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There is a war of words being waged by the principals of two cruise port projects in Belize and the back-and-forth via press releases continues to reveal the intricacies of the agreements that were struck with the government. On February twenty-second, Chief Executive Officer David Gegg issued a blistering response to a letter that was […]
Written on February 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Two thousand dollars a day, that’s the cost of trucking potable water from Dangriga and Riversdale to Placencia. It is a bill that Belize Water Services is currently footing to ensure that there is adequate supply to all consumers on the peninsula heading into Easter. Over the past few days, it has been reported that […]
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Belize Water Services is presently in the initial phase of executing several projects to improve the supply of water to Placencia, as well as other communities along the peninsula. With an inflation in the cost of materials post COVID, the cost of these projects have virtually doubled. According to C.E.O. Haynes, these works are expected […]
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In most cases, when an adult goes missing, the story ends in tragedy for their loved ones. But in this case, we’re happy to report that a woman who was listed as missing on Monday morning and whose disappearance worried the Hattieville community has returned home safely. The sudden disappearance of Sharlette Jacobs, the Principal […]
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A heated exchange of words between a pair of security guards employed at the same workplace has resulted in twenty-eight-year-old Julian Logan being charged with issuing a death threat. Logan appeared unrepresented before the magistrate court where he was read a single charge. It is alleged that on February twenty-fifth, Logan verbally endangered the life […]
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The Belize Central Prison has been selected as one of eight entries in a global competition to present a paper on COVID-19 at an international scientific conference on the work the facility has been at its medical unit, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were over a hundred and ninety submissions made, of which only […]
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Over the past months, there have been two B.D.F soldiers that were remanded to the Belize Central Prison and on Monday, it was a former policeman who was sentenced to a three-year bid and a former coastguard member remanded for missing a court date in an ongoing case. That number is now at three, after […]
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The prison population is currently a thousand and fifty and the facility is constantly looking at ways to cut costs and earn income to help feed its population, which in turn also helps the prisoners to make some money. But since COVID, the crafts and other things the prisoners made lost their markets. Now there’s […]
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In tonight’s episode of Kolcha Tuesday, we focus on a young Belizean music producer who has been making waves across the Caribbean for his skills inside the studio. We visited the newly inaugurated Reef Recording Studio where we sat down with DJ Perf to discuss the impact of Belizean music on culture and how the […]
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Last week, we reported on a double fatality as a result of a road traffic accident near the Beaver Dam Bridge in the Cayo District. And there have been reports of many other vehicular collisions and incidents involving motorcycles and loss of life that have been reported over the past year. The Ministry of Transport […]
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In July of 2021, we reported on a donation of sixteen speed guns and twenty-six breathalyzers with five thousand mouthpieces to the Department of Transport. Back then, the equipment was handed over by C.E.O. in the Ministry of Economic Development Doctor Osmond Martinez to Chief Transport Officer Dian Vasquez and its focus was to promote […]
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Science and technology are connecting communities across the world with game-changing approaches to disaster risk reduction. The first pillar of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction states that disaster risk policies and practices should be based on a thorough understanding of risk. A number of private sector entities and N.G.O.’s from across the world […]
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We also spoke with Doctor Samuel about the responses promoted by the initiative in the event that a school is destroyed by a natural disaster. He also touched on the issue of technology in education and its limited availability and access to marginalized communities. These are critical issues pertaining to disaster risk reduction. Dr. […]
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Today, the Pan American Health Organization began a training of trainers on the prevention and response to gender-based violence during health emergencies. The workshop seeks to train frontline healthcare workers and social workers to train others on the importance of gender-based violence and providing care and support to survivors especially during times of disasters. It […]
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On Saturday, the thirty-eight CONCACAF Ordinary Congress was held in Antigua, Guatemala with delegates from its forty-one member associations, council members and guests from the global football community. While the congress saw the unanimous re-election of Victor Montagliani as President of the Confederation for another four-year term, F.F.B. President Sergio Chuc was soon after elected […]
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With his new post, Sergio Chuc was asked about his plans for Belize and the region when it comes to further developing the sport. Here’s what he had to say. Sergio Chuc, Appointed Member, CONCACAF Council “Now that I sit on the decision making board, of course I will have to take off my […]
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An early morning murder took place in Dangriga today and claimed the life of Frank Garcia, who also goes by the nickname “Animal.” Garcia was inside his house in the Rivas Estate area when the gunman entered his house and fired the deadly shots at him. News Five’s Duane Moody travelled south today and spoke […]
Written on February 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Last Wednesday, there was a shooting incident in Roaring Creek Village that claimed the life of fifteen-year-old Dane Matute Junior. The high school student was among a group of teenagers who went swimming at a popular location near Guanacaste Park when two gunmen opened fire in their direction. While Matute Junior was mortally wounded, his […]
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Where is Hattieville Primary School Principal Sharlette Jacobs? She was last seen around eight-thirty this morning and has not been seen or heard from since. The Belize Police Department has since issued a missing person’s bulletin describing Jacobs as being five feet four inches tall, slim built and about one hundred and sixty pounds. She […]
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Since the beginning of this year, there have been several reports of schools being targeted by thieves. Last week, two schools were burglarized, in Corozal and Belize City, and then on Sunday night, a police patrol ended up detaining a thief who was in the process of breaking into a school. Residents have said that […]
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Over the weekend, the family of Kyle Latchman were out in the Port Loyola area searching for closure after they received information to suggest that his body was disposed of in the area. The twenty-three-year-old was last seen on Boxing Day, 2022 and is believed to have been murdered and his body buried. Today, Assistant […]
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Former Police Constable Dion Bellini has been sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of drug trafficking. The conviction comes a little over two years following a bust near the outskirts of Orange Walk Town. Sometime around midday on December twenty-fourth, 2020, Bellini, a resident of a San Martin address in Belmopan, […]
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A male minor, age seventeen, is the second suspect to have been charged with the murder of Emert Flowers who was gunned down at his residence on Racecourse Street on January twelfth. The teenager appeared before Senior Magistrate Baja Shoman earlier today where he was arraigned on a single count in the presence of a […]
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Former Coast Guard officer Keyren Tzib is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after failing to appear in court. Tzib was detained by police on February twenty-third when she skipped a court date for a case of attempted murder. The warrant for Tzib’s arrest was issued by Justice Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft. In court today, […]
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It was one of several points discussed at last week’s meeting between the Belize Bus Association executive and a Ministry of Transport team, in an effort to upgrade the transport industry – merging the bus companies that run in the three regions to come up with only two companies in each. What it meant was […]
Written on February 27, 2023 | Posted in
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