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The deadlock between importer Jack Charles and the Belize Agro-productive Sector Group, as well as the Government of Belize, has resulted in what is being called a technical barrier to trade. BAHA, according to regional trade expert Sergio Garcia, is being used as the vehicle to thwart that process. While C.E.O. Alpuche says the shipment […]
Written on December 18, 2015 | Posted in
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While the issue, at its core, involves regulations governing the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, provisions are made in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas for the use of appropriate mechanisms to protect industries in Lesser Developed Countries such as Belize. This is in line with distinctions that recognize the difference in the stage of economic […]
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Even as there is no resolution to the three containers of rice at the Big Creek Port, according to Jack Charles, a total of seven more containers are expected into the country within the next two weeks. Importation and cheap retail, he says, will significantly reduce the contraband rice coming in from Mexico. Jack […]
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He is Belize’s longest-serving inmate on death row at the Belize Central Prison. And after thirteen years behind bars, Glenford Baptist, appeared in court this morning, but still does not know how many more years he will have to remain in prison. Baptist was convicted of the murder of Azrin White in 2000, but last […]
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A new piece of legislation is coming into force prohibiting stevedores and other dockhands at the Port of Belize from effecting industrial action on a whim. Earlier today, the Ministry of Labor issued a release stating that a statutory instrument has been signed to amend the section of the Laws of Belize which deals with […]
Written on December 18, 2015 | Posted in
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According to Vasquez, the effect of the amended law is reciprocal. While stevedores cannot just up and strike without due notice, port management can’t simply lock them out from work either. Arturo ‘Tux’ Vasquez, Receiver/C.E.O., Port of Belize “It doesn’t take away their right to strike. It does not at all but what it […]
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Three men were acquitted by Justice Adolph Lucas of three counts of firearm offenses in relation to an alleged would be kidnapping back in 2010. But two of them will have to face a jury of nine for other offenses. Earlier today, Judge Lucas directed the jury to acquit Tevin Abraham, Jamaal Tablada and Jarreth […]
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Also in the courts, three more men charged in connection with the home invasion of the Lebanese Honrary Consul in Burrell Boom Village were granted Supreme Court bail but with stringent conditions. Tyrone Meighan was the first to be granted bail by Judge Herbert Lord in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars and two […]
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After months of intense training, one hundred and sixty-seven new officers joined the police force today. Their graduation took place at the National Police Training Academy in the Capital. Family and friends beamed with pride as the officers were formally admitted to the force. On Monday, they take on assignments across the country. Duane Moody […]
Written on December 18, 2015 | Posted in
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While crime has been prevalent throughout 2015, the murder count is slightly less than 2014 so far. There were one hundred and twenty murders last year and that number this year stands at one hundred and sixteen with two weeks more to the end of the year. Minister Saldivar says that major crimes are down. […]
Written on December 18, 2015 | Posted in
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A Belize City resident and his girlfriend are in dire straits tonight after their home on Neal’s Pen Road collapsed on Thursday morning. Travis Myvette was at work when he received a phone call that the elevated wooden structure had crumpled into the swamp water below. When he arrived on the scene he observed that […]
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A single mother and her three children will spend the Christmas in a more comfortable fashion. Earlier today the folks at Belize Bank along with Hand in Hand Ministries handed over keys to a new home to the Martinez family on Jane Usher Boulevard. The wooden two-bedroom structure was granted to the family based on […]
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Bel Caribe Communications Services stepped up the plate this year again to make the Christmas far more enjoyable to a hundred families. With the support of a number of corporate partners, they are providing the meal for Christmas to families who have members afflicted by cancer. But that’s not all because the chosen recipients will […]
Written on December 18, 2015 | Posted in
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A shipment of milled rice from Guyana arrived at the Big Creek Port in southern Belize overnight where it remains at present. At the port, all was quiet and calm throughout the day. Shortly before two o’clock, businessman Jack Charles, accompanied by former C.E.O. in the Ministry of Agriculture, Sergio Garcia, made their way to […]
Written on December 17, 2015 | Posted in
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Following the official announcement of three aspiring leaders for the P.U.P. on December fifteenth, the party held a National Executive meeting at Independence Hall this afternoon to determine details of the national convention to be held on January thirty-first. Despite multiple requests, none of the three has agreed to an interview, and they didn’t today, […]
Written on December 17, 2015 | Posted in
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Baby Nina Charlotte Barrera Perez will remain in a foster home through the Christmas holidays, as the matter was adjourned in Family Court today. The two year old was removed from her mother’s custody in November. Her father claims that the child was taken out of Guatemala illegally by the mother, Analiz Gutierrez, while the […]
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Analiz Gutierrez was in court and clearly distraught that the matter could not have been resolved in today’s hearing. She told News Five that she is disappointed that her daughter will not be home for Christmas, but has faith that the court will allow baby Nina to remain with her in Belize. Analiz Gutierrez, […]
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If the court rules that baby Nina was indeed removed from the country illegally, then the child will be ordered to be returned to Guatemala. Gutierrez would then need to return to that country to deal with the custody matter there. It’s a scenario that is not improbable, but one that Gutierrez dreads. Analiz […]
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Two significant donations were made today by the US Government. We start with the Belize Coast Guard which received a variety of equipment to bolster operations of national security in the fight against transnational crime. At this afternoon’s ceremony it was announced that Belize will be spending twenty-six million dollars for the acquisition of two […]
Written on December 17, 2015 | Posted in
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Another donation by the U.S. Embassy was granted to the National Forensic Science Service in Ladyville in the form of cutting edge equipment. A gas chromatograph mass spectrometer machine, also referred to as the Ghost, was received by the department this afternoon at a brief handing over ceremony. Valued at approximately three hundred and fifty […]
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Training for use of the equipment will be provided by the US Embassy, and Director Henderson says that in January, a staff member returns with a master’s degree in forensic science. According to Ambassador Moreno, police officers, prosecutors as well as judges will be brought on board to maximize use of the equipment by the […]
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There was an accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway this afternoon at around one-thirty. According to reports, a white pickup being driven by Corozal resident Fernando Chan was between mile thirty-four and thirty-five when there was a blowout and the driver lost control. The vehicle ran off the road and flipped, and we are told […]
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At about one-fifty this afternoon, the tremors of an earthquake were felt in many parts of Belize and Guatemala. The earthquake rumbled in Tonala, Chiapas, in southern Mexico and registered at a six point six on the Richter scale. Twenty-two point one million persons may have felt the earthquake, including over two hundred thousand who […]
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The Santa Cruz Thirteen appeared before Magistrate Emerson Banner on Wednesday to an unexpected retraction of the charge of unlawful imprisonment. That is after the group of villagers was trooped to the magistrate’s court in Punta Gorda on June twenty-fourth, following their arrest of Rupert Myles in Santa Cruz Village. Led by MLA spokesperson Cristina […]
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A B.S.I. employee was terminated after thirty-one years on the job as an Electrical and Instrumental Technician. He took his case to court in hope of being re-instated or in the alternative, seeking damages for unlawful dismissal or wrongful dismissal. Julio Roman Gongora Junior also claimed that B.S.I. promoted him to permanent staff, then terminated him […]
Written on December 17, 2015 | Posted in
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