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Deputy Party Leader Cordel Hyde also took the opportunity during the debate on the no-confidence motion to chide the south side area representatives of Belize City for the conditions being faced by their constituents. In his usual layman presentation, Hyde expressed disappoint in the government of the day, which, in his opinion, has had twelve […]
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At midnight, the pump prices for regular gasoline will go up by fifty cents per gallon, which means that it will now sell at ten dollars and twenty-three cents per gallon. The price for premium gasoline will remain at ten dollars and forty cents, kerosene at six dollars and sixty-two cents and diesel at nine […]
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Today, police escorted Alden Lara before Magistrate Kadeem Palmer to face a charge of murder. Lara is accused of Tuesday evening’s shooting that claimed the life of Michael Barrera. The social worker had just placed an order for food at a takeout outlet on Central American Boulevard near its junction with Iguana Street. Police said that the […]
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Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin today adjourned the redistricting case until next Friday to allow Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck, on behalf of Interested Party in the case, Lord Michael Ashcroft, to present affidavits as it relates to the expert witnesses who they are seeking the court to consider to give testimony. Marshalleck explained, with apology, that […]
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When he appeared last on the media, Chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission, Doug Singh explained that it would be too time-consuming to conduct a redistricting exercise before the General Elections; and that it was the same people who are now trying to get the government to carry out the exercise that demanded that […]
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Supreme Court Justice Francis Cumberbatch today granted bail to twenty-eight year-old Edgar Orellana. Orellana is charged with sexual assault upon a minor. The incident allegedly happened in the month of October 2019 in Belize City. Orellana was granted bail of five thousand dollars on the conditions that he must not interfere with the victim and […]
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A Belize City man was taken before Magistrate Aretha Ford this afternoon to face a charge of Aggravated Assault upon his mother, after he allegedly raised a pickaxe with which to hit her. The prosecution alleges that on March fifth, 2020, Mauricio Lemus went home on Banak Street and asked his mother Maria Enriquez for […]
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Sixty teams registered and competed in the first leg of the Belikin La Ruta Maya River Challenge. At seven a.m. sharp, the canoes paddled down the winding Macal River for fifty miles to end at Banana Bank. With that, day-one of the four-day race was completed and Team Core out of San Ignacio captured the […]
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Residents from the community of Santa Cruz in Stann Creek District journeyed to Belmopan on Thursday morning where they picketed government over a land dispute in their village. At the heart of the argument is the approval of a lease granted to Belize Wind Energy Limited by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The lease which […]
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A four-year project to spur greater benefits from the ocean was launched in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility and the Food and Agricultural Organization. The initiative is called the Blue Economy and involves six countries from the Caribbean. More than forty-six million U.S. dollars are being invested to maximise the marine economy. Here is […]
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The worldwide death toll of COVID-19 continues on the rise and health officials at the K.H.M.H. have a plan of action to be activated immediately when a case is confirmed including isolation areas. The K.H.M.H.A. Workers Union, however, is saying that the hospital’s plan is not thought out well. A press release from the union […]
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The Ministry of Health, along with UNICEF, Ministry of Education, SIF, Belize Red Cross and other partners, has held a national consultation for the Wash And Sanitation Hygiene initiative, for Belize. The partners pledged to continue to work together as they reviewed the initiative’s standard operating procedures. Chair of the WASH Multisectoral Body, Kathleen Azueta-Cho, […]
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UNICEF has been championing the WASH initiative, as clean water, basic toilets and good hygiene practices are needed for survival and development of children. The WASH team works in over one hundred countries worldwide to improve water and sanitation services, as well as basic hygiene practices. Denise Robateau of UNICEF shares more about their role. […]
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As part of the Second Road Safety Project, the “Building Capacity in Drivers through the Defensive Driving Training” course ended today in Belize City. Led by Dennis Molina of the Belize Institute of Management, the goal of the course was to improve road user behaviour. Participants learned the discipline of defensive driving and vehicle maintenance […]
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More than five hundred teachers from eleven Catholic high schools countrywide today gathered at the Saint Catherine Auditorium for a Catholic Educators Conference. The conference is the culmination of Catholic week where educators come together to share ideas, concerns, and solutions that teachers face on a daily basis. This year, the teachers were grasped by […]
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Today, the national primary school basketball championship 2020 was held at the Mexico Sports Center in Belize City. Six schools, one from Corozal, one from Orange Walk, two from Stann Creek, one from Belize District and one from Toledo, competed for medals, trophies and an opportunity to represent Belize at the next CODICADER Games. This […]
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The House was convened this morning for the budget presentation for the new fiscal year that starts on April first, 2020. It was the Prime Minister’s final budget presentation, but it took backstage as the House went into rancorous debate on two other matters. First some house-keeping…the line-up has changed dramatically on the government side. […]
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A motion for a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Dean Barrow and his government prompted a rowdy start to this morning’s Special Sitting of the House of Representatives. The contentious debate on the Opposition’s motion came in the afternoon, but the drama began playing out as the first order of business today. The motion […]
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Today’s sitting was set aside to present the budget for the new financial year 2020. And, as the Prime Minister would say, it was his swan song as Minister of Finance so he did not want to be robbed of the moment. The motion was placed as the last item on today agenda’s to give […]
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The Opposition was quick and nimble on its feet today. Leader of the Opposition, John Briceño pointed out that because of the recent leadership election in the U.D.P., Prime Minister Barrow ought not to be sitting as Prime Minister. Briceño’s suggestion brought PM Barrow to his feet, telling Briceño to take a “simple” pill. The […]
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Amid the back and forth over whether the no-confidence motion should have been debated prior to the presentation of the 2020 Budget, the Opposition decided that it would walk out of the House of Representatives. They did so collectively shortly after Prime Minister Barrow, Minister of Finance, rose to introduce the upcoming budget for the […]
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We caught up with Opposition Leader John Briceño outside of the Assembly Building following the walkout. While he remained steadfast that the motion of no-confidence should have been debated as agenda item number one, Briceño reiterated that PM Barrow should no longer be leader of government, since the results of a recent U.D.P. convention determined […]
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The issue of the one point five billion dollars in government expenditure that has been deemed to be illegal by the Supreme Court is also a sticking point for the People’s United Party. John Briceño also commented on the surprise appearance of Orange Walk North Area Representative Gaspar Vega, who has been absent from House […]
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We take a break from the House and head to Corozal Town where the third military funeral took place for this week. Hundreds of students and residents lined the streets as the Belize Defence Force carried the fallen officer to his final resting place. Major Adran Ramirez, the commander of the B.D.F. Air Wing, was […]
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Of the three bills that were introduced in the House today, the Government Contracts (Validation) Bill 2020 was the most controversial. The Barrow administration sought and successfully tabled the first reading of a proposed legislation to make legal or authorize the omission by the Minister of Finance to lay government contracts on the table of […]
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