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Earlier this week, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry wrote to Prime Minister John Briceño, complaining that the government did not consult with them before amending the price control list. The government has expanded the price control list by thirty food and thirteen non-food items and has imposed a fifteen percent and twenty percent […]
Written on July 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, we told you about the letter that the Belize Chamber and Industry wrote to the Minister of Energy, Michel Chebat, requesting the government’s plan to find alternative sources of energy in Belize, and pointing to a need to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and energy provider, C.F.E. in Mexico. Well, while Chebat […]
Written on July 27, 2023 | Posted in
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In tonight’s episode of Belize on Reel, we take a look at the history of boatbuilding in Belize and one family’s legacy in that industry. Steven Bradley has spent the better part of his life building and repairing boats. His nephew, Travis Bradley, has also made a name for himself as a more than capable […]
Written on July 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in Belize City concluded a four-week summer program for children today. The group of approximately thirty young women was engaged in a number of training courses, including crochet classes, conversational Spanish, art, cooking and baking. This morning, a brief closing ceremony was held at the organization’s headquarters where all […]
Written on July 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The Community-Oriented Policing Unit awarded eight scholarships to high school students selected from across Belize City today. The unit chose students who reside in single-parent homes. The recipients are attending high schools that are not part of the Ministry of Education’s Education Upliftment Pilot Project. The ceremony was held this afternoon inside the Yarborough Community […]
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York Street is one of the oldest arteries in the Fort George area. It runs parallel to Freetown Road and serves as an alternative to that carriageway. But its pavement over the decades has slowly deteriorated and then when the rains come, it floods, forcing the residents to wade through the water to access their […]
Written on July 27, 2023 | Posted in
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And while York Street residents are relieved to have a new thoroughfare, the residents of Fort George will have a new receptacle to better manage their garbage problem. That comes after the Belize City Council, which is responsible for garbage collection, handed over a check to Fort George Area Representative, Henry Charles Usher today. Mayor […]
Written on July 27, 2023 | Posted in
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As the campaign season draws nearer, leading up to municipal elections next year, insiders from both political mass parties have started to position themselves to have their names appear on the ballot on election day. Belize City Mayor, Bernard Wagner has made it abundantly clear that he wants a third go as mayor, but that […]
Written on July 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, a Data Needs Workshop was held leading up to the seventh round of government’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. It’s called MICS and the last round was conducted in 2015, and should happen every five years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the survey was not conducted. Nonetheless, the various ministries that are […]
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The second annual Belize International Music and Food Fest is less than two days away and artists from across the Caribbean are pouring in to perform during this weekend’s mega event in Belize City. The stage is set for a deep lineup of Belizean and regional musicians, as well as local chefs from across the […]
Written on July 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The International Basketball Federation’s Under-Seventeen Centrobasket Tournament is currently underway inside the Belize City Civic Center. On Wednesday night, Belize played its first match of the tournament against Panama. After four quarters of play time, Belize came out of the match on top, winning the game with seventy-eight baskets to Panama’s sixty-seven baskets. Number twenty-four […]
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In Belize, mangroves play a crucial role in providing a safe home for endangered Antillean manatees and their young calves. However, these coastal ecosystems are under constant threat from development, leading to a decline in mangrove cover and subsequently impacting the manatee population. Mangroves are not only vital for marine biodiversity but also hold economic […]
Written on July 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Two murders were recorded in approximately six hours – one in Belize City and the other in Belmopan. We’ll have official details from the execution of Steven Moss later, but we begin tonight’s newscast with the shooting death of Brodam Santos in the Cohune Walk area of the capital. The thirty-year-old was shot multiple times […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Our headline story on Tuesday evening was the gangland execution of Steven Moss, by a pair of gunmen who hopped out of a vehicle on Caesar Ridge Road and opened fire on him multiple times. The twenty-nine-year-old died on the scene of the shooting and the men who accosted him made good their escape in […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-one-year-old Alexander Underwood was remanded to the Belize Central Prison on Tuesday after being arraigned for the offence of being a member of a gang. It is the second time he has been brought up on that charge before the lower courts. In Underwood’s defense, his loved ones argue that he has reformed and is […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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The badly decomposed remains of an individual believed to be twenty-three-year-old Phozaun Lewis, was discovered in the Maxboro neighborhood of Sand Hill Village on July twenty-first. The body was found behind the steering wheel of a BMW vehicle. But who would have killed Phozaun and why? Police say that his murder may have been the […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Going back to the work of the Leadership Intervention Unit, ComPol Williams reiterated that the individuals, who are mixed up in the rash of gun violence in Belize City lately, are not members of the L.I.U. In fact, he’s gone a step further to say that even if they were, those persons aren’t above the […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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What about a State of Emergency, is it an option that law enforcement is contemplating? According to Commissioner of Police, it is not a solution favored by the present administration. The preferred approach, he says, is to identify and pursue individual perpetrators of crime and violence. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The law does […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Experts from the TYPSA Group, as well as the Maritime and Logistics Consulting Group from Panama are in Belize to conduct a study of the economics of the country’s port system. During this time, the consultants will collect data and develop a model that will be used to measure the impact of the port on […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Rikki Lambey, who is the Port’s Research and Training Manager, told News Five that this type of review is important because it has never been done before to capture the economic and social impacts of port activities. She adds that the findings will be shared with the government to implement necessary changes. Rikki Lambey, […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Located on Regent Street in Belize City, the Belize Medical Associates Southside facility is also an N.H.I. Clinic that offers primary healthcare to residents. Since 2001, the clinic has been working in that area of Belize City, providing affordable services at a high standard, set by the National Health Insurance Program. Over twelve thousand persons […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize Electricity Limited issued a press release this afternoon to clarify a recent statement that the company’ executive made during a press conference on the recent cyber attack. The company’s executive initially stated that B.E.L. does not store customer’s credit and debit card information. Today the company’s release stated that it “wishes to clarify that […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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A large portion of our lives are spent acquiring knowledge and developing skills through education. At the foundation of our academic pursuit is a curriculum. According to the Belize Education Sector Plan, on the surface, a curriculum is compromised of a list of topics, objectives and strategies that are used by teachers to develop content. […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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A treasury clerk is tonight in hot water after being charged with three counts of theft. A police investigation into forty-three-year-old Rona “Ronnie” Ireland revealed that she allegedly misappropriated a total of four thousand, five hundred and one dollars from the Treasury Department. According to police, Ireland dishonestly appropriated nine hundred and ninety-three dollars on […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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This morning, Belama resident Elmer Martinez, who also goes by the name Jovanni Bardalez, appeared before a Senior Magistrate in Belize City and was read a single charge of theft. It is the third strike for the thirty-one-year-old Dolphin Drive resident, who is accused of dishonestly appropriating a black trek brand bicycle on July seventeenth […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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