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There will be a special sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday during which the 2022 Budget will be presented. During tomorrow’s house meeting, a new law pertaining to the legalization of cannabis, as well as the creation of an industry to support cultivation and commercial sale, will also be introduced. It’s a controversial […]
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The National Evangelical Association of Belize is firmly against the legalization of marijuana, as well as a government-sponsored marijuana industry. In a release issued earlier today, NEAB reiterated its position, citing a previous piece of law that was introduced in parliament and failed to get approval in the senate. The statement goes on to say, […]
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The latest scratch and win winner is ten thousand dollars richer. Karissa, a resident of Santa Elena, was on the phone with her husband, who was in the U.S., while she scratched the lucky ticket. To their surprise, the ten thousand dollar sign popped up under the winning number indicating she had a winning ticket. […]
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There was a house fire on Jasmine Street in Belize City over the weekend. Desiree Hamilton told police that she was in her room when she began to smell smoke. She was the one who discovered the fire and called police. Here is what police had to say about the incident. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, […]
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We also heard from Kenneth Mortis, the Station Supervisor at the National Fire Service, who says the house on Jasmine Street, was also occupied by an elderly man at the time of the fire. He reportedly attempted to put out the fire but was burned on several parts of his body. Fortunately, he escaped with […]
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Lincoln Vaughan’s frightening ordeal was only compounded following the fire. Neighbors in the area reportedly attacked him. Investigators are now trying to piece the puzzle together, as they seek to determine if the physical attack on the elderly man had anything to do with the house fire. Kenneth Mortis, Fire Station Supervisor, Belize National […]
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A police prison van caught fire on the Western Highway this morning as it was transporting prisoners to Belmopan for a court hearing. Only a short distance from the prison, the van went up in flames. Fortunately, the prisoners and officers were able to escape the fire. ASP Yearwood tells us more. ASP Fitzroy […]
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Fire investigators say the prison van caught fire after the van’s strobe lights fell off. Initial investigation suggests the malfunction triggered an electrical surge. Fire Station Supervisor, Kenneth Mortis told us more. Kenneth Mortis, Fire Station Supervisor, Belize National Fire Service “We did gather information about a van on fire. We learnt that the […]
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In 2020, the Public Service Awards Gala was cancelled because of COVID-19. As a result, the Walk of Recognition and Inspiration in Belmopan was created to continue the tradition of recognizing outstanding public officers. Recently, more names were added to the sidewalk and another plaque was unveiled on the monument. Here is a brief look […]
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The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved financing of twenty-five million Belize dollars for the Belize Climate Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture Project. According to a release from the World Bank, the project will provide seven thousand farmers with weather data and technical information to help improve yields for crops and livestock and facilitate […]
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The Council of Management of the Belize National Teachers Union issued a statement today following their meeting over the weekend. The Council says members examined several matters including the bargaining unit for the stevedores, who fall under the Christian Workers Union. The B.N.T.U. says they condemn what they view as an attack on trade unionism […]
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Floralia Limited has pushed back their ‘Independence to Belize City’ bus run start date at the request of the government. The run was initially set to begin today, Monday March fourteenth. But, while faced with an application for permission for judicial review to declare their road service permit for the run illegal, the company decided […]
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Belizean professional volleyball athlete Bryton Codd is back in the Jewel after playing an intense first season with a Finnish team. It’s been eight months since the twenty-six-year-old signed a two-year European contract. After a brief adjustment period to train and play the sport full-time – not to mention the cold and shorter amounts of […]
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A crackdown by as many as two specialized teams of police officers at the home of Brandon and Hubert Baptist on Police Street Extension in Belize City Thursday evening resulted in utter chaos when gunfire erupted inside the property. The Baptist brothers are well-known members of the B.L.C. gang and, notwithstanding their involvement with the […]
Written on March 11, 2022 | Posted in
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Oceana Vice President Janelle Chanona will succeed parliamentarian Osmany Salas in the upper house as the next N.G.O. Senator. That change will come into effect as early as the next sitting of the house. Senator Salas tendered his resignation recently, prompting the N.G.O. community to seek a replacement. When the call was made for interested […]
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With Chanona’s pending appointment to the upper house, there are now ten women in the National Assembly. Chanona says her selection was not based on gender, but is a welcome addition to the House in terms of women’s representation in national leadership. Janelle Chanona, Senator Designate “Dr. Saunders and I were the two that […]
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Prime Minister, John Briceño was today granted an Honorary Doctorate’s by Kun Shan University in Taiwan, where he is currently wrapping up a state visit. Taiwanese Vice President, Lai Ching-te accompanied PM Briceño and his delegation to Taiwan where he was given the distinction. Earlier this week, PM Briceño was awarded the Order of Propitious […]
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With only a couple of weeks left, the race towards the U.D.P.’s leadership convention, to be held on March twenty-seventh, continues. Leader of the Opposition and U.D.P. Party Leader Candidate Shyne Barrow, declined to comment today, saying he is once more on the campaign trail. On Thursday, he was in Corozal visiting delegates alongside Area […]
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A small Belizean caye has been featured in international news this week. But, not as an eco-destination or playground for the rich and famous. This time it seems a piece of Belize is being touted as the world’s newest nation, complete with a flag, national anthem, national day, and even its own prince and Prime […]
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The global number of Coronavirus cases has gone down significantly over the past month and the severity of the sickness has also. Bloomberg News is reporting that the World Health Organization is exploring how and when to call an end to the global COVID-19 pandemic. W.H.O. has reported that up to Thursday evening, there have […]
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The lifting of many of the COVID restrictions has paved way for another privilege that political supporters enjoyed pre-COVID era. Today the Government’s Press Office announced that one of the public galleries will be reopened, albeit with limited seating capacity when the House meets on Tuesday for the Budget Presentation. Only twenty-four members of the […]
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Seven students from Belize High School are joining their counterparts from around this hemisphere for this year’s HACIA Democracy Summit. HACIA is a youth simulation of the Organization of the American States, O.A.S. The event, founded by Harvard University, gives students the opportunity to discuss real world events and to learn parliamentary procedures. Held virtually […]
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Some Belizeans have reportedly been engaged in wide-scale commercial hunting of iguanas and hicatee, species that are endangered and on the brink of extinction. The Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations announced today it is concerned about this happening, and that some individuals are uploading this to social media. APAMO reminds everyone the closed season […]
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A man is dead after the tractor he was driving fell on top of him. The incident happened on Thursday evening in the Cayo District. Police say that sometime around three-thirty, twenty-seven year-old Alexander Hernandez, a Salvadoran, was driving a tractor down a hill with a trailer in tow on a farm in the Valley […]
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Police have recovered three unlicensed guns stashed away in public spaces, two of them in San Pedro Town. Police conducted searches at around ten on Wednesday in the D.F.C. area and found a loaded nine millimeter pistol. No one was in the area. The next night, police searched an abandoned lot in the San Pedrito […]
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