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The newly-formed Briceño administration continues to take shape with the appointments of Chief Executive Officers to various government ministries. What we know thus far is that Channel Five’s C.E.O. Amalia Mai has been tapped to serve in the same capacity in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration where Eamon Courtenay and Ramon […]
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The new government under Prime Minister John Briceño held its inaugural cabinet meeting on Tuesday and the first order of business was to be updated on national issues affecting the country. Sixteen elected ministers, six elected ministers of state and three senate ministers were briefed on four important topics. On matters of national security, Cabinet […]
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The Briceño administration is assuming office in difficult times, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on and industries struggle to bounce back. The P.U.P. government has promised to realize progress and development in all sectors. But for there to be the development that Prime Minister Briceño has promised, there must be money. The P.U.P. […]
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The ballooning wage bill stands at six hundred and eighty-eight million dollars for sixteen thousand public officers and teachers. One of the recommendations that the Public Service Union has offered as part of its belt-tightening is to reduce the government’s bill by releasing contract officers. P.S.U. President Gerald Henry also recommended that the government cease purchasing […]
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On the day that he was sworn in as the country’s new Prime Minister, John Briceño sent a subtle warning to all U.D.P. political appointees, asking them to tender their resignations. There are reports that some of those individuals are refusing to step down, while others are expected to be fired. On Monday, we asked […]
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There were four more COVID-19 related deaths reported on Monday night, three males and one female. According to the Director of Health Services, two of those deaths were registered in the Toledo District, one in the Orange Walk District and the fourth death reported in the Corozal District. The COVID-19 fatality rate now stands at […]
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There were two murders reported overnight in Belize City and Ladyville where a well-known deliveryman from Gungulung lost his life to gun violence. Another man, thirty-five-year-old Delroy Chaplin met the same end when he went to purchase marijuana on Perez Road. Tonight, police are investigating both incidents and while the first is said to have […]
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Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa kicked off his first day on the job with a tour of two Belize City precincts this morning. The initiation began with a meeting that was held at the Queen Street Police Station with the brass of the Belize Police Department. There, he sat down with Commissioner of Police […]
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While the mandate of the police department balances community police and active crime-fighting, in charting a new course more emphasis will be placed on community policing, an area in which ComPol Williams has extensive training and experience. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs & New Growth “We need to emphasize more the importance of […]
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Over the years, the Gang Suppression Unit has gained notoriety for fighting fire with fire and for meeting the civilian populace with brute force. It’s a brand that has left a bitter taste in the mouths of many who have encountered the GSU in action. Well the unit is getting a much needed makeover in […]
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Weighing in on the pending changes, ComPol Williams agrees that while yes, the GSU needs to be done away with, there is still a need for a specialized unit to tackle gang activity and organized crime. Notwithstanding these changes, the Commissioner of Police also acknowledged that police brutality is endemic within the department. Chester […]
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According to Commissioner Williams, transforming the GSU requires more than just a name change, the culture that has become intrinsic within that unit also needs to be improved since it is part of the reason why the citizenry has become apprehensive of interacting with its officers. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “It is not […]
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Nine families in Burrell Boom are flooded out as a portion of the main road in the village is submerged. Shelters in the Belize River Valley area remain open, as Iota is expected to dump more water on central and southern Belize. Today, aside from relief and supplies being issued by the National Emergency Management […]
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Tonight, we bring you the story of a farming community that is reeling from the impacts of the flooding in rural Belize. Last Friday, we gave you a snippet of how a vegetable cooperative located behind Maskall Village is trying to pick up the pieces in wake of the flooding that followed the passage of […]
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Eight months after the illegal cattle trade with Guatemala was suspended by the previous U.D.P. administration, it has resumed. But by then, millions of dollars had already been lost. The demand for cattle is high and livestock producers are now trying to return to some sense of normalcy. Since last Thursday, close to a thousand […]
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources, Petroleum and Mining, Cordel Hyde has been given the difficult task of reforming one of the most corrupt departments in government. As Minister of Natural Resources, Hyde has pledged to transform the Lands Department into a public office that is easily accessible by all types of people. […]
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Oscar Requeña won the Toledo West constituency handsomely and was named the Minister of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labor, and Local Government. He is one of four ministers from the south. Minister Requeña says that the south was forgotten for twelve years under the United Democratic Party. He laid out his plans for his constituency […]
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Minister of the Blue Economy and Civil Aviation Andre Perez says that the recently enacted gill net ban will have to be revisited. Earlier this morning, a statutory Instrument signed into law the ban of gill nets from maritime waters. The area covered by the ban includes all the sea under the jurisdiction of Belize. […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat has met with all regional managers to discuss the way forward. During those discussions concerns and issues were also discussed, including the horrible treatment that patients receive at the hands of medicals professionals at public medical facilities. Chebat says that he has heard a lot of complaints where […]
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Before the elections on November eleventh, the People’s United Party disclosed details of fifteen contracts valued over one hundred million dollars to International Environments which is owned by brothers Daniel and Carlo Arguelles. In the list of contracts was the fourteen point nine million-dollar contract for the construction of a new Foreign Affairs Building in Belmopan. […]
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Every year, World Prematurity Day is observed on November seventeenth. It’s a day used to raise awareness of preterm births and the concerns associated with premature babies. And to observe the day in Belize, the K.H.M.H.’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit carried out activities to sensitize the public about the worrying increase in premature births. Reporter […]
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