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The U.S. Secretary of State has released its twenty-second annual Trafficking in Persons Report and has upgraded Belize’s status to Tier Two. It’s a significant improvement that comes after two years of being placed lower on that index. The report highlights, quote, that the Government of Belize demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with previous reporting […]
Written on July 20, 2022 | Posted in
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The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Council, (ATIPS), is chaired by the Ministry of Human Development and is the multi-sectoral body which coordinates Belize’s response to human trafficking. On the phone: Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, Minister of Human Development “Because Human Development is sort of like the coordinator of our anti-trafficking efforts, we have to kind of wear […]
Written on July 20, 2022 | Posted in
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The buzz words since the Earth’s surface temperatures began to increase two decades ago have been “global warming”, “climate change” and “climate resilience.” But while much discussion has surrounded the topic, how prepared would Belize, particularly its private sector, be to recover if we were to experience a catastrophic natural disaster as a result of […]
Written on July 20, 2022 | Posted in
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As we reported earlier, Belize is now aggressively pursuing finance from the developed countries in order to be able to assist private sector businesses in the event of a climate change phenomenon. C.E.O. in the Ministry of Economic Development, Doctor Osmond Martinez suggested that this was an area where, in the past, we have been […]
Written on July 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Martinez says that some of the finances from Green Climate Finance are already being put to use to mitigate the full impacts of climate change events. There are several rural communities that are benefiting from the funds, he told us. Dr. Osmond Martinez, C.E.O., Ministry of Economic Development “G.C.F. has looked at us and […]
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Belize is seeing trends in foreign direct investments that are more encouraging now than in previous years. In the past, there were a lot of bureaucratic procedures that discouraged foreigners from investing their money in Belize, but there are steps being made to lift a lot of the proverbial “red tape” that accompanied that activity. […]
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Today in front of the NEMO headquarters in Belmopan, the Ministry of Transport held a small ceremony to signal the rollout of its fuel subsidy program. Almost a hundred bus operators stand to benefit from the six-month program to the tune of one point six million dollars. Witnessing the event were public and private sector […]
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Twenty-six-year-old Paul Jex Junior has been found guilty of rape, following a verdict handed down by the Supreme Court. This is in respect of an incident that occurred in December 2015 where the wife of a watchman was sexually assaulted in front of her one-year-old child. Jex was among a group of seven men who […]
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There was another rape conviction handed down in the Supreme Court this afternoon, also in the courtroom of Justice Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft. Thirty-seven-year-old Andre Gordon was found guilty after careful consideration of the facts in the case brought against him. Gordon, a former special constable and hotel security guard, was accused of sexually assaulting a […]
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Today, the Belize National Teachers’ Union celebrated its fifty-second anniversary. The union marked the day by acknowledging and thanking those who have fought diligently over the years to preserve and ensure its motto: service, security and success. According to a release issued by the union, it stands as the most steadfast and vocal trade union […]
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You’ve seen on international news where students are executed on school grounds by gun-wielding attackers. While such an incident has never happened in Belize before, one school has a series of protocols that are to be exercised in the event of a disaster, a health crisis, injury at school and in this case, an intruder […]
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The Thirty-Seventh Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition concluded in Miami today. CANTO, as it is referred to, is a non-profit association made up of operators, companies and individuals in the information and communications technology sector with a focus on leveraging regional ICT initiatives for CARICOM. This year’s theme was “Enabling the Digital Evolution” which spoke […]
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On Tuesday night, the ten hopefuls who survived the first round of eliminations on KTV the Remix, Season Four were announced before a packed auditorium. They then took to the stage at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts with a Belizean song of their choice. From legends like Lord Rhaburn, Andy Palacio and Leela […]
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The body of a Belize City resident was positively identified by members of his family this morning when they visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. On Monday, Prime Minister John Briceño’s longtime driver made headlines when he knocked down and killed an individual riding a bicycle along the Philip Goldson Highway. The incident happened on […]
Written on July 19, 2022 | Posted in
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The neighboring state of Quintana Roo, Mexico reported its first case of the monkeypox virus on Monday. The patient has been identified as an elderly person who is currently in isolation, listed as stable, and has no links to any Belizean or travel history to Belize. The monkeypox disease was first identified in humans in […]
Written on July 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Director of Public Health Services “There is no definitive reason or link to explain why it has spread, but the hypothesis from experts are saying that perhaps during the COVID lockdown there was some kind of spread that had gone undetected due to all our resources, all the lockdown, the emphasis that […]
Written on July 19, 2022 | Posted in
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And while health officials remain on high alert for monkeypox, COVID-19 continues to spread across the country. Fortunately, the number of infections reportedly on a daily basis continues to trickle downward. Doctor Diaz gave an update on the status of COVID -19 in Belize. Dr. Melissa Musa Diaz, Director of Public Health Services “Yesterday […]
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The Belize Social Security Board has an investment portfolio of over four hundred and fifty-three million dollars in areas such as utility companies, banks and financial institutions, in agriculture and tourism. According to a public notice that was circulated, S.S.B.’s latest investment in the Development Finance Corporation is a twenty million dollar loan facility for […]
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And while S.S.B. is investing heavily to be able to cover the cost of retirement, there is already a need to make adjustments on how much we pay or how long we wait to retire. It’s a conversation that the Social Security Board’s C.E.O., Deborah Ruiz says has to take place with the relevant parties. […]
Written on July 19, 2022 | Posted in
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While the Social Security Board is investing a significant amount in the D.F.C., the social insurance program is also inviting requests for loan proposals from anyone who is interested in conducting that kind of business with them. S.S.B.’s C.E.O., Deborah Ruiz, explained what it is that they provide and what borrowers are required to provide. […]
Written on July 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Last Thursday, an implementation arrangement for the digital inclusion program was signed between the governments of Belize and Taiwan by Ambassador David Kuan-Chou Chien and Minister of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and E-Governance Michel Chebat. The almost half-a-million Belize dollar program is being funded by the Taiwanese government and will assist in the development of […]
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The Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and E-Governance is also working on an energy plan for the country. It is all in an effort for Belize to become independent of Mexico for electricity from the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (C.F.E.). It would mean that the government would be looking to other sources of renewable […]
Written on July 19, 2022 | Posted in
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During a zoom interview with Minister Chebat today, News Five also asked about the ministry’s plan to electrify the entire country. When the Briceño administration took office, twenty-three villages were not a part of the national grid and did not have electricity. Minister Chebat says that some villages are already being electrified, but through solar […]
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Last night, we told you about the Senate’s debate on the seventy-five million U.S dollar loan from the Government of Taiwan, as well as a twenty-five million U.S. dollar loan motion from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. The Government of Belize is also seeking parliamentary approval to allocate an additional sixty -eight million […]
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Today, members of Belize’s national under-twenty-one female volleyball team and coaching staff were celebrated by the Holy Redeemer Credit Union Limited for their stellar performance in the nineteenth Central American Volleyball Championship. Team Belize captured the silver medals, having lost only to Guatemala on the final night, but winning many individual achievement awards during the […]
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