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Thirty-one-year-old Jose Luis Eguizabal appeared unrepresented before the lower courts today where he was fined for being in possession of fifteen pieces of conch during the closed season. On September nineteenth, the fisherman from Sarteneja Village was busted along the seawall behind the High Court Building where he was in possession of the illegal fishery. […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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The next municipal elections are slated for March 2024 and both major political organizations are putting together their respective lists of candidates who will be taking part in the upcoming vote. While the United Democratic Party has already identified aspirants across all nine cities and towns, it has not formally shared those names with the […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Last night, we told you about the People’s United Party’s meeting at Independence Hall where the national executive discussed the municipal elections slates for March 2024. As many as one hundred and twenty-five applications were submitted, including twenty-four applications for mayor and one hundred and one for councilor candidates. On Monday, Prime Minister Briceño was […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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When a high-level U.S. delegation visited Belize in early August, discussions were held about the likelihood of Belize joining a multinational security mission to Haiti to help stabilize the country. On Saturday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay told the United Nations that Belize is prepared to contribute to the multinational mission. Only a day […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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When asked for his thoughts on Belize joining the international community in aiding Haiti in this time of upheaval, Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow also used the opportunity to suggest that it be made a requirement for young men eighteen years and older to join the armed forces as part of national service. He frames the […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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The steep hike in the cost of basic food items, fuel and other essentials, remains an issue that the Government of Belize is grappling with. Several measures have been put in place by the Briceño administration to curb the ever-increasing cost of living. But is enough being done to meaningfully address the problem by effectively […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Tacos have been a Belizean staple in every city, town, and village over the last three decades. Many vendors have raised their families by making and selling tacos. They have also become favourites of their customers over those years because of the unique taste of their tacos. While many vendors will remain in demand because […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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A well-known Belmopan vendor who has been operating in Mae Gordon Park for the past fifteen years is tonight up in arms. Guadalupe Gabourel, the owner of G2 Barbeque, claims that her business is being treated unfairly by the Belmopan City Council. She says that she has applied for permission to expand her stall and […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Housewives and bakers experienced the most unusual of situations last week when they discovered that sugar had gone scarce and they were allowed to purchase only a couple pounds each. It’s unusual because Belize produces enough sugar to supply the local demand, as well as to export. And the millers at Tower Hill, the American […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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For well over a year now, government officials have been trying to help the American Sugar Refineries and its partner, the Belize Sugar Industries Limited and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association to settle their differences and to move past their two-year-old profit-sharing dispute. At the core of the matter is a new agreement on […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño delivered his annual Independence Day address last Thursday in Belmopan, where an official ceremony was held in commemoration of Belize’s forty second anniversary of self-rule. His speech succeeded a similar oration delivered by Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow. They are each other’s harshest critic and today when we caught up with Barrow […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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On Friday, the Social Security Board introduced a proposal for the construction of another administration building adjacent to the Eleanor Hall Building on Lake Independence Boulevard. That undertaking would be covered by a twenty-four million dollar loan via a public/private partnership with the use of a special purpose vehicle similar to Belize Infrastructure Limited which […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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And, Prime Minister Briceño was also asked about a recent television ad in which Gulab Sharma, one of the principal investors in Portico Enterprises Limited, is being heavily criticized. This is just one of many ads hammering Sharma and his investment partner David Gegg. Well, the P.M. says he is out of touch with what […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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During a ceremony held today in Belmopan, the U.S. Embassy celebrated the recipients of five, 2023 Central America Regional Security Initiative, Economic Support Fund (CARSI-ESF) grants. The recipients will partner with government agencies on numerous projects that seek to foster improved health services, and protect human rights. The total value of the grants is one […]
Written on September 26, 2023 | Posted in
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The leadership of the People’s United Party met at Independence Hall this morning where the national executive discussed a number of issues as it relates to the municipal elections slated for March 2024. According to the chairman of the ruling party, as many as one hundred and twenty-five applications were turned in, indicating a growing […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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On September twenty-first, Pollard and his supporters, donning his campaign shirts, joined the Independence Day Parade in Belize City. His participation in the procession rubbed several of his fellow councilors the wrong way, as it was seen as the deputy mayor doing his own thing, despite the party’s intention to endorse the sitting mayor. But […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño has also weighed in on the situation involving Deputy Mayor Pollard. It is an interesting scenario as, on the one hand, the party is appealing to younger candidates to participate in governance, but on the other, Pollard is essentially being told to wait his turn. Prime Minister John Briceño “I […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Briceño also responded to questions on Minister Andre Perez’s salary. The last time reporters caught up with the PM in San Pedro he indicated that Belize Rural South Area Representative was on a leave of absence without his ministerial salary. But three weeks after his leave of absence was granted a Government of […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Briceño was also asked about the hold up with the twenty-two thousand signed petitions that Oceana delivered to the Governor General back in June. The petition is to trigger a referendum before the moratorium on offshore drilling is ever lifted. By law, those signatures should have already been reviewed and either verified or […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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A man was stabbed to death during a fight in Belmopan on Sunday. Reports are that the victim, Elmer Canto, was embroiled in a fight with a woman at a barbecue on Sunday and that a third person intervened to break up the fight. But Elmer then reportedly picked up a rock to throw at the […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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The fatal stabbing in Belmopan was not the only crime-related news that unfolded over the weekend in the Garden City. Police, on Saturday evening, also discovered a hand grenade in the nation’s capital. This evening, Belize Police Department informed that an operation was conducted in the Belmopan cemetery on Nicaragua Street in the Salvapan area […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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During his appearance on Open Your Eyes this morning, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams confirmed that he issued nine gun license to the late Ricardo Borja over an extended period. And, according to ComPol Williams, while that was the case, he only had two gun licenses at the time of his death. He contended that […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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ComPol Williams further clarified that there is not a limit on the amount of gun licenses a single individual can possess. He noted that there are individuals with up to twenty gun licenses in the country. He also noted that it is not uncommon for him to approve multiple gun licenses in a single day […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams is firing back at Opposition Leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow. In his Independence Day speech, Barrow stated that citizen security continues to worsen. He went on to say that murders and violent crimes are more frequent and that gun licenses and impunity are being sold to the highest bidder. Well, the […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Kevin Cadle has been the Director of the Department of Youth Services for quite a number of years and has been actively involved with at-risk youths across the country for the better part of the last twenty-six years. In fact, through the D.Y.S. and the Leadership Intervention Unit, Cadle has been working closely with the […]
Written on September 25, 2023 | Posted in
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