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In a matter of a couple weeks, the arbitration panel will be delivering its final, tabulated award on B.T.L. share value assessment, reliably reported to be close to half a billion dollars. That includes interest and costs. According to the terms of an agreement made between Lord Ashcroft and Prime Minister Dean Barrow, half that […]
Last Wednesday, the C.E.O.s of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and National Security spoke out for the first time on an allegation made by Belizean Roger Plett. Plett claimed that the week before he and another man, Rudy Friesen, were forced into Guatemalan territory by civilians and military who commandeered a tractor and bulldozer as […]
The Second Annual Diabetic Run and Wellness Expo was held over the weekend in the west. Wellness Ambassadors in collaboration with the Belize Diabetic Association Belmopan Branch and Marathon runner Emil Pulido lead a twenty-three-mile run from Belmopan to the Palacio Farm on the Hummingbird Highway in an effort to bring awareness to the deadly […]
Written on May 24, 2016 | Posted in
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There were at least seven traffic accidents in the Belize and Cayo districts over the weekend, but none were fatal. The wave of RTAs started on Friday near the Burrell Boom junction. A Dodge Ram pickup crashed into the left hand side of a Toyota Four-Runner pickup. According to retired mechanic, sixty-four-year-old Kenneth Wright, the […]
Written on May 24, 2016 | Posted in
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On Sunday, fire nearly burned its way into the Belize Zoo. Reports from Zoo Management is that a raging bush fire which started in the pine savanna forest south of the zoo, brought smoke and fire dangerously close. The flames billowed, reaching as high as the tallest pine trees, as the staff attempted to out […]
Written on May 24, 2016 | Posted in
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On Saturday at midday, Belizeans across the country joined hands on beaches, along sea walls and other public areas to stand in unity against offshore oil development in Belize’s sea spaces. Activists and ocean-lovers congregate annually to host Hands Across the Sands events around the world to, quote, draw a line in the sand, and […]
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It started as the annual Cacao Festival, but over the weekend, the tenth edition of the event surrounding chocolate was held in the southernmost town of Punta Gorda. The three-day event is organized by the Toledo Chapter of the Belize Tourism Industry Association and the Toledo Cacao Growers Association and was officially opened last Friday […]
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The Police United Football Club, winners of the 2016 Premier League tournament, will represent Belize in the upcoming CONCACAF Champions League series. It is a momentous occasion since the Belize Police Department is the first law enforcement organization anywhere to field a team in the annual competition. The management of the club is heading to […]
Written on May 24, 2016 | Posted in
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The team has put together a budget for expenses related to the tournament; however, it needs another one hundred thousand dollars to meet its overheads. Supt. Andres Makin Sr., Manager, Police United F.C. “We have set a budget, we have already put a budget in place because we’ve done our inquiries and so forth. […]
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Music powerhouse Bad Boy Records took a journey down memory lane this weekend. An audience of twenty thousand gathered at the Barclays Center in New York City to experience the nostalgia that is the hit-laced catalog of the record label during its heyday. While fans were treated to classics from a range of Bad Boy […]
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Another Ladyville resident is tonight on remand, following a shootout last Saturday on Marage Road during which twenty-one-year-old mechanic Lionel Rhamdas was killed. Thirty-one-year-old Alrick Smith has been charged for a plot to assassinate an entire Ladyville family in the wake of his brother-in-law’s killing. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting He […]
Written on May 20, 2016 | Posted in
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Investigations are ongoing into the deadly exchange of gunfire which claimed the life of Lionel Rhamdas. In that shooting, at least three firearms were involved and police had initially recovered only one, a nine millimeter handgun that was on the ground beside the body of Rhamdas. Assistant Commissioner of Police and Rural Eastern Division Commander […]
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On May tenth, two Bulgarian nationals were charged for an unusual theft – using fake credit cards to withdraw cash from Belize Bank ATMs. Jeorgi Petrov and Halid Aptula would have gotten away with it too, but on May seventh when they visited the Belize Bank ATM on Albert Street to make an illegal withdrawal, […]
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An expecting mother, five months into her pregnancy, was fined ten thousand dollars today after pleading guilty to drug trafficking. Twenty-three-year-old Nicole Flowers appeared before Magistrate Carlon Mendoza this morning, after being busted with sixteen pounds of marijuana in May of last year. The discovery was made by members of the Gang Suppression Unit during […]
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The People’s United Party was in court today challenging the Statutory Instrument informally dubbed the Sarstoon Law. It prohibits civilians from going into the river under the Public Safety Act, and was a last ditch legal maneuver by government when all dire warnings and pleas failed. It’s the law, but is it lawful? The P.U.P. […]
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The Sarstoon River is currently a study in confusion and controversy. Here’s why. We’ve always owned half of the southernmost waterway. Guatemala has a claim, but we own it. Things are different now. Guatemala appears to own it, while we have a claim. The river is monitored by GAF who insist that the B.D.F. must […]
The P.U.P. heads to the Sarstoon on Saturday, with its leadership scheduled to depart P.G. at ten for the Guatemalan controlled waterway. But with all that said, will the P.U.P. even see the Sarstoon River. As we told you Thursday night, there is unofficial indication from official sources that the members of the group won’t […]
Written on May 20, 2016 | Posted in
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Speaker of the House of Representatives Michael Peyrefitte, while attending the Eighteenth Extraordinary Meeting of FOPREL in Nicaragua, met with Mario Taracena Diaz-Sol. He is the Speaker of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala. That meeting resulted in the signing of an agreement between the member countries of FOPREL in the framework of strengthening […]
The Belize Council of Churches is weighing in on the Belize/Guatemala differendum and has issued a statement in support of a peaceful solution to the enduring territorial dispute. The position taken by the church is a bit overdue since other social partners, including the unions and the business community, have contributed to the ongoing public […]
Last weekend, Guatemalan Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian openly spoke out against the government of President Jimmy Morales for seeking to use the territorial claim as a smokescreen to divert attention away from issues that are plaguing Guatemala. It is a sentiment that is shared by others in that country. Nonetheless, the membership of the Belize […]
Written on May 20, 2016 | Posted in
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The church is somewhat late in joining this national conversation, but what is the impetus behind a need for it to weigh in on Belize and Guatemala? According to Bishop Phillip Wright, recent events within the Chiquibul Forest and along the Sarstoon River have prompted the council to formulate a position. That opinion also includes […]
The Asian community being an integral part of Belize’s social fabric, along with its involvement in the private sector, we asked a representative of the Belize Chinese Christian Mission to share the concerns of the community on the territorial dispute. Fred Hsu, Belize Chinese Christian Mission “The Asian community, we need more education on […]
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“Healthy Me, Healthy You, A Gateway to a Healthy Life” – that was the theme of a community health fair held today at the Gateway Youth Center on Daker’s Street in south side Belize City. The event provided a space for the community to learn more about health and to get free screening and testing […]
Written on May 20, 2016 | Posted in
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Very high level delegations from Belize and Guatemala will be meeting in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday to discuss the Sarstoon. That’s the venue slated for the talks surrounding what has become a key factor in the bi-lateral road ahead. Tensions in the Sarstoon are at an all-time high – actually to the point where even […]
Written on May 19, 2016 | Posted in
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The talks are critical for another more local, political reason. The unpopular and controversial SI passed by G.O.B. prohibiting civilians from entering the Sarstoon expires six days from Saturday. Prime Minister Barrow has indicated that he will not extend it. So the ideal scenario would be that on Saturday there is some ironclad agreement which […]
Written on May 19, 2016 | Posted in
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