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This news just in…. a B.D.F. solider lost his life in a late evening RTA in Jacintoville, Toledo District. News Five has confirmed that the B.D.F. officer was on a motorcycle which reportedly collided into a B.E.L. pickup truck. We will withhold the identity of the officer until the family is duly informed. More on […]
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Social media has been abuzz with theories of what is happening in the mountains. Some speculate it is volcanic activity, while others say it is a meteorite that struck in the area. Today, personnel from the Geology and Petroleum Unit of the Ministry of Natural Resources were out at a farm on the Hummingbird Highway […]
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Police have released the postmortem results of a body found near Lark Caye, off the coast of Placencia two weeks ago. As we reported, when Coast Guard officers found the corpse, it was only half a body, and it was badly decomposed. In fact, they could not even identify its gender. Well, tonight we can […]
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Nineteen-year-old Jillian Garcia lost his life on Sunday night when he was run over by an SUV traveling at high speed. The incident happened in his home village of Trial Farm in Orange Walk District. The teenager had a misunderstanding with a group of young men a few moments prior to that incident and investigators […]
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Police are reporting on two fires in Jalacte, Toledo District over the last two days. On Tuesday, reports are that a thatched structure which houses the residence of Stephen Koy and a church had been burned. Koy told police he attempted to extinguish the flames but his kitchen was destroyed and the back of the […]
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When the San Pedro Town Council changed in March following the municipal elections, several employees from the previous administration were terminated. Under the labor laws of Belize, those individuals ought to have been compensated as part of a severance package. That has not been the case, however, despite written correspondence between their attorney and Mayor […]
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According to Elrington, sufficient time has been afforded to the Town Council and its attorneys to respond to the query. Aside from a delay in response, Elrington says that at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, his clients entered into an agreement with the town council that they would accept a fifty percent pay cut […]
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We are sixteen days into the Atlantic Hurricane Season and NEMO and its partners continue their disaster preparedness. Since the Ministry of Human Development forms the disaster relief committee, they held a planning meeting with NEMO. Here’s more from C.E.O. Tanya Santos and NEMO’s National Coordinator Shelton Defour: Tanya Santos, C.E.O., Ministry of Human […]
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In 2019, Belize owed ninety-seven percent of what it was producing. During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Belize’s debt increased to one hundred and thirty percent of G.D.P. Prime Minister John Briceño in his April ninth budget presentation referred to the situation as Belize’s “most severe economic, fiscal and debt crisis.” The International Monetary Fund, a […]
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When it comes to the government’s decision to implement a wage cut, the I.M.F. says this was not a part of its recommendation to local authorities in its 2021 country report. According to Guajardo, mention was only made that there needs to be a reduction in the wage bill. Doctor Guajardo says this is a […]
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When looking at long term solutions to Belize’s crisis, the I.M.F. recommends several growth enhancement structural reforms. According to Doctor Guajardo, these are changes Belize can implement to boost the nation’s economic activity over time. I.M.F. recommendations include improving the business climate to promote investment, addressing crime, and building resilience to climate change. Dr. […]
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To commemorate Child Labour Elimination Day on June twelfth, the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association is pledging its commitment to develop and ratify its Youth Policy for decent employment, skills development and business opportunities by the end of 2021. A release from the association says they stand in solidarity with the global commitment to end […]
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If you live along the Macal River or near the Chalillo Dam, the Belize Electric Company Limited is hosting a virtual public information session tonight you may want to attend. The session is being held to update the community about BECOL’s mercury in fish data, the water quality of the Macal River and their early […]
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Is there a move afoot to trigger a recall of Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber as leader of the United Democratic Party? The rumor mill has it that a petition is being circulated among delegates to solicit signatures to trigger a recall convention. Reports are that the signatures collected thus far exceed the minimal threshold […]
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We take you to Bella Vista tonight to meet a rising artist from that southern village. Like many artists he has a studio, but what is not as obvious is that this self-taught painter learned all his techniques from online classes. Now he is not only making his living from art; he is exporting it […]
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