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During the Royal Visit this past weekend, all eyes were on the Duchess of Cambridge. Fashionistas around the world took note of what Kate was wearing when she came off the plane, danced the punta, or graced the official reception. But Belize’s own best-dressed men and women were also on display, some modeling uniquely Belizean […]
Written on March 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The 2022-2023 budget debate kicked off this morning with Moses “Shyne” Barrow’s, the Leader of the Opposition, forty minute presentation. And, while he highlighted several line items, including education and national security, there was criticism that it was less about the budget and more a campaign speech for his party’s leadership convention on Sunday. Prior […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Barrow went on to chastise the Government for what he says is the failure to address citizen security, crime and violence. Barrow noted that more money is being invested in the office of the Prime Minister, while the budget for the Ministry of Home Affairs has been cut. The Leader of the Opposition asserted that […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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On the other side of the House, Cordel Hyde, Area Representative for Lake Independence and Deputy Prime Minister, said that Central Bank’s twenty million dollars allocation is necessary. Hyde countered that the budget for furniture in the office of the Prime Minister is to cover a bill the Briceño Administration inherited. According to Hyde, while […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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On bright spot today was the revelation that the Ministry of Education is rolling out its free education program in several Belize City high schools. The Deputy Prime Minister today announced that Maude Williams, Sadie Vernon, and Gwen Lizarraga are among the institutions that will benefit from the program’s initial phase. Cordel Hyde, Deputy […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Minister of Education, Francis Fonseca says G.O.B.’s investment in education has increased by thirteen million dollars in the 2022-2023 Budget. The Leader of the Opposition had argued that the education budget was reduced. But Minister Fonseca rebutted, suggesting Barrow is not comfortable with figures and should take some beginner classes in economics. Francis Fonseca, […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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And parents will be interested to know that all schools across the country will reopen for face to face learning five days a week after the summer break. The Minister of Education made the announcement today during his budget presentation. Here is what he had to say. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education “This budget […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The budget debate got heated when Henry Charles Usher, Representative for Fort George, rose to speak. At the start of his presentation, Usher criticized the Leader of the Opposition for distancing himself from the Dean Barrow Administration. Usher accused the Leader of the Opposition of benefiting from the alleged misdeeds of the government under the […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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There issue of Belize becoming a republic also surfaced in the House. The People’s Constitutional Commission, a newly established body under the Constitutional and Political Reform Ministry, will be conducting consultations across the country on the continuing decolonization process. Today Minister Usher announced that a Good Governance Unit has been established and will operate as […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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All eyes will be on the U.D.P. this weekend as the better of two candidates will be chosen to marshal the party in a new direction, following Sunday’s leadership convention. The meeting of delegates will take place in Belize City on March twenty-seventh, several weeks after former party leader Patrick Faber demitted office amid another […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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We often here the best way to stem violence is through education. Well over the last two weeks, two hundred and twenty-four highly motivated youth have been engaged in literacy, financial literacy, life skills, and mathematics classes for an opportunity to become more productive citizens. It’s a first step leading into an apprenticeship programme. The […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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But how receptive are the participants? Vernadelle Bailey is one of several lecturers who have been tasked to working with these young men. She says, despite some obstacles, they want to learn. Vernadelle Bailey, Lecturer “We teach financial literacy; that will assist them with how to handle money, to make budgets, how to invest. […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, we brought you the story of a meet and greet session in Belize City with the top brass of the Eastern Division and church leaders about their respective roles in intervention of criminal activities across the city. Simultaneously in Dangriga, the police command there was joined by Mayor Robert Mariano, a former Deputy […]
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The price of regular gasoline went up by another significant margin at midnight at the pumps, part of the global inflation that surrounds the war in Ukraine. Regular gasoline shot up by sixty-six cents per gallon, taking the price up to thirteen dollars and fifty cents. The Government announced that it also intervened to cut […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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In Cabinet news this week, Cabinet gave its approval for a motion to be taken to the National Assembly for six point two million U.S. dollars for financing from the International Monetary Fund. Channeled through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Cabinet says the aim of the loan is to minimize the global risk […]
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Ambassador Oliver del Cid has been appointed Director of National Security and head of the National Security Directorate, formerly the National Security Council Secretariat. The Prime Minister’s Office made the announcement today. Ambassador del Cid has served as a Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as diplomat at the Embassy of Belize […]
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A new loan product to support small, medium and large citrus farmers has been launched by the Development Finance Corporation. The Citrus Revitalization Loans aim to provide financial support to farmers who are in need. The purpose is to double citrus production over a five year period, from one and a half million to three […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are continuing on their Caribbean tour, despite protests in Jamaica. However, on Wednesday night, Prince William addressed the issue of the transatlantic slave trade, largely echoing the statement that his father, Prince Charles, made in Barbados in November when that island became a republic. Prince William was speaking at […]
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Today Belize observed World Tuberculosis Day. In an effort to create public awareness of the disease, several fairs were set up across municipalities to bring information to the people about the fight against T.B. and the efforts so far to bring an end to the disease. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting […]
Written on March 24, 2022 | Posted in
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There are big changes coming at the top of the Ministry of Health. While it has been known for a few weeks now that former Director of Health Services, Dr. Marvin Manzanero, has accepted the new post of Director of International Cooperation within the Ministry of Health and Wellness, what happened with the other two […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Today marks the second anniversary of the announcement of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Belize. But while that happened on March twenty-third 2020, Dr. Marvin Manzanero, who was the Director of Health Services at the time, says there was a six to eight week delay between COVID’s arrival in Belize and the start […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Belize’s business sector is also taking stock of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country since the first case was announced on March 23, 2020. This morning on Open Your Eyes, Katherine Meighan, of the Belize Chamber of Commerce said the B.C.C.I. and BELTRAIDE have examined the startling numbers. Katherine Meighan, Belize […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Assistant Commissioner of Police, Howell Gillett, was back on the streets of the Old Capital this morning, where he continued his community outreach initiative by meeting with residents of Lake Independence. This time, however, the churches were in tow. As many as twelve religious leaders took turns speaking with at-risk youths, as well as known […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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A woman who went missing over the weekend was found dead on Tuesday morning off the Branch Mouth Road in San Ignacio, Cayo. Police found the body of forty-five year-old Bertulia Juarez lying face up at the Саѕtіllо Ѕаndріt. There were no obvious signs of foul play, but police say they are waiting for the […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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As most Belizeans know by now, Jamaica was the next stop on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Caribbean tour after leaving Belize. But while our Prime Minister welcomed the royal couple by avoiding any controversial issues, the Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, addressed the changing postcolonial relationship with Britain head on. Holness is reported […]
Written on March 23, 2022 | Posted in
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