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Completing an eight-day visit to Belize this week was Dr. Andrew Zonderman from the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Heritage Center. The official’s visit was to assess the shared Cultural Property Agreement between Belize and the United States. This is an agreement that we have settled on since 2013, and first extended in 2018. Its objective […]
Written on June 23, 2022 | Posted in
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In another historic feat for powerlifting in Belize, the Belize Powerlifting Association has assembled a team of eight athletes to compete in the North American Powerlifting Championship in Panama, in July. A few weeks ago, we told you about Kaylon Godoy’s exceptional performance at the World Open Classic Power Lifting Champions in South Africa. Well […]
Written on June 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Several weeks ago, we showed you the tryouts by the Belize Basketball Federation as it searched for a new U-16 men’s national basketball team to compete in the World Cup of Basketball COCABA tournament in 2023. But to get there, the team would first have to qualify in regional games set for the first week […]
Written on June 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Aside from the training taking place, across the country, the national primary school basketball tournament is also underway. But what about the summer basketball program that the Belize Basketball Federation had announced for elite players? Today, B.B.F. President Jacob Leslie says that unfortunately, it had to be canceled for this year, but National Elite Basketball […]
Written on June 23, 2022 | Posted in
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As the family of Benjamin Hyde Senior mourns his death, the Belize Police Department remains in high gear, patrolling the streets of Belize City, particularly the neighborhood on the south side that includes Rocky Road. There are serious concerns of retaliation following the weekend murder of Benjamin Hyde Sr. The forty-nine-year-old was by no means […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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On Tuesday afternoon, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams visited the community where he met with relatives of Benjamin Hyde Senior. While the ComPol has gone on record to categorically state that he no longer negotiates with criminal elements, the bad blood in that neighborhood prompted an outreach. According to the top cop, all efforts have […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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An operation earlier today in the vicinity of Rocky Road has turned up two firearms, including a nine millimeter Bursa pistol with a magazine containing twelve rounds of matching ammunition. It also yielded a thirty-eight revolver. As we’ve reported earlier, every effort is being made to avert any reprisal in the wake of Sunday’s murder […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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An off-duty Belize Defense Force officer was allegedly caught smuggling thirteen Central American Immigrants into Belize. Tonight, Corporal Mark Cano stands accused of human trafficking and is on suspension after authorities caught him at a checkpoint in Bullet Tree Village allegedly transporting seven adults and six children, all from Ecuador. He is now awaiting a […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Major Ramirez says the Police Department and the Belize Defense Force are conducting investigations to determine if any additional law enforcement officers are involved in human trafficking activities. If found, those persons would be brought to justice says Major Ramirez. Major Rogelio Ramirez, Acting Chief of Staff, B.D.F. “If there are additional people from […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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July first – it’s the day that the Briceño Administration says teachers and public officers will see the ten percent salary cut returned to them. Last year, despite pushback from the unions, G.O.B. implemented a salary adjustment and increment freeze and according to the amendment, it was to be in place for three years. But […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Will reinstating the ten percent adjustment for teachers and public officers have a negative effect on the economy? As it currently stands, there is a cap on the retail price of diesel and regular gasoline and the subsidizing of sixteen-ounce sliced bread – all these have a financial impact on public reserves. Minister Usher was […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Last week, we reported that Forestry Officer Daniel Chi’s fate rests with the Public Service Commission, after a recommendation was made by the Ministry of Sustainable Development for his dismissal. Will a meeting of the commission, purportedly scheduled for this week, determine the outcome of the case? While it is not handled by the Ministry […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Public Service Minister Henry Charles Usher also commented on the Opposition’s concern over the appointment of P.U.P. Senator Collet Montejo to the Re-division Taskforce of the Election and Boundaries Commission. As supervisor of all field work, the U.D.P. is calling for Montejo to resign from the Senate. While the appointment lies squarely with the Election […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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In the intervening time since the petition signatures were submitted to the Governor General and subsequently the Elections and Boundaries Department for verification, there has been a lull about the controversial cannabis referendum. It is not to suggest that work isn’t taking place in the background, however, the much talked about national vote has gone […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Public Service Day is commemorated on the twenty-third of June, annually; that’s tomorrow. But this week is being recognized as Public Service Week and since Monday activities have been held across the country to highlight the role of public officers. Today, at the parking lot of the Belize City Civic Center, various government departments set […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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As the work of the public service sector is being celebrated this week, it is also being used to bring into sharp focus the unchecked issues residents have been facing at some government departments. We’re talking specifically about the long queues outside of the Vital Statistics Office on Queen Street, the tedious and often frustrating […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño is in Brussels, Belgium for the Fifteenth European Development Days Forum. His address to the dignitaries in attendance focused on the European Union’s contributions to Belize that have helped with rural transformation projects through small and micro-enterprise infrastructure and renewable energy. The European Development Days is Europe’s leading forum on international […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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P.M. Briceño also acknowledged the European Union’s efforts to support regional peace and security, referencing Guatemala’s unfounded claim to Belize’s territory, and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. P.M. Briceño called on the EU to bolster its support to the Ukrainian people. Prime Minister John Briceño “Allow me minute to express on behalf of […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A fire at a popular restaurant and sports bar on the outskirts of Corozal Town has interrupted business for the owner and dining and recreational events for the many ex-pats who frequent the establishment. The blaze happened on Tuesday evening and fire fighters couldn’t do anything to salvage the main structures. But luckily, no one […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Last night we told you about the case of arson at Ella’s Cool Spot in Hopkins Village. Investigators are on the ground gathering evidence in hopes of identifying the perpetrator. They are even looking at a physical altercation that was caught on camera between Ella Carr and neighbouring businessman Bernard Nunez. And while, in an […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A video that has found legs on social media is once again casting bad light on the Belize Police Department. In the brief clip, a seemingly intoxicated officer can be seen sprawled out on the road with his motorcycle at his feet. The uniformed policeman is surrounded by onlookers, including motorists who came to a […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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As part of the process for the Cultural Property Agreement between the United States and Belize on the preservation of Belize’s cultural monuments, Doctor Andrew Zonderman, from the U.S. Department of State’s Cultural Heritage Center, has concluded an eight-day visit to Belize to conduct research. During his trip, Doctor Zonderman also held consolations with government […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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This afternoon at the Biltmore Plaza Hotel, a lease signing agreement was endorsed by the Ministry of Home Affairs through the Belize Police Department and the Leadership Intervention Unit. Government has entered into rental contract with Doctor Alvaro Rosado and his wife for the use of a hundred and twenty acre parcel of land in […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Officials of the Corozal Sports Council have filed a complaint with Corozal police after someone was captured on video using a car to willfully ruin the football pitch on the Andres Campos compound near the Civic Centre. The act of vandalism occurred at night and the while the car appeared to be a white, the […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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It is not often that we hear positive stories like that of twenty five year old Victor Parham, a former gang member, and a teenage high school dropout, who now lives a reformed life. In his latest feat, Parham successfully went back to high school two years ago at the Gwen Lizarraga Evening Division. He […]
Written on June 22, 2022 | Posted in
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