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Prime Minister Dean Barrow proceeded to deliver his final budget estimates on Thursday, but the Opposition side of the aisle was empty, as the area representatives had vacated the chambers before the presentation. The budget is titled “Making Every Dollar Count” and in this an election year, the estimates call for more spending on infrastructure, […]
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Operations have normalized at the Port of Belize Limited with stevedores resuming work. Both parties came to an agreement after days of industrial action on the part of the stevedores and strike action by the staff at the Port. The stevedores have been protesting since Monday, following reports that A.S.R./B.S.I. would be exporting raw sugar […]
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The staff of the Port of Belize Limited also had issues with P.B.L.’s management and joined the stevedores. For the staff, the most serious issue is the lack of progress towards concluding a new collective bargaining agreement to replace the existing agreement which has been in place for over seventeen years. Staff representative Wayne Lambey […]
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Chief Executive Officer for the Port of Belize Limited, Arturo ‘Tux’ Vasquez says that the Port, which is in receivership, has suffered financially and the decision by B.S.I. to use Big Creek Port will be based on the quality of service that is provided. Vasquez says that he does not see any justifiable reason as […]
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The last Belize Defense Force soldier who died in the helicopter crash was buried today. Major Radford Baizar, a highly trained and accomplished pilot and instructor of the B.D.F. Air Wing received a funeral service with military honours. Today, city residents and a number of public officials gathered to pay respects to the fallen soldier. […]
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The debate on the motion of no confidence tabled by the Opposition was the final agenda item during Thursday’s Special Sitting of the House of Representatives. Debate lasted until ten o’clock in the night with members from both sides of the floor offering criticism or defending their party’s position on a number of socioeconomic issues […]
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Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat, who also chairs the Public Accounts Committee, slammed the Barrow administration for failing the people of Belize after twelve years in office. That point was fervently supported by Opposition Leader John Briceño who zeroed in on Belize City’s south side where a consolidation of the most powerful government ministers […]
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Sitting way to back after leaving Cabinet, Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar also weighed in on the no confidence motion by drawing comparisons between the present government and the P.U.P. government of the past. It is a juxtaposition that has long since become trite, to the point that it lacks any real punch, but for […]
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Deputy Party Leader Cordel Hyde also took the opportunity during the debate on the no-confidence motion to chide the south side area representatives of Belize City for the conditions being faced by their constituents. In his usual layman presentation, Hyde expressed disappoint in the government of the day, which, in his opinion, has had twelve […]
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At midnight, the pump prices for regular gasoline will go up by fifty cents per gallon, which means that it will now sell at ten dollars and twenty-three cents per gallon. The price for premium gasoline will remain at ten dollars and forty cents, kerosene at six dollars and sixty-two cents and diesel at nine […]
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Today, police escorted Alden Lara before Magistrate Kadeem Palmer to face a charge of murder. Lara is accused of Tuesday evening’s shooting that claimed the life of Michael Barrera. The social worker had just placed an order for food at a takeout outlet on Central American Boulevard near its junction with Iguana Street. Police said that the […]
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Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin today adjourned the redistricting case until next Friday to allow Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck, on behalf of Interested Party in the case, Lord Michael Ashcroft, to present affidavits as it relates to the expert witnesses who they are seeking the court to consider to give testimony. Marshalleck explained, with apology, that […]
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When he appeared last on the media, Chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission, Doug Singh explained that it would be too time-consuming to conduct a redistricting exercise before the General Elections; and that it was the same people who are now trying to get the government to carry out the exercise that demanded that […]
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Supreme Court Justice Francis Cumberbatch today granted bail to twenty-eight year-old Edgar Orellana. Orellana is charged with sexual assault upon a minor. The incident allegedly happened in the month of October 2019 in Belize City. Orellana was granted bail of five thousand dollars on the conditions that he must not interfere with the victim and […]
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A Belize City man was taken before Magistrate Aretha Ford this afternoon to face a charge of Aggravated Assault upon his mother, after he allegedly raised a pickaxe with which to hit her. The prosecution alleges that on March fifth, 2020, Mauricio Lemus went home on Banak Street and asked his mother Maria Enriquez for […]
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Sixty teams registered and competed in the first leg of the Belikin La Ruta Maya River Challenge. At seven a.m. sharp, the canoes paddled down the winding Macal River for fifty miles to end at Banana Bank. With that, day-one of the four-day race was completed and Team Core out of San Ignacio captured the […]
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Residents from the community of Santa Cruz in Stann Creek District journeyed to Belmopan on Thursday morning where they picketed government over a land dispute in their village. At the heart of the argument is the approval of a lease granted to Belize Wind Energy Limited by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The lease which […]
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A four-year project to spur greater benefits from the ocean was launched in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility and the Food and Agricultural Organization. The initiative is called the Blue Economy and involves six countries from the Caribbean. More than forty-six million U.S. dollars are being invested to maximise the marine economy. Here is […]
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The worldwide death toll of COVID-19 continues on the rise and health officials at the K.H.M.H. have a plan of action to be activated immediately when a case is confirmed including isolation areas. The K.H.M.H.A. Workers Union, however, is saying that the hospital’s plan is not thought out well. A press release from the union […]
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The Ministry of Health, along with UNICEF, Ministry of Education, SIF, Belize Red Cross and other partners, has held a national consultation for the Wash And Sanitation Hygiene initiative, for Belize. The partners pledged to continue to work together as they reviewed the initiative’s standard operating procedures. Chair of the WASH Multisectoral Body, Kathleen Azueta-Cho, […]
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UNICEF has been championing the WASH initiative, as clean water, basic toilets and good hygiene practices are needed for survival and development of children. The WASH team works in over one hundred countries worldwide to improve water and sanitation services, as well as basic hygiene practices. Denise Robateau of UNICEF shares more about their role. […]
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As part of the Second Road Safety Project, the “Building Capacity in Drivers through the Defensive Driving Training” course ended today in Belize City. Led by Dennis Molina of the Belize Institute of Management, the goal of the course was to improve road user behaviour. Participants learned the discipline of defensive driving and vehicle maintenance […]
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More than five hundred teachers from eleven Catholic high schools countrywide today gathered at the Saint Catherine Auditorium for a Catholic Educators Conference. The conference is the culmination of Catholic week where educators come together to share ideas, concerns, and solutions that teachers face on a daily basis. This year, the teachers were grasped by […]
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Today, the national primary school basketball championship 2020 was held at the Mexico Sports Center in Belize City. Six schools, one from Corozal, one from Orange Walk, two from Stann Creek, one from Belize District and one from Toledo, competed for medals, trophies and an opportunity to represent Belize at the next CODICADER Games. This […]
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