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Earlier this month, Santander began harvesting sugar at the start of the 2024 crop. Unlike in the north, things went rather smoothly. The company shares its expectations for a productive season and is once again asking government to consider it as one of two major producers that can supply the local market with white and […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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The Minister of Agriculture, who played a major role in the recent negotiations between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and A.S.R/B.S.I., also came under a lot of heat during the days when the cane farmers protested. The leadership of the B.S.C.F.A. criticized the prime minister for an issue they felt was poorly handled. At […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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Downtown Belize just got a little more colorful with the opening of its newest addition, the Artisan Alley. The Belize Tourism Board, in partnership with the Belize City Council, has opened what they hope, will be a new hub of tourist activity in the city. Today, we attended the inauguration ceremony to hear what the […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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The tourism industry is perhaps as diverse as it is vulnerable. There is the potential for a marriage between tourism and entirely different industries and that is exactly what Belize is now contemplating. Today, the Minister of Agriculture, Jose Abelardo Mai, explained to reporters the possibility of Belize exploring agro-tourism. Jose Abelardo Mai, Minister […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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And while the government and the Ministry of Agriculture contemplate diversifying, one other area they are thinking to venture into is the production of African palm oil, particularly in southern Belize, which has seen farmers enter into coconut bi-products and grains. Jose Abelardo Mai, Minister of Agriculture “I believe that one other options is […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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The official opening of the newly rehabilitated access road to Valley of Peace community took place today. Funding for the four-point-five-mile gravel road project was provided by the Green Climate Fund and was done as part of the Resilient Rural Belize Project in the Ministry of Economic Development. The road serves a profoundly important purpose […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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The infrastructural upgrade at the portion of road and the river crossings near Sarteneja are progressing along as planned, with Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing officials estimating that about ninety percent of the work on one of the new bridges is completed. Today, Chief Engineer, Evondale Moody explained to News Five that by February, […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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The new Haulover Creek Bridge is nearing completion. Initially scheduled to be completed at the end of 2023, a new date has been set for the end of January. That is less than two weeks from today. The project began in October 2021. To date, ninety-five percent of the structure has been completed. Additionally, ninety-two […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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According to Moody, on January twenty-fifth, the old Haulover Creek Bridge will be closed. He explained that the closure is necessary to connect the new structure to the highway. As a result, for the first time since construction began, traffic will be diverted unto the new structure on that day. Evondale Moody, Chief Engineer, […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is yet to advise the Belize Police Department on what charges, if any, should be brought against an attorney-at-law who stands accused of raping a pair of young ladies in the early hours of Friday, January twelfth. Investigators have forwarded a file to the DPP and are […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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According to the instructor, on the morning that the young women showed up for the session, one of the students passed out on the floor and had to be cared for by someone she brought along with her. She also said that they were at the nightclub on Thursday night with one of their boyfriends […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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As told by the instructor, when the women regained consciousness later that morning, one of them inquired about what had taken place. Voice of: Instructor “The other young lady mentioned that she woke up naked and wanted to know what happened. The other student gave her a vague memory of what happened. She can’t […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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As we reported on Tuesday, at the center of this latest sex scandal is an attorney-at-law who is well known within the United Democratic Party. He ran for the U.D.P. as a candidate in the last general elections. Earlier today, the party issued a release acknowledging the report against the former politician, stating, “the party […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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In 2019, Leroy Haulze was arraigned for the murder of clothing vendor Jose Diaz, who was shot at his place of business on Cemetery Road in Belize City. Today, Haulze was delivered a life sentence and will spend thirty-one years in prison before he will be eligible for parole. The charge came after video evidence […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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Two men who shot at police officers in Ladyville on Sunday night have been charged for aggravated assault with a firearm upon a police officer on duty. On Sunday, police responded to reports of a fight in progress in front of a bar on Woodpecker Road. When the officers arrived at the location, two men, […]
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One mother is tonight looking for answers after her sixteen-year-old daughter went missing. On Monday night, police issued a missing poster for Virginia Hernandez. The teenager was in the care of the Human Services Department in Belmopan at the time of her disappearance. Her mother, Maria Hernandez, says she gave her child up for protective […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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It’s been two years since the Government of Belize bought back the super bond through a five hundred and fifty-three-million-dollar loan from The Nature Conservancy. This external commercial debt was negotiated at a discounted price of fifty-five cents per dollar of three hundred and sixty million dollars in debt forgiveness over the next twenty years. […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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Belize has not yet engaged in mapping its ocean’s wealth, but the Blue Bond team that addressed the media today explained that there is an estimated one billion dollars annually that can benefit the tourism, fisheries and related sectors through the wealth of our oceans. Julie Robinson, Country Program Director, The Nature Conservancy “We […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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While a sizeable amount will be invested in protecting the marine environment over the coming years, a significant amount has already been spent since the project kicked off two years ago. Blue Bond Director, Beverly Wade and C.E.O. in the Office of the Prime Minister, Narda Garcia explained how much, and how the monies are […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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After several years of waiting, Belize has finally updated its aviation surveillance system, making the country one of the most advanced in aircraft control within the region. Back in March 2023, the Ministry of the Blue Economy and Civil Aviation signed an eight-point-five-million U.S dollar agreement for the acquisition of a new aviation primary radar […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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The Philip Goldson bust that has been repaired will be mounted shortly at its permanent location near the entrance to the highway named after him. This week, work to build a protective barrier is being carried out at the site to prevent the sculpture from being damaged by vehicular traffic. This follows an incident on […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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Tonight, a prominent attorney and member of the United Democratic Party is under investigation, amid allegations being made by a pair of women involving the crime of rape. The incident reportedly happened at the lawyer’s residence here in Belize City in the wee small hours of Friday morning, after a night of socializing at a […]
Written on January 16, 2024 | Posted in
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ComPol Williams told the media this afternoon that the initial report was made after one of the alleged victims told her boyfriend what had taken place overnight. He also says that the police department is awaiting instructions from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on how to proceed with the matter. Chester […]
Written on January 16, 2024 | Posted in
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Forty-eight-year-old Jose Matus was executed in Belize City around midday on Friday. The underworld figure was rubbed out with extreme prejudice by a pair of gunmen who unleashed a barrage of rounds on him from a nine millimeter handgun and an assault rifle. The murder which occurred at the corners of Singh and Rio Bravo […]
Written on January 16, 2024 | Posted in
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According to Commissioner Williams, the Belize Police Department has put in place various measures to prevent retaliatory shootings. He also says that the women who were injured along with Matus are likely collateral damage, as it is not believed that they had anything to do with the deadly attack on him. Chester Williams, Commissioner […]
Written on January 16, 2024 | Posted in
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