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Coc continued that in Dolores, Guatemalan farmers had first put markers and then replaced them with posts even as trespassing and incursions continued in the San Benito Poite and San Vicente. Minister John Saldivar sought to assure the communities that security and sovereignty was of high importance. John Saldivar, Minister of National Security “We […]
Written on June 21, 2018 | Posted in
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The University of Belize handed out five bursaries today through its Endowment Fund Bursary. The fund was officially launched today. President Clement Sankat announced that its first fundraising effort held last year with the support of corporate sponsors, will provide bursaries for five UB students. The first of its kind initiative is to help the […]
Written on June 21, 2018 | Posted in
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The Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute is celebrating its twentieth anniversary of promoting the sustainable use and management of Belize’s coastal zone. To mark the occasion, the organization has partnered with OCEANA Belize and the World Wildlife Fund and has released a commemorative phone case. Chief Executive Officer Chantalle Samuels says the transition from […]
Written on June 21, 2018 | Posted in
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An official ceremony to deliver the Youth Leadership Resource Manual to the Ministry of Education was held today in Belize City. The instruction booklet has been successfully implemented in eleven high schools across the country and has been sanctioned by the Secondary Schools Support Unit. It will also serve as a resource tool for the […]
Written on June 21, 2018 | Posted in
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The state of Israel is celebrating seventy years and to mark that occasion, Alon Levi, their Deputy Chief of Staff, at their embassy in Mexico will be in Belize. Part of the visit includes the opening of a course involving the Police Department. Like many other countries, Belize has diplomatic relations with Israel and has […]
Are you getting enough sleep? If you manage to get anywhere between seven to nine hours a night then you’re doing great. If it is less than that, then, you may want to listen up. Tonight on Healthy Living we explore the effects of sleep deprivation on your health. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Using the […]
Written on June 21, 2018 | Posted in
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This morning before the Court of Appeal, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay concluded submissions in an appeal challenging a decision handed down by Justice Michelle Arana, in respect of government’s compulsory acquisition of IMMARBE and the International Business Companies Registry in 2013. Both entities fell under the proprietorship of Belize International Services Limited prior to their […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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While he would not disclose the figure that BISL is seeking in damages, Courtenay says that the arguments before the appellate jurisdiction are quite technical and that the case can go either way. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for BISL “It was a significant amount.” Reporter “Several millions?” Eamon Courtenay “Yeah, in the tens […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Notwithstanding the case put forward by BISL, government maintains that the company was in contravention of Section 114 of the constitution which speaks to public monies being deposited into the Consolidated Revenue Fund. On adjournment, Solicitor General Nigel Hawke explained G.O.B.’s position. Nigel Hawke, Solicitor General “Our position fundamentally is that there’s not been, […]
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The spate of armed robberies of late has not been limited to Belize City. This morning at eight o‘clock, a lone gunman entered a local branch of the Insurance Corporation of Belize in San Pedro and held up the cashier at the start of business. Shortly thereafter, police responded to the robbery at the corners […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Accused rum thief Robert Flores is lucky to have escaped criminal charges after being caught red-handed stealing a bottle of Hennessey from DK Supermarket on Tuesday afternoon. Footage of the manhunt, as well as Flores’ subsequent capture by employees and the police, aired exclusively on News Five, has gone viral. But he will not be […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Thirty-seven-year-old Dwayne Davis, who pleaded guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter, six years after he was charged with the murder of Doctor Ivan Garcia, learnt his fate today. After hearing mitigation pleas on his behalf last week, Justice Adolph Lucas today handed down a sentence of fourteen years. Considering the time he has spent […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Justice Adolf Lucas also handed down a ruling in the case of twenty-nine-year-old Jermaine Moody. In the trial of judge without jury, Moody was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter in the death of thirty-one-year-old Moses Coc. Coc died from a blow to his head on September thirteenth, 2014 on Angel Coral […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Today, the U.S. Embassy raised the rainbow flag in Belmopan in commemoration of gay Pride Month in the U.S., but also to put the spotlight on Belize’s L.G.B.T.I. community. While locally, the L.G.B.T.I. persons observe Pride Week in August, the U.S. Embassy invited members of the community to share in the celebration and to echo […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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The United Belize Advocacy Movement and the Coalition of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, Transsexuals, Travestis and Intersex of Latin America and the Caribbean are celebrating the adoption of the General Resolution on Human Rights. The resolution includes a focus on “human rights and prevention of discrimination and violence against LGBTI persons,” by the Organization of American States, […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Freedom for twenty-nine-year-old Cordel Flores was short lived after his recent release from jail on a bail from the Supreme Court. Flores was back in court today, this time before Magistrate Khadeem Palmer, and charged with two counts of drug trafficking for a total of eleven point five kilograms of cannabis, which is over twenty-five […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Twenty-four-year-old Sheree Gillett appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford for a charge of burglary. The tour guide is also facing charges of common assault and damage to property, but she pleaded not guilty to all the charges and met bail of five thousand dollars. Gillett is before the courts for an incident on the night of […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Chargé d’ Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Belmopan, Adrienne Galanek, leaves Belize in mid-July. Galanek first came to Belize back in 2015 as the Deputy Chief of Mission and after the departure of Ambassador Carlos Moreno at the end of the Obama Administration, she took over as the Chargé d’ Affaires in January of […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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In 2011 after its re-nationalization, Belize Telemedia withdrew all advertising from us here at Great Belize Productions, Channel Five. It took years for the government owned company to resume advertising in our award winning newscasts and other local programming. The advertising ban came after a censorship imposed by the government. Our reporters could not get […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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A twenty-two-million-dollar project to expand and enhance production at the sugar mill at Tower Hill, Orange Walk is proceeding ahead of its schedule. The huge project was launched last year, but today the American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industries Limited invited the media to show that the expansion was well ahead. When completed, it is expected […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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According to Vice President of Industrial Relations at ASR/B.S.I., Mac MacLachlan, there are six different types of direct consumption sugars currently produced at the mills in Orange Walk. Now, while there is a reduction in sugar consumption in the European Union, there is an increased demand for direct consumption sugars that are not the refined […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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Sea to Shore Alliance Programme Coordinator, Jamal Galvez visited out studios on Tuesday, but it wasn’t to report on the case of another dead manatee along the Belize City coast; he brought good news. The organization applied and was awarded a grant of over twenty six thousand Belize dollars from the Zoological Society of London. […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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A workshop was held today at the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute focusing on the susceptibility of certain marine species, including the spiny lobster and conch, to the acidification of the sea. It’s a highly scientific undertaking; one, which Principal Ecologist Doctor Silvana Birchenaugh explained to the media. Dr. Silvana Birchenaugh, Principal Ecologist, […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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The National Institute of Culture and History through the Museum of Belize, in cooperation with the Science Museum of Minnesota is hosting a three-day workshop that concluded today. The training workshop called “Collections Management and Disaster Preparedness and Recovery,” taught collectors and custodians about the basics of collections management, as well as to equip them […]
Written on June 20, 2018 | Posted in
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The family of a San Narciso businessman is with bated breath tonight following his kidnapping on Sunday. Omero Campos left his family and home in the village heading to his farm but has not been heard from. But his family received a call from his purported kidnappers who gave them until midday to come up […]
Written on June 19, 2018 | Posted in
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