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It went mostly under the radar until very recently, but the shrimp industry has taken a major hit and it hasn’t recovered. We’re talking all shrimp farms in the country but one completely closed down…six hundred employees laid off and production down to almost zero, a loss of about thirty million dollars so far. Today […]
Written on November 27, 2015 | Posted in
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And from agriculture to straight politics…Minister of Agriculture Gaspar Vega and Minister of Natural Resources Godwin Hulse have been at loggerheads since elections, over office space. Vega is a senior Minister, a major player in the UDP and he wasn’t letting go of his office at the Natural Resources building, which also houses agriculture. Hulse […]
Written on November 27, 2015 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, we reported that Guatemalan President Elect, Jimmy Morales has embarked on a traditional tour of Central America and Mexico, which is part of the protocol by incoming presidents of the region. While he takes office in less than two months, on January fourteenth 2016, Morales began his tour in Honduras and met privately […]
Written on November 27, 2015 | Posted in
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Courage, Commitment and Respect—they are the core values of the Belize National Coast Guard, the maritime forces of the country. Today at the B.D.F. Air Wing, forty-five recruits joined the rank and file of the officers of the coastguard with great pump and circumstance. But the event was two-fold as the coastguard also celebrated his […]
Written on November 27, 2015 | Posted in
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Minister of National Security John Saldivar also made a huge announcement today during his address at the coastguard anniversary celebration. On December ninth, the Government of Belize will be breaking ground on the Sarstoon for the Forward Operating Base that has been a bone of contention between Belize and Guatemala and that has increased sustained […]
Written on November 27, 2015 | Posted in
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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a dynamic, fast growing international revival movement within Islam. Founded in 1889, it spans over two hundred and six countries with membership exceeding tens of millions. It is also the only Islamic organization to believe that the long-awaited Messiah has come in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. The Ahmadiyya […]
Written on November 27, 2015 | Posted in
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A deadly road traffic accident this morning along the Southern Highway has claimed the life of forty-four-year-old Emmerson Burke. Shortly after six a.m., police were summoned to an area between Bladden and Medina Bank known as Machaca Creek where they saw Burke lying face up on the ground about eight feet away from the driver’s […]
Written on November 27, 2015 | Posted in
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Twenty-six-year-old Troy Treston Cole, a resident ofCurassow Streetis tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being accused of assaulting Gilroy Arnold with a firearm. The incident reportedly took place on Wednesday onBocotora Streetwhen Cole allegedly opened fire on Arnold who fortunately escaped serious injury. Cole, who was unrepresented, appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon […]
Written on November 27, 2015 | Posted in
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A Belize City mother of three is tonight the winner of ten thousand dollars courtesy of Courts Belize Limited. On Friday, Rosalie Marin’s name was chosen as the winner of a suppliers’ raffle after she bought a Whirlpool dryer in October of this year. It’s one of many ways in which the company is giving […]
Written on November 27, 2015 | Posted in
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Belize City Businessman and owner of Perez Construction, Ruben Perez was murdered in cold blood sometime after three this afternoon. Perez was killed at his Sand and Cement Distribution Company located near the junction of Vernon Street and the George Price Highway. Two men on bicycles reportedly rode into the business and opened fire […]
Written on November 26, 2015 | Posted in
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Following the news of the amazing catch and release of prize fish and fugitive millionaire David Nanes, Belize certainly got a black eye on the international scene. And tonight there is another, after the US issued sanctions on a company registered in Belize and believed to be doing business with the Islamic State of Iraq […]
Three men who have been on remand for murder just over a year were today told that they could leave the courtroom free men. Daniel Caine, Bart Lucas and Oscar Flores were accused of the October 2014 murder of Harrison Smith, but one year after, Police were unable to present the court with any evidence […]
Written on November 26, 2015 | Posted in
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A trio of men is tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being busted with an unlicensed firearm, as well as a stash of marijuana. Twenty-year-old Shakedi Baizar, proprietor of a bike shop in the West Lake area of the Mile Eight Community, along with two relatives were nabbed on Wednesday when personnel […]
Written on November 26, 2015 | Posted in
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The latest unemployment figures released by the Statistical Institute of Belize indicate that there are presently more men who are unemployed than there are women without jobs. Over the past twelve months, a total of five thousand new jobs have been created; approximately four thousand of them are filled by men. Dr. Leopold Perriott, […]
Written on November 26, 2015 | Posted in
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The tourism industry which is among the top revenue generators for the country has also experienced a slight decline in the number of cruise passengers disembarking in Belize City. That ten percent decrease is the equivalent of seventeen thousand persons. Jefte Ochaeta, Statistician, SIB “Hotels and restaurants decreased by two percent. There was a […]
Written on November 26, 2015 | Posted in
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Dance X Belize 2015 started on Monday of this week with master classes being held with local dance groups throughout the country. following a Forum and Barefoot Belize production on Wednesday night at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, today there was a lecture and mini performance for primary and high school children. Duane […]
Written on November 26, 2015 | Posted in
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A dollar to save the life of a child afflicted with cancer. A Thousand Smiles for Cleyon, is an organization that has been working with several pediatric cancer patients. Together, its members raise money to assist the children with traveling expenses to and from Belize to Merida, Mexico or Guatemala and also to assist with […]
Written on November 26, 2015 | Posted in
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Today the St. Mary’s feeding program benefitted from a very generous donation from Belize Electricity Limited, part of its ongoing outreach and support initiative. The feeding program is generally funded through monies generated from the Church and through generous members and friends at home and abroad. But with more than one hundred children fed daily, […]
Written on November 26, 2015 | Posted in
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Organized under the auspices of the International Table Tennis Federation Education and Training Program, in liaison with the Belize Table Tennis Association, ping pong expert Aleksey Yefremov is hosting a Hopes training camp in Belize City. It is Hopes Week 2015 and young athletes under the age of twelve are receiving technical support in strengthening […]
Written on November 26, 2015 | Posted in
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In February of 2013, six Belize Water Services employees were terminated for redundancy, or at least that was the official company story. Those employees claimed that it was victimization, though, and took the company to Court for wrongful termination. It took more than two and a half years, but today Mark Menzies, Don Gillett, Michael […]
Written on November 25, 2015 | Posted in
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It was a triumphant moment for the six employees who have faced real hardship following and based on their termination from the utility company. Today, they told us that against all odds they stayed the course and can now serve as an example to other employees facing victimization at BWS. Michael Novelo, Former BWS […]
Written on November 25, 2015 | Posted in
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The hierarchy and rank and file of the Belize Police Department were out in force at the Supreme Court this morning. The occasion wasn’t a high profile case, but to show support for one of its own being called to the Bar. It’s an honour earned by very few Police Officers, and Senior Superintendent Chester […]
Written on November 25, 2015 | Posted in
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Williams says that he has no intention to leave the Police Department at this time and plans are in place to recognize his achievement through a promotion and salary adjustment. Sr. Supt. Chester Williams, Called to the Bar “There are still certain things that need to be worked out, as it relates to my […]
Written on November 25, 2015 | Posted in
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While Senior Superintendent Chester Williams was being called to the bar this morning, twenty-three-year-old Ibrahim Smith was being put away behind bars after being sentenced to seven years in prison. In November 2010, a student of Sadie Vernon High School was accidentally shot and killed at home after a man she knew accidentally discharged a […]
Written on November 25, 2015 | Posted in
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The Consumer Price Index for the month of October 2015 has been released by the Statistical Institute of Belize. Those figures, as well as data pertaining to inflation rates by municipality were all made available during an extended press conference this morning. Last month’s records indicate that the prices of goods and services purchased by […]
Written on November 25, 2015 | Posted in
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