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Did the previous board of the Belize Tourism Board dip into the pension fund to pay salaries last year? Allegations are that over four hundred thousand dollars in pension funds was used for this purpose between July and November 2020. Current Chairman Evan Tillett tells News Five that Tourism Director Karen Bevans and former B.T.B. […]
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During a media mixer this weekend, Prime Minister John Briceño, Tourism Minister Anthony Mahler and C.E.O. Nicole Usher-Solano, as well as senior staff from the Belize Tourism Board were all in attendance. But visibly absent were Marketing Director Misty Michael and Tourism Director Karen Bevans. As the new leadership embarks on its strategy to return […]
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness remains without an active Director of Health Services. The substantive holder of the position, Doctor Marvin Manzanero, was placed on administrative leave last Tuesday pending investigation into alleged misconduct. The acting DHS, Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa abandoned the post last week. Minister of Health and Wellness, Michel Chebat says that […]
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Tourism has been the hardest hit industry when it comes to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of dollars have been lost from the industry that once contributed up to forty percent of G.D.P.; some properties have had to close their doors for months on end or are on the verge of bankruptcy, while […]
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Stakeholders in the tourism industry have invested their life savings into their respective businesses and a number have gone belly up. Minister Mahler speaks of help from the Inter-American Development Bank to facilitate a small grants programme. Anthony Mahler, Minister of Tourism & Diaspora Relations “We have a small grants programme that we want […]
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But what about cruise tourism? Up until the COVID-19 pandemic, over a million cruise ship passengers would come to the Jewel annually. That came to a screeching halt last year, but tonight there is both good and bad news. The good news is that cruise tourism will restart in late May early June; the bad […]
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An amendment to the Central Bank Act is before the Senate that, when passed, will make available fifty million dollars to invest into the productive sector. Prime Minister John Briceño says the tourism industry is the primary target group because it will also help to generate foreign currency, which has been depleting since the start […]
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The Elections and Boundaries Department is handling the logistics of the municipal elections on Wednesday, as well as the by-election in Corozal Bay. Both mass parties are responsible for mobilizing their supporters and getting them to and from the polls as efficiently as possible. But in these COVID times, the role of the Belize Police […]
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So what will the police department be doing differently this time around? On the night of November eleventh, following the general elections, officers were powerless in containing throngs of party supporters who took to the streets. Police say they do not plan to let this happen again. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “We saw […]
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Did someone say Bingo? The first jackpot winner for Mega Bingo collected his winnings today. Mister Harrison is sharing the winnings with two others who have yet to come forward. Each person gets a little over two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars before taxes. The total jackpot was almost six hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars. […]
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