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One of the parks that Mayor Palacio and her team from Belmopan cleaned was located in the Freetown area and while he is not responsible for parks and playgrounds, Belize City Councilor, Albert Vaughan is the Chairman for the P.U.P Freetown Office and decided to be a part of the exercise. He expressed gratitude for […]
Written on November 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, government leaders took turns making national statements regarding climate change and their respective country’s positions on the crisis. The speeches were strong, especially those coming from countries like Belize that have been experiencing increasingly severe impacts of climate change. This morning, the head of the Belize delegation at COP27 in Egypt, Minister Orlando Habet, […]
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In his national statement, the minister speaks to Belize prioritizing its critical forest resource with effective policies, strategies and meaningful actions resulting in a national forest cover of over sixty percent, but that it becomes all for nothing if there is no true action from the G20 countries and other large polluters. Minister Habet goes […]
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It’s the final week of COP27 and the power brokers are now finalizing the negotiations going forward. High level ministerial meetings have been taking place and countries have been taking advantage of the opportunities being afforded to network and learn climate-smart practices and what’s best for their situation on the ground. While there have been […]
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Speaking about carbon credits, there are several interested parties who want to engage in Belize’s carbon market, even as the mechanism is being finalized. And today, following sessions this morning, Minister Orlando Habet and C.E.O. Doctor Kenrick Williams met casually with representatives of an interested party to look at the potential opportunity for business. In […]
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On Monday evening, Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow issued a release calling for the removal of the climate change portfolio from Minister Orlando Habet. Barrow claims that the Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management has abused his authority and falsified the COP registration process for personal reasons. This is because, for the […]
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November nineteenth will mark the two hundred and twentieth year since the first Garinagu arrived on our shores from Saint Vincent. And each year there is no shortage of celebration in that regard. News Five’s Marion Ali was on special assignment in the Toledo District over the weekend and picked up on the sights, sounds […]
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A new director has been named at the Institute of Creative Arts. Kim Vasquez has been operating as the Acting Director of ICA for the past two years. She has now been named the official director of ICA. She is no stranger to creative arts in Belize. In 2009, Vasquez joined the Institute of Creative […]
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With a background in youth development, Vasquez says investment in young and upcoming artists will be made a priority under her leadership. She told us what that will look like. Kim Vasquez, Director, ICA “My foundation was actually youth development, I was the youth development. So, definitely anything concerning the next generation of artist […]
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There are over fifty thousand people in Belize with ties to Honduras, according to Anthony Mahler, the Minister of Tourism. So, Honduras is a natural market for the airline industry. That is one of the main reasons why Tropic Air now has a non-stop flight from Belize to Honduras. The direct flight also opens a […]
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A giant leap has been taken in the process of drafting a new Constitution of Belize. Upon taking office in November 2020, the Briceño administration introduced the Ministry of Public Service, Constitutional and Political Reform and Religious Affairs, with the intent of carrying out an extensive revision of the Constitution of Belize. Earlier this year, they […]
Written on November 14, 2022 | Posted in
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The last time such a constitutional reform exercise took place, it was done by the Constitution Reform Commission back in 1999. The difference with the current undertaking is that the P.C.C. has legislative backing. The commission will also operate as an autonomous body, free of influence from the Government of Belize. Former Belmopan Mayor Anthony […]
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In his remarks, Francis Fonseca, the Minister or Education, Culture, Science, and Technology, encouraged Belizeans to become familiarized with the Constitution of Belize and to play an active role in the reform process. He called on high school and tertiary level students to become educated on the role of the constitution in Belize’s future development. […]
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Following the ceremony, we spoke with Prime Minister John Briceño about the historic launch and his expectations of the outcome of this process. Here is what he had to say. Prime Minister John Briceño “Certainly what is next, it is up to the commission to come up with a work plan. I think they […]
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There is also controversy surrounding the makeup of the People’s Constitutional Commission, as certain groups felt that their voices have been excluded. We asked the Prime Minister about those criticisms, as well as the approach that the P.C.C. will take when there is a difference of opinions on critical issues. Here is how he responded. […]
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Twenty-eighth-year-old Travis Navarro was acquitted of the murder when he appeared before the Supreme Court Justice Sandcroft earlier today. In 2013, he was charged for the execution-style slaying of twenty-one-year-old Rajiv Gonquez, the son of former Chief Meteorologist Dennis Gonguez. Navarro was represented by attorney Oscar Selgado, who delivered the news that the D.P.P.’s office […]
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Independence police are investigating a burglary that took place in Bella Vista Village over the weekend that resulted with the alleged thief being found dead inside a home he was attempting to break into. This morning, just before five o’clock, a Belizean domestic from Bella Vista reported to police that someone was breaking into her […]
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A pair of armed robbers appeared before the magistrate’s court in Belize City today after being arrested and charged for a holdup on Amara Avenue that took place on Friday. Twenty-seven-year-old Troy Augustus and his accomplice, twenty-two-year-old Orlin Garcia, have been charged with two counts of robbery and one count of kept firearm without a […]
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A former police officer was the victim of a road traffic accident this weekend after he fell out of a vehicle near Blackman Eddy Village. Thirty-nine-year-old Desmond Gordon was transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in an unconscious state after reported falling from the pan of a pickup truck. He received serious head and […]
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Climate change experts, including the Belize delegation are at COP27 defending the need for financing from developed countries, by way of loss and damage, to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change. But there is an added fire under the negotiators as Belize was, less than two weeks ago, battered by Hurricane Lisa, an […]
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They are the only two cities in Belize and tomorrow one will be assisting the other in the wake of the damage and destruction caused by Hurricane Lisa. Mayor Sheran Palacio and the employees at the Belmopan City Council will travel to Belize City from as early as six in the morning to assist the […]
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As government leaders and climate change experts converge on Sharm El Sheikh to negotiate a way forward in addressing climate change, others are stationed outside the meeting rooms are engaged in peaceful protest. Hundreds of persons gathered on Saturday to express their concerns. Residents, the world over, are calling for immediate action, as they continue […]
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It was another busy day for Climate Change Minister Orlando Habet and the team of Belizean negotiators at the twenty-seventh annual United Nations Conference of the Parties in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Minister Habet is now joined by C.E.O. Doctor Kenrick Williams, who has also hit the ground running, sitting in on negotiations around climate […]
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Minister Orlando Habet also delivered the keynote address with the Nigerian Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, at an official side event at COP27, in Egypt, in the nighttime. The event, co-hosted by the Government of Nigeria, the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency and the Center for Clean Air Policy, addressed the role of transparency in […]
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The Department of the Environment hosted another round of public consultations on Friday in Belize City, where stakeholders and other interested parties raised concerns about the proposed Port of Belize Expansion Project which, once approved, will see the construction of a cruise terminal in Port Loyola. In the Belize harbor, Port Coral which is being […]
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