In responding to the positions taken by the Stake Bank representative, a consultant for Waterloo, as well as an employee of the Department of the Environment addressed the points being raised by Gabb. (CLIP)
It’s been running for slightly over three months since it was opened on August second after the Emancipation holiday, but the deadline for the 2022 Amnesty Program is about to come to its cut off point. This coming Saturday, November nineteenth has been chosen as that final date, when for the second consecutive weekend, Dolores […]
Earlier today, the Belmopan City Council held a forum on diabetes awareness in connection with World Diabetes Day. The event included a diabetes summit with presentations by people who work with people suffering from the disease or are familiar with its effects. Today’s summit follows a run that the council led on Sunday with over […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of Sports Monday. I am Paul Lopez. Let’s kick this week’s coverage off with our player of the week. We had a conversation with one of our Female National Volleyball Team players, Fatima Ramirez, who is making major moves in Jacksonville, Florida. Ramirez is pursuing a bachelor’s degree at Edwards […]
The Government of Belize is getting closer to confirming an official figure for the value of damage caused by Hurricane Lisa. Last night, we told you about all those contributions coming in towards the relief efforts from Belize’s bilateral partners. There are more funds for the government to access from the international community, but as […]
The Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis Committee looked at the track of the hurricane to get a general idea of where to carry out their efforts and where to intensify their data collection. Hendy says her teams went house to house over the last nine days, in an attempt to interview everyone affected. Today, those […]
The National Emergency Management Organization will use the data gathered by DANA to come to the official value of the damages caused to families across the affected areas. NEMO’s final report will then be submitted to members of the international community who are willing to assist in the relief efforts. So, in the event your […]
The Inter-American Development Bank, I.D.B., has approved a two hundred thousand U.S. dollar donation to Belize to help families affected by Hurricane Lisa. This type of Emergency Technical Cooperation is aimed at humanitarian aid, which includes food, drinking water and cleaning supplies, among other emergency items. Those funds will be channeled through the Government of […]
According to Horace Glaze, Disaster Management Coordinator for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, an additional half-a-million Belize dollars is being made available to the disaster relief effort. Those funds have been earmarked by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in Geneva, Switzerland. Horace Glaze, Disaster Management […]
We continue our coverage of the ongoing impasse between the Belize Sugar Industries and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, with more from Mac MacLachlan, the Vice President of International Relations at A.S.R./B.S.I. In an interview with reporters on Thursday, MacLachlan explained in great detail why the most contentious aspect of the ongoing negotiations towards […]
And, the conversation regarding the signing of individual agreements between farmers and the millers came up once again in Thursday’s interview. A.S.R./B.S.I says it remains open to signing individual contracts with any sugarcane farmer who intends on doing so, because the mill will be unable to accept sugar cane from farmers without a signed agreement. […]
A policeman was arraigned today in the Belize City Magistrates’ Court on a charge of Perverting the Course of Justice. It follows an alleged incident outside of an establishment on Newtown Barracks two weeks ago when the policeman reportedly took away a man’s gun and kept it in his possession. Police Constable Herman Ramos is […]
Earlier today, twenty-two-year-old Curtis August pleaded guilty to Handling Stolen Goods in reference to several guns that were stolen from the residence of former Commissioner of Police, Allen Whylie. He was fined fifteen hundred, dollars plus five dollars cost of court, to be paid by March thirty-first, 2023, in default, six months imprisonment. Whylie’s home […]
A package of suspected cocaine weighing approximately one point one kilograms was discovered on November seventh in the vicinity of Caye Chapel. Police were informed that on Sunday, October sixth, during the late hours of the night, a black rectangular parcel was discovered. Upon closer inspection, it was observed that the content appeared to be […]
Police are investigating what appears to be a suicide at the Belize Central Prison on Thursday afternoon. Officers were summoned to Tango Eight where they observed the motionless body of twenty-three-year-old Evan Morales Gonzales on the ground with marks on his neck. An initial investigation revealed that at around eleven-twenty-five a.m., a prison officer making […]
Article six of the Paris Agreement has been a sticking point in negotiations at the United Nation’s Conference of the Parties, specifically because it addresses climate financing. There are several areas being negotiated simultaneously by technical experts in climate change, to ensure that there is consensus on its mitigation and the way forward, as well […]
Annually at the United Nation’s Conference of Parties, the Caribbean is represented by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, which coordinates the region’s response to climate change, by working on effective solutions and projects. At its pavilion at the International Conference Center in Egypt, CARICOM is resolute in its position. Thirty-five million lives, dreams and […]
Ambassador Carlos Fuller agrees that the larger countries, that are historically responsible for the climate change issue facing the world today, have not been doing enough. In fact, he says that they have exacerbated the situation. And while they may not be suffering the immediate impacts of climate change, they are certainly experiencing it indirectly. […]
But Belize’s lead negotiator and U.N. Representative Carlos Fuller says that this COP is being used to ramp up the implementation of the Paris Agreement, which was adopted back in 2015 and addresses core issues such as mitigation, adaptation and finance. A mitigation work program is being devised to ensure that the world is on […]
The inflated freight charges associated with the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine, taught countries the importance of being self-sufficient and how costly dependency on importation of food products can be in times of global challenges. So allocating more real estate for agricultural purposes is the most logical way of becoming more self-sustainable. But […]
Today marks two years since the People United Party’s took office, after thirteen years in opposition. The P.U.P. has been implementing its Plan Belize manifesto, but are Belizeans any better off as a result of the leadership of the Briceño Administration? The answer to that question may vary depending on who you ask. One thing […]
Belize City resident, Elston Willoughby, was badly injured earlier this year while on the job at the Port of Belize Limited. The career stevedore was wounded when a shipping container crushed his right arm. Since then, the waterfront worker has been forced into retirement after being deemed medically unfit to work. In the wake of […]
Comedy Belize Organization is bringing laughter to Belize through its Cyah Hold Mih Down comedy show featuring stand-up comedians White Yardie out of Jamaica, and Belizean David Morey and Patrick Peyrefitte. The show is scheduled for two nights, on the second of December and the fourth of December in Belize City and Orange Walk, respectively. […]
Last week, the country needed a look on the bright side, as we anxiously awaited the arrival of Hurricane Lisa to make landfall on Belize. It’s been ten days and we have seen several good news, particularly in the manner in which communities have come together to help each another. This week, Sabreena Daly takes […]
Police have recovered several guns that were stolen from the residence of the former Commissioner of Police, Allen Whylie in Lemonal. The firearms were discovered in two different locations, one in the same village where Whylie resides, and three additional weapons were found further north in Orange Walk. Of note is that earlier this week, […]
