maud Williams High School “One of the things I feel that the benefits have come more to the teachers and […]
Written on May 30, 2019 | Posted in
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A number of murders, as well as fatal road traffic accidents, has been as a result of excessive alcohol consumption and the Commissioner of Police Chester Williams issued an internal memo to his officers on the sale of liquor. According to ComPol Williams, alcohol consumption is responsible for more than fifty percent of deaths. The […]
Written on May 28, 2019 | Posted in
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Twenty-one-year-old Raymond Fuller is at home recuperating from injuries he received during an attempt on his life last Friday. His injuries were not life-threatening and he was released from the hospital earlier in the week. But tonight, the family and friends of an eleven-year-old boy are still holding on to hope that he will survive […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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Empowered for Work and Self was the theme for a mentorship networking session held today by BELTRAIDE at the Biltmore Plaza. Through the Small Business Development Centre, female entrepreneurs were engaged to become part of a SHE-Mentor programme in which budding entrepreneurs can acquire knowledge and support on their path to having a successful business. […]
Written on May 23, 2019 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Human Development Social Transformation and Poverty Alleviation is on a mission to establish a comprehensive social protection system in Belize, in an effort to eliminate poverty among the various pockets of vulnerable populations. The third in a series of conferences is taking place at the Biltmore Plaza and is bringing together experts […]
Written on May 21, 2019 | Posted in
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As the coordinating ministry, it ensures that people get a healthy start in life; good quality education is provided for children and employment. Also playing a role is NEMO, specifically as it relates to coping in times of disaster and post impact phase, which ensures that the most vulnerable get access to resources and assistance […]
Written on May 21, 2019 | Posted in
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Today the Police Department officially launched its Eastern Division Youth Basketball Cup 2019 at the Yarborough Green Basketball Court on south side Belize City. The sports tournament is a community policing initiative that brings together at-risk youths from various gang ridden neighborhoods across region one of the Old Capital and fosters comradery among the participants […]
Written on May 17, 2019 | Posted in
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The Republic of China (Taiwan) made a donation of thirty thousand dollars today to the Albert Division, specifically its Action Committee for the development of a CARE Centre on the second floor of the constituency office of Minister Tracy Panton. The facility, when completed will provide for the many schools and students within the division […]
Written on May 15, 2019 | Posted in
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Belize joined the rest of the world today to observe International Day of Families. The day is used to shine light on the importance of families and their role in development across societies, as well as to raise awareness of issues affecting families. President of the National Parenting Task Force Margaret Nicholas says that while […]
Written on May 15, 2019 | Posted in
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Aside from the Wednesday night murder of Karl Lamb in Belize City, there was no violence during the referendum. It is a success for the police department and Commissioner of Police Chester Williams at Thursday’s press brief told the media that over eight hundred officers were deployed across the country as part of its strategy […]
Written on May 10, 2019 | Posted in
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