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A tribunal appointed by the Government of Belize to preside over an appeal being made by Waterloo, in respect of the Port of Belize Expansion Project, has been named. The members of that body are Lucy Fleming, Doctor Terry Hughes and Justice Farnese Patricia Farnese. Back in February, we reported that the Department of the […]
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Minister Habet further explained that the purpose of the tribunal is to ensure that the process that was followed by NEAC, as well as the Department of the Environment, was fair to Waterloo. He also shared details on the selection process. Orlando Habet, Minister of Sustainable Development “Some names came up and I think […]
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Concerns being raised by residents of San Pedrito have been answered by the Minister of Sustainable Development with respect of dredging activities taking place in that area of San Pedro Town. According to Minister Habet, the San Pedro Town Council has been given the green light to proceed with dredging. That municipal body has since […]
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That homemade fried chicken or roast pork leg might have had you talking about just how tasty they were, but the secret behind that delectable goodness is the seasoning. And many a cook seems to choose those that are prepared by Indira’s Spices at the Michael Finnegan Market. In fact, this family’s seasonings are so […]
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Following years of strategic planning and investment, the Belize Scouts Foundation today officially inaugurated the Sir Colville Young Building. Located on Albert Street, just a stone’s throw away from Saint John’s Cathedral in Belize City, the building was handed over to the Belize Scouts Association for use as its headquarters. This morning, a plaque unveiling […]
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A man and a woman are displaced after a fire destroyed their homes through an alley on Euphrates Avenue in Belize City. The blaze was first spotted sometime after four this morning at a wooden house situated at the back of a yard, but it spread quickly to two other houses. By the time the […]
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The 2023 budget debate is scheduled to take place over the course of three days next week, starting on Wednesday. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, the Leader of the Opposition, has announced that he will be presenting his own budget, the opposition budget. Well, this morning Barrow made an appearance on Open Your Eyes ahead of next […]
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Barrow was also asked about his dismissal from inside the House of Representatives on Friday. As we reported, Barrow was kicked out of the meeting while members were debating the Legal Aid Bill. Tensions between Barrow and the Valerie Woods, the Speaker of the House, were high, after he reportedly told her that she was […]
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Mangroves are among the most ecologically valuable marine ecosystems in the world. They serve as the habitat for fisheries, protect shorelines from the full impact of storms and remove earth-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store this carbon below ground in the soil. Earlier today, the first comprehensive national estimate of mangrove carbon […]
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While mangroves have long been recognized as important nature-based solutions to climate change, many countries still lack local data on carbon stocks. This study helps fill the carbon data gap for Belize, making it one of the few countries in the region with a comprehensive carbon stock assessment for mangroves. Orlando Habet, Minister of […]
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Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network Belize and National Student Union of Belize have joined forces on a social media peace campaign during Commonwealth Week 2023. The campaign is aimed at raising awareness about the theme of Commonwealth Week 2023: “Forging Peaceful and Sustainable Common Futures”. The campaign also aims to encourage young people to engage […]
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Traffic accidents remain one of the country’s leading causes of death and over the weekend, tragedy struck when four members of one family from Orange Walk District perished in a head-on collision. The mishap occurred on the Yo Creek/San Antonio Road on Saturday night. What’s worse is that the driver of the other vehicle is […]
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The Belize Police Department’s Communications Director, A.S.P Fitzroy Yearwood explained that when investigators arrived at the scene that night, they saw two mangled vehicles and debris strewn everywhere. While the driver of the other pickup truck, Byron Tillett is also hospitalized, he has been served with a Notice of Intended Prosecution, as police continue to […]
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There was another traffic accident up north, this time in the Corozal District. It involved a motorcycle and an S.U.V. As Yearwood explained, the motorcycle driver perished in that collision, after he reportedly veered into the other lane and collided head on with an oncoming vehicle. A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department […]
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The decomposing remains of twenty-one-year-old Freddy Chicas were discovered by a search party on Friday morning, in the vicinity of the Eight Mile Community along the George Price Highway. A missing person’s report had only been issued for the whereabouts of the Hattieville resident the night before; but, according to the family of the young […]
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“Delivering on Plan Belize” is the title that Prime Minister John Briceño gave to his 2023/2024 Budget Speech. In his seventy-seven minutes oration on Friday inside the National Assembly, the PM touched on the external factors affecting Belize’s economy, developments in the financial sector, public debt, his administrator’s performance in 2022 and its projected performance […]
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One of the high priority areas listed in the 2023 budget is land distribution. Prime Minister Briceño says that government is making a significant investment in the surveying of over eleven thousand parcels of land across the country that will be distributed to first-time land owners in 2023. He gave further details during his speech. […]
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Inside the House of Representatives, Prime Minister Briceño also spoke about the thirty million dollars lost in tax revenue from fuel in 2022. Outside of the House, reporters asked P.M. Briceño about his projections for 2023 where fuel is concerned and if Belizeans can expect to see the cost go down. Prime Minister John […]
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A freak accident just off the coast of Caye Caulker on Saturday afternoon has left a well-known fisherman dead. The grieving family is still trying to come to terms with what took place that resulted in Jose Castro’s fatal injuries. While the police department is conducting an investigation of its own, so is the Belize […]
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Thirty-two-year-old Kriston Andre Smith, a former public officer, was arraigned today in connection with the burglary of the magistrate court’s building in the parking lot on Regent Street. The burglar may have been on a spree of break-ins prior to that incident, as he also appeared before the lower court today where he was arraigned […]
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Tonight, a well-known criminal is once again behind bars for allegedly burglarizing All Saints School over the weekend. Forty-eight-year-old Kenroy Coote appeared before Magistrate Khiana Gordon today where he was read a single count of burglary. It is alleged that on Saturday, March tenth, the King’s Park resident broke into one of the school buildings […]
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A sixteen-year-old student of Saint John’s College visited the police station here in Belize City in the company of his father, where reported that whilst walking along Princess Margaret Drive, he was attacked by several persons, including a fellow classmate. During the incident the teenager was reportedly struck several times in the face, sustaining injuries […]
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On Friday, the Registrar of Credit Unions, Central Bank Governor Kareem Michael, announced that career banker Martin Marshalleck has been appointed to oversee the day-to-day operations of Saint Francis Xavier Credit Union in Corozal. The lending institution is the second largest credit union in the country but has been mired in controversy for the better […]
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It’s a long-awaited piece of instrument that was promised by the previous administration. Today, the Government Press Office has reported that the Minister of the Blue Economy and Civil Aviation, Andre Perez has signed an agreement for the acquisition of a new aviation primary radar and for the upgrading of its air traffic control center. […]
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An independent tribunal is being established to hear the Port of Belize’s appeal in the rejection of its Port Expansion Project. The latest development is that persons have already been identified to sit on that tribunal. And, amendments were made to the Environmental Protection Act to exclude the Senator for Business Community from that tribunal. […]
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