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B.T.L. Chairman Mark Lizarraga was recently appointed to the Appeals Tribunal, a three-member panel tasked with reviewing a matter involving Waterloo Holdings Limited in which the Department of the Environment has decided not to grant environmental clearance for its Cruise Ship Port and Cargo Expansion Project. That appointment was made just a few weeks ago, […]
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King’s Counsel Ben Juratowitch is the lead attorney in Belize’s case against Guatemala that is presently before the International Court of Justice. The esteemed legal mind was also tasked with reviewing the Definitive Agreement between the Government of Belize and Portico Enterprises Limited. In that instance, Prime Minister John Briceño famously stated that the preeminent […]
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Charges are yet to be levied in one of the most explosive sexual assault investigations to come out of the local evangelical church in recent times. Last week, Rebecca Lennan-Stirm, via a social media statement, alleged that she was sexually assaulted by Mervin Budram when she was eleven-years-old. Since then, several other women have come […]
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The National Evangelical Association of Belize is yet to comment on the allegations of sexual abuse against Mervin Budram. We also tried once again to reach out to Budram for comments, but up to news time we did not receive any. We did, however, receive a second press release from Jubilee Ministries in which it […]
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The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on August ninth each year. It’s a day set aside to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. It is also used to recognize the achievements and contributions of indigenous people in environmental protection and development. In tonight’s Kolcha Tuesday, we look […]
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The United Democratic Party has scheduled its national convention for this Sunday, August thirteenth. Several months ago the U.D.P.’s National Party Council voted to endorse its current executive in an upcoming national convention. That is expected to happen at Sunday’s event. But, added to the occasion is a protest march through the streets of Belize […]
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A little girl was knocked down and killed in Hopkins Village today. Six-year-old Makaya Magdaleno was reportedly riding a bicycle on Main Street and was heading towards her house on the northern part of the village around noon. That was when a gas truck reportedly knocked her down. The child was rushed to the Southern […]
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The Twenty-third Central American Senior Male Volleyball Championships continue tonight at the Belize Civic Centre where Belize takes on Honduras. The home team pulled off an excellent and important victory last night against Panama in order to still have a shot at winning gold. They will have to face off with top guns to snag […]
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On Monday, the official funeral for former government minister Carlos Diaz was held in Belize City. Diaz passed away at the age of seventy-five on Thursday, August third. Carlos Diaz served as Minister of Energy and Communications from 1989 to 1993 under the former Prime Minister George Price. At the services held at the Saint […]
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It’s Tuesday, so that means that your favourite entertainment show takes place tonight at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Another battle round takes place tonight to determine which four singers will continue in the competition. Last week, Yuhan Lin lost the battle to Tamika Gordon and five continued to compete in the pop/country […]
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Alleged victims of sexual abuse at the hands of well-known church leader Mervin Budram continue to speak out. Tonight, we hear from another woman who has also decided to tell her story in support of other victims, known and unknown. The church where Budram fellowshipped, Jubilee Ministries, has revealed that an investigation was launched after […]
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A resident of Ladyville was injured inside her home when a bullet tore through her roof and struck her in the head. Cynthia Joseph, told investigators that she heard a bang on her rooftop, only to discover that she was bleeding from the head. Where the round came from and who fired the weapon are […]
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On Friday, we reported on the shooting of a fisherman in the Antelope Street Extension area the night before. The attack on forty-nine-year-old Delbert Hinds left him with a bullet wound to his abdomen. We had reported that Hinds, a fisherman of Iguana Street Extension, had just left a relative’s yard at the corner of […]
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Another iconic business in downtown Belize City will be closing its doors permanently in a few short weeks. It was announced earlier today that Bottom Dollar Supermarket is going out of business on August thirty-first, after eighteen years of service to the Belizean public. The company, a subsidiary of Santiago Castillo Limited, attributes its pending […]
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While Bottom Dollar is counting down to August thirty-first to shutter its business, Prime Minister John Briceño has weighed in once again on the unrelenting issue of price gouging in the retail market. His response follows a recent letter by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, during which several concerns were raised by the […]
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The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry argues that the business community has been experiencing significant increases in the cost of doing business and has been contending with increases in the cost of transportation, labor, licenses and other rigid processes. The B.C.C.I. says it is ready to actively sit with the Briceño administration to conduct […]
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Fifty-eight-year-old Dorrington Williams Junior, a resident of Saint Matthew’s Village, has been charged with fifteen counts of obtaining property by deception after being accused of swindling over thirty thousand dollars from three individuals. Williams, a surveyor by profession, appeared unrepresented this morning in the lower court where he was read the list of charges. It […]
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And this news coming from South Korea today, Belizeans who are part of the Santa Elena Jaguar Scouts attending the World Scouts Jamboree have been evacuated from the campsite amidst a looming typhoon. The seventeen Belizeans are among tens of thousands of youths who have been moved out of the path of the typhoon, only […]
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It’s a service and an affordable convenience that Belizeans and visitors alike have appreciated and made use of when they’ve wanted to tour or travel by road. But COVID came and put a halt to the trans-border bus runs provided by Mobility ADO Bus Company. Now the Belize to Cancun, Cancun to Belize runs have […]
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The Minister of Transport, Rodwell Ferguson was in attendance at the inaugural ceremony in Chetumal along with Acting Chief Transport Officer, Peter Williams. Ferguson told News Five that the resumption of the bus route followed lengthy discussions and the ministry has conducted a proper case study since the runs have resumed, to ensure that the […]
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Today, the Belize City Council announced that staying true to its commitment towards low carbon transportation, the council will be acquiring two electric buses. The proposed e-mobility pilot project is being done in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and e-Government and the Ministry of Transport with […]
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Once launched, the council will evaluate the performance to ensure operational efficiency. The goal is that this e-mobility public transport fleet will be increased to a public private partnership at the end of the project. Coordinator Neil Hall speaks of the need for drivers and technical staff for the introduction of these e-buses. Neil […]
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Over the weekend, on Saturday, the Belize City Council successfully concluded its downtown super sale. Over one hundred and fifty different businesses set up booths in the downtown area and had their products for sale. Residents were able to take advantage of the great deals just in time for the new school year. Public Relations […]
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. “Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character”. That is a quote from former American Basketball Coach, John Wooden. And character is what the William Dawson 2023 Sprite/Digi Youth Basketball Tournament is developing in its participants. The tournament continued on Saturday in Burrell […]
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It is perhaps the most explosive allegation coming out of the local Evangelical Church in recent times. A prominent worship-leader and motivational speaker is being accused of abusing his authority to take advantage of multiple females in the church. Over the last two days, there have been at least four social media statements from women […]
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