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The year 2022 is only two days away from becoming history, and among the parting thoughts each year for many Belizeans is how we did in terms of crime, particularly murders. For the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Belize Police Department, there’s much to be proud of. Even though there are still a few […]
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This morning, a couple appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer where they were arraigned for three counts of kept firearm and ammunitions with a gun license and two counts of drug-related offenses. Traffic warden Anthony Wagner and his common-law wife, Vanessa Moreira, were at their Hondo Street home when police conducted a search on December […]
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Twenty-one-year-old Kareem Maleek Fisher, a resident of Elston Kerr Street, has been arraigned on the charge of being a member of a gang. Fisher reportedly belongs to an offshoot of the George Street Gang known as the Antelope Horse and Carriage/One Stop Clique. Earlier today, he appeared unrepresented before the lower courts where he pleaded […]
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The Meighan brothers were summoned to court today after it was reported that their passports were not handed over to the court before they posted bail on Wednesday. Siblings Tyrone and Ellis Meighan were offered bail of thirty thousand dollars each for being a member of a gang. They were ordered to surrender their passports, […]
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Last week we told you about the house handing over ceremony in Port Loyola, Belize City, that did not happen and the area representative’s discontent with the postponement. As we reported, Area Representative for Port Loyola, Gilroy Usher, called on the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing to give priority to the completion of the […]
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And, while Choc must wait an additional seven days before receiving her home, a former Pickstock constituent who recently took up residence in Sandhill Village today received the keys to his brand new home. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing held a short ribbon cutting ceremony today in the village where a father of […]
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Comments Off on Anthony Mahler and M.I.D.H. Partners to Provide Starter Home for Father of Three
According to Minister Espat, over two hundred Belizeans have benefited from the starter home program since its launch in 2021. He says an additional twenty homes will be distributed in January of 2023. Minister Espat has also been lobbying with the Ministry of Finance to double his ministry’s budget for the housing program in 2023. […]
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The 2022/2023 sugar crop officially kicked off on Tuesday. Previously, there have been concerns about the conditions of sugarcane roads. Farmers have persistently complained that sugar roads become impassable following incessant rains. Today, we asked Minister Espat about his ministry’s efforts to assist sugarcane farmers throughout the season with these roadways. Here is what he […]
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The Briceño administration has signed into law an increase in the hourly minimum wage which will come into force on New Year’s Day. On January first, 2023, the lowest legal rate of pay will be adjusted to five dollars per hour. While the business community does not object to the long overdue adjustment, its representative […]
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Is the timing of the minimum wage adjustment strategic, in order for the Briceño administration to gain points with the electorate? That’s what we asked the president of the chamber earlier today. Here’s how he responded. Marcello Blake, President, B.C.C.I. “It’s political capital. Yes, being at this point in the five-year term, I think […]
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The Internet – it’s a medium that we take for granted to stay in contact with one another from across the oceans or just across the street at the convenience of having a cell phone or an I-pad. But that same medium can be used to tarnish one’s reputation. So, in tandem with Cyber Security […]
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While the Ministry of E-Governance used a student competition to help spread the pros and cons of the Internet, digitalization is a necessary tool that the various government ministries and departments all need in this era to conduct business at the speed of the rest of the world. Leading the charge in that task is […]
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Minister Chebat holds the portfolio for the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and E-Governance. Those ministerial responsibilities include oversight of the Belize Port Authority, which is a statutory body charged with determining where a port facility should be to effect port security regulations and compliance. And today a question was posed to him on […]
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Last month, Prime Minister John Briceño indicated how urgently the Belize Port Authority facility is in need of an upgraded cargo terminal. The PM said that the operations of the day cannot continue as they have been at the port and that an investment has to be made, whether by the receivership which manages its […]
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As it relates to the country’s main electricity provider, the Belize Electricity Limited and Minister Chebat’s Ministry of Energy, he said that contrary to some reports, or beliefs, the relationship between the ministry and the company is good. Michel Chebat, Minister of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and E-Governance “I think we have an excellent […]
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The past twelve months saw the number of tourist arrivals significantly increase, much to the pleasure of people in the tourism industry. That was the sector that was impacted first when COVID swept across the world. But with renewed strengths and efforts doubled, coupled with strategic marketing outputs, the tourism industry is almost back to […]
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