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On Friday, the contract for B.T.B.’s Tourism Director, Karen Bevan’s, was leaked to the public. Since that time, the details of the employment agreement signed on April first, 2019 have been causing much debate as the public continues tallying up the benefits outlined in the lucrative contract. The five-year contract starts with an annual salary […]
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The board that the minister has selected to spearhead the country’s tourism rebound is led by Evan Tillett. Tillett is a former colleague of Minister Mahler and is no stranger to the industry. Both worked together at the B.T.B. Tillett was Director of Finance until 2009, when his contract was not renewed. That was under […]
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Minister Mahler also shared the key performance indicators for 2020. Since the reopening of the international airport in October 2020, overnight tourist arrivals were at three thousand one hundred and seventy-nine for that month, down by eighty-seven point five percent compared to 2019. That percentage carried through to November where four thousand eight hundred and […]
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The Senate had its first sitting for the new year today in Belmopan. As the government, the People’s United Party now has control of the Senate with six members mainly debating opposition senators, led by Michael Peyrefitte as Lead Opposition Senator. Unlike Friday’s House session, today’s Senate Sitting was shorter, but the debate was robust […]
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Responding to Peyrefitte was Senator for Government Business, Eamon Courtenay. After P.U.P. Senator Christopher Coye explained the expenditures, Courtenay stressed that the Briceño government did not breach the constitution and reminded Peyrefitte that it was the former Chief Justice who ruled that former PM Dean Barrow acted in contravention of the Belize Constitution. Eamon […]
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The Senate also debated the People’s United Party’s Good Governance in Belize Motion. The motion contains ten covenants that the twenty-six elected government officials pledge to uphold during their term in office. It includes eight pledges and promises that the Briceño Administration says it will see during its five years in office. These include the […]
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Senator for Government Business, Eamon Courtenay responded to Peyrefitte’s criticisms of the motion by reminding the senators on the other side that the motion places on House and Senate record the covenants of the P.U.P. government. Courtenay explains that through the motions, the elected area representatives can be held accountable. Eamon Courtenay, Senator for […]
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Reacting to the Government’s Good Governance Bill were three social partners senators. While they applauded the government for tabling such a motion, they also have concerns and criticism of what the motion contained. Osmany Salas, Senator of N.G.O.s “I think it is a good thing that this motion is being tabled here today and […]
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The state funeral for former Governor-General Doctor Dame Minita Gordon will be held on January twentieth, here in Belize City. The interment of the first Governor-General of Belize will culminate three days of mourning during which the Belizean flag will be flown at half-mast across the country. The body of Dame Minita Gordon arrives at […]
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The tragic story of baby Leroy Juan Choc’s death is one that is fitting for any parent’s worst nightmare. The two-year-old boy was found in a latrine in San Miguel Village in Toledo on Sunday. According to baby Leroy’s grandmother, the family was distracted by an animal inside their home and soon realized the toddler […]
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Since taking office in late 2020, the Briceño Administration has moved ahead with the formal introduction of the hemp industry as a viable means of economic growth for Belize. The ensuing conversation has spawned multiple perspectives, including objection from the religious community. But there’s a strong argument to put forward, particularly when one looks at […]
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Cacao farmers in San Jose Village in Toledo are up in arms because they say that the cacao associations are pushing them to undersell their beans. According to the Tzub family, they have thousands of pounds of cacao beans on their hands because they can’t afford to sell for thirty-five cents per pound. Reports are […]
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So, some of the San Jose Cacao farmers are not happy with the associations – those are the Toledo Cacao Growers Association and the Maya Mountain Cacao. Today, we reached out to the Chairman of the T.C.G.A., Justino Peck, who shared that since December, they have been recording an exceptionally high production. He explained that […]
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Today, Senators from both sides weighed in on the Chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission decision not to resign from his post. The P.U.P. Government expected that Perera would resign following the elections. They see his appointment as purely political as Perera is a known U.D.P. supporter. Perera, however, is resisting and has yet […]
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Chairman of the United Democratic Party Michael Peyrefitte was asked to comment on the allegations being made against former U.D.P. Minister of Works Rene Montero. The new Administration has collected evidence and passed it on to the relevant authorities for a criminal investigation to be conducted into Montero and his time in office. The government […]
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