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We start our newscast tonight with big financial news. The biggest single investment at this time of the COVID pandemic was announced this morning. Caribbean Investment Holdings, the parent company for the Belize Bank, announced it will be acquiring Scotia Bank Belize, which has been on the market for some time, pending final regulatory approval. […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The willingness to engage in opportunities and associated arbitration channels available based on the perception of risk and return is a primary concern for anyone wanting to invest money in Belize. The investment of thirty million U.S. dollars in purchasing the assets of Scotiabank Belize is a significant move for C.I.H.L., which requires a particular […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The Port of Belize Limited remains in receivership eight years after being taken over by Private Investment Limited. Despite its status since businessman Luke Espat filed for bankruptcy in January 2012, there is no interest in PIL owning the facility. According to Lord Ashcroft, the plan is to construct a two hundred million dollar cruise […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The idea of building a world class cruise terminal in Belize City has been met with objection from other tourism developers, including investors in the Stake Bank project who vehemently oppose the construction of the facility. But has Lord Michael Ashcroft met with these other stakeholders to understand their concerns? Isani Cayetano “Have you […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Tonight we can confirm COVID-19 patient number twenty-three. According to the Officer of Director of Health Services, this latest case is one of the repatriates from Friday’s flight. A post on the Office of Director of Health Services’ Facebook account says, given that we had an arrival with forty plus persons this past Friday, samples […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Consumers can expect to pay more for one fuel and less for another effective this Tuesday. Premium gasoline will decrease by two dollars and sixty-nine cents to sell at eight dollars and twenty-three cents per gallon. It means that because of the dip in the price for premium, regular gasoline is more expensive. It currently […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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It has happened again: more persons have managed to escape the COVID-19 quarantine centers. The latest breakout happened in Cayo where the government is using the Victor Galvez Stadium as a quarantine facility. A group of six Guatemalans escaped over the weekend under very questionable circumstances. We say questionable because the padlocks remained intact suggesting […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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There is a disturbing report coming out of the south tonight. The remains of a newborn baby were discovered around five-forty on Sunday evening on a farm in San Roman Village in Stann Creek. A farmer was in the area when he happened upon the decomposing lower parts of a baby – the head, chest […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has ordered the arrest of about twelve persons including two police officers and three B.D.F. soldiers. The men were in the Santa Martha Village over the weekend near a fishing area at around three o’clock in the morning, within curfew hours. The group was approached by Coast Guard officers and […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Glenford “Easy Glen” Adolphus is facing more jail time tonight. The well-known Belize City man, who was imprisoned for shady land deals, was in the hospital when he escaped from police just after midday last Friday. But he didn’t get far when police picked him up and now he is staring at an additional charge […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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On Saturday, villagers of Santa Cruz in the south expressed frustration against the Belize Police Department after their village leaders were detained and quarantined. The chairman Alfredo Mes, First Alcalde Renata Canti, and Second Alcalde Caterino Chaeb were arrested after police received an anonymous report that the men were selling cacao across the Guatemalan border. […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to political news…the United Democratic Party is heading to a second leadership convention on July twelfth, after within three days of his election, John Saldivar had to step down in February amid the Lev Dermen scandal. Tonight, the political race is now down to only four aspirants as Cayo North Area Representative Omar Figueroa […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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How will the upcoming leadership convention be conducted amid social distancing and limited crowd sizes post the state of emergency? According to Peyrefitte, who is also the attorney general, all steps will be taken to adhere to new rules going forward. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party “It will have to take place within […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier in the newscast we told you about COVID patient number twenty-three, but across the northern border, Chetumal, has surpassed Cancun with the number of positive COVID-19 cases. On Friday, Chetumal registered thirty-one new cases of COVID-19 cases in twenty four hours, so that there are three hundred and ninety seven active cases of COVID-19 […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A Father’s day celebration on Sunday did not end well for two families on Berry Street, Belize City. A number of family members had converged at the house of the Yorke family patriarch when the GSU stormed the residence. Family members are not certain what triggered the alleged GSU assault, but from there, the Unit […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The incident was captured in video and Yorke and Neal families have their convictions about what transpired on Sunday night on Berry Street in the Lake independence. A video capturing the police mobile taking away two men has gone viral on social media. While it is not clear if it is the same incident, today, […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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The Mesopotamia Father’s Day Unity Basketball Game between once rival members of the George Street and Taylor’s Alley Gangs went off without a hitch on Sunday. The game was held on the basketball court off Orange Street in Taylor’s Alley and there is confirmation that a truce of sorts was established between these two major […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Police says that the file for the fatal accident in Libertad Village that happened last Wednesday is with the D.P.P. for further directives. According to ACP Joseph Myvett, the police are also still actively gathering information and the necessary documents to complete the file. Ten-year-old Steven Torres was riding his bike last Wednesday when he […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A woman in Cotton Tree Village is accusing police officers of stealing six thousand dollars from her home. As many as eighteen law enforcement officers reportedly conducted a search at the residence on Wednesday, June twentieth. The homeowner, Maude Blancaneux, reported that she wasn’t at home when the cops breached her front door and raided […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A mother and her two children were stabbed in their home on Friday night around eight-forty-five. The man who did the stabbing is identified as Guatemalan national Esau Ramirez Lopez. He is the woman’s ex-common-law husband. Orange Walk Police were called out to the Northern Regional Hospital on Friday night. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Robbers target a second Gas Tomza depot in less than a week. The latest incident happened on Friday around five-forty in the evening in Belmopan where armed men held up the gas attendant. They stole monies and personal items. Just last week, the depot at one and a half miles on George Price Highway in […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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This afternoon, the newly elected executive of the Belize Police Association was officially sworn in by the Commander of Welfare and Sports, Superintendent Calvert Flowers. The association is now being headed by President Sergeant Jane Usher and Vice President Sergeant Jermaine Hyde. Usher’s slated bested the former’s president slate Eldon Arzu last week by a […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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And some good news, last week Thursday the Supreme Court of the United States ruled to continue Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), allowing young people to apply for and get authorization to work and/or go to college in the US. They are called ‘dreamers’ and were taken to the US as undocumented children, such […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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