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As part of the government’s effort to discourage price gouging, Cabinet also discussed the possibility of establishing cooperative stores where food items would be sold at cheaper prices than what they are currently being sold for, and these would be made available to the more vulnerable members of society. Minister Balderamos-Garcia is part of the […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has written once again to the Royal Caribbean Group, this time in a letter addressed to the chairman of the audit committee. In the most recent communication, dated August 18th, 2023, Barrow informs William Kimsey of the United Democratic Party’s concern regarding the validity of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by […]
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The People’s Constitution Commission is meeting with members of Belize’s security forces as part of its public consultation process. The P.C.C. is tasked with conducting a comprehensive review of the constitution and to make recommendations for reform. Last week, the P.C.C. consulted the Belize Defense Force and today they were at the Belize Coast Guard […]
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A robotics team from the United States concluded a visit to Belize today. BrainSTEM, the State and World Champions FTC, has partnered with the Belize High School Robotics team to demonstrate FIRST Core Values as they relate to discovery, innovation, impact, inclusion and teamwork. The hands-on workshop allowed participants to get a better understanding of […]
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Belizeans Giann Vasquez and Tyler Eck were awarded the prestigious, fully-funded European Union’s Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for 2023. Vasquez and Eck will pursue joint two-year master’s programmes in the fields of conservation, science; technology and engineering at leading universities across Europe, beginning in September. The two other scholars are from Jamaica. The scholarship is designed to […]
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Today, Ronlee Petillo appeared unrepresented in Courtroom Number One where he urged the judge to grant him an adjournment for two cases. He has been on remand for a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm upon a woman and for a charge of rape. According to Petillo, he was in the hole at the […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, a police officer on interdiction for allegedly perverting the course of justice was provided with full disclosure in his case. Twenty-nine-year-old Police Corporal Herman Ramos is accused of taking a nine millimeter pistol from thirty-three-year-old Mervin Domingo, after Domingo discharged the firearm in public. Reports are that on the morning of October, twenty-eighth, […]
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Tonight, a police officer accused of drunk driving is out on bail. Thirty-nine-year-old Charles Garcia was allegedly driving a white Dodge Ram pickup truck under the influence when he collided into a police mobile that was parked in front of his home. Thirty-two-year-old PC Keron Garnett reported that on Sunday night, he responded to a […]
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A sitting minister of government is being accused of sexual harassment by a female attorney. That same minister is in turn accusing the female attorney of blackmail. The lawyer alleges that the minister sexually harassed her by sending unsolicited nude pictures on multiple occasions. The attorney says that she had to leave the country momentarily […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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There’s one more high-powered rifle in the streets tonight, after someone removed the weapon from Camp Belizario in Cayo District. The B.D.F is conducting an investigation into the disappearance of the weapon and today they gave the media a briefing. B.D.F. Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Leal says they received the report on Wednesday […]
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Leal says the investigation is in its preliminary stage and involves the police, as well as their own internal inquiry. And it is not certain whether the weapon went missing during a special operation over the past week or before that. The weapon, according to Leal, was not loaded, since the ammunitions are kept in […]
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Thirty-five-year-old Dale Saragosa, a resident of mile two and a half on the George Price Highway, has been fined seven thousand, five hundred dollars for drug trafficking. In May 2020, during a search of his home, police found as many as sixteen pounds of cannabis under a bed in an unused room inside the residence. […]
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The police exhibit keeper, who was charged in April for the discarded weed gummies that got several children sick, has been granted permission to leave the country. Mario Bustillos, charged with ten counts of negligent harm to ten children was granted permission to spend three days in Chetumal, Mexico. Bustillos made an application asking the […]
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The Office of the Contractor General says it will initiate an independent investigation into the signing of the Definitive Agreement between the Government of Belize and Portico Enterprises Limited. In June, Ted Peralta, the Chief Executive Officer at the Port of Belize Limited, wrote to the Office of the Contractor General requesting that the office […]
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It’s official, there are three candidates within the People’s United Party, including incumbent Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner, vying for the highest seat in municipal government. As we reported a few weeks ago, Deputy Mayor Allan Pollard has tossed his hat in the ring and is joined by businessman Lawrence Ellis who has also submitted […]
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Businessman Lawrence Ellis, a member of the People’s United Party, is also entering the political fray after submitting his name earlier this month to contest the candidacy for the mayorship of the Old Capital. Many may recall that he was also the owner of Belize Maintenance Limited, a sanitation company that was contracted by the […]
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On Monday, we asked Prime Minister John Briceño for his projections of the municipal elections, given his administration’s performance up to this point. In 2021, the People’s United Party dominated the municipal elections, conceding only two seats. Can they repeat this performance in 2024? Prime Minister Briceño says they will do everything possible to maintain […]
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The United Democratic Party is yet to formally introduce its mayoral candidate for Belize City. She is Doctor Nelma Mortis-Jones. For the better part of thirty years, she has been involved in education, Mortis-Jones has also been involved in the social sector. She is offering herself in a race that is dominated by men. […]
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Last week, U.D.P. Party Leader Shyne Barrow also weighed in on the municipal race. While he is confident that the United Democratic Party will emerge victorious in all nine municipalities, he was also critical of the P.U.P. for refusing to endorse Mayor Wagner’s candidacy, as well as the comments made by Deputy Mayor Allan Pollard. […]
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Ladyville Highlights is a popular Facebook page and is used by Albert Magdaleno to share people’s plights, their dire need or misfortune they might have recently suffered. Through that exposure, other people from all over Belize and mainly North America send donations to Magdaleno to distribute among those needy persons. The charity work that he […]
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There are growing concerns among residents of San Pedro over the safety of San Pedro High School’s infrastructure. Last week, we reported that the ceiling of the staff room on the third floor of the building had collapsed. As students across the country are scheduled to return to school over the course of the next […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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The Shirley Roberts- Young Foundation for Sports and Education (S.R.Y. Foundation) will be awarding its second cohort of scholarship recipients on Saturday. In 2022 the foundation provided scholarships to twenty-two students. This year, the foundation will be adding ten more scholarship recipients to its program. Apart from their school fees being paid in full, the […]
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United Nations Member States have eight more years to realize the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In 2015, member states adopted seventeen goals as part of the 2023 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These goals are all integrated and they act as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that […]
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A date for the senate inquiry is yet to be determined, but tonight NGO Senator Janelle Chanona has been officially named the chairperson of the Senate’s Special Select Committee. The working group has been appointed to investigate all documents tied to the signing of the Portico Definitive Agreement dated October first, 2020. The committee is […]
Written on August 16, 2023 | Posted in
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We also heard from Union Senator, Elena Smith. She was asked about the Prime Minister’s recent statements on the inquiry and if she thinks the government is undermining the process. Here is what she had to say. Elena Smith, Union Senator “I don’t know if we expect that we would have heard from them […]
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