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Like much of the world, Belize has been taking a licking from skyrocketing oil prices, but beginning next week, thanks to the renegotiation of B.E.L.’s power purchase agreement with Mexico, we will be enjoying some significant relief. Approximately fifty-seven percent of Belize’s electricity is provided by Mexico’s Comision Federal de Electricidad. Under the original agreement […]
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And while it may soon cost less to watch TV or iron your clothes, driving to work will definitely become more expensive. The much delayed Esso fuel tanker has finally arrived in port, and the new prices, while not unexpected, are high enough to make you trade in that S.U.V. for a motorbike. According to […]
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On Tuesday Cabinet formally put its stamp of approval on a policy to provide all Belizean women age sixty-five and over with a pension, whether or not they had worked outside the home or contributed to Social Security. But if you fall into that category don’t be in any rush to pick up your cheque. […]
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In crime news police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of Marlon Budd. Twenty-four year old Jerry Bush has been charged with the crimes of attempted murder, dangerous harm and deadly means of harm. Budd was wounded by a single gunshot to the neck at around three-thirty Sunday morning near B.T.L. Park on the […]
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As the newly elected government gets settled in, the ministers are making their rounds. Taking a tour of the facilities at Price Barracks in Ladyville this morning was Minister of Defence Sylvia Flores. Flores, accompanied by C.E.O. Anthony Sylvester, inspected a Guard of Honour and met with top officers of the Belize Defence Force. As […]
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Lying physically well outside the centre of CARICOM’s gravity, Belize does not get to host many of that organisation’s regional projects. But one initiative in which Belize has long held an edge is in the field of marine resources. Today ceremonies were held to inaugurate the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism. The C.R.F.M., as I found […]
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Last week News 5’s Jacqueline Woods attended a workshop held to sensitise journalists to the concerns of the elderly. The session must have worked, because tonight she’s back with another report, this time on efforts by Belize’s oldest citizens to assert their rights and advance their agenda. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting “Last year five Caribbean countries, […]
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