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The official confirmation came in black and white this morning, courtesy of the Belize Times: Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde are once again ministers of government. Espat has been appointed Minister of National Development, Investment and Culture, with responsibility for the Social Investment Fund, Basic Needs Trust Fund, investment promotion, export processing zones and commercial […]
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A security guard who was just about to pay for his fried chicken order on Wednesday night had his money snatched out his hand by a man with a knife. Roy Zelaya told police that Ellis Meighan, someone he has known for five years, came up to him at the window of Belizean Fried Chicken […]
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A Centre for Employment Training student is accused of burglarising a home on the Western Highway and then going on a spending spree with the cash. Jovan Tillett pleaded not guilty to burglary and handling stolen goods charges before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord today, but was remanded to prison until the trial later this month. […]
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One of the more bizarre sexual assault cases of last year has resulted in the dismissal of charges against two defendants. Twenty-two year old Clive Hyde and an eleven year old boy left the court of Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord unsullied today after the prosecution indicated that the alleged victim–and main witness–could not be located. […]
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While the big news concerning Cabinet is its two new members, that body’s last meeting prior to its realignment produced some significant decisions. According to a government release, Cabinet has approved in principle to introduce G.S.T., which means either Goods and Services Tax or General Sales Tax. But a return to the VAT, a levy […]
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And while cheaper diesel will not do much to make the sugar industry more viable, the British government will give the Sugar Industry Control Board forty-six thousand pounds to study ways to make the industry more profitable in the face of reduced sugar preferences from the European Union. The E.U. is Belize’s biggest customer for […]
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It may be a month away but our friends at the Institute of Creative Arts are using this time to get prospective contestants prepared for the second annual Brukdown Song Competition. The contest is open to Belizeans countrywide of all ethnicities, ages or musical experience. Entries may be in any language provided there is an […]
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Belizeans who have grown up in an era when tourism is the country’s number one industry will have a hard time imagining what it was like when tourists were as scarce as rain in April. But believe it or not, Belizean tourism is even younger than an independent Belize… and today the organisation that represents […]
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