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Tension in the north remains high and everything is being done by the Belize Police Department to prevent the situation between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, A.S.R./B.S.I. and the Government of Belize from reaching a tipping point. Earlier today, near the outskirts of Orange Walk, Minister of Agriculture Jose Mai met once again with […]
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While the B.S.C.F.A. has discouraged its farmers from delivering cane, some of the association’s members have still taken around three hundred thousand tons of cane for milling. The B.S.I today held a press conference to give the media an update to a meeting it had today with the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. It […]
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The B.S.C.F.A has basically drawn a line in the sand and one of the messages being sent is that while the majority of its members have not delivered cane, it has also said that it won’t allow anyone else to deliver cane to the sugar mill until all their demands are addressed. Chavarria says that […]
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The B.S.C.F.A. is also upset over what it says are unjust throughput charges proposed by A.S.R/B.S.I. in the temporary open agreement. The association claims that it does not include the charges, neither did the one-year agreement that existed last year between them. According to the B.S.C.F.A., the throughput charges are new and unjust. Shawn […]
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The impasse has been in the news for several weeks and today on the P.U.P.’s Vibes Radio and T.V., the party’s Chairman, Henry Charles Usher said that the government might have to consider buying back the factory from the investors. We hear first from the Minister of the Public Service, followed by B.S.I.’s response via […]
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The United Democratic Party has also weighed in on the sugar debacle in the north. This afternoon, Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow met with reporters briefly to discuss the unpredictable state of affairs in the sugar industry. From a political perspective, Barrow places the blame for the ongoing sugar crisis squarely at the feet of the […]
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According to the Leader of the Opposition, the writings had been on the wall long before the issue escalated to where it is presently. Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “He’s so disconnected that obviously there is a crisis. I knew days before what was happening. I knew that, everything that was happening I […]
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B.S.I’s Director of Finance, Shawn Chavarria shared the records they shared with the N.T.U.C.B with the media this evening. He explained to us what they discussed, including the investments that the factory has made and the accompanying fees and expenditures and how those dynamics work. Shawn Chavarria, Director of Finance, B.S.I. “We demonstrated to […]
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In tonight’s episode of Bringing Energy to Life, we look at energy distribution and the importance of geographic information systems and how B.E.L. is able to employ the latest technology to improve its services across the country. Here’s News Five’s Isani Cayetano. Isani Cayetano, Reporting The ultimate phase in the delivery of electricity is […]
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Today, at least one life was claimed in a fatal road traffic accident that occurred on mile twenty-two of the George Price highway. Around one p.m., a driver was traveling northbound on the highway in a rented vehicle when he noticed a green SUV approaching from the opposite direction. The SUV, which carried a taxi […]
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Everyone remembers when the Philip Goldson bust at the northern entrance to Belize City was knocked off its base during the start of the J’ouvert motorcade around four on the morning of September ninth, 2023. It’s been a little over three months with some delays after the repair material had to be sourced abroad. But […]
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