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The first annual Tropical Agriculture Conference is being held at the National Agriculture and Trade Show Grounds in Belmopan. The event hosted by Regeneration International and Regeneration Belize commenced with an opening ceremony on Tuesday afternoon and aims to transform Belize into a leading producer of nutrient-rich agricultural products and a showcase for carbon sequestration […]
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The Hilltop headquarters of the Public Service Union in Belmopan was sold off a month ago unknown to them. The new owner is a Chinese businessman from the north who paid significantly less to the Belmopan City Council than what the property had been assessed for. The Union is fighting back tooth and nail to […]
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According to Mayor Belisle, were the P.S.U. to have honored the agreement, a significant portion of what is outstanding would have been cleared. The property, which was valued at no more than half a million dollars, was later sold for four hundred thousand. But, was City Hall too generous in discounting the cost for Xin […]
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Mayor Belisle did not confirm if the land was paid for in cash and neither could he provide details as to how Xin Ni was aware of that the land was for sale. It is known, however, that the sale of the headquarters took place one day after the new owner registered the company. The […]
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Atlantic International Bank Limited denies any wrongdoing. The bank was named in a civil complained lodge in the U.S. courts after the Federal Trade Commission shut down the multimillion-dollar ‘Sanctuary Belize’ real-estate scam. Atlantic International Bank Limited, which has a similar name to the local Atlantic Bank, but has no connection with that bank, posted […]
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He was charged with murder in 2009, but tonight, twenty-seven-year-old Emerson Eaghan is a free man. He walked free on Monday following a decision by Supreme Court Justice, Colin Williams. Crown Counsel Kileru Awich entered a nolle prosequi, signifying that the prosecution did not wish to continue with the murder trial against Eaghan who was […]
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The annual Battle of the Drums Competition, aside from Garifuna Settlement Day, is one of the most anticipated events on the November calendar. Every year, hundreds of spectators travel down to Punta Gorda to attend the cultural extravaganza and this Saturday is no different, except that the organizers would have had to pay the National […]
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Late this evening, Minister of Culture Patrick Faber intervened in the matter, giving verbal assurance to the secretariat that the fees being charged by the National Sports Council will be waived for the Battle of the Drums. Prior to that decision, Sports Director Ian Jones told News Five that the gate fee is how the […]
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A man was knocked down and killed on Monday evening in the Toledo District. Police say Francisco Sis, a resident of San Marcos Village, was crossing the southern highway between miles eighty-seven and eighty-eight sometime after six when he was hit by a pickup truck. The driver of the vehicle, Gregorio Choc of San Felipe […]
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Both John Saldivar and Patrick Faber want to assume leadership of the United Democratic Party when Prime Minister Dean Barrow vacates the post. Saldivar and Faber have been running a close political race, especially when it comes to the party’s conventions. This past Sunday, we saw Faber’s pick Orson “OJ” Elrington defeat Saldivar’s choice Doctor […]
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Known as one of the most deadly non-communicable diseases, diabetes can cause an array of life complications. One of those complications is diabetic retinopathy, or simply, blindness. Today, the Ministry of Health held an informational session in Belize City where participants learned how to prevent diabetic retinopathy. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo reports. Hipolito Novelo, […]
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For the past two years we’ve been reporting on a volunteer group called the Convention on the Rights of the Child Ambassadors. They represent an arm of the National Committee for Families and Children that go into the community to do outreach work on the convention. Those ambassadors, in collaboration with stakeholders, have developed a […]
Football, basketball and track and field are sports that are well known in Belize among athletes and aficionados. Now there is rugby, a discipline that is physically and mentally challenging and is developing a steady following across the country. Expat Tony Gillings began renewing interest in the game setting up teams in different municipalities. A […]
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The Belize national rugby team is currently preparing to face off against the national team from Guatemala on November twenty-fifth at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in Belize City. After several local competitions, the international match takes place and Rugby Belize is asking the public to come out and witness the revitalization of the sport. […]
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Thinking of a business idea, creating a business plan and transforming that plan into a real and viable business can be difficult to successfully accomplish. With the aim to create young entrepreneurs across the country, BETRAIDE kicked off its Entrepreneurship Road Show for its National Entrepreneurship Month. The aim is to create business owners rather […]
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The Belize City Council partnered with the Global Entrepreneurship Network to host a Women’s Empowerment and Leadership session to help build the capacity of female entrepreneurs. It is part of a bigger project by the City Council to work with local businesses to establish sustainable micro, small and medium-size enterprises. Councillor Javier Castellanos says that […]
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The Global Entrepreneurship Network works along with men, women and children and fosters entrepreneurial skills. The session also featured several successful career women such as Attorney Margaret McKenzie and Carpe Diem’s Crystal Samos. In her presentation, Samos notes that business is personal if an entrepreneur wants to be successful in providing goods and services. These […]
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Today, the Caribbean Court of Justice handed down a landmark decision that may have effects in countries who have subscribed to the C.C.J. The C.C.J. ruled that the law in Guyana, which makes it a criminal offence for a man or a woman to appear in a public place while dressed in clothing of the […]
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BERT received a much needed donation of six thousand dollars courtesy of Smart at its offices off Coney Drive today. But the donation was not for ambulatory services or to purchase a medical van for the institution. It was rather to fund an education campaign that’s being done by the non-profit organization to teach students […]
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The Public Service Union is confirming that its headquarters and land in Belmopan have been secretly sold off on the cheap and the union is not taking it quietly. The PSU called a press conference today to reveal the details of the sale which they claim was carried out by the Belmopan City Council. The […]
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The Belize National Teachers Union, five days after marching on Belmopan in protest of the Ministry of Education, has met with Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber and cooler heads seem to be prevailing. This afternoon in Belize City, the executive of B.N.T.U. sat down with the Minister of Education to discuss a range of matters […]
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Will protesting teachers be docked a day’s pay for last Wednesday’s demonstration? Senator Elena Smith told the media that it is their hope that the respective managements will not deduct teachers’ salaries. Reporter “Was there any discussion brought up regarding the recent protest, whether or not they would instruct managers to dock pay from […]
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Interestingly, the Minister of Education blamed the media for, (Quote) “stirring the mud between the union and government.” (Unquote) Faber also says that the meeting was amicable and cordial. Both parties, he says, are concentrating on the way forward. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “The meetings today were just to decide on how we […]
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On November eighth, the Federal Trade Commission revealed that a multimillion-dollar real estate scam had been operating in Belize for fifteen years. The scam was swiftly shutdown by the F.T.C., but not before the scammers made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars from multiple victims of the U.S. The scam was operated by twice […]
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The case brought against Sittee River Wildlife Reserve by Colleen Strom over the Sanctuary Bay scam was not the first and might certainly not be the last. Previous to Strom’s case, Attorney Estevan Perera represented another victim of the scam. That individual is U.S. citizen Steven Liss, who like Strom, paid thousands of dollars to […]
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