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There was a brief meeting today at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex between visiting youths from Korea and officials of the Ministry of Sports. The youths are in Belize on a cultural exchange program with their Belizean peers. They have planned a day of activities in Belize City and tours across the country before they […]
Written on October 17, 2023 | Posted in
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October ninth marked the fifty-third anniversary of the inauguration of the National Assembly Building. The building has seen many people pass through its doors, from past parliamentarians, to the late Queen Elizabeth the Second, and Prince Phillip. More recently, the President of Taiwan, Tsai ing-Wen also visited the building. Now, Taiwan has graciously offered to […]
Written on October 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Escalante says the work will take roughly nine months to complete, from around the first or second week of December until the end of September of next year. And because the work will involve some degree of demolition, Escalante says another venue will have to be identified where House meetings will take place during the […]
Written on October 17, 2023 | Posted in
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On Monday we brought you the story of an Evangelical church in Unitedville that has become a nuisance to the residents of that community because of the loud sound system they use to during their service. According to Marlenie de la Fuente, an environmental officer with the Department of the Environment, the law governing noise […]
Written on October 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Did an attempt to steal an aircraft for the purpose of narco-trafficking go horribly wrong this morning? Often times, reports of crash landings involve cargo being offloaded and removed from the area before the plane is either torched or refuelled and leaves Belizean airspace. But earlier today, in the cover of dark, an aircraft used […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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On Friday evening in Belize City, a well-known underworld figure was targeted by a lone gunman in the Lake Independence area. Forty-seven-year-old Jose Matus was driving a vehicle in the vicinity of Morning Glory Street when a shooter emerged on the scene and opened fire at him. Matus was lucky to have escaped unscathed from […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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In Corozal yesterday, a storeowner also escaped injury when he sensed that someone approaching him inside his place of business was there to harm him. Kumar Vian made a run for it when an individual whose face was concealed entered the premises. As quickly as he dashed to safety, a single shot was fired in […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Twice in as many months, a high-powered weapon assigned to the Belize Defense Force has gone missing. The latest weapon, another M4 Commando rifle was reported missing on Sunday morning when the Battalion Commander at Camp Belizario reported that it was lost along the outer edges of the Xunantunich Observation Post. The B.D.F. spoke with […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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As we reported, this is the second B.D.F. weapon to go missing in only two months. In August, an M4 rifle was also reported missing from Camp Belizario and was discovered the following week in an abandoned lot in the Jane Usher Boulevard area of Belize City. Leal said that in that case, the matter is […]
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On Friday, the United Democratic Party demonstrated at the foot of the Assembly Building while a sitting of the House of Representatives took place inside. The protest was the result of several concerns, including the proposed use of Social Security funds to invest in the construction of a public administration campus next door to the […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize Infrastructure Limited, a special purpose vehicle established under the Barrow administration to manage the construction of the Eleanor Hall Building and the Belize City Center, was drawn to a gradual close when the People’s United Party took office in late 2020. For the purpose of the proposed public administration campus, a new SPV is […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow and Prime Minister John Briceño got into a heated debate at the adjournment of Friday’s Sitting of the House of Representatives. Opposition Leader Barrow rose to voice his objection to a twenty-million-dollar loan from Social Security Board to Public Administration One Limited. The loan agreement is for the […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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On Friday, we told you about the twenty retired Belize Defense Force soldiers who claim that they have been attempting to receive their gratuity and pension for several months to no avail. Doroteo Ical, one of those retired soldiers who served for twenty-two years, told reporters that he has been receiving the turnaround treatment from […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Financing for activities aimed at mitigating or adapting to the impact of climate change remains a priority for the Briceño administration. When it took office in November 2020, it was with the idea that economic resiliency should be aligned with climate resiliency and, as such, efforts are being made by the Government of Belize to […]
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Former Minister of Blue Economy Andre Perez was present at Friday’s House Meeting, carrying out his duties as Area Representative for Belize Rural South. But, there is no recent update on the investigation into allegations of sexual assault and threat against him. When we interviewed the Attorney General, Anthony Sylvestre in September, one month after […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Also on Friday, the House of Representatives passed legislation to effect a Firearm Ammunition Control Board. The three-member panel will oversee the issuance of firearm and ammunition licenses, a task that was once the sole responsibility of the Commissioner of Police. The board will include a magistrate, the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of […]
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The Briceño administration’s trade license reform legislation was first introduced in the House of Representatives in May 2022. The legislation was shelved amidst various concerns from parliamentarians. On Friday, the bill was brought back for second and third reading. The legislation seeks to establish a mechanism for village councils to collect trade license fees from […]
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If you were outdoors witnessing Saturday’s annular solar eclipse, you were part of history, as these events are rare. Before Saturday, the last time there was a solar annular eclipse was in 2012. If you weren’t outside to see it, your next chance won’t come again until June twenty-first, 2039. That’s almost sixteen years from […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Many people live in communities where there are churches that have no sound-proofing and their events are aired on sound systems that blast everything so loudly that they become a nuisance to those who live nearby. Such is the situation in Unitedville, Cayo where a church that reportedly set up shop not long ago, has […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall”. That’s a quote from former Activist and Politician, Nelson Mandela. The organizers of the William Dawson Sprite/Digi Basketball Tournament deserve to be commended for the […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, a throng of U.D.P. protestors gathered in front of the National Assembly for the sitting of the House of Representatives. They attempted to storm past the police blockade outside the House while it was in session. The protestors, led by Leader of the Opposition, Shyne Barrow, said they were there to express their […]
Written on October 13, 2023 | Posted in
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We caught Leader of the Opposition, Moses Shyne Barrow outside of the Assembly Building and asked him for his thoughts on the behavior of protestors this morning. He says that while he doesn’t condone any kind of violence against police officers, protestors were simply expressing their frustration. Moses Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition […]
Written on October 13, 2023 | Posted in
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The Leader of the Opposition has been given until the end of the month to apologize to Speaker of the House, Valerie Woods. Back in August, Barrow wrote the Speaker of the House after his no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister was rejected. In that letter, Barrow referred to the speaker as a quote, “waste […]
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow rose to speak following Minister Espat. He doubled down on his decision not to issue an apology to Speaker of the House Valerie Woods. Barrow says he makes no apology for calling out the Speaker of the House. Moses Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition. “If you want to amend […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño also shared his thoughts on the motion. He took the representatives back to the days when U.D.P. Senator Michael Peyrefitte was Speaker of the House. According to PM Briceño, Peyrefitte was a bully as a speaker, but as with speakers that followed, the P.U.P. never referred to anyone of them as […]
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