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The three-day 2023 budget debate officially got underway this morning with a response from the Leader of the Opposition to the Prime Minister’s Budget Speech, which was delivered earlier in March. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, spoke for approximately ninety-nine minutes, roughly twenty minutes more than the Prime Minister spoke during his budget speech. And, Barrow spent […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The Opposition Leader also touched on issues pertaining to the cost of goods, employment, and foreign direct investments. And, it may come as no surprise to you that, in Barrow’s view, the Briceño Administration has been failing in all these areas. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “Look at the record of this […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The Leader of the Opposition was halfway into his speech when Prime Minister John Briceño exited the Assembly Building to greet a group of protestors near Independence Hill. We will tell you more about that demonstration in a few. But first, following his brief interaction with them, we asked the Prime Minister why he chose […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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There was a protest in front of the National Assembly building today. It happened just as the 2023-2024 National Budget was being debated. The protestors are all retired public officers who demand that they receive two years’ worth of increments that were withheld from them almost three decades ago under the second Manuel Esquivel administration. […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The Non-Profit Organization Bill 2023 was brought to the House of Representatives at the last sitting. Since then, the Belize Network of N.G.O.’s has raised concerns about the lack of consultations with stakeholders prior to the bill’s introduction. It is expected that the proposed law will not replace the N.G.O. Act as was initially suggested, […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Now moving back to today’s budget debate, one of the exciting developments coming out of the Ministry of Natural Resources is the Briceño administration’s plan to survey and distribute eleven thousand parcels of land to first-time land owners across Belize. Prime Minister John Briceño announced the initiative during his budget speech. Today, the Minister of […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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As we have reported, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology has the second largest budget for 2023. Two hundred and sixty-one million dollars have been allocated to recurrent expenditure. Seven million dollars have been earmarked for Capital Two investments, while thirteen million dollars will go to Capital Three investments. In his contributions to […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Kareem Musa, the Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, also got his opportunity to speak today. The Caribbean Shores Area Representative announced plans for the construction of three new police stations, and the installation of CCTV surveillance cameras in several hotspot areas, including the John Smith Road. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, the Garifuna Collective returned from a successful tour of Australia and New Zealand. The group of seven musicians performed at venues in Melbourne, Sydney and at the prestigious WOMAD Festivals in both in countries. They captivated the audiences with their unique blend of Garifuna and Belizean music and shared in the diverse indigenous cultures […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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World Meteorological Day is being celebrated on Thursday, March twenty-third and the National Met Service is organizing an open day at the parking lot of the Belize City Civic Center. It is being held under the theme “The Future of Weather, Water and Climate across Generations” and highlights the technological advances in meteorology over the […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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A team from Jamaica is presently in Belize on a fact-finding mission to determine whether poultry produced locally can be exported to the island nation on a commercial scale. The delegation met with Minister of Agriculture Jose Abelardo Mai and the Belize Poultry Association on Tuesday. According to Armando Cowo, Manager of the B.P.A., discussions […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The Theodoso Ochoa Digital Connect Center has been launched in San Ignacio by the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, Logistics and E-Governance. The facility is one of several spaces across the country, in rural communities, designed for residents to access internet technology for education, as well as business. On hand for the opening ceremony was […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Assembly of Persons with Diverse Abilities called a press conference this afternoon at its office at the Samuel Haynes Compound in Belize City. During the press conference today, BAPDA President Kenrick Theus told the media that disabled persons in Belize are perhaps one of the most underserved sectors in this country; that the […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The Crown today closed its case against twenty-six-year-old Everal Martinez, accused of the murder of seventeen-month-old baby Allyssa Nunez. Martinez gave a dock statement, saying he caused no harm to his stepdaughter, and that he loved her like a father loves his daughter. The toddler was allegedly physically and sexually abused in February 2018 and […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, over a dozen former Security Oriented Services employees saw their first day in court. The former S.O.S employees filed separate civil suit claims against their former boss, Paul Garcia who owns the security company, located on Freetown Road in Belize City. S.O.S was the security company that was contracted by the government to provide […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Meet the Belize Jaguars, the national ‘A’ team of the Football Federation of Belize. They are participating in the CONCACAF Nation’s League Tournament that takes place annually. On Friday night, they will go head to head with the Guatemalan team at the F.F.B. Stadium in Belmopan. The match will be broadcast live right here on […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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