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Prime Minister John Briceño continues his working visit to far-flung countries across the globe and is currently in Lisbon, Portugal, for the United Nations Oceans Conference. Prior to his trip to Portugal, P.M. Briceño was in Belgium to participate in the European Development Days. He was also in Kigali, Rwanda for the Commonwealth Heads of […]
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P.M. Briceño will also be hosting the Prince of Monaco, Prince Albert the Second, on Wednesday. According to P.M. Briceño, an estimated fifty million dollars in potential funding will come to Belize as a result of his three weeks working visits. Prime Minister John Briceño “I am now in Portugal bone, because of the […]
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The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, tweeted that he had a first productive meeting with Prime Minister John Briceño. In his tweet the Ukrainian president said, the first but productive contact with Prime Minister of Belize John Briceño. Agreed on the support for Ukraine in the U.N. and at regional platforms. I count on Belize […]
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On Tuesday in Lisbon, Prime Minister John Briceño addressed an assembly of world leaders during the Second Plenary Session of the United Nations Ocean Conference. Co-hosted by the governments of Kenya and Portugal, the summit comes at a critical juncture as the world is seeking to address many of the deep-rooted problems of our societies […]
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Homing in on Belize’s efforts, P.M. Briceño spoke about the country’s debt-restructuring for marine conservation initiative which is touted as the largest undertaking of its kind in the world. Prime Minister John Briceño “So, amidst a climate crisis, we are on track to blow up our global carbon budget and trigger even more catastrophic […]
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A weed seller who migrated from Supal Street to Gungulung was executed on Monday night by someone familiar to him. It is believed that the murder of Darrel Alvarez was the result of an altercation earlier in the day over monies owed to him for the sale of marijuana. When he stepped out of his […]
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Life in prison for twenty-seven-year-old Noe Gonzalez after pleading guilty to the murder of Ramon Cervantes Senior in July 2014. The seventy-one-year-old was killed and disposed of in a shallow grave in the Honey Camp area of Orange Walk District. Gonzalez’s accomplices, those who were arrested and charged along with him, also pleaded guilty to […]
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A trio of men, including Oscar Caretella, Dennis Matus and Rene Zetina, has been arrested and charged for the offense of kept firearm without a gun license and kept ammunition without a gun license. The men were busted on Sunday night by police on mobile patrol on Figaro Street in San Ignacio. They were traveling […]
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How much does relapsing into crime occur in Belize? And how much of it has to do with the treatment from people in the justice system, law enforcement and rehabilitation? That’s what is currently under research in Belize. Doctor Terrence Alladin is here from Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. and today he made a […]
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We’ll now take you back to the prime minister’s virtual press conference from Portugal where he also responded to questions on the selection of a new Chief Justice of Belize. The United Democratic Party has been up in arms over the selection of Guyanese national Justice Louise Blenman as the proposed Chief Justice of Belize. […]
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Reporters also got a chance to ask the prime minister if he was able to catch the Leader of the Opposition’s performance at the B.E.T Awards that Belizeans all over are talking about. Well, as we have told you P.M. Briceño has been busy with his working visits. As a result, he says he did […]
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Prime Minister Briceño also gave a response to the ruling made by Justice Lisa Shoman in the case brought against the Commission of Inquiry into the fire sale of government assets. As we reported, former Deputy Prime Minister Hugo Patt was awarded a hundred and forty-five thousand dollars in damages as a consequence of the […]
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Cabinet has not met for the past three weeks, and it is not expected that they will meet until Prime Minister Briceño returns to the country. So, did the P.M. leave Acting Prime Minister Cordel Hyde with instructions to not call any cabinet meetings in his absence? P.M. Briceño says that that is not the […]
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As we have been reporting, public officers are getting their ten percent salary reduction reinstated as of July first. This comes as good news to government workers across the country who have had to endure the COVID-19 pandemic and rising inflation rates with ten percent less of their salaries. In the negotiations between the Joint […]
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On Monday, we told you about Mexican tourism officials visiting Belize to meet with government ministers and their Belizean counterparts from the tourism and transport industries. Today, the Embassy of Mexico held another press conference, this time at the Mexican Institute in Belize City where representatives from the health sector in Mexico are looking to […]
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There are a number of Belizeans who travel for services at medical facilities in neighbouring Mexico. Some would journey as far as Merida, Cancun and even Mexico City. The goal is not only to retain that business, but also to look at the feasibility of building a Mexican private medical facility also in Belize, as […]
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Medical tourism aside, one of the primary reasons Belizeans travel to Mexico is for the cheaper prices for medical services and medication. With these private hospitals having an interest in setting up in Belize, would it mean that costs will also go up? Olivia Laviada, Marketing & Medical Tourism Manager, Galenia Hospital “The doctors […]
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The Ya’axché Conservation Trust held its annual Bioblitz over the weekend in southern Belize with special focus on bees, birds, mammals, macro-inverts, and trees. The non-profit organization chose the theme: Empowering Communities, Conserving Biodiversity, Connecting the World for the two-day exercise. Described as a worldwide event, it featured sixty-eight youths from five communities who spent a […]
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Ya’axche informed that the youths recorded over a thousand observations and identified two hundred and twenty types of animals, trees and fresh water macro invertebrates. A new species of bee, known as the Carpenter bee was also recorded. (CLIP)
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