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Today, the Football Federation of Belize officially presented the members of Belize’s Under-Fifteen National Football Boys Team. The team is scheduled to depart from Belize on Friday to Colombia for a twenty-day training camp. Thereafter, the team will travel to Curacao to compete in the CONCACAF Under-Fifteen Tournament. Dale Pelayo, Head Coach, U-15 National […]
Written on July 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Area Representative Gilroy Usher Senior is the subject of a concerted effort led by former area representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez to oust him from the House of Representatives. Martinez says fellow constituents of Port Loyola have turned to him since the People’s United Party politician they supported in November 2020 has failed to deliver on […]
Written on July 12, 2023 | Posted in
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The redistricting exercise, as we’ve reported previously, is causing a stir in various corners, including Port Loyola, where some residents believe that their constituency will be done away it and they will be registered in another area. But not if former area representative Anthony ‘Boots’ Martinez can help it. He says that not only does […]
Written on July 12, 2023 | Posted in
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According to the retired politician, taking the Port Loyola matter to the High Court would be the best case study, considering the fact that the constituency checks all the boxes where the requirements are concerned. Going back to his campaign to recall Usher, Martinez says that residents didn’t ask him to turn to the two […]
Written on July 12, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Federation of Fisheries has fired off a press release, following reports that authorities seized some twenty-two thousand undersized conchs weighing over three thousand pounds from Rainforest Seafood Limited. Reports are that the company was allegedly attempting to export the conch when the haul was seized. In its release, the Federation says that it […]
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The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is conducting an investigation into a serious mix-up that occurred at the morgue this morning. A mother visited the morgue to pick up the body of her deceased child for burial only to learn that the child’s body was handed over to the wrong family. That family unknowingly held a […]
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Daisy Lopez has been charged for the murder of her sister-in-law. On Tuesday, police formally arrested and charged the twenty-three-year-old for fatally stabbing fifty-two-year-old Rosita Olivera in Progresso Village. Lopez was detained on Sunday night, following the incident which occurred when the deceased intervened in a quarrel between Lopez and her common-law husband William Olivera. […]
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A police officer allegedly shot a Belize City man with a shotgun while on duty. Romey Herrera, the Aunt of Kenyon Plunkett, told News Five that her nephew is hospitalized after being shot by a police officer on Chetumal Boulevard in Belize City. She says, Plunkett informed her that he was on a motorcycle with […]
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All public officers who work up to the age of fifty-five in the government system are entitled, by law, to a pension, or a monthly percentage of roughly two-thirds of their last salary each month until they die. This system was established decades ago and is still being honoured by the government. According to the […]
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Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize held its quarterly press conference, looking primarily at the first quarter of 2023. The presentations centred on the April 2023 Labour Force Findings, the gross domestic product estimates of the first quarter of this year as well as the consumer price index and the external trade data from January […]
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The initial presentation made today was on a labour force survey conducted in April of this year. The data collected from the biannual household survey showed that seventy-five point three percent of the estimated population were of working age, while twenty-four point seven percent were under the age of fourteen. It goes on to reveal […]
Written on July 12, 2023 | Posted in
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Across the country, you often times come across primary school aged children selling fruits and other produce and you question whether it is child labour. There are traditional cultural factors that are taken into consideration, but the Government of Belize has been working to end child labour in Belize. Director General of the Statistical Institute […]
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The Office of the Ombudsman has responded to a letter written by Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow on May thirty-first, in which a request was made for an investigation of Prime Minister John Briceño in respect of Portico’s Definitive Agreement. In the response, Ombudsman Gilbert Swaso stated that, “in his absolute discretion, he has determined that […]
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Mopan Technical High School has been getting a lot of positive attention on social media for its new uniform design. The school will now be allowing its female students to wear uniform pants going into the new school year. They are not the first school to make this transition. One school in southern Belize did […]
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KTV the Remix Season Five is in full swing and voting is open for week two of the competition. On Tuesday night, two performers were eliminated from the competition and the remaining ten sung their renditions of gospel songs. Last week, two competitors won maximum scores from the judges and while this week they came […]
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Former Minister of Economic Development, Investment and Trade Erwin Contreras is headed to court in a ten million dollar lawsuit filed against him by Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited, Belize Cruise Development Limited, and Belize Logistics Terminal Limited. This is in respect of general, special and exemplary damages for misfeasance in public office arising from Contreras’ […]
Written on July 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow today revealed that the United Democratic Party also intends to bring a lawsuit against Prime Minister John Briceño. Barrow explained that the U.D.P. intends to use the same tort that Waterloo has invoked against Erwin Contreras for misfeasance in public office, related to the Definitive Agreement. Here is […]
Written on July 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Last night, we showed you the Prime Minister’s response to questions about his administration’s decision to seek a second legal opinion from Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes on the validity of the Definitive Agreement. Tonight, the Leader of the Opposition is still pressing the Government of Belize on the matter. He says that he still cannot […]
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Last night, we also told you that the Senate voted unanimously for the appointment of a Special Select Committee that will investigate the Definitive Agreement. Opposition Leader Barrow weighed in on the Senate’s decision, noting that the matter is a live issue and not a quote “dead horse”, as some government officials would want the […]
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Police are yet to charge Daisy Lopez detained since Monday for the stabbing death of fifty-two-year-old Rosita Olivera, a resident of Progresso Village in Corozal District. Police confirmed that Lopez was in an altercation with her common-law husband who is Olivera’s younger brother, when the deceased woman stepped in and ended up being stabbed multiple […]
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Thirty-three-year-old Erwin Fitzgibbon, a resident of Benbow Street, has been captured and returned to Belize after absconding to the United States in July of last year. The well-known street figure had been granted bail through the High Court after being charged with being a member of a gang. This evening, he appeared unrepresented before the […]
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A second suspect has been arraigned and remanded for the attempted murder of coast guard officer Daniel Sabido, following a brawl at the Elton Gillett Park in Burrell Boom Village last weekend. Twenty-three-year-old Jamaal Stevens, a construction worker of that community in Belize District, joins thirty-eight-year-old Adrian Myvett who was also denied bail and remanded […]
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Last Friday, the United Democratic Party issued a press release denouncing what they referred to as an attempt by the Government of Belize to muzzle the free press on matters pertaining to the redistricting exercise. The opposition’s release was in direct response to a statement from the Elections and Boundaries Commission cautioning media houses against […]
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On July seventh, the Elections and Boundaries Commission issued a release informing that the redistricting exercise is completed. The idea is to divide Belize into no less than twenty-eight electoral divisions, each in such a way that registered voters are equitably distributed across the country. The conclusion of the exercise is welcome news; however, the […]
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With that said, Opposition Leader Barrow went on to reveal that the two opposition members on the Redistricting Task Force have voted against the newly proposed amendment to the reports. Barrow asserted that the amendments are unconstitutional and that the proposal now set to be tabled before the House of Representatives is heavily politicized. He […]
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