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The House of Representatives met in session this morning, and in short order there was the much anticipated presentation of the budget for fiscal year 2016/2017. It’s Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s ninth budget over three terms of a United Democratic Party administration, and is being called Stability in a Time of Change. Barrow prefaced his […]
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Petrocaribe money played a very significant role in the spending which characterized the 2015/2015 fiscal year. The Barrow administration has taken significant and continuous flak for its spending of the three hundred and twenty-five million it has accessed since 2012. As he always has, though, the PM defends the government’s use of the money, accusing […]
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Speaking on the adjournment in response to a question raised, the PM also spoke at length about a current crisis facing the citrus industry. In a release issued late last week, the Citrus Growers Association informed growers that making payroll in the immediate future will be an iffy proposition. As explanation, the CGA claims that […]
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P.U.P. leader John Briceño has been openly forecasting that the budget would be a dismal one based on a variety of factors, including industries which seem to be falling and failing for one reason or the other. Faced with the same realities and the same figures, PM Barrow says that public finances are sturdy and […]
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Not surprisingly, PM Barrow wasn’t impressed by Briceño’s preliminary analysis of his Stability budget. He says that it wasn’t about overspending to buy the affections of the people, but rather investing in the people in a way which is now reaping full dividends. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I would think that the people of […]
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In the prime tourism destination of San Pedro Ambergris Caye, two persons were murdered adding to the list of homicide statistics since the beginning of the year. A Cayo resident was brutally beaten allegedly by three police officers on Friday and passed away on Monday morning after slipping into a coma and undergoing two rounds […]
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Domestic violence reared its ugly head again in a murder in San Pedro Ambergris Caye. Last Thursday, a woman from the Salvapan community in Belmopan was killed due to domestic violence. Over the weekend on the island, a man lost his life when he was attacked by his wife of thirteen years. She is a […]
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The third murder involved the fatal weekend shooting of an Independence resident following a home invasion on Saturday night. Police in that southern community are trying to ascertain, if it is drug related. Forty-eight-year-old Glen Logan was accosted by a pair of armed intruders as he entered his home that evening. The duo reportedly demanded […]
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Embattled F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente’s ad hoc suspension has been ruled invalid. A legal team representing FIFA flew into the country over the weekend and met with three executives from the Football Federation of Belize to discuss a number of internal issues plaguing the organization. Those concerns included an attempt by First Vice President Sergio […]
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Notwithstanding the disappointing outcome of Sunday’s meeting, Gamez told the media that they are all working in the best interest of football and will continue to serve under Vicente’s leadership. Chuc, on the other hand, says that F.F.B. is continuing with its current election cycle. Cruz Gamez, Executive, F.F.B. “We had a long discussion […]
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Much cruise port speculation has been making the rounds after representatives of G.O.B. met with interested party Waterloo last week. Initial reports, unofficial, indicated that Ashcroft affiliated Waterloo was not interested in revisiting the construction of a cruise port at the site of the ill-fated and abandoned Carnival project. But today, the PM dispelled those […]
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There was an altercation in the Chiquibul last Thursday which resulted in the B.D.F. shooting a Guatemalan in the leg. Belize Defense Force and Friends for Conservation and Development rangers were about six hundred meters from the Belize/Guatemalan border when they came upon a marijuana plantation, guarded by two men. One of those men, Francisco […]
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Barrow’s administration has come under fire for recently increasing the import duties on fuel. That action in effect caused Regular and Diesel pump prices to go up, even as the acquisition costs went down. While it wasn’t a popular decision, PM Barrow maintains that it was better than any other taxation alternative. And it’s been […]
Outside the House this morning about seventy-five protesters from the Belize Territorial Volunteers, the Northern Territorial Volunteers and from Mayan villages down South protested what they say is failed leadership. There are different issues, but all surround what these Belizeans claim is government failing to assert sovereignty over Belizean territory and worse, ceding territory to […]
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Barrow says any claim that his government has ceded any part of Belizean territory is nonsense. The PM says that if Belize’s military and government responds in the way in which they are being pushed, it will inevitably lead to bloodshed. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “We know these people have a claim; we know […]
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The much anticipated Festival of Arts was launched this morning. It kicked off at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts for pre-schoolers of the Belize District. The show will travel to the other districts to expose the budding talent in performing and visual arts. The event also provides an opportunity to motivate the artistic […]
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La Ruta Maya canoe race in its 19th year reached another milestone in entertainment despite a mighty downpour just before Friday’s start from below the Hawkesworth Bridge in San Ignacio. As usual, the male elites spring to the front with Koop Sheet Metal displaying a perfect start from among the 150 canoes; that featured 7 […]
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