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Minister of Health and Wellness Kevin Bernard met with the Nurses Association of Belize earlier today to address a number of issues pertaining to the shortage of pharmaceuticals in the public health sector. The long overdue engagement comes in the wake of serious concerns and complaints that have been shared by nurses, doctors and hospital […]
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According to Bernard, the Ministry of Health and Wellness is seeking permission from Cabinet to proceed with expediting the tendering process to avoid unwanted delays. He also pointed out that the meeting that was held earlier today had nothing to do with a letter that was purportedly sent out last week issuing an ultimatum to […]
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The Central American Bank for Economic Integration, CABEI, has signed an agreement with the Briceño administration to donate two million Belize dollars to assist with humanitarian support in the wake of Hurricane Lisa. As a gesture of solidarity with Belize, CABEI’s board of directors approved the sum to aid the country in its response to […]
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The Ministry of Economic Development and the Belize Bureau of Standards are collaborating to standardize the honey industry in Belize. Through a Memorandum of Understanding, the Belize Bureau of Standards will be collecting data to use benchmarks on how the honey value chain, from production to consumer, can be regulated to ensure quality. The quality […]
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The Ministry of Economic Development also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Meteorological Service of Belize for the development of a climate information system. The system will provide key information to small farmers to advise their planning and minimize loss. Farmers will be able to access this data through a mobile application. Doctor […]
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Four men are in police custody tonight after a foiled robbery attempt at Lina Supermarket on Mahogany Street in Belize City. Just before midday a group of armed thieves entered the supermarket and held up the business owners. While carrying out the crime, a police mobile that was in the area drove towards the store. […]
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The entrance of Tower Hill looks the same way it did ten years ago. But the interior where sugarcane is milled and converted to sugar has undergone a series of upgrades between 2019 and 2022. Today, the company took the media on a tour of the facility to show how sixty million dollars was invested […]
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The dispute between the American Sugar Refinery, Belize Sugar Industries Limited and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association has gone on for the better part of a year and perhaps almost for two years now. With no commercial agreement signed yet, both parties are also yet to agree on a mediator who will attempt to […]
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There have been some demands that the B.S.C.F.A has made on A.S.R/B.S.I., to furnish financial documents that the company does not feel it is obliged to provide since those documents do not fall within the ambit of the commercial agreement by which both parties operate with each other. But despite these fundamental differences and the […]
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The United Democratic Party remains in shambles and yesterday’s designation of former U.D.P. Minister John Saldivar, by the U.S Department of State, has sunken the party into further despair. Saldivar is considered to be one of the Opposition Leader’s closest allies, even with a political career marred by accusations of wrongdoings. The opposition says it […]
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Taking you back to the launch of the People’s Constitutional Commission earlier this week, the work has begun towards developing a renewed Constitution of Belize. And, as we reported, the P.C.C. will be operating with full autonomy. But, just how much independence will they have to carry out their duties? That’s what we asked Prime […]
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The People’s Constitutional Commission has eighteen months to fulfill its obligations, before making its submissions to the Prime Minister. But, is eighteen months enough time for the P.C.C. to carry out the extensive consultations that are required for such a process? We also asked the Prime Minister if the entire process will be limited to […]
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The Belize delegation also had a bilateral meeting with the recently appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Simon Stiell (Steel). The meeting was to address concerns from negotiators from AOSIS, CARICOM and Belize about the language surrounding loss and damage and to ensure that a fund is established for […]
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Today, inside the CARICOM pavilion at COP27, the Barbados Water Authority and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center signed off on the next step of a wastewater project for the island nation that seeks to link water, energy and food security. It is a partnership that is supported by the Green Climate Fund, for which […]
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For some time now, the Government of Belize has been the beneficiary of a climate finance advisor, in the person of Ranga Pallawala. Pallawala took up office in Belize through support from the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub that seeks to provide Commonwealth member countries with in-country expertise. Now the support is not permanent and […]
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The approval of an environmental and social impact assessment for the proposed expansion of the Port of Belize Limited which will include a cruise terminal in Port Loyola, is now in the hands of the National Environmental Appraisal Committee, NEAC, following a final round of public consultations on Friday in Belize City. Tonight, we’ll revisit […]
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Former Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar has been banned for the foreseeable future from entering the United States. This afternoon, the U.S. Department of State issued a release informing that it has placed a designation on the erstwhile U.D.P. minister for “involvement in significant corruption”. The designation was issued under Section 7031of the US Constitution […]
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John Saldivar responded to the U.S. Department of State’s declaration late this evening. In a social media statement, Saldivar said that the declaration is “left field, baseless, and malicious”. According to Saldivar, as a minister of government he conducted himself with honesty and integrity. He says he is at a loss as to why the […]
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Late this evening Opposition Leader Moses Shyne Barrow responded to the designation placed on John Saldivar. Barrow says, quote The Opposition denounces corruption by Government Officials in any form. We treat very serious the allegations of corruption being made by the U.S. State Department against former Minister John Saldivar. Notwithstanding our zero tolerance of corruption […]
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A father of two is dead following a shooting incident on Monday night near the entrance to Crooked Tree Village. By all accounts, Reece Riverol was quiet and troubled no one. But last night, he was targeted by an unknown gunman who lured him out of his home by throwing rocks at his house. When […]
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A family in Crooked Tree Village has turned to the media to say that they do not appreciate the manner in which the police department is handling the investigation when they searched their home sometime after midnight this morning. According to an uncle of four of the persons who were detained, police initially arrived without […]
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The Belize Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own tonight, following a fatal R.T.A. on Monday in the Cayo District that claimed the life of Corporal Shannon Middleton. Two other persons, including Dillon Pommels and Luis Mejia were also injured in the incident which happened in the vicinity of Blackman Eddy. […]
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Santander lost five percent of its sugarcane crop due to the strong winds and rain brought on by Hurricane Lisa. The initial assessment seemed worst, with acres upon acres of sugar cane lying flat on the ground. But, once the rain cleared and the weather improved those flattened sugarcane stalks rose up once again, a […]
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We also asked Burke whether the company is concerned about the quality of the sugarcane in the field given its exposure to flood waters and strong winds. Here is what she had to say. Beverly Burke, Public Relations Manager, Santander “We work on production, we work on the quality of the cane and what […]
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Today, Belmopan Mayor Sheran Palacio and a team of fifty city council employees alighted a Floralia bus in Belize City and picked up shovels, rakes and garbage bags to clean up parks and other areas of the city that Hurricane Lisa had affected. The team also cleared three areas of fallen debris left behind by […]
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