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The trial against Attorney Oscar Selgado for abetment to commit murder, continued today at the High Court. At the start of the trial on Monday, six witnesses took the stand. Marlyn Barnes, the woman who Selgado allegedly contracted Giovanni Ramirez to kill, was the first to take the stand. She told the court that she […]
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The land dispute between Yemeri Grove and Laguna villages is in the news for a third consecutive night. This is because it is somewhat creating a division within the country as tensions continue to rise. It is a topic that came up in cabinet on Tuesday, for which the Ministry of Natural Resources and the […]
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Earlier today from its seat in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the Caribbean Court of Justice held a monitoring hearing in respect of the Consent Order, as well as the overall progress of the Maya land rights issue. During the session, the most recent flare up of tension between the southern villages of Yemeri Grove and […]
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During a recent visit by the Belize Territorial Volunteers to the Sarstoon, there was a confrontation with the Guatemalan Armed Forces – who were clearly in Belizean waters and agitating the situation on the ground. This escalation comes ahead of both countries preparing for a hearing at the International Court of Justice on the longstanding […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño says that he has not received an official report on the incident, but that Guatemala needs to understand that majority of the Sarstoon belongs to Belize. He says the aggression by the GAF is unacceptable because Belizeans are allowed to travel the length and breadth of the country unimpeded. However, those […]
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The Belize Defense Force has walked back its preliminary finding that the device retrieved from a Maya Island Air flight which arrived in Belize City from San Pedro on September twenty-sixth was an improvised explosive device. The discovery of what has since turned out to be a cold flare, initially left many confused about what […]
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This morning, we also heard from Commissioner of Police Chester Williams who spoke on the incident from the perspective of the Belize Police Department. He also confirmed that further analysis proved the device to be a flare. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “I was away and I was briefed that there was some explosive […]
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Recent crime statistics have shown that murders in Belize have dipped by twenty-two percent. That is the information coming out of the Belize Police Department’s CompStat Report, short for computer statistics. CompStat is a method by which the police department measures crime trends, as well as crimes in a particular region. The revelation that murders […]
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And as the Belize Police Department endeavors to keep the murder rate below figures of previous years, one of its concerns along that path has to be that a high-powered weapon that was used in the murder of Orel Leslie at the Albert and Regent Street junction in late August has still not been found. […]
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After the Chairman of the Leadership Intervention Unit, William Dawson passed away in January, Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, along with the Belize Police Department and the Ministry of Home Affairs scrambled to see how they could configure a team that would also be effective in keeping gang activity and violence at a minimum. Since […]
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While the Commissioner of Police has explained the police department’s efforts to keep murders down, he has come under fire for the issuance of gun licenses. Today, the ComPol told the media that he also shares the same sentiment as Prime Minister John Briceño, who has said publicly that he doesn’t support the granting of […]
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The Senate Special Select Committee that has been established to conduct an investigation into the Definitive Agreement has scheduled the public hearing for November. The committee met on Monday in Belmopan where the members agreed on a date. They also approved a six-month budget which has been submitted to the Ministry of Finance. A release […]
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There is no shortage of plantation white sugar from the miller. That’s what B.S.I. confirmed today, amid reports of a sugar scarcity in various municipalities. The steep cost of that commodity in neighboring Guatemala and Mexico has apparently led to Belizeans transporting large quantities of sugar across the border where it can be sold for […]
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According to Chavarria, it is B.S.I.’s belief that sugar is being sold to Mexico by Belize and Guatemala. The Director of Finance says that an additional two thousand tons of sugar was milled between October 2022 and September 2023. Shawn Chavarria, Director of Finance, B.S.I. “We believe both. We believe that there could be […]
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The UN Security Council has approved the Belize Haiti Mission. The situation on the island is volatile and Kenya is taking the lead on intervention. The Belize Defence Force, according to Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay, is willing to provide up to fifty soldiers to be part of the mission, but there must be some conditions […]
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration has been actively seeking the removal of visa requirements to travel to Canada and Europe. These visa waivers will allow for ease of travel to these countries. Today, when the media caught up with Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay, he said that it is a process that […]
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Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay says that Belize is not a migration threat to Canada and G.O.B. is seeking a visa waiver or a more efficient system. But during the meeting, a discussion on a Canadian province offering scholarships and jobs to Belizeans and Caribbean nationals will also be brought up. He says that brain drain […]
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Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay gave brief comments to the media today about the investigation on immigration officer Sheree Flores for whom a video of her cutting up a white substance, believed to be cocaine, went viral on social media. Flores has said, through her attorney, that there are persons attempting to tarnish her reputation. Today, […]
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Back in March of this year, there was a soft launch of the Margaritaville Beach Resort on the north side of Ambergris Caye, Belize. Fast track to today, partners, as well as media and social media influencers from Belize and abroad, were invited to the fully realised property with amenities to host close to two […]
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