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On Monday evening, an oil tanker explosion occurred at a lumber yard in Camp Eight in the Mennonite community of Shipyard. The vehicle belonging to M. Leiva and Sons Trucking Company was offloading crude oil to a stationary tank at Crown’s Lumber Yard and during the transfer, oil escaped from the feeder hose to the […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Life for the Sawatzky family in the Mennonite community of Neuland in Corozal will never be the same again. They lost the two youngest children in their household during a combustion and fire that left several of them seriously burnt. Ten-month-old Sara was instantly burnt to death around seven-thirty on Tuesday night and her sister, […]
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Kareem Musa, the Area Representative for Caribbean Shores, also weighed in on the recommendations following the redistricting exercise. In a recent interview with Moses “Shyne” Barrow, the Leader of the Opposition contended that the process has been heavily politicized to save Musa from losing his seat in Caribbean shores. Musa responded to that assertion. He […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Also chiming in on the redistricting proposal is Stann Creek area representative Rodwell Ferguson. His constituency has almost eleven thousand registered voters and is one of two that is recommended to be split. Now, as we’ve reported, The Briceño Administration has expressed serious concerns about the proposal and several cabinet ministers have gone on record […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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An intrepid Belizean woman has entered the arena of artificial intelligence with a unique invention. Chatbots are described as software applications that mimic human conversation through text or voice interaction. The first chatbot was developed in the 1960’s by an MIT professor. It was called ELIZA. Since then, numerous, more advance chatbots have been launched […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Kriol is one of Belize’s richest cultures that proponents insist we should not only practice but preserve. So it’s in that light that the Young Men’s Christian Association, Y.M.C.A contracted the services of Kriol expert, Silvaana Udz (Woods) to conduct a thirty-five hour Kriol program at that institution. Today, a closing ceremony was held for […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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One of the pillars of the Y.M.C.A. is character development, which promotes the building of good families, and the Kriol culture is a part of who we are. So, the lessons learnt from the course are what the Y.M.C.A.’s Executive Director, Doctor Clara Cuellar says she hopes the students will take with them, regardless of […]
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The road service permit for Serrano’s Bus Service expired last Friday, but for some time now, they had not been providing service from Lord’s Bank to Belize City – much to the dissatisfaction of commuters. Central Transit is reportedly owned by a political operative in Belize Rural Central. Transport Minister Rodwell Ferguson responded to allegations […]
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As we’ve reported, Diane Vasquez is no longer the Chief Transport Officer at the Department of Transport and Peter Williams is now acting in that position. Vasquez’s contract with government had expired and we are told that she refused the renegotiated offer made to her. And so, the ministry is now looking for a replacement. […]
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The Transport Minister also responded to the issuance of a contract for the manufacture of license plates. It was among the first things flagged by his new C.E.O. Adele Catzim-Sanchez. The contract is for over two hundred thousand dollars and according to the C.E.O., it did not follow proper procedures in its award. Back then, […]
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There’s an outbreak of the New World screwworm in Central America again and the folks at the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, BAHA, are informing farmers and others who have pets close to the border areas to be vigilant. They are also advising people who cross into Belize with farm animals to adhere to the measures […]
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Since Sunday, the U-nineteen Female Central American Volleyball Championship has been raging at the Belize City Civic Center. Team Belize has been performing well, but on Monday lost to the formidable Costa Rican team. And then on Wednesday, our girls pummelled Honduras. Tonight, the team takes on Nicaragua and then on Friday, they go head-to-head […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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A delegation of technical staff from a football club in Spain is in country carrying out a series of football clinics for female and male football players. They arrived in Belize on Wednesday through a partnership with the National Sports Council and the Football Federation of Belize. Today, the media was introduced to the program […]
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…from volleyball and football to basketball. For the first time in Belize’s history, FIBA U-seventeen Centrobasket Championship 2023 will be held in Belize. The junior regional basketball team competition takes place at the Belize City Civic Center from July twenty-fourth to the thirtieth. When we spoke to President of the Belize Basketball Federation Jacob Leslie […]
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It is one of the worst tragedies a family can endure – a combustion that kills two of their children, leaving all the other siblings, and their parents with varying degrees of burn injuries. That is what happened on Tuesday night in the peaceful and remote Mennonite village of Neuland in Corozal. The village has […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize City police have ramped up their presence in the Plues Street area, following the deadly predawn shooting of Jasmine Domingo and her four-year-old daughter. The incident, according to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, may have been precipitated by an internal feud within the George Street gang. Officers have been on patrol in the vicinity […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Nineteen-year-old Kijahe Molina, charged with wounding twenty-eight-year-old Zani Savala, a police constable, was today offered bail of a thousand dollars when he appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court to face the charge. Molina gave his occupation as a call center agent of Elston Kerr Street, Belize City. That is just two blocks from where […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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An accused burglar escaped from lawful custody earlier today after feigning ill during his court appearance in Corozal Town. The suspect told the magistrate that he was not feeling well and when a police officer was ordered to escort him to the hospital, he took off running. The officer quickly set chase, ran a short […]
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The family of Karen and Teena Skeen, as well as Robert Vellos Senior is demanding justice, ten years after their loved ones were brutally murdered, allegedly at the hands of a son. Jared Ranguy is believed to be the person who viciously dispatched his mother, sister and stepfather inside their home in Ladyville back in […]
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On Tuesday, the Belize Electricity Limited held a press conference to provide details on the company’s recent encounter with hackers and the large quantity of data leaked from its information technology system. At the end of June, B.E.L. representatives received an email from a random, unknown address with information that the company’s network has a […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Sean Fuller, the General Manager of Finance and Business Support at B.E.L., went on to explain all the additional measures the company is putting in place in an attempt to ensure that any further cyber attacks does not result in a data leak. Sean Fuller, General Manager, Finance & Business Support, B.E.L. “We are […]
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There have been several persons reporting of their emails having been hacked; they’ve been locked out and security barriers put in place preventing them from regaining access. One such case is that of PlusTV in Belmopan. Its managing director, Louis Wade Junior says that since three p.m. on Tuesday, he lost control of the company’s […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Louis Wade Junior says that the media house has been decentralizing apps attached to that Gmail account, but it has affected the company significantly because there were several other activities connected to that account. Wade cannot confirm that it is directly linked to B.E.L.’s ransomware incident; however, the email in question was used as part […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Several weeks ago the Belize Sugar Industries Limited filed a claim challenging certain aspects of the Sugar Industry Regulations, 2023. An emergency injunction hearing was scheduled to take place on July twenty-first. But, the government’s legal team and B.S.I. have reached an agreement to maintain the status-quo until the substantive case is concluded. In other […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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In other sugar related news, the Belize Sugar Industries Limited reported the second highest sugar cane price estimates since the year 2000. According to the company, the 2022/2023 cane crop second payment was made today at an average of twenty dollars and ten cents. The season’s first payment came in at forty-three dollars and sixty-three […]
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