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More details are surfacing as the investigation continues into the theft and subsequent crash of a Maya Island Air plane in Placencia Village on Monday morning. As has been reported, four armed men accosted one of two KBH security guards posted at the airstrip on the peninsula, before a Cessna Caravan turboprop aircraft was stolen. But […]
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Over the weekend, the decomposing body of an Orange Walk resident was discovered inside a van in Bella Vista Village in the Toledo district. ComPol Chester Williams say that no foul play is suspected in the death of Julio Enriquez Zapata, but a post-mortem soon to be conducted will determine what caused his death. […]
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On Monday night, eighteen Turkish nationals were intercepted out west, in Benque Viejo del Carmen. They were caught onboard a pickup truck after they crossed into Belize through the western border with Guatemala. Reports are that the driver escaped when the police intercepted the vehicle. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke briefly of the […]
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He was last seen alive on October third. Seventeen-year-old Malachi Hamilton went missing from the Lake Independence area of Belize City and his family fears that he has been murdered because of his affiliation with a street gang in that neighborhood. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told News Five that in this missing person’s […]
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has issued a formal, written apology to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two months after an email was sent to her that raised the ire of parliamentarians in both houses of the National Assembly. On Friday, the leader of the United Democratic Party was given until October thirty-first to […]
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On Monday, the Ministry of Health and Wellness issued an advisory informing of counterfeit Tylenol being sold in various supermarkets across the country. The phony product bears batch number GS13790, with an expiration date of March 2024. To safeguard your health, shoppers are being advised to avoid purchasing the medication. Currently, the ministry is on […]
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According Doctor Samouge several persons have reported investing in the counterfeit Tylenol products. Those individuals, however, did not report experiencing any adverse effects. Notwithstanding their experiences, fake pharmaceuticals present a national health crisis and put the population at risk. That is why Doctor Samouge says the Ministry of Health is looking at what penalties can […]
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It’s been almost a year since bus operators were given a deadline to upgrade their fleet of buses. December, 2023 will complete that year after the bus operators had met with the Ministry of Transport to ask for more time. They had cited a number of problems that they were having, including the inaccessibility to […]
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The Briceño administration has rejected a recent European Union designation which places Belize on a list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. The list which has been adopted by the EU Council was updated earlier today by European finance ministers who also added Antigua and Barbuda, Seychelles [pronounced Seashells] to the blacklist. They also removed […]
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On Monday, Minister of State Chris Coye held a press conference to apprise the media of developments arising from a round of meetings held with the World Bank Group, including the likelihood of Belize being able to access concessionary loans through the International Investment Association. Here’s more from that discussion. Christopher Coye, Minister of […]
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According to Senator Coye, the Briceño administration is exploring the possibility of being allowed to access funding through a Small Island Economy exception. He explains the primary criteria that Belize needs to meet in order to be considered. Christopher Coye, Minister of State, Finance “In looking at IDA resources, certainly it would have been […]
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Poverty has an adverse effect on the wellbeing of over fifty percent of Belize’s population. To address the scourge of poverty, the Government of Belize is seeking to strengthen its national social protection system through the implementation of a social protection strategy. Several entities have combined efforts to organize the country’s first Social Protection Summit. […]
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The International Association of Chiefs of Police is holding its annual conference and expo in San Diego, California and Commissioner of Police Chester Williams is in attendance. The I.A.C.P. 2023 is described as the largest and most impactful law enforcement event of the year and convenes over sixteen thousand public safety professionals who learn new […]
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There was a brief meeting today at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex between visiting youths from Korea and officials of the Ministry of Sports. The youths are in Belize on a cultural exchange program with their Belizean peers. They have planned a day of activities in Belize City and tours across the country before they […]
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October ninth marked the fifty-third anniversary of the inauguration of the National Assembly Building. The building has seen many people pass through its doors, from past parliamentarians, to the late Queen Elizabeth the Second, and Prince Phillip. More recently, the President of Taiwan, Tsai ing-Wen also visited the building. Now, Taiwan has graciously offered to […]
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Escalante says the work will take roughly nine months to complete, from around the first or second week of December until the end of September of next year. And because the work will involve some degree of demolition, Escalante says another venue will have to be identified where House meetings will take place during the […]
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On Monday we brought you the story of an Evangelical church in Unitedville that has become a nuisance to the residents of that community because of the loud sound system they use to during their service. According to Marlenie de la Fuente, an environmental officer with the Department of the Environment, the law governing noise […]
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