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There was a single bill brought from the House of Representatives for passage through today’s meeting of the Senate, the first for 2018. The General Revenue Supplementary Appropriation 2016-2017 Bill proposes to formally appropriate some thirteen point nine million dollars already spent in 2016, apparently on relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Earl. Quite apart […]
Written on January 24, 2018 | Posted in
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Senator Courtenay requested that Financial Secretary Joseph Waight be called into the Committee of the whole Senate after debate on the second reading of the Bill, which he was. But before that the Government’s senators tried to insist that it was all much ado about nothing. Both Senator Stephen Duncan and later Godwin Hulse admitted […]
Written on January 24, 2018 | Posted in
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Wrapping up the debate, Senate leader of government business Godwin Hulse conceded that the bill was perhaps out of time, but he pointed out that there are other means of assessing the figures involved. And, he added, the value received on the ground was the most important factor of all. Godwin Hulse, Leader of […]
Written on January 24, 2018 | Posted in
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Six and a half years after the execution of Edward Lord, Junior on Mahogany Street, murder accused twenty-eight year old Nelson Henry was today found not guilty by Supreme Court Justice Adolph Lucas. Lord was shot in the early evening, still in daylight, not far from the Mahogany Street police substation. The main witness for […]
Written on January 24, 2018 | Posted in
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Three Mexican nationals are behind bars at the Hattieville prison for scamming the Atlantic Bank of more than a hundred thousand dollars. The three residents from Cancun, including a couple, were charged for the fraud of the ATMs in Corozal and Orange Walk Towns and police are yet to press further charges for additional theft […]
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An internal investigation continues into the shooting death of Mario Vernon Junior, which occurred in Punta Gorda on the night of January thirteenth. Vernon was shot by Police Constable Tevin Aranda in a most callous way and his body dragged several yards before it was dumped into the back of a police pickup and taken […]
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There is a back and forth tonight between the Protected Areas Conservation Trust and the Public Service Union over the fate of six PACT employees who are also members of the Union. PACT closed its offices last week as part of a “restructuring exercise” following years of review, and invited employees to accept new contracts […]
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The public hearings of the Senate Special Select Committee on Immigration concluded last December after thirteen months of witness testimony interspersed with lots of drama and theatre. Now, the hard work of compiling its results into a comprehensive report with recommendations to the Immigration Department and others begins. We got an idea of what to […]
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This morning at the Radisson in the city, a pair of strategies was formally introduced by the Forest Department for sustainable forest and forest fire management. The launch coincided with the presentation of SMART Technology, short for Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool. Funded by the Global Environmental Fund, both documents are geared towards promoting the […]
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The Building People Movement and Belize Women’s Political Movement held their first annual policy conference. The two organizations brought women leaders together from a number of schools and organizations to discuss how they can get women recognized for their contributions and included in the historical accounts on they have shaped Belize. Dorla Bowman says that […]
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Back in December, the Ministry of Works and M and M Engineering signed a contract for eleven million dollars to rehabilitate the Roaring Creek Bridge connecting the village to the capital, Belmopan, on the George Price Highway. It is part of a four-part series of rehabilitation works intended to cover the highway from Belmopan to […]
Written on January 24, 2018 | Posted in
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Residents of the north, particularly the villages of San Estevan, Chunox, Copper Bank and Progresso, can expect further delays as the ferries connecting the villages are still down for repair. The San Estevan Ferry which connects to cane fields in the villages of Caledonia, Buena Vista and surrounds has been down since December but according […]
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There is another murder to report in San Pedro tonight, where a well-known street figure was just shot and killed around five-thirty this evening. Paul Jex, an affiliate of the George Street Gang, was executed in front of the Coyote Ugly Bar located near the airstrip at the entrance of San Pedrito area where at […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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The first murder victim on the island is Alfredo Cowo and tonight, a San Pedro mechanic is spending his first night behind bars at the Central Prison for that murder. But the family of William Godoy isn’t convinced that he is the killer and believes Godoy was charged to cool down tensions simmering on the […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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The barbarity of a pair of machete murders in the village of San Jose, Toledo District, has sent shockwaves across the Maya community. This act of savagery, the mutilation of teenage siblings Cricencia and Josephine Oh, are uncommon in this part of the country, as the area is widely known to be quiet and calm. […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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In light of the tragic incident, alcaldes are being reminded to make certain that the highest level of attention is paid to complaints where women and children are being violated. There is also an appeal for anyone with information that can lead to an arrest, or the solving of this monstrous crime, to please come […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Residents of Unitedville in the Cayo District are calling on authorities to tend to an abandoned building containing a swarm of Africanized or “killer” bees which severely stung a senior citizen ten days ago. Sixty-two year old Omar Cruz was at work in his property when the swarm attacked without warning, leaving him severely injured […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Speaking out on the issue of human trafficking recently is Belize’s Ambassador to the U.S. and permanent representative to the O.A.S., Daniel Gutierrez. This comes after the U.S. recently added Belize, along with Haiti and Samoa, to a list of nations not allowed to obtain temporary work visas of the H-Two-A and H-Two-B non-immigrant status. […]
For those still wondering if the best is yet to come going into an election year, The Economist Intelligence Unit says not quite. Its quarterly economic forecast predicts a return to form, but less than expected. Its first-quarter report says Belize continues to cope with significant internal and external pressures socially, politically and economically. While […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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In an addendum to the Economist Intelligence Unit report on Belize, the organization discusses the rise in the rate of murder in several Caribbean countries, due to gang feuds related to the drug trade and extortion. The E.I.U. cites that a disproportionate number of victims are young, low-income males and that most Caribbean countries share […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Camera footage of a hit-and-run accident on Sunday evening, January twenty-first, is cause for concern for parents tonight. A ten-year-old boy was riding his bicycle across the intersection of Amara Avenue and Dean Street close to six in the evening when he was struck face on by an approaching vehicle and dragged for some distance. […]
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Corozal police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Monday morning on Seventh Avenue. Thirty-year-old Edgar Loria, a salesman of Ranchito Village, was on his way to make a deposit at the Belize Bank when he was pulled over by a vehicle that ordered him to stop. Upon parking the Nissan Frontier pickup on the […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Chunox village fisherman Jorge Casanova was caught red-handed with a variety of illegal produce in December in the vicinity of Tarpon Creek in the Turneffe Atolls. It will cost him big money, about three thousand dollars’ worth. The nineteen year old was found on December twenty-ninth with ninety-five undersized market cleaned partial conch, each under […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Twenty-four-year-old Shereffa Jex was read charges of aggravated burglary and two counts of unlawful imprisonment for a reported home invasion in the Buttercup section of Burrell Boom. She is accused of unlawfully entering the residence of Marisela Salvador along with others, carrying a knife, and removing a metal knife, a kitchen knife and two machetes, […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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Tonight we begin a series related to the upcoming March seventh municipal elections. We were on the campaign trail in San Pedro, where the U.D.P. Town Council has been in office for fifteen years and Mayor Daniel Guerrero is seeking a third consecutive term. If you know the island, politics is a passion and supporters […]
Written on January 23, 2018 | Posted in
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