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The Belize Defence Force has been faced with a number of tragedies in recent weeks. While with Brigadier General Azariel Loria earlier today, he was asked for an update on the investigation surrounding the death of B.D.F. Micah Miguel. She was on suicide watch just ahead of the tragedy, which was later compounded by allegations […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department is also carrying out an investigation into the allegations of sexual assault of Micah Miguel. It is not the first time that allegations of crimes of a sexual nature have been made against the B.D.F. Brigadier General Loria was asked about how the military addresses these kinds of issues. Brigadier […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Four days into the start of the new school year, Ladyville Technical High School is the recipient of an addition to one of its existing buildings which will be used as a first form classroom. Today, the official inauguration of the extended space was held as the institution solidifies a partnership with the Belize Defence […]
Written on August 25, 2022 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize has agreed to settle with the Belize International Services Limited for damages caused by the acquisition of the company in 2013. At the time of the acquisition, B.I.S.L. was managing the Belize International Ships and Companies Registry. In 2003, the Government of Belize extended its profit sharing contract with B.I.S.L. for […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Prime Minister Briceño, the Government of Belize will make a lump-sum payment to cover the B.I.S.L. settlement. He explained that eleven million dollars will be paid in Belize currency, while the rest of the payment will come from the Central Bank Reserve. Prime Minister John Briceño “Of course we are different. We are […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Leader of the Opposition, Moses Shyne Barrow, accused Prime Minister Briceño of playing the piper’s tune. Following P.M. Briceño’s contributions on the BISL settlement in the house, the Leader of the Opposition rose to question the prime minister’s motive behind the settlement payment. Barrow, on the other hand, agreed that the debt must be paid. […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Also on the opposition’s side, Tracy Panton, Area Representative for Albert, chided the Briceño administration over the lump sum payment to B.I.S.L. Panton contended that the Government of Belize has been unable to identify funds to hold a cannabis referendum, and to lower the cost of fuel, yet it is able to settle a thirty-eight […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño also sought to explain why Courtenay Coye L.L.P. will be paid handsomely as a result of the B.I.S.L. settlement. As attorney for the claimant, Courtenay Coye L.L.P. will receive close to nine hundred thousand U.S. dollars in litigation cost. Tracy Panton raised the matter during the debate. PM Briceño, on the […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Since the recent Belize International Music and Food Festival, a first-of-its-kind two-day event in San Pedro, the media has been asking Prime Minister John Briceño and Minister of Tourism, Anthony Mahler to show where the event was profitable. As Mahler promised a week ago, those figures would be provided. The figures are out; however, it […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Tracy Panton, the Area Representative for Albert Division, has broken her silence on the U.D.P.’s deep internal divide. Today, she spoke with reporters about her position, coming out of Saturday’s National Party Council meeting. While she was present for the meeting, she says her colleague Patrick Faber is out of the country, but he was […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Panton also responded to questions about her removal from the party’s Central Executive Committee in favor of Melvin Hewlett, who ran and lost in Fort George for the U.D.P. in 2021. Here is what she told reporters. Tracy Panton, Area Representative, Albert Division “If I have asked for his removal, no. I have not […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Panton also told reporters that she did not take part in her party’s protest on Tuesday, because she was working in her constituency. She told us that she also had some concerns with the fact that the protest was still being held even after the U.D.P. was denied its application to protest by the police. […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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When Cabinet met on August nineteenth, in the wake of a tropical wave that passed over the country a day or so earlier, it approved twelve million dollars to be used for repairing highways and feeder roads that were damaged by the weather system. This morning, during the sitting of the House of Representatives, Cayo […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Immediately following the thunderstorms, personnel from the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing were dispatched to various parts of the country to evaluate the extent of damages to roads, drains and culverts that were affected by the tropical wave. During the house meeting today, Minister Espat specified the various locations, as well as the monies […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, senior public officers employed at the Audit Department wrote to C.E.O. Rolando Zetina expressing serious concerns about the manner in which that aspect of government is being managed. This was in the absence of an auditor general since Dorothy Bradley retired from the post in 2021. But the news today is that […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, the president of the Public Service Union spoke candidly with reporters. He said that the Audit Department has never been led by someone who is aptly qualified for the job, including former Auditor General Dorothy Bradley. Dean Flowers, President, Public Service Union “I stand to be corrected here, but I don’t know […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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As we told you earlier, the Government of Belize will be spending twelve million dollars on flood relief and thirty-eight million U.S dollars to settle the Belize International Services Limited debt. Both of these expenses were brought to the House of Representatives today as supplementary allocation bills. These two bills are now the second and […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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P.M. Briceño was also asked for his thoughts on Vulcan Material and its proposal for mining near Gales Point Manatee. The Prime Minister was more open to hearing from the company than other government representatives who have shared on the subject. P.M. Briceño noted that while it is a matter that must not be taken […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Ten women who took part in a Female Entrepreneurship Program have received seed funding to begin or continue their own small businesses. On Tuesday, the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE), with support from the Taiwan Government, handed over checks valued at four thousand dollars to each of the women. The money came from […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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Women representing Belize internationally in football does not make the news every day, but we have one person to feel proud of tonight in that discipline. Jayda Brown graduated from Galen University last year and is now enrolled at Campbellsville University where she plays football with the university’s Tigers Football Team in the state of […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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There’s also basketball news tonight with the first-of-its-kind National Basketball Tournament held over the weekend for youths in Belize City. The Ministry of Youth and Sports hosted the two-day event for under-fifteen and under-eighteen youths who competed for cash prizes and scholarships for secondary and tertiary levels. The tournament marked the culmination of two months of […]
Written on August 24, 2022 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party took to the streets of Belize City today in protest. After failing to acquire the necessary permits from the Belize Police Department to demonstrate, the U.D.P. still went ahead and executed its plan to march against the cost of fuel. However, protestors were brought together at a time when the party’s […]
Written on August 23, 2022 | Posted in
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Former Party Leader Patrick Faber and Area Representative for Albert Division Tracy Panton did not attend the demonstration. Both elected members of the U.D.P. have been at odds with the party’s leader. And, while the National Party Council sought to resolve the internal divide over the weekend, the absence of Faber and Panton was noticeable. […]
Written on August 23, 2022 | Posted in
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While Barrow’s focus was on exorbitant gas prices and the cost of living, John Saldivar has his eyes set on Belmopan. The U.D.P.’s National Party Council has set a deadline of September thirteenth for individuals who are interested in running as standard bearers to apply. Endorsement conventions will be held first, in January 2023, and […]
Written on August 23, 2022 | Posted in
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On Monday, we told you about the discounted settlement that the Government of Belize has signed on to for financial damages payable to the Belize International Services Limited. As we reported, B.I.S.L was forcibly acquired by government under former Prime Minister Dean Barrow in 2013. The initial ask from B.I.S.L was seventy million U.S. dollars; […]
Written on August 23, 2022 | Posted in
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