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The rivalry between feuding street gangs in the Lake Independence area may have led to another murder on Thursday night – that of well-known street figure, Alrick Smith. The brazen killing happened as Smith approached his parked vehicle in front of the Rene Villanueva Media Centre on Slaughterhouse Road. Smith, who is associated with the […]
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Justice Ricardo Sandcroft handed down another life sentence. This time it was imposed on twenty-four-year-old Keon Dennison, who was charged for the murder of businessman Rueben Perez. Back in November 2015, Perez was executed inside his office on Vernon Street in Belize City. Following the murder, Dennison, who is originally from Dangriga, was charged for […]
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He was charged for the armed robbery at the Puma Gas Station at the corner of Fabers Road and the George Price Highway and following his arraignment on July eleventh; Coast Guard Shakeem Richards was remanded to prison. Today, after spending eighteen days behind bars, Richards was granted a fifteen-thousand-dollar bail with stringent conditions, including […]
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The Belize City Council today swore in fifty-four more of its traffic officers as special constables, giving them the powers of arrest. Along with that milestone was the launch of the Council’s Enforcement Department out of which the officers will work. It is a merging of two existing units that, under the new system, will […]
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The United State Peace Corps is celebrating sixty years of service to Belize in the education and health sectors. Following two years without Peace Corps volunteers in Belize, due to the COVID 19 pandemic; nine new volunteers were recently sworn in to serve. For a period of two years, volunteers live and work alongside the […]
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Elvia Vega, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development say the Briceño Administration’s Grocery Bag Program is alive and kicking. Reporters caught up with Minister Vega at an event in San Ignacio today where she was asked for an update on the program, as consumers nationwide battle with the inflated cost of […]
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The Government of Belize has been demonstrating overall increasing efforts in tackling human trafficking, compared to recent years. As a result, Belize was upgraded to tier two in the U.S. State Department’s Human Trafficking Report. The report cited key achievements in Belize’s efforts over the last year, including the conviction of two traffickers, and expanding […]
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The Statistical Institute of Belize has published its Consumer Price Index for June 2022. Results from the Statistical Institute of Belize’s most recent monthly Consumer Price Index survey showed that, for the month of June 2022, the All-Items C.P.I., which summarizes price levels across all categories of goods and services, stood at one hundred and […]
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In less than twenty-four hours, the first-ever Belize International Music and Food Festival takes place in San Pedro. The culinary aspect includes seventeen booths which will be featuring cultural foods and more and there is free access throughout the day for that form of entertainment. Then at five o’clock the grounds reopen for live musical […]
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The relationship between the Port of Belize Limited and its employees, dozens of stevedores who work tedious shifts loading and offloading cargo entering and leaving the country has been a rather contentious one. Oftentimes we’ve covered labor disputes between P.B.L. and the Christian Workers Union. But it’s things are taking a turn for the better […]
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The thirteenth annual tribute reggae legend Lucky Dube is being held in Belize City on Sunday. The yearly concert is a means for philanthropist Dara Robinson to raise much needed funds for his school feeding program. The event being held at the Birds Isle will feature live performances from Bredda David and the Tribal Vibes […]
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Ras Dara, whose feeding program also takes in children who have lost loved ones to gun violence, also weighed in on the scourge of crime and violence that continues to grip the country. Dara Robinson, Philanthropist “We could look every year and she a hundred and twenty dead dis year, but to each one […]
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Tonight’s look on the bright side highlights the Jah Love evening program where kids from the George Street community are provided with support from a man with a story of redemption. Sabreena Daly shares this story after an evening spent with community members. Sabreena Daly, Reporting It’s a regular day for Glenford Stamp. He […]
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The 2021-2022 sugar crop comes to a close on Friday, and while the season got off to a rocky start, the American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industries (A.S.R./B.S.I.) says it ended on solid footing. At the start of the year, there was bad weather that caused unforeseen delays and a protest by members of the Belize […]
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The dispute between A.S.R./B.S.I. and the B.S.C.F.A. Sugar Cane Farmers Association hovers mainly over them not being able to come to terms on a commercial agreement. But to sign off on that agreement, there are several factors at play. We heard from both sides today about what their gripe is with the other. What they […]
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While the two parties continue to negotiate to sign off on a commercial agreement, another issue this year was that there were significant losses from cane that remained in the field, or what is called stand-over cane. The numbers we’ve been given are around a hundred thousand tons of cane that will go to waste […]
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Over the past two months, there have been two trucks belonging to Belize Sugar Industries Limited that were involved in serious traffic accidents. Luckily for the drivers behind those vehicles, they were not hurt. Today, we asked B.S.I.’s Director of Finance, Shawn Chavarria what measures the company has in place to ensure proper safety of […]
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Cabinet met on Tuesday to discuss a number of issues of national concern, including a proposed seven million dollar loan from the Social Security Board to Pharmacy Express Limited. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Wellness issued a release stating its objection to S.S.B. making available a loan facility to the pharmaceutical company that […]
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Elsewhere in today’s Cabinet brief, Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde and Henry Charles Usher, Minister of Religious Affairs provided an update on a recent meeting with church leaders. During the meeting, the issue of holding the cannabis referendum was raised. Following the meeting, Cabinet accepted the recommendation to postpone the referendum until further notice. Meanwhile, […]
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This morning in the Lake Independence community, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Doctor Richard Rosado led a team from the Leadership Intervention Unit into gang-ridden neighborhoods in an attempt to broker a ceasefire among feuding groups. Tension between various gangs has increased considerably since Sunday when several persons were injured during a shooting on La Croix […]
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According to Doctor Rosado, today’s meeting with members from the respective groups was intense, as relatives of the individuals injured in the recent spate of shootings are still reeling from the senseless violence. On the phone: Dr. Richard Rosado, Deputy Commissioner of Police “The tension was somewhat high because of what had transpired and […]
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You might be surprised to hear that the murder rate for this year is so far below what it was at this same time in recent years. But when we spoke with Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams on Wednesday, he indicated to us that yes, 2022 is not as murderous as previous years, so far. […]
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Today at the House of Culture in Belize City, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology officially launched the National Curriculum Framework. The document released is comprehensive and looks at refocusing the curriculum with a view to encourage national development. The consultation process began after the Briceño administration took office and involved all education […]
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During the presentation today, President of the Belize National Teachers’ Union, Senator Elena Smith said that during the consultation, secondary school teachers expressed concerns about job security. Would the new curriculum framework see some teachers displaced? Education Minister Francis Fonseca confirmed that that will not be the case and that in fact, teachers will need […]
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Pediatric vaccines for children ages five to eleven will be expiring in the next few months and the data shows that of that population, only five thousand, six hundred and twenty-six or seven point six percent have received two doses. While with Minister Fonseca, he was asked if there were any concerns since schools will be […]
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