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Waterloo Drags Minister of Sustainable Development to Court

The Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management is headed to court, following an application filed on behalf of Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited on March sixteenth.  Viewers [...]

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Appeals Tribunal: Is Professor Terry Hughes Also Compromised?

Appeals Tribunal: Is Professor Terry Hughes Also Compromised?

News 5 has confirmed that hotelier Lucy Fleming has written to Judge Farnese declining the appointment to the appeals tribunal, citing her own reasons for doing so. In the case [...]...

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Bevan Alford is Remanded for Eight Miles Murder

Bevan Alford is Remanded for Eight Miles Murder

Eighteen-year-old Bevan Curtis Alford was arraigned earlier today for the murder of Freddy Chicas whose decomposing body was retrieved a week ago from an area near the Eight Mile community.  [...]...

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Jungle Rat Gets Life in Prison for Murder

Jungle Rat Gets Life in Prison for Murder

A life sentence was handed down in the courtroom of Justice Herbert Lord earlier today, several months after twenty-seven-year-old Jason Sanchez, also known as Jungle Rat, was convicted of murder.  [...]...

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Elmer Nah’s Case Adjourned Until May 17th

Elmer Nah’s Case Adjourned Until May 17th

He was supposed to appear in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court today in one of several adjournments his case is expected to see, but Elmer Nah’s case was further adjourned until [...]...

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Commissioner on Crime: Trial Farm in Orange Walk Will See More Police Presence

Commissioner on Crime: Trial Farm in Orange Walk Will See More Police Presence

Serious crimes in Belize City might have been on a decline over the past few weeks, but Commissioner of Police Chester Williams explained that in the districts, particularly in Orange [...]...

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Police to Boos Presence on John Smith Link Road

Police to Boos Presence on John Smith Link Road

The Commissioner said that the police department is also relying on technology to help them fight crime. He said that surveillance cameras have been installed in San Pedro and more [...]...

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$177,000 Lamanai Conservation and Preservation Project Launched

$177,000 Lamanai Conservation and Preservation Project Launched

The Lamanai Archaeological Reserve was designated back in 1985; four years after Belize gained its independence. It is said to be the archaeological site with the longest occupational history in [...]...

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Free Education in Toledo and Stann Creek Districts in 2023

Free Education in Toledo and Stann Creek Districts in 2023

Four high schools in Belize City are currently benefiting from the Ministry of Education’s free education program. Last week Friday, Prime Minister John Briceño announced that students in the Toledo [...]...

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$261,000,000 in Projected Expenditure for MoECST in 2023

$261,000,000 in Projected Expenditure for MoECST in 2023

The rollout of the free education program to four additional high schools will come at a cost. That is one of the many reasons why the Ministry of Education, Culture, [...]...

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Minister of Education Addresses Violence in Belize City High Schools

Minister of Education Addresses Violence in Belize City High Schools

Minster Fonseca also responded to concerns about the safety of students attending high school in Belize City, following recent reports of violent altercations in a couple of schools where the [...]...

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Sixty-two Women Police Officers Promoted

Sixty-two Women Police Officers Promoted

The Belize Police Department has joined others that have decided to honour their female members during this, Women’s Month. Today, the department recognized sixty-two women through promotions they have earned [...]...

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Higher Than Usual Number of Police Pass Exams this Time Around

Higher Than Usual Number of Police Pass Exams this Time Around

In previous years there have been reports that the officers who sit the exams perform poorly with most of them failing to record a passing mark. That oftentimes prohibited them [...]...

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More New Police Officers to Be Recruited This Year

More New Police Officers to Be Recruited This Year

And in keeping with its mandate to uphold law and order, the Belize Police Department will add more to its numbers in the coming months. Commissioner Williams explained that while [...]...

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A Peace March in Honor of William Dawson

A Peace March in Honor of William Dawson

William Dawson,  the venerable head of the Leadership Intervention Unit, passed away from health complications in late January.  Since then, the Ministry of Home Affairs has yet to name a [...]...

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Lives Changed Through Adoption

Lives Changed Through Adoption

The topic is often a sensitive one—the placement of a child in the children’s home system does not come from the best circumstances. There are currently nine children’s home functioning [...]...

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Ladyville Teen Charged for Freddy Chicas’ Murder

Ladyville Teen Charged for Freddy Chicas’ Murder

Last Friday, the decomposing remains of Freddy Chicas was discovered in the vicinity of the Eight Mile Community. He was executed; shot once to the head. Today, police formally arrested [...]...

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An American National is Remanded for Living in Belize Illegally

An American National is Remanded for Living in Belize Illegally

Thirty-two-year-old Gregory Aaron Brown, an American national of Connecticut, says he arrived in Belize seeking asylum.  He was, however, busted for living in Belize illegally and was today brought before [...]...

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Belize’s Efforts to Deter Illegal Plane Landings Have Proved Effective

Belize’s Efforts to Deter Illegal Plane Landings Have Proved Effective

2021 was a record year for plane landings in Belize. At the time, it appeared as though illegal plane landings were occurring on a weekly basis across the country. In [...]...

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An Update on the Trade Licensing Bill

An Update on the Trade Licensing Bill

Today, the media caught up with Minister of Labour Oscar Requeña at a workshop on child labour – we’ll have that story later in the newscast. But we took the [...]...

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Belize Network of N.G.O.’s Writes to Prime Minister over N.P.O. Bill 2023

Belize Network of N.G.O.’s Writes to Prime Minister over N.P.O. Bill 2023

If you run or actively participate in a non-profit organization then you may want to keep a close eye on the government’s recently tabled Non-Profit Organization Bill 2023. The Belize [...]...

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Minster of Public Service Weighs In on Budget Ahead of Debate

Minster of Public Service Weighs In on Budget Ahead of Debate

A little over seventeen million dollars have been earmarked for recurrent expenditure in the Ministry of Public Service for the new fiscal year. That is close to four million dollars [...]...

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Are There Plans to De-Reserve Machaka Reserve?

Are There Plans to De-Reserve Machaka Reserve?

Are there plans to de-reserve the Machaka Reserve in southern Belize? The simple answer is yes. The Machaka Forest Reserve is located in Toledo and is situated nearby Laguna and [...]...

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At Yemy Farm Belizeans Enjoy Farm Life and Fresh Produce

At Yemy Farm Belizeans Enjoy Farm Life and Fresh Produce

Tonight on Belize on Reel, we visit a family-owned farm in the Belize District that continues to grow in popularity for a variety of meat produce being delivered to your [...]...

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Peacework Belize and Taiwan ICDF Empowers 50 Women During Skills Training

Peacework Belize and Taiwan ICDF Empowers 50 Women During Skills Training

A group of fifty women is now better equipped to launch their own business ventures following an eight-week skills training course. Peace Work Belize and the Taiwan International Cooperation and [...]...

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