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Prime Minister John Briceño came under scrutiny recently for the perceived manner in which he handled the sugar dispute between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and A.S.R./B.S.I. The head of government was soundly criticized by the leadership of B.S.C.F.A. for dropping the ball during the negotiations between both parties regarding a new commercial agreement […]
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According to Prime Minister Briceño, the fact that both the B.S.C.F.A. and A.S.R./B.S.I. are private entities, he was limited in his intervention during the discussions. He told reporters this morning that he was forced to wait until the appropriate time to take control of the situation. Prime Minister John Briceño “Well, you just can’t […]
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It took a ministerial sub-committee and in the end, the intervention of Prime Minister John Briceño to eventually lead the parties in the sugar dispute to an agreement. A.S.R/B.S.I. and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association had reached a stalemate in finding common ground and signing a commercial agreement, slowing down the maximum production capacity […]
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Senator Eamon Courtenay demitted office as Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of December, but he retains certain rights and privileges as it pertains to Cabinet. When news of his pending departure was made public several weeks ago, it led to speculations that all is not well within the Briceño administration. The Office of […]
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Three men perished in a road traffic accident on Wednesday night in the Orange Walk District. The mishap occurred near the San Estevan roundabout near mile twenty-nine. The victims are forty-уеаr-оld Nоеmіаѕ Саntun, nineteen-уеаr-old Реdrо Меndеz, and nineteen-year-old Victor Tamai. Reports are that the men were travelling in Cantun’s taxi van from the Corozal Free […]
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Meanwhile, a second fatal traffic accident in Trinidad Village earlier on Wednesday has claimed another life. The incident happened in Trinidad Village and the victim, was fifty-three-year-old Terencio Cal from San Jose Palmar. Reports are that Cal was driving a pickup truck in Trinidad Village, Orange Walk sometime around two-thirty in the afternoon. The sales […]
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A fourteen-year-old girl was reportedly gang-raped in Belize City on Monday night, allegedly by three of four men who stopped her. Reports are that the girl was riding a bicycle on Oleander Street when the men stopped her and forced her into аn аbаndоnеd hоuѕе іn thе аrеа, where three of the men are said […]
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In our final episode in a series of feature stories we’ve produced on Copal Tree Distillery, we focus on the employees who make the world-class Copalli Rum an award-winning spirit. The team consists of thirty-two men and women who are committed to excellence in the craft of rum making. Tonight’s installment of Belize on Reel […]
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On Wednesday, Belize welcomed the highest number of visitors for the season thus far, with sixteen thousand passengers arriving on Belizean shores. This surge in visitors showcases a remarkable recovery for the industry since 2020. 2023, alone, saw a twenty-five percent increase in overnight stays and a forty-seven percent increase in cruise ship visits from […]
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The Belize Fund For A Sustainable Future wants Belizeans to get involved in its mission. The private non-profit conservation trust fund endeavors to open up a dialogue regarding marine conservation and its mission of creating a transparent and inclusive financing mechanism in order to achieve that goal. The fund held a media sensitization presentation today […]
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The Corozal Free Zone received over a million visitors in 2022, and there has reportedly been a forty-two percent increase in vehicles and persons since then. So the opening of a refurbished access road to the facility is expected to attract even more business. Today documents were signed between officials from the Central American Bank […]
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