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And where does the N.T.U.C.B. stand on the issues of the workers and B.S.I./ASR? President Marvin Mora says that the concerns of the Belize Workers Union have been brought to the attention of the Congress so they are monitoring the situation. There has been no formal request for support, but he has an inkling that […]
Written on August 25, 2015 | Posted in
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Gillnetting is a common fishing method that is closely monitored and regulated by fisheries management and enforcement agencies. Unfortunately, the practice used by commercial fishermen is not adequately controlled, despite a call from OCEANA in Belize to ban the exploitative use of gillnets. The Sarstoon River is one such waterway that is littered with the […]
Written on August 25, 2015 | Posted in
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Since it went into receivership in 2012, reports of the purchase of the Port of Belize have circulated. Earlier this year, we told you that at least one local businessman had very serious interests in acquiring the facility. When we spoke with Arturo Vasquez, who is the receiver C.E.O., on Monday he told us that […]
Written on August 25, 2015 | Posted in
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British Honduras was built on logwood and mahogany trade. That colonial history was based on exploitation of natural resources and people. Though we have achieved independence, Belizeans still depend on the natural resources as a food source as well as an avenue for economic activity. Along the coast of the Jewel, many villagers contribute to […]
Written on August 25, 2015 | Posted in
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There is a dark cloud of controversy and contention over the La Inmaculada Credit Union following a special general meeting held Saturday in Orange Walk. That meeting was demanded by LICU members who want an explanation for the termination of long-time General Manager, Yolanda Gomez. Gomez was placed on administrative leave in May…then terminated without […]
Ray Davis – is he in or out as senator for the unions? Well, our sources say he’s out, but when we spoke with President of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, Marvin Mora, he would not confirm that. What we do know is that there was a meeting on Saturday with representatives of […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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And what is the position of the unions in respect of the Belize Territorial Volunteers’ recent encounter with the Guatemalan Military near the Sarstoon Island? President of the N.T.U.C.B. says that the position hasn’t changed, but they haven’t had a chance to sit and discuss the recent happenings to issue an official statement. And while […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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A horrible home invasion at an isolated farm on the Hummingbird Highway ended tragically for the Polanco family. One of five minors at home was senselessly murdered in front of his siblings, when he recognized the perpetrators of the burglary. It all happened when three gunmen entered the house, bound the children and the caretaker […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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A small detail of territorial volunteers, led by Wil Maheia, is headed to Sarstoon Island on Tuesday morning again. The trip is the first of several planned visits to the remote location where Belize Defense Force personnel will be on routine patrol. As explained by Brigadier General David Jones in a previous interview with News […]
Still on the matter of the Sarstoon….The O.A.S. report on the incident has been handed in to the Government of Belize. Today, News Five was able to confirm that the Ministries of National Security and Foreign Affairs have received copies. Last Wednesday at a press conference, Prime Minister Dean Barrow claimed that he had just […]
Over in Guatemala, there is huge political crisis which could lead to the collapse of the government of President Otto Perez Molina. On Friday, the former vice president, Roxana Baldetti who resigned back in May, was arrested at a hospital for customs fraud in which three point seven million dollars in bribes were accepted as […]
For the past few weeks, we have been reporting about the Bank of America severing ties with banks in Belize. Since then, Heritage Bank has been put on notice that it will also be losing its correspondent banking relationship with Bank of America. The pulling out of BOA from the banks in Belize has been […]
Exactly one month ago, we spoke with Marvin Mora, wearing his hat as President of the BEWU. Mora said that the union was cautiously optimistic after meeting with Minister of Labour Godwin Hulse following a deadlock in negotiations with B.E.L. Board over salary adjustments demands. Prior to that meeting, staffers went on a three-day peaceful […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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A near-fatal traffic mishap along the George Price Highway sometime around three-thirty p.m. on Sunday afternoon has left several persons injured. A white Isuzu Trooper driven at the time by twenty-nine-year-old Mathew Ruiz overturned multiple times before coming to rest in an upside-down position near the Burrell Boom junction. According to the customer care representative, […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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Eaton Belisle, a Belize City bus driver is identified as the driver of a Mercedes Benz which collided into a Chevy pickup truck which caused the loss of life of two Belize City men. Belisle was arraigned for six traffic offenses this morning in the Belize City Magistrate Court before Magistrate Ladonna John. The charges […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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Tonight, two of three Belize City youths, Dwayne Evelyn and Lloyd Leslie Junior are on remand at the Belize Central Prison accused of committing an aggravated assault with a firearm upon a Belize City resident. A third gunman, a sixteen year old, was mistakenly shot when the firearm malfunctioned and he is expected to be […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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Eleven undocumented Salvadoran nationals are tonight the involuntary guests of the Immigration Department after they were picked up in the Orange Walk district. According to Police, they were conducting a routine patrol at around nine Saturday morning on the Chan Pine Ridge road when they observed four females, one adult male and five minors walking […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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A national bipartite workshop facilitated by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership with the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) and the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) was held today at the Radisson as a part of a series of meetings held across CARIFORUM member states by way of a three year project funded by the […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize has received a certification from the International Organization for Standardization for meeting the universal requirements of information security management. The yearlong program commenced in August 2014 and saw the staff of the Central Information Technology Office undertaking training in protecting and securing sensitive government information from cyber crimes. According to Director […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Fresh off the scoreless draw against Gallos Blanco of Queretero, Verdes FC got back to tending its business in the PLB Season, facing the Belize Defense Force inside the MCC Grounds yesterday. It would have been a magical start in the opening minutes when […]
Written on August 24, 2015 | Posted in
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A teenager was shot and killed this morning on a farm in the Stann Creek District during a daring armed robbery. The incident occurred sometime before eleven o’clock, when a trio of masked men entered a property in the Pomona Valley belonging to Thomas Polanco. The thieves then proceeded to tie up his employees before […]
Written on August 21, 2015 | Posted in
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A sixteen-year-old Belize City youth is tonight fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was shot to the abdomen on Thursday night. It occurred inside the Queen Square Primary School compound on Fairweather Street. Sixteen-year-old Mark Phillips, a well known affiliate of the George Street Gang, was shot by one […]
Written on August 21, 2015 | Posted in
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Allegations of police brutality are nothing out of the ordinary and tonight, a Belize City resident is claiming that police went too far this morning when they conducted a search at his residence in the Gungulung area. Around eight o’clock, Denmark Carr would rush home to find out that his girlfriend, Carla Belgrave, had been […]
Written on August 21, 2015 | Posted in
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The numbers for tourist arrivals between January and July have been released and, according to the Belize Tourism Board, those figures are showing an improvement. Overnight arrivals saw a one point six percent increase in June and almost doubled in July. Meanwhile, cruise arrivals have increased marginally by zero point two percent. The overall decline […]
Written on August 21, 2015 | Posted in
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In April, Santiago ‘Santino’ Castillo stepped aside in Caribbean Shores to make way for current Belize City Mayor and aspiring Area Representative Darrell Bradley. That signalled the end of a very short-lived political career, though Castillo is still serving as a Minister of State. But does his departure from Caribbean Shores mean he’ll be retiring […]
Written on August 21, 2015 | Posted in
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