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The People’s United Party met earlier today with the executive of the Belize National Teacher’s Union. Many of the Union’s members who went on an eleven-day strike that led to concessions from Government on key national issues as well as interest on their delayed salary adjustment, now face deductions in salary ordered by the Ministry […]
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington appears to have thrown his hands up in the air in relation to getting a Sarstoon Protocol, admitting that he has been unable to reach his Guatemalan counterpart, Carlos Raul Morales. Under the presidency of Jimmy Morales – who is no relation – the Guatemalan Foreign Minister has been […]
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A report of the latest military encounter on the Sarstoon River, involving village leaders, as well as a team of and park rangers attached to SATIIM, has been filed with the Belize Defense Force. This encounter comes several weeks after B.D.F. personnel came into contact with members of the Guatemalan Armed Forces as they traversed […]
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Since losing its co-management agreement in July 2013, SATIIM has been virtually on its own as far as monitoring illegal activities within the expansive broadleaf, wetland and mangrove forest. The fact that the organization is operating without official sanction leaves its rangers vulnerable to encounters with GAF soldiers. Tzalam, who took over from former Executive […]
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The process of officially selecting a thirteenth senator is finally underway, eight years after being introduced as a manifesto promise by the United Democratic Party. Twenty-two non-government organizations considered to be in good standing are spearheading the course of action which will include the nomination of candidates. Following a meeting of N.G.O. representatives last Wednesday […]
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Critics of the appointment of a thirteenth senator, including Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, have dismissed the addition of one more parliamentarian as merely another stumbling block in government’s move to achieve its mandate. Salas maintains that the role of the thirteenth senator is to advocate for sustainable human development, regardless of criticism. Osmany Salas, […]
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Two notorious figures of the Ghost Town area also known as “Mayflower Street” walked from the charge of attempted murder after the woman they allegedly attempted to murder in a shooting in 2014, discontinued the case against them. In October of 2014, Roger Anthony, along with Kendis Flowers, was charged for the attempted murder of Shelly […]
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The Northern Caucus of the People’s United Party has called for the resignation of Gaspar Vega. The Orange Walk North area representative and former Deputy Prime Minister resigned from cabinet after the news of a million-dollar compensation for land at the Haulover Creek was paid to his son, Andre, and attorney Sharon Pitts. Vega told […]
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Last week, Minister of Human Development Anthony “Boots” Martinez denied conflict of interest in the decision by the Department of Social Services, which used to be on Regent Street, to relocate to a well-known bright yellow building near the hand roundabout at the entrance to the George Price Highway which he claims is owned by […]
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Donald Trump is set to take office in January as the forty-fifth President of the United States of America. He surprised the world with an unexpectedly comprehensive victory over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, one week ago tonight. The billionaire businessman from New York City won with an appeal to white and lower-to-middle class voters seeking […]
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Geospatial information systems may be introduced in the classrooms through the curriculum starting from primary schools. On Tuesday, primary school teachers participated in a workshop where they were introduced to GIS and the best ways to use it to make teaching and learning more engaging. On the second day of the workshop, secondary and tertiary […]
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The Belize Medical and Dental Association is hosting its thirty-fifth annual congress this week. The three-day event kicked off with a conference today sponsored by the Ministry of Health through its maternal and child health program. The annual event brings today nurses, doctors, dentists and other medical partners to discuss health in Belize. This year’s […]
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Courts has embarked on an initiative to empower primarily single mothers and women who have retired and are seeking a means to earn an income. Using their Brother Sewing product, the participants were taught how to use the machines to make bedspreads and got a chance to win various prizes courtesy of Courts. The competition […]
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The murder of Victoria Castillo, the sixty-three year old churchgoing Christian mother and grandmother, who was nearly decapitated by attackers who wanted her money—about three thousand dollars in cash—for their own purposes, has put a damper on the run-up to Garifuna Settlement Day festivities in Dangriga. But on Monday, the regional commander of the Southern […]
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Yochi, Manna and Soca Mode are some of the productions that made it to the top in this year’s Belize International Film Festival. These local productions competed against thirty others in seven categories including best documentary, best film and best Belizean music video. The panel of judges was swayed by the high standards of the […]
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As many as four Belizeans died violently in a sweeping crime wave while four others were shot and injured over the weekend. Belize City was hardest hit by a double murder in which the life of a young boy was snuffed in a drive-by shooting on Daly Street. The seven-year-old school boy, Tyler Savery, died […]
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According to Savery’s mother, a celebration of his life will be held on Wednesday. In an extended interview with the media, Shakera Young is appealing to the community to stand up in solidarity and bring an end to the violence. Shakera Young, Mother of Tyler Savery “What I am appealing to you mothers out […]
Hours later on Friday, a Belize City man was murdered around midnight. Forty-one-year-old Andrew Williams was driving a taxi on Mahogany Street when a man fired several shots at his vehicle. Williams was hit multiple times; he lost control of the car and crashed into a zing fence and perished. By today, twenty-eight year Kareem […]
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The Stann Creek District has not seen a murder for months, so news of the weekend’s gruesome murder has rocked the community. The victim and the apparent reason for her sudden and shocking end have residents reeling. A sixty-three year old housewife, fruit and food vendor and devout Christian was viciously attacked in her home, […]
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Another Belizean lost his life, but across the western border. The body of Wilber Gabriel Sanchez from the Belize side of Arenal was found by minors on Sunday at a farm in the area of Melchor de Mencos. Sanchez had wounds to his head believed to have been caused with the use of a firearm. […]
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Prime Minister Barrow, accompanied by Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and Economic Ambassador Mark Espat, returned from a working visit to New York on Saturday, following a series of meetings with G.O.B.’s legal and financial advisors in the United States. The three-man team met with Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated and Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton seeking […]
Ambassador Mark Espat, who will meet with bondholders directly, outlines three possible outcomes. While it is too early to determine any figures and dollar amounts, Espat says that the formation of a creditor committee is pending. Mark Espat, Economic Ambassador “I think there are only three possibilities in that regard. There is the coupon […]
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The government said last week that the economy is in dire straits and is severely underperforming. With the proposed restructuring of the existing debt, there is anticipation that a tax increase may be on the table in 2017 budget. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “We’re both in this and stuck with the arrangement which sees […]
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Meanwhile Standards and Poors is expected to downgrade Belize in its credit rating from a ‘B’ to a C.C.C. plus. The downgrade is due to government’s inability to meet financing requirements which are impaired by fiscal and external funding, reduced foreign exchange reserves and loss of correspondent banking relationships. S and P also projects government […]
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