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Thirteen people have been displaced by two separate fires that happened between Friday night and Sunday morning in Belize City. We start with the most recent fire that happened very early on Sunday morning. At least ten people were left without a home after a fire destroyed three buildings on Castle Street, including a Salvation […]
The other fire happened on Friday night around eleven-thirty on First Street, also in Belize City. Sixty-eight year old Maria Ayuso was at home with her grandson when she was awoken by the fire. The elderly woman says that she believes it was arson. While they would normally get electricity from a neighbor, she claimed […]
Minister of Education Patrick Faber has responded openly to criticisms made by the Belize National Teachers Union last Thursday. The Deputy Prime Minister was chided for purportedly being dishonest in addressing the pending matter of teachers’ salaries, following the October eleven-day industrial action. The Minister and the B.N.T.U. have not met to settle makeup time […]
Among the charges made against the ministry is the deliberate bumping up of the submission of pay sheets from the ninth of every month. According to Faber, the collection date has always been on the second, particularly in November when the Ministry of Finance has to prepare additional payroll for teachers towards the end of […]
The academic calendar is made up of at least one hundred and eighty contact days, of which teachers and students are required to be in session. The eleven-day strike in October puts the actual classroom time below that benchmark, prompting Chief Education Officer Doctor Carol Babb to ensure that balance is maintained in fulfilling the […]
We have been reporting on firebrand activist Raymond Rivers’ various run-ins in recent weeks. He has been consistently crying out against the Government through the realm of Facebook. His language has been sharp, unsparing and occasionally threatening, prompting Police to call him in almost two weeks ago for intervention. But one of his alleged targets, […]
There is word tonight that there is financial trouble in one of the major industries in the south. Reports from within the citrus industry say that the Citrus Growers Association is seeking a forty-million-dollar line of credit from the Social Security Board. But the CGA is unable to present audited financials to its membership in […]
According to Chanona, growers have lost fifty-eight percent of ownership in CPBL. Shareholdings have since plummeted from ninety-nine to forty-one percent over the years and farmers are urging the committee of management to come clean about CGA’s assets. Isani Cayetano “You’ve mentioned that there hasn’t been any audit of the association’s financials for quite […]
The case of convicted murderer Gregory August who is serving a life sentence for the stabbing death of seventy-three-year-old Alvin Robinson was heard in the Court of Appeal on Friday. In a milestone judgment handed down at the appellate level by Justices Samuel Awich, Murrio Lucille and Christopher Blackman, that judicial punishment has been overturned […]
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The moral argument, according to Courtenay, is whether or not an inmate can be reformed and rehabilitated after serving a lengthy sentence. He says that an inmate who is not entitled to parole faces cruel and unusual punishment. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for Gregory August “There are varying types of scenarios that can occur and […]
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Two-year-old Kaylee Alvarez perished in a fire on October twenty-seventh at her house on Ebony Street, Belize City where she was watching television. Police have ruled that the fire was not as a result of arson as originally believed to be case by her grieving mother. But tonight, two persons are facing charges for allegedly […]
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Police have arrested and charged fifty-five year old Karim Adle of San Ignacio Town for common assault on popular youth activist and journalist Micah Goodin. The incident took place around twelve-fifty-five on Saturday afternoon, November fifth. The People’s United Party was holding elections for the party’s youth arm, the Belize Youth Movement executive at the […]
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A Cayo resident is hospitalized tonight at the Western Regional recovering from a shooting. Patrick Gordon was travelling in a small car when he was shot at in Santa Elena Town. One of the bullets hit him on the chest and police have recovered four expended shells from the area where the shooting took place. […]
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Tonight there is a report of damage to fisheries and the marine environment in southern Belizean waters. The Southern Environmental Association reports that it has come across the construction of a tourism related development currently occurring in southern Belize on Gladden Caye. According to SEA, last Wednesday, its personnel spotted workers of Lowen Construction Limited […]
The Roman Catholic community, thousands of past students as well as Garifuna communities are tonight mourning the passing of a beloved pastor and educator who dedicated his entire life in service to Christ and to Belize. Ninety-two year old John Stochl, senior member of the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits, died Sunday night at […]
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If you are looking for a job, there is a internet service that can make it happen because a new online job search engine is being launched. Employ Me Belize is a website that links employers or companies to potential candidates. By simply logging on to the website, persons looking for employees will be connected […]
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Last Friday, we reported that a government vehicle assigned to the Ministry of Health was stolen from an employee’s yard in the Kontiki area of San Ignacio. Well, there was a second Toyota Hilux pickup truck stolen from the west, but from Belmopan. Lizburn Anderson, who was charged for allegedly delivering a payment to a […]
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A five-day training course in Public Procurement commenced today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. Officials from across the region are taking part to acquire knowledge on the process of procurement as it relates to the economic partnership agreement between European Union and CARIFORUM, the economic arm of CARICOM. The participants will be looking […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. {Feature on Weekend Sporting activities…}
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