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In the absence of a valid license, both teachers were asked to refrain from administering lessons. Also in question is the proprietorship of the building that houses the preschool. According to the Collet area representative, until that issue is resolved the students will be relocated to nearby Zoe Ministries. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education […]
Written on November 28, 2019 | Posted in
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Education Minister Patrick Faber also weighed in on the situation at Julian Cho Technical High School in Toledo where the secondary institution has remained without a principal since November nineteenth. As it stands there is a deadlock between two candidates who have applied for the vacancy. Here’s his take on the stalled situation. Patrick […]
Written on November 28, 2019 | Posted in
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As for political and racial undertones, DPM Faber says he is staying far away from the situation, aside from the acknowledging that the institution primarily serves the Maya population in the south. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “Even though these are schools owned by the government. The government is the proprietor, the government and […]
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A grant initiative valued at two hundred thousand dollars was launched on Wednesday. The Belize Seaweed Mariculture Project is a joint initiative between the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, The Nature Conservancy Belize, TNC, and Compete Caribbean. The project aims to develop the seaweed farming industry by tackling current challenges. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo reports. […]
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Back in August we reported about the alert in the banana industry in the south. The Belize Agricultural Health Authority had announced the detection of suspected Fusarium Wilt of bananas in Colombia. It’s a devastating disease that affects bananas and plantains and can potentially wipe out the industry. If infected, banana plants die and the […]
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Another measure that BAHA has taken is to prohibit the importation of plantains. According to Garcia, this is a critical part of making sure that the disease doesn’t get into the country. Margarito Garcia, Technical Director (Quarantine), BAHA “Right now, in respect to prevention of TR4 which is the Fusarium Oxysporum, there is complete […]
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So, as you heard just now, BAHA is testing their readiness in the event the disease is detected at the border points or on a farm in the country. Moving from the border points to the fields, the team travelled to Georgetown Village to carry out an exercise to test out their bio-security measures in […]
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A group of thirty-six educators has embarked upon a master’s program in special education. Through the University of the West Indies, the Government of Belize is covering roughly sixty percent of the cost of tuition for the enrolled teachers. This morning at a ceremony at the Radisson, Minister of Education Patrick Faber was on hand […]
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On Tuesday, Abbie Godoy was named as the recipient of the prestigious 2020 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship. The twenty-year-old Belizean activist will pursue her graduate studies at the University of Oxford in Developmental Economics. Annually, the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee looks for young women and men of outstanding intellect, character, leadership, and commitment to service […]
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A workshop was conducted today with senior public sector officials, municipalities, as well as private sector entities to discuss the implementation of the E-government policy. In 2015, government endorsed the National E-government Policy in an effort to leverage the power of information and communications technology as a driver of economic and social development. Mike Singh […]
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A celebration of a son being recruited into the Belize Coast Guard has ended in tragedy for one Belmopan family and several others are mourning the loss of their loved ones, following a massive road traffic accident this afternoon along the George Price Highway which claimed multiple lives. The collision of a sports utility vehicle […]
Written on November 27, 2019 | Posted in
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A construction worker of Ordonez Street is tonight in a critical condition at the K.H.M.H. after an attempt was made on his life overnight. Richard O’Neil was reportedly kidnapped from Belize City and taken to an area along the Boom/Hattieville Road where he was shot multiple times. But he survived the attack and managed to […]
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There were several burglaries reported in the Belama area over the past twenty-four hours, but on Tuesday afternoon around 1:15, an elderly woman was assaulted during a home invasion on Samuel Haynes Street in the Belama Phase One area of Belize City. Sandhill villager Alma Rodriguez told police that around midday, while babysitting a two-year-old, […]
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The search for three Belize City youths who set out to sea last Friday has since become a recovery operation as personnel from the Belize Coast Guard are now focused on finding the bodies of Sheldon Gibson, Elijah Usher Jr. and fourteen-year-old Kevin Roches. The trio left en route to Mapp Caye on November twenty-second […]
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Turning to the courts…Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser committed Salvadoran national Efrain Martinez to stand trial for the January 2019 murder of Guatemalan national Elmer Salazar. The fifty-four-year-old former employee of Belize Marine and Mooring Services will appear in the January 2020 session of the Supreme Court. After a preliminary inquiry, Chief Magistrate Fraser determined that […]
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Glenford Diego is spending his first night on remand at the Belize Central Prison after he appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford for a robbery charge. He is accused of robbing Dollar Grocery Store on Water Lane in Belize City. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded to the Kolbe Foundation until […]
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This morning at the Coast Guard Headquarters in Belize City, eighty-seven new recruits were officially welcomed into the maritime law enforcement agency. While these men and women were formally inducted into the organization, they will be led by a new officer in charge. This morning at the passing out ceremony, Captain Elton Bennett was recognized […]
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The largest intake of coast guard recruits to date passed out this morning and will be deployed to active duty forthwith. It is part of an organizational strategy to grow the numbers of the Belize Coast Guard. Notwithstanding the addition of more men and women to the ranks of the agency, there is a need […]
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The Statistical Institute of Belize says that the Gross Domestic Product for the last quarter grew by one point eight percent. Some of the factors that affected production levels for goods and services included climate conditions and world market prices, as well as consumer demand. If you felt that some vegetables were more expensive than […]
Written on November 27, 2019 | Posted in
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Belize’s population as of September of this year is four hundred and ten thousand, six hundred and ninety-five persons. Of that number, two hundred and seventy-one thousand, six hundred and fifty-one persons are of working age and the remaining persons are under fourteen years old. About seventy percent of the population represents persons of the […]
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According to the S.I.B., while the labor force grew at a faster rate than which jobs were being created, there was an increase of women in the labour force. Benavides explains that this is a record growth in recent years. Wendy Benavides, Statistician II, S.I.B. “The number of females in the labour force has […]
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Officials from the Ministry of Education convened a meeting this afternoon at the Gateway Youth Centre in Belize City. Present were the parents of some thirty-plus students from the Pine Street Community Preschool. Last Friday, the proprietors of the school closed down the facilities after the ministry put in place a new principal and teaching […]
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The Belize Seaweed Mariculture Project was launched today in Placencia. The project is a joint venture between the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, BELTRAIDE, and the Nature Conservancy Belize, TNC, with financial support from Compete Caribbean, through the Inter-American Development Bank. The project aims to support increased fisheries productivity for traditional fisher-folks in Belize, […]
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Earlier this week, the Women’s Department in collaboration with its partner agencies launched the 2019 Sixteen Days of Activism to highlight the issue of gender-based violence. A number of activities will be held during that time. But today at the Leo Bradley Library in Belize City, Belizean American author Tricia Logan launched her book, Love […]
Written on November 27, 2019 | Posted in
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The execution style murder of prominent businessman Zheng Liu continues to rock the Chinese community and the thousands who knew and liked one of the owners of the Eighty Eight Group of Companies on Central American Boulevard. Liu was called by cell phone on Friday night by an associate; he left the store and headed […]
Written on November 26, 2019 | Posted in
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