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Thirty-one primary school students and seven adults were hospitalized on Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind marijuana intoxication outbreak. The incident continues to make headlines, as investigations are being carried out by the Belize Police Department, the Ministry of Education, as well as the Ministry of Human Development. What we have been able to gather since the […]
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The individual employed by the Belize Police Department as an exhibit keeper is presently in custody, as an internal investigation continues. According to Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa, there were no protocols that were followed in the disposal of the drug-laced candies and no permission was given to the exhibit keeper to discard the […]
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Tuesday’s incident has also brought into sharp focus the need for policies where school vendors are concerned. While the issue had been discussed previously, there were no approved measures in place to vet the street side sellers. Here’s more from the Minister of Education. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education “The school vendors issue, of […]
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Not lost in what transpired on Tuesday is the responsibility that each vendor has to ensure that the products and food items being sold at school are safe for human consumption. From the police department’s perspective, Minister Kareem Musa reiterated that the Ministry of Home Affairs is committed to transparency when dealing with the issue […]
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The Lotteries Committee has taken a decision to revoke the exclusive license held by Brads Gaming Group Limited (B.G.G.L.) to administer the Government Lotteries. A release from the Government of Belize states that the committee decided to revoke the exclusive license held by Brads due to, “material and substantial breaches of the conditions of exclusive […]
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Ironically, former Prime Minister Dean Barrow, in his private practice as an attorney, is representing both Brads Gaming Group Limited and Countach Technologies Limited. Late this evening, we spoke with Barrow who informed us that, Kim Chee, the Managing Director at Brads will not be seeking to have the license restored. He informed us that […]
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Just before midday today police were called out to the scene of what is believed to be yet another murder in Ladyville. It’s the third murder to be recorded in the village in less than a week and is completely unrelated. The victim of this latest homicide is an older man, Armando Williams, better known […]
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Approximately three-quarters of a million dollars in losses have been reported at Bacab Eco Park after a fire gutted two wooden buildings on the compound. After seven on Monday night, a fire broke out at the property; surveillance footage retrieved suggests that it was deliberately set by two male persons who entered the park on […]
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The National Fire Service is also reporting a malicious act that occurred overnight in Orange Walk Town. Fire fighters were called out to a structural fire on San Andres and Progress Streets in that northern municipality sometime after eleven p.m. Flames were discovered on the step and under the back door of a wooden and […]
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We have brought you coverage of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Junior Farmer of the Year and Woman Farmer of the Year. Earlier today, we travelled to Belmopan and Rock Stone Pond to meet the Senior Farmer of the Year, Andrew Bartley. The work he does on the Kingdom Orchard Farm is a collaborative effort between […]
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Motorists and people in engineering maintenance will be happy to learn that there’s a whole new line of lubricants and oils on the Belize market that are environmentally friendly and last longer than the others on the shelves. Westrac has partnered with Total Energies, a French lubricant and bio-fuels and green gases company with a […]
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Jasmine Hartin, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter by negligence on Tuesday, for the shooting death of senior police officer Henry Jemmott, says her decision was made in haste. In a press release issued today, Hartin said that the day of her case was fraught with emotion and uncertainty that resulted in her decision to plead […]
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Today was observed as World Intellectual Property Day globally with the theme: “Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity.” The expressed focus this year on women is because they make up nearly half of the global population and they represent a large percentage of people in business. Today, the Belize Intellectual Property Office (BELIPO) held […]
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Shandy Casey represented Jenari Jewelry, a company owned by her sister that makes gold jewelry that is bonded in the centre with brass and plated with gold. She says that it’s a popular type of jewelry that Belizeans like, particularly because they cost half the price of full gold jewelry. For that reason, protecting the […]
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