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The Group of Supervisors is working in the background to ensure that all these necessary legislative amendments are being done to align Belize’s financial regulations with international standards. The group functions under the authority of the National Anti-Money Laundering Committee and it is made up of the Central Bank, the Financial Services Commission, the Financial […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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At the adjournment of Friday’s House Meeting, Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow rose to share his concerns on the issue of human trafficking in Belize. The Briceño administration is on record saying that investigations have revealed information to suggest that a large number of Haitian nationals are being smuggled to the U.S through […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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The Office of the Contractor General has been vacant since February. Former Contractor General Omar Mitchell has reached the age of retirement and is no longer able to serve in that capacity. The House of Representatives passed a motion on Friday to appoint Maria Arthurs as the new contractor general. While the contractor general is […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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On Friday, the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and e-Governance officially opened a Digital Connect Center in Bullet Tree Falls, Cayo District. The initiative is the result of partnership between the Government of Belize and the Taiwanese Embassy. This falls under the National Digital Inclusion Program. Here are the highlights from that event. (clip […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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The Football Federation of Belize held a press conference this morning in Belmopan to officially introduce the Under-Fifteen Boys National Team. Twenty players were selected from a group of seventy young athletes from across the country. The team has been preparing for the CONCACAF Qualifiers. Here is a look at how the ceremony went. […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to this week’s edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. There is a huge regional cricket tournament to be played in Belize later this week. Teams from four countries, including Mexico, Costa Rica and England, will go head to head with the Belize Men’s National Cricket Team to see who will […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Guilty – that is the verdict handed down today by Justice Antoinette Moore in the trial by judge alone for the manslaughter of Laddie Gillett. Former Corporal of Police Kareem Martinez stood trial earlier this year and today, almost two years after the fatal shooting of fourteen-year-old Laddie in Placencia, his fate was decided. Martinez […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams reacted to the guilty verdict handed down earlier today against former Corporal of Police Kareem Martinez. Recently, police officers have been at the center of convictions, accused of disproportionate, unnecessary and unreasonable conduct that have ended in irreparable harm. ComPol Williams says that he was expecting the ruling from the […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Following the verdict, defense attorney Oscar Selgado, who represented Kareem Martinez in the trial, maintained that there is no evidence and no scientific proof that his client fired the shot that killed Laddie Gillett. Selgado told the media that he intends to appeal the decision of the court. But according to attorney-at-law Dickie Bradley, the […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Prior to issuing the guilty verdict, Justice Antoinette Moore referred to the Convention on the Rights of a Child and spoke of the need for more training of police officers as it relates to the Firearms Act and the Police Act, as well as the constitution. Back in January, the Justice for Laddie Foundation, during […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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The Ladyville community was stunned on Thursday afternoon when reports of a double murder began to surface in the village. Indeed, a man and a woman were found dead inside the woman’s residence that she shared with her common-law-husband, who is the police department’s suspect in the pair of homicides. The woman, fifty-year-old Desiree Gonzalez […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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The series of events involving Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited and the Appeals Tribunal have taken another interesting turn with a letter being written to Justice Patricia Farnese requesting that she recuses herself as chair of that committee. On April eighteenth, Marine Parade Chambers, the law firm of Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith, wrote to the high […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, Justice Farnese responded in writing to Marine Parade Chambers regarding the request for recusal. In that letter, Justice Farnese wrote, “the request for recusal requires due consideration before I can decide to acquiesce to or reject the request. Any decision I make will have obvious impacts on these proceedings. I cannot over look […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, Kareem Musa, the Minister of Home Affairs, introduced a bill before the House of Representatives that will allow for the appointment of independent prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of criminal matters. The Special Prosecution Bill comes four months after the gruesome New Year’s Eve triple murder of David, Jon and Vivian Ramnarace in […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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The Development Finance Cooperation (D.F.C.) is seeking to borrow twenty million dollars from the Social Security Board to further finance its ongoing Mortgage Finance Program. Today, the Government of Belize sought the approval of the House of Representatives via a loan motion to have D.F.C. borrow the sum from S.S.B. Through its Mortgage Finance Program, […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Julius Espat, the Minister of Housing, also rose to contribute to the debate on the D.F.C. loan motion. He responded to the criticisms made by the Leader of the Opposition, while seeking to differentiate between the housing program under his ministry and the mortgage financing program at D.F.C. He explained that the loan program at […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Increments for public officers and teachers were unfrozen on April first. Today, the House of Representatives made that decision official, through an amendment to the Public Sector Emoluments and Allowances Reduction Act. But, will the Government of Belize pay public servants and teachers retroactively for the three years that their increments were frozen? Barrow is […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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And, the Government of Belize continues to take legislative action towards meeting the technical requirements set out by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). Today, Prime Minister John Briceño introduced seven amendment bills inside the House of Representatives. All seven bills are of a financial nature and are being amended to reflect compliance with […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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In a historic move for Belize’s parliament, Minister Dolores Balderamos Garcia, the Minister of Human Development, has introduced an amendment to the standing order for a women’s caucus to be established as a joint select committee. The women’s caucus is being formed to increase the representation of women in Parliament on issues that directly affect […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Belmopan Mayor, Sheran Palacio, left Belize today to take part in a series of events in the United States. Mayor Palacio will take part in an Earth Day Summit at Miami University, followed by a panel discussion with Mayor Daniela Levine Cava of Miami Dade. Next week, the mayor will attend the first ever Cities […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, several non-government organizations received grant funding to carry out humanitarian or rehabilitative work that they do in their respective communities. The funding came through UNICEF’s Spotlight program and was administered by the Belize Association of Planners. Florence Goldson, who is the association’s communications and programs director, explained how the six catalyst projects were selected. […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Joellie Duarte of the Hope Haven Belize in San Pedro and Prudencia Cal of the Belmopan Active Youths were two of the representatives present today to receive the first half of their organization’s grants. These are organizations that assist people whose lives or wellbeing have been endangered. The representatives explained to the media how the […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon at Saint John’s Cathedral here in Belize City, family, friends and colleagues of Fitzroy Yearwood gathered to bid farewell to the well-known Assistant Superintendent of Police. Yearwood passed away last Tuesday, following a massive stroke he suffered on Holy Saturday. The service officiated by Bishop Philip Wright was at capacity and dozens of […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Tourism arrivals to Belize prior to the pandemic are almost back to where they were in 2019, but the Belize Tourism Board is continuously seeking to build its momentum. Today, that was what the B.T.B. engaged in at a forum that sought to attract visitors using technology. It is called Building On Our Momentum or […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Tourism Board’s Anthony Mahler Under-Thirteen Mundialito Football Tournament is back. The home of the tournament has been the M.C.C. Grounds for the last fourteen seasons. This year the games will get a new home, the recently renovated Berger Field on Vernon Street. The longstanding tournament kicks off on Saturday morning. We spoke with […]
Written on April 21, 2023 | Posted in
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