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A closer look at the labour force figures by sex show that males stood at sixty percent. When analyzed by areas, eighty-two thousand are in urban centers while eighty-six thousand, five hundred and forty-two are in rural communities and make up fifty-one percent. The level of joblessness by sex shows females are at seventeen percent […]
Written on December 9, 2020 | Posted in
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There is significant development to report on tonight, in respect of Guatemala’s territorial, insular and maritime claim to Belize. That claim was filed before the International Court of Justice back in April of this year, following referenda in both countries in 2019. Guatemala’s Memorial, as it is known, avers what Guatemala is claiming in terms […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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Guatemala’s submission is four thousand, eight hundred and thirteen pages long. In it, Guatemala is claiming all the rights inherited from Spain at the time of independence in 1821. A release from the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry announces an impressive list on their team. Guatemala’s legal team was hired in June 2019 and is comprises of […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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There is a new Board of Directors at Belize Telemedia Limited headed by former Business Senator Mark Lizarraga as chairman. The recently constituted executive includes six directors, as well as a corporate secretary. They are Marconi Leal Junior, Jermie Usher, Jose Urbina, Denise Courtenay, Michael Bowen and Eric Eusey. B.T.L.’s corporate secretary is Melissa Balderamos-Mahler. […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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The contract signed between Net Vasquez and B.T.L. which came into effect back in mid-January was endorsed by Marconi Leal Junior, in his capacity as Acting Chief Sales and Marketing Officer on behalf of the company. Leal has since been appointed as Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Public Utilities. He has also been […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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With a new B.T.L. executive also comes a new structure and administration of the company. According to Chairman Lizarraga, an internal audit department will be answerable to the board of directors via an internal audit committee. That body, in the case of the Net Vasquez investigation, will determine whether criminal charges should be pursued against […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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Does B.T.L. still maintain a competitive edge over other service providers in the country, despite a dismal economic performance? The chairmanship of the company is being assumed at a time when B.T.L.’s profitability is being called to question. So how will a new board help to change the course of the company and steer it […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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The leading epidemiologist and the man who was put in charge of Belize’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic announced this afternoon that he is positive for the virus. Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero announced his COVID-19 positive status on his Facebook profile saying, “For those who work closely, they would note that I […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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The Belize Central Prison is now COVID-19 free. C.E.O. of the Kolbe Foundation Virgilio Murillo told News Five today that the prison has zero active cases. This is a significant achievement for Murillo and his teams since the first five infections in early October. That was followed by ninety additional cases on October twenty-seventh. A […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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And while the prison is COVID-free, the country is a long way from that reality. Election Day is believed to have been a super spreader event with confirmed COVID cases at more than eight thousand. An additional sixty cases were confirmed today along with three new deaths. The total COVID-19 death toll now stands at […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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The government also has plans to launch a massive countrywide campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister John Briceno says that his government will be doing it differently but if there is a need for Ask the Expert then it will be resumed. Prime Minister John Briceño “We want to do is slightly different […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño today championed the achievements of the CARICOM-Cuba cooperation at the Seventh Summit of Heads of State and Governments which took place virtually with regional leaders logging in from their respective countries. Prime Minister Briceño emphasized the importance of a regional approach to face the challenges of COVID-19, access to affordable financing and […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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It’s been over a week since we’ve been reporting on severe flooding in central Belize and that’s because with the change in weather, water levels have been receding in all areas, including the Belize River Valley where flood waters rose high into people’s homes. So today, we headed back to the Belize District to get […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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In recent weeks we have been reporting about the effects of floods on the country. The agriculture sector has not been spared – with farmers losing hundreds of acres in crops. As we showed you last week, we went to Valley of Peace to find out how the farmers are rebounding from the losses. The […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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The Sugar Cane Crop is scheduled to commence on December fourteenth but during a recent stakeholders meeting, cane farmers asked that it be delayed. They say the rains have flooded a large number of cane fields and ninety-nine percent of the sugar roads are impassable making it nearly impossible for farmers to reach their fields. […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, many residents on the south side lined up to receive food packages, but is it a continuation of the ‘Grocery Bag’ programme? As you’ll recall, some two weeks ago, Minister of Human Development Dolores Balderamos Garcia told us that the food programmes in the ministry had to be put on hold and would resume […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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On Monday, the Ministry of Health and Wellness received a grant for the “Project for strengthening Medical Imaging Systems in Belize”, as well as other medical supplies from the Taiwanese Embassy. The donation forms part of a grant that is valued at more than one million Belize dollars that’s funded by the Government of the […]
Written on December 8, 2020 | Posted in
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A fireman was executed while on duty in Punta Gorda on Friday evening. Rudolph Matura had not too long reported to work and was seated inside the fire station when he was fatally shot through a window. The incident happened sometime after six p.m. while Matura and a colleague were both at work. Police say […]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Gunfire erupted in Lake Independence once again on Sunday morning and when the smoke cleared, a twenty-six-year-old resident of Tibruce Street was fighting for his life after being shot multiple times. Ryan Cole remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. in critical condition tonight and is preparing for an emergency surgery on Wednesday, as his liver has […]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Since the rash of gang-related shootings began on November twenty-third, the Belize Police Department has staged several interventions with feuding groups in the Lake Independence area. Despite their efforts to quell the violence in that community, another shooting was reported on Sunday that is believed to be an internal row within one gang. According to […]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams is calling out the media for the inaccuracy of a story that was uploaded to social media on Sunday morning in which it was reported that Ryan Cole had been murdered inside his home during the shooting incident. Cole is critically injured and remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. His family […]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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A family of four from San Ignacio is tonight without a roof over their heads because on Sunday morning a dump truck ran off the street and ploughed through their elevated wooden house. The truck was driven at the time by Ervin Torres of Bahadur Trucking and Backhoe Services, who claims that he lost control […]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Last Thursday, we reported on a fire in Pomona Village that claimed the life of Vernon Williams. The forty-five-year-old was inside his house when a fire broke around nine o’clock on the night of December second. It is believed that the fire may have been intentionally set by Williams, but that is still under investigation. […]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Corozal Bay area representative David “Dido” Vega remains hospitalized at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited, suffering from complications caused by the novel coronavirus. The forty-seven-year-old politician was rushed to Belize City over the weekend after he began experiencing breathing complications last week. He was first hospitalized at a clinic in Corozal, but after his condition worsened, […]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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The People’s United Party has several area representatives that have contracted COVID-19. Toledo East Area Representative Mike Espat is said to have recovered from the virus and so has Cayo West Area Representative Jorge “Milin” Espat. Dolores Balderamos Garcia, the Area Representative for Belize Rural Central, is in self-isolation. The Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff […]
Written on December 7, 2020 | Posted in
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