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The 2021-2022 sugar crop comes to a close on Friday, and while the season got off to a rocky start, the American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industries (A.S.R./B.S.I.) says it ended on solid footing. At the start of the year, there was bad weather that caused unforeseen delays and a protest by members of the Belize […]
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The dispute between A.S.R./B.S.I. and the B.S.C.F.A. Sugar Cane Farmers Association hovers mainly over them not being able to come to terms on a commercial agreement. But to sign off on that agreement, there are several factors at play. We heard from both sides today about what their gripe is with the other. What they […]
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While the two parties continue to negotiate to sign off on a commercial agreement, another issue this year was that there were significant losses from cane that remained in the field, or what is called stand-over cane. The numbers we’ve been given are around a hundred thousand tons of cane that will go to waste […]
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Over the past two months, there have been two trucks belonging to Belize Sugar Industries Limited that were involved in serious traffic accidents. Luckily for the drivers behind those vehicles, they were not hurt. Today, we asked B.S.I.’s Director of Finance, Shawn Chavarria what measures the company has in place to ensure proper safety of […]
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Cabinet met on Tuesday to discuss a number of issues of national concern, including a proposed seven million dollar loan from the Social Security Board to Pharmacy Express Limited. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Wellness issued a release stating its objection to S.S.B. making available a loan facility to the pharmaceutical company that […]
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Elsewhere in today’s Cabinet brief, Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde and Henry Charles Usher, Minister of Religious Affairs provided an update on a recent meeting with church leaders. During the meeting, the issue of holding the cannabis referendum was raised. Following the meeting, Cabinet accepted the recommendation to postpone the referendum until further notice. Meanwhile, […]
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This morning in the Lake Independence community, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Doctor Richard Rosado led a team from the Leadership Intervention Unit into gang-ridden neighborhoods in an attempt to broker a ceasefire among feuding groups. Tension between various gangs has increased considerably since Sunday when several persons were injured during a shooting on La Croix […]
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According to Doctor Rosado, today’s meeting with members from the respective groups was intense, as relatives of the individuals injured in the recent spate of shootings are still reeling from the senseless violence. On the phone: Dr. Richard Rosado, Deputy Commissioner of Police “The tension was somewhat high because of what had transpired and […]
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You might be surprised to hear that the murder rate for this year is so far below what it was at this same time in recent years. But when we spoke with Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams on Wednesday, he indicated to us that yes, 2022 is not as murderous as previous years, so far. […]
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Today at the House of Culture in Belize City, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology officially launched the National Curriculum Framework. The document released is comprehensive and looks at refocusing the curriculum with a view to encourage national development. The consultation process began after the Briceño administration took office and involved all education […]
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During the presentation today, President of the Belize National Teachers’ Union, Senator Elena Smith said that during the consultation, secondary school teachers expressed concerns about job security. Would the new curriculum framework see some teachers displaced? Education Minister Francis Fonseca confirmed that that will not be the case and that in fact, teachers will need […]
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Pediatric vaccines for children ages five to eleven will be expiring in the next few months and the data shows that of that population, only five thousand, six hundred and twenty-six or seven point six percent have received two doses. While with Minister Fonseca, he was asked if there were any concerns since schools will be […]
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness has restocked its supply of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. A donation of ten-thousand doses of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in Belize yesterday from the Government of India. This is the second direct donation of vaccines that India has provided to Belize. A release from the Government of Belize notes its gratitude […]
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After four months of trial, the case against two Belizean residents, twenty-five-year-old Tracey Betancourt, a resident of Barrier Reef Drive, San Pedro and Amara Street resident, and thirty-eight-year-old Leon Walford, concluded today with a guilty verdict against Walford. That’s because the first defendant, Tracey Betancourt, was a no-show in court today for her murder verdict. […]
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Life imprisonment was the sentence handed down late this evening against twenty-seven-year-old Paul Jex Junior, a father of two, who was convicted of raping a twenty-one-year-old woman last week in December 2015. Relatives of Jex Junior reacted to the sentence of life imprisonment when it was announced in the court room of Justice Sandcroft late this […]
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The Belize Defense Force Volunteer Battalion is conducting its Annual Battle Camp in San Antonio Village, Toledo District. The training, which runs from July seventeenth to July thirty first, is focused on jungle survival. The Volunteer Battalion is being taught the basics when it comes to weapons handling, patrolling in the jungle, and first aid. […]
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The Young Leaders Alliance of Belize (YLAB) has named its representatives to the People’s Constitution Commission. A release from the youth organization says its membership decided that Alea Gomez will be the lead representative on the P.C.C. and Mandela Wade will be the alternate. YLAB’s release says, its P.C.C. representative and alternate will be supported […]
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Our Circle has partnered with the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives to provide training towards enhancing the visibility, inclusion, and rights of families formed by lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender persons living in Belize. For the past eight years, Our Circle has been training its volunteers to serve the marginalized. Now, twenty-five young and emerging […]
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Ahead of Emancipation Day 2022, the National Institute of Culture and History re- launched its Documentary Heritage of Slavery and Emancipation in Belize. The website gives visitors an insight into the harsh realities enslaved African persons in Belize were subjected to based on historical records. One of the earliest records of slavery in Belize is […]
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