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Sugar cane farmers in the north, represented by various associations, have signed a one-year interim agreement with A.S.R./B.S.I., effectively breaking a deadlock between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the miller. That means that the new sugar crop will likely commence on Tuesday, December twenty-seventh. Earlier this week, Prime Minister John Briceño and Minister […]
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According to Chairman Ortega, the interim agreement allows for the Briceño administration to amend existing laws to prevent the kinds of stalemate that threaten to frustrate the sugar industry. On the phone: Alfredo Ortega, Chairman, Committee of Management, B.S.C.F.A. “The one-year agreement that we signed with BSI is to give an opportunity to the […]
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There’s growing frustration among some customers who have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of items purchased online and shipped to Belize by consolidators. It’s an industry that many have gotten into, conveying goods to Belize that are bought in the United States. Recently there have been concerns that items that were purchased, in some cases, […]
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What we understand from credible sources within the Customs and Excise Department is that there has been an increase in the number of contraband items, including compressed, high-grade marijuana, being shipped to Belize from the United States. Out of an abundance of caution, shipping containers are being searched thoroughly and swept for illegal cargo. This, […]
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Earlier this week, we aired the story of a house handing over that didn’t happen in the case of a single mother in the Port Loyola area of Belize City. And while we’ll have an update on that coming up, the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing has been going across the country gifting families, […]
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And while several deserving citizens received their new starter homes, earlier this week, we brought you the story of the new starter home that was to be given to Port Loyola resident, Apolinaria Choc. But she did not receive the keys to the house because the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing did not approve […]
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Eighteen-year-old track and field athlete Mia Sylvester, a resident of Belmopan, is headed to the University of Idaho. Sylvester has been dominating regionally in the disciplines of shot put and discus, winning numerous gold medals for Belize. Recently, she received offered from several universities in the U.S to join their program as a student athlete. […]
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – not the celebration of the past two years that included lockdowns and movement restrictions, but Christmas like we used to prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the backdrop on which Prime Minister John Briceño sends greetings of the season to all Belizeans this year. In […]
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For many families, Christmas will not be the same this year and for various reasons – whether they have lost someone over the past year or not having recovered from Hurricane Lisa. But that trauma aside, Christmas is about coming together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a time for thanksgiving and […]
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As Belizeans go about their Christmas shopping, the downtown area of Belize City is abuzz with different sights and sounds. We took our cameras downtown to get a feel of how Christmas 2022 is looking for the people we spoke with. This was what we picked up. Sherima Moody “Merry Christmas to my Moody […]
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At this time, most people are busy buying their ham and turkey for their traditional Christmas Dinner on Sunday. The rice and beans, made with coconut milk, and accompanied by potato salad, stuffings, cranberry sauce also dress the plate with these choices of meat. But there are people who do not eat turkey and others […]
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‘Tis the season to be jolly and generous, and the Belize Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, BELAIFA, is living up to that tradition. Today the association handed out a hefty donation of food and other grocery items to Liberty Children’s Home. The gifts coincide with Insurance Awareness Week, and President of BELAIFA, Carol Panton-Rose […]
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‘Tis the season for giving and this week there was no shortage of gift giving over at the bus terminal on West Collet Canal. That’s where terminal warden, Philip “Faada” Henry was giving out toys and bottles of Crystal juice. He told us that he solicited the gifts from Bowen and Bowen and from relatives […]
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The Belize Police Department is serious about the safety of the populace not only during this festive season, but all year round. However, during this time, all municipalities are bustling with traffic and persons doing their last-minute shopping for the Christmas holidays. In Belize City, in particular, there are a number of crime prevention strategies […]
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It’s another Lakers Christmas Party in the Saint Martins Community since a brief two- year disruption caused by Covid. Organizer, James Young and his family have been hosting the annual event for ten years. It’s their way of giving back to their community and each year it brings out hundreds of children and their parents […]
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