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A high-level technical delegation from the region is currently in Belize. The group is finalizing a climate change framework in the wake of the Paris Agreement coming out of the Conference of Parties Twenty-One. The delegates are tightening the nuts and bolts of that agreement with specific focus on its impact on the region. On […]
Two men were busted with a sizeable amount of marijuana while Belmopan Police were conducting vehicle checks on Wednesday in Camalote on the George Price Highway. Travis Sutherland of Georgeville and Anthony August of Santa Elena were travelling to the capital when they spotted the police checkpoint at about four-thirty in the morning. The men […]
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Police are on the lookout for two robbers who are operating in the city and impersonating cops. Within the past twenty-four hours, they struck twice. In the first incident, the wannabe cops hit Channel Broadcasting Cable just before midnight on Wednesday. A security guard at the cable company said he heard a loud bang and […]
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The departure of Fruta Bomba is only the most recent of a series of bad news for Belize where industries are concerned. Since last year the country has been taking some hard hit, particularly in the area of agriculture. P.U.P. leader John Briceño says there’s a simple explanation for that – the Ministry of Agriculture […]
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While Briceño says that the agriculture sector is taking a hit, the Ministry of Agriculture does not agree. Notwithstanding, late last year, Meridian Enterprises in the banana industry closed its doors, leaving over a thousand workers without jobs. In the shrimp industry, farms had to be closed down because of an infection. But C.E.O. Jose […]
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Representatives from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital have been making the media rounds this week talking about the good things happening at the national referral hospital and there are many, including successful heart surgeries and a general expansion on the line-up of services now offered. But there is one issue that is not going down […]
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The hospital’s large debt accumulated over the years, in part because patients often do not pay their bills. The K.H.M.H. has thus embarked on a campaign to tighten up on collection asking patients to invest in their health care. Augustine says that while government provides subsidy, it is still not enough to cover the wide […]
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Chair of the Board of Governors at the K.H.M.H., is Marilyn Williams; who is an attorney and has health care experience as a nurse. Williams says that one of the challenges the hospital is facing is a huge debt that is crippling the institution. Marilyn Williams, Chair, Board of Governors, K.H.M.H. “The public’s perception […]
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World Cancer Day was celebrated one week ago on February fourth. The Belize Cancer Society as a part of the day’s commemoration debuted a documentary entitled “Taking Control, Taking action, HPV, Cervical Cancer and You.” In collaboration with the Belize Cancer Society, Healthy Living further explores one aspect of that educational message. Tonight, we look […]
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Belizeans consume about twelve thousand tons of rice annually. But is that rice contaminated with a poisonous chemical which causes cancer? Aflatoxins are produced by fungi found on agricultural products, including rice, stored in warm and humid places. Studies have shown that it can cause stunted development, liver damage and even liver cancer. So when […]
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The documents from Eurofins Lab were accompanied by a press release – the one to which Agriculture C.E.O. Jose Alpuche makes reference. In that release, Charles admits that he commissioned the testing to see whether locally produced rice met the Standards Order 2015. According to Charles, “the concern arises from the aflatoxin levels and based […]
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Guatemalan Lydia Janet Garcia was reported missing on January nineteenth by her son, Alexander Enrique Garcia. He told Benque Police that his mother was last seen on January eighth when she reportedly told him via text that she was heading to Cowpen to meet a person known only as “El Nica. But Garcia never made […]
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At news time tonight a fire is raging at a warehouse in the Spanish Lookout Community. Country Foods went up in flames around three this afternoon and police say that they are now on the scene where the fire department is attempting to bring the fire under control. The warehouse packaging for eggs, but it […]
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Since Sunday, Police have been on the lookout for a red 2001 Mazda pickup, stolen on the old Western highway from Jorge Lopez. Lopez was accosted by two men, one of whom shot him once in the back and then attempted to shoot him in the head following the assault and robbery of two Canadian […]
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There was an accident on the Haulover Bridge at around three-fifteen this afternoon, when the driver of a red SUV apparently lost control and crashed into a large truck. There were no apparent serious injuries, but the driver of the SUV, Raquel Burke, was rushed to the hospital by ambulance since she appeared to be […]
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This morning, Minister of National Security John Saldivar, with an entourage including Minister of State Frank Mena and representatives from the Ministry, Police and Belize Defence Force, visited the site of the Forward Operating Base at the mouth of the Sarstoon. The media was not invited on the trip which we are told was planned […]
The firestorm caused by the threat to fine and suspend Kaya Cattouse to compete in races organized by the Belize Cycling Federation, has not subsided. The well known cyclist has not spoken publicly, but has received support from various sectors for lamenting on her Facebook that female and junior cyclists were being marginalized from the […]
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According to Ray Cattouse, C-Ray is one of the only clubs in the history of cycling in Belize to annually field a junior team, a youth team, a female team, an elite team and a master’s team. He says that there have been tensions between the federation and cyclists due to the lack of growth […]
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Cattouse is not taking lightly the threat made to Kaya by the Cycling Federation. He says he wants it removed from her record and if not, he is heading up the steps of the court. Ray Cattouse, Owner, C-Ray Cycling Club “I want to say that this threat that they have on Kaya record, […]
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Fifty-three year old Edison Johnson, a resident of Carmelita, was freed on Tuesday and tonight he is home with his family. The shopkeeper from Guinea Grass was behind bars since April 2014, accused of killing two men he found on his farm in Carmelita. He ended up pleading guilty to two counts of manslaughter and […]
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While Johnson is free, a resident of Boston Village in the Belize District, Francisco Gomez, aka “Indiana” will be spending time behind bars. Gomez was convicted this morning of allegations made by an eleven-year old primary school girl of sexual assault of an indecent nature, assault and using threatening words against her. In trial, the […]
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The Yarborough area of the City is poised to get a facelift that will be spurring economic activity. While the neighborhood boasts of many attributes, it does not have in place to adequate infrastructure to bring the boom. Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley has brought in a team of U.S. experts to spruce up Yarborough. […]
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With general elections well behind, Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley, some believe, has been lying low as it relates to activities at City Hall. Earlier today when the media caught up with Bradley, he was asked about his perceived inactivity. Bradley says it is the first time he is hearing about it and besides, he […]
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A hot-button subject coming up on which the Mayor will not be quiet about relates to zoning. Mayor Bradley says that in the past, the City Council had been dealing with zoning in an ad hoc way. Recently, there have been issues in Caribbean Shores, the Palm Groves Estate, Bella Vista, West Landivar and other […]
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Of the many infrastructure projects in the City that have become a nuisance to residents is the flood mitigation project which is only partially completed in the area of Cinderella Plaza. It has caused no end of headaches for commuters who traverse that main artery of the City. Frankly, it is also an eyesore for […]
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