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American businessman Chad Eckert has responded to a recent claim made against him by former partner Gustavo Cardenas. The cotton farmer alleges that he has been frozen out of his own agriculture venture; following a falling out with Eckert over twelve thousand pounds of West Indian Sea Island Cotton that was harvested in 2016. In […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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As the budget debate took place inside the National Assembly, across Independence Hill at the civic centre, teachers were also having their say. Their call was for an end to the violence against women and children. Among the thick crowd of educators, were victims and families of persons living with the pain of abuse. Powerful […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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At the start of his presentation on the Budget, Minister of Education Patrick Faber issued a response to the teachers. While Faber has had his issues with the union in the past and recently accused their leadership of having lost their way, today he offered somewhat of an olive branch, suggesting that the union could […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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Today’s Budget Debate was especially spicy as the main speakers went head to head. Belmopan’s John Saldivar answered Leader of the Opposition John Briceño and was in turn answered by Cordel Hyde, who was then answered by Patrick Faber. It got especially heated during Faber’s presentation as he went after Hyde on past scandals in […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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The once and current Minister of National Security, John Saldivar, reviewed the performance of his Ministry of Defense before the merger announced earlier this week and also spent some time on what his Police portfolio will be doing to address the burgeoning crime situation. In addition to the new legislation that will be debated in […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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The Deputy P.M.’s spiel was not only expelled on the P.U.P. Even a former colleague, who just also happens to have been a former area representative from Lake Independence, got his name called. Mark King has expressed interest in running to succeed Anthony “Boots” Martinez in the Port Loyola division, but Faber rubbished that idea […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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A fifty-eight-year-old woman from Las Flores, Belmopan, was killed in a road traffic accident on Wednesday night on the Stann Creek Valley Road. Police say that just before eight-thirty, they were called out to miles eleven and twelve where they saw a van with extensive damage to the front and a motionless woman with massive […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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Investigators are probing yet another murder in Roaring Creek Village where the decomposing body of Alvin Montero surfaced in the nearby river on Tuesday morning. The corpse was fished out of the waterway after residents alerted police that they had discovered what appeared to be human remains floating downstream. It was later found that the […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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The predawn shooting that saw twenty-six-year-old street figure Kendis Flowers being cut down on Mahogany Street, is a step closer to being solved. That is if police are able to track down a suspect whom they believe is involved in the murder of the Ghost Town underboss. Notwithstanding the questionable circumstances surrounding Flowers’ death, C.I.B. […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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Minister of John Saldivar, took to social media on Tuesday and launched an attack on B.N.T.U. National President, Elena Smith following her comments against his appointment as Minister of National Security. Saldivar posted that Senator Smith is using her position to bully pulpit for her self-serving agenda. He also warned to be “careful of your […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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Saldivar’s Facebook post is seen as a form of cyber bullying, for which there are no laws to protect victims. Of equal concern is that Saldivar appears to be using the power of his office as minister of the security forces to threaten the senator. Attorney-at-law and former parliamentarian Lisa Shoman, in her address at […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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Since the beginning of the week, stakeholders in the insurance sector have been meeting at the Biltmore to participate in a series of workshops on a range of issues, including anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. Today, compliance officers received specialized training in detecting new trends such as trade-based money laundering and human […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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Two weeks after the municipal elections and the new and returning municipal government leaders are getting a two-day crash course in governance. Following every municipal election, the Ministry of Local Government holds orientation training for all elected officials. The forum is also used to facilitate an exchange of information and networking with agencies that can […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on March twenty-fourth. The disease, while preventable and curable, is still a major concern in developing countries, as it is associated with high mortality rates in HIV positive persons. In Belize, one hundred and seventeen new cases were diagnosed last year. According to the Ministry of Health, of the new cases diagnosed, twenty-eight […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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Today is World Water Day, and it’s good time to think about our abundance of access to water – especially clean safe drinking water. Tonight in Healthy Living, we find out more about the work that goes into ensuring that we have safe water throughout our country. Marleni Cuellar “Over half the households in […]
Written on March 22, 2018 | Posted in
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The ink had not dried on a contract with businessman Chad Eckert for the management of the Civic Center when a small cotton farmer from the Orange Walk District reveals the details of a lawsuit against Eckert. According to Gustavo Cardenas, a producer of a high grade cotton, from very early in a venture, he […]
Written on March 21, 2018 | Posted in
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Ahead of Thursday’s Budget Debate in Belmopan, the government has put aside, for now, one of its revenue-collecting measures targeted to affect the agriculture industry. During his budget presentation on March ninth, Prime Minister Dean Barrow proposed to attach General Sales Tax at twelve and a half percent to agricultural services such as land preparation, […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice this morning issued judgment on the first part of a three-part application and counter-application by the Government of Belize and the Belize Bank Limited. The Bank is seeking that the Court enforce its judgment of November, 2017, in its favor for re-payment of a thirty-six million dollar loan initially granted […]
Written on March 21, 2018 | Posted in
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But what happens to the rest of the case? That is still being deliberated by the C.C.J. panel. A large part of it has to do with how Government reacts during Thursday and Friday’s Budget Debate and afterward – but at the moment, according to Bank attorney Eamon Courtenay, no one, including himself, knows what […]
Written on March 21, 2018 | Posted in
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It hasn’t got much notice in Belize, but the U.S. District Court based in Washington, D.C., a week ago on Monday a U.S. district court judge ordered that the Bank can seize property owned by the government of Belize “in the jurisdictions where such attachment or execution is appropriate.” Will it do so, and where? Neither […]
Written on March 21, 2018 | Posted in
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Late this evening, police confirmed that a shooting victim has succumbed to injuries. Two and a half weeks ago, on March third, Kearny Thompson was shot on Vernon Street in Belize City. Just before seven o’clock he was hit to the lower right side of the back and abdomen by a gunman who emerged from […]
Written on March 21, 2018 | Posted in
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Tonight, a Mexican news outlet is providing details of a wet drop purportedly from a suspected drug plane that crash landed in Cuatro Leguas, outside of Blue Creek, Orange Walk last Tuesday. According to the reports, while military and police authorities deployed a large security operation in the Río Hondo, a group of six boats […]
Written on March 21, 2018 | Posted in
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The case of attorney Sharon Pitts with the government over improper compensation for a land purchase is headed to mediation. Pitts and Hilmar Alamilla paid small sums for adjoining properties totaling just over an acre of land near the Haulover Bridge, at mile five between the Caribbean Sea and the Philip Goldson Highway; Alamilla’s portion […]
Written on March 21, 2018 | Posted in
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The first of its kind election petition challenging the results of March seventh’s elections in San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye, is on its way to the courts to be filed, once all candidates from the People’s United Party’s slate have signed and the relevant parties served. The petition questions what P.U.P. leader John Briceño on […]
Written on March 21, 2018 | Posted in
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Also in the court, when the Catholic Church exited the Court of Appeal case last month concerning the momentous decision on amending the Criminal Code to decriminalize private relations between persons of the same sex, it was felt the end might be near. According to case claimant Caleb Orozco, Government was getting pressure to drop […]
Written on March 21, 2018 | Posted in
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