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Former Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar has been banned for the foreseeable future from entering the United States. This afternoon, the U.S. Department of State issued a release informing that it has placed a designation on the erstwhile U.D.P. minister for “involvement in significant corruption”. The designation was issued under Section 7031of the US Constitution […]
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John Saldivar responded to the U.S. Department of State’s declaration late this evening. In a social media statement, Saldivar said that the declaration is “left field, baseless, and malicious”. According to Saldivar, as a minister of government he conducted himself with honesty and integrity. He says he is at a loss as to why the […]
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Late this evening Opposition Leader Moses Shyne Barrow responded to the designation placed on John Saldivar. Barrow says, quote The Opposition denounces corruption by Government Officials in any form. We treat very serious the allegations of corruption being made by the U.S. State Department against former Minister John Saldivar. Notwithstanding our zero tolerance of corruption […]
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A father of two is dead following a shooting incident on Monday night near the entrance to Crooked Tree Village. By all accounts, Reece Riverol was quiet and troubled no one. But last night, he was targeted by an unknown gunman who lured him out of his home by throwing rocks at his house. When […]
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A family in Crooked Tree Village has turned to the media to say that they do not appreciate the manner in which the police department is handling the investigation when they searched their home sometime after midnight this morning. According to an uncle of four of the persons who were detained, police initially arrived without […]
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The Belize Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own tonight, following a fatal R.T.A. on Monday in the Cayo District that claimed the life of Corporal Shannon Middleton. Two other persons, including Dillon Pommels and Luis Mejia were also injured in the incident which happened in the vicinity of Blackman Eddy. […]
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Santander lost five percent of its sugarcane crop due to the strong winds and rain brought on by Hurricane Lisa. The initial assessment seemed worst, with acres upon acres of sugar cane lying flat on the ground. But, once the rain cleared and the weather improved those flattened sugarcane stalks rose up once again, a […]
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We also asked Burke whether the company is concerned about the quality of the sugarcane in the field given its exposure to flood waters and strong winds. Here is what she had to say. Beverly Burke, Public Relations Manager, Santander “We work on production, we work on the quality of the cane and what […]
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Today, Belmopan Mayor Sheran Palacio and a team of fifty city council employees alighted a Floralia bus in Belize City and picked up shovels, rakes and garbage bags to clean up parks and other areas of the city that Hurricane Lisa had affected. The team also cleared three areas of fallen debris left behind by […]
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One of the parks that Mayor Palacio and her team from Belmopan cleaned was located in the Freetown area and while he is not responsible for parks and playgrounds, Belize City Councilor, Albert Vaughan is the Chairman for the P.U.P Freetown Office and decided to be a part of the exercise. He expressed gratitude for […]
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Today, government leaders took turns making national statements regarding climate change and their respective country’s positions on the crisis. The speeches were strong, especially those coming from countries like Belize that have been experiencing increasingly severe impacts of climate change. This morning, the head of the Belize delegation at COP27 in Egypt, Minister Orlando Habet, […]
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In his national statement, the minister speaks to Belize prioritizing its critical forest resource with effective policies, strategies and meaningful actions resulting in a national forest cover of over sixty percent, but that it becomes all for nothing if there is no true action from the G20 countries and other large polluters. Minister Habet goes […]
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It’s the final week of COP27 and the power brokers are now finalizing the negotiations going forward. High level ministerial meetings have been taking place and countries have been taking advantage of the opportunities being afforded to network and learn climate-smart practices and what’s best for their situation on the ground. While there have been […]
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Speaking about carbon credits, there are several interested parties who want to engage in Belize’s carbon market, even as the mechanism is being finalized. And today, following sessions this morning, Minister Orlando Habet and C.E.O. Doctor Kenrick Williams met casually with representatives of an interested party to look at the potential opportunity for business. In […]
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On Monday evening, Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow issued a release calling for the removal of the climate change portfolio from Minister Orlando Habet. Barrow claims that the Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management has abused his authority and falsified the COP registration process for personal reasons. This is because, for the […]
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November nineteenth will mark the two hundred and twentieth year since the first Garinagu arrived on our shores from Saint Vincent. And each year there is no shortage of celebration in that regard. News Five’s Marion Ali was on special assignment in the Toledo District over the weekend and picked up on the sights, sounds […]
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A new director has been named at the Institute of Creative Arts. Kim Vasquez has been operating as the Acting Director of ICA for the past two years. She has now been named the official director of ICA. She is no stranger to creative arts in Belize. In 2009, Vasquez joined the Institute of Creative […]
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With a background in youth development, Vasquez says investment in young and upcoming artists will be made a priority under her leadership. She told us what that will look like. Kim Vasquez, Director, ICA “My foundation was actually youth development, I was the youth development. So, definitely anything concerning the next generation of artist […]
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There are over fifty thousand people in Belize with ties to Honduras, according to Anthony Mahler, the Minister of Tourism. So, Honduras is a natural market for the airline industry. That is one of the main reasons why Tropic Air now has a non-stop flight from Belize to Honduras. The direct flight also opens a […]
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