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On Sunday in Belmopan, three new ambassadors to Belize presented their credentials to Governor General Dame Froyla Tzalam at the Belize House. The ambassadors are His Excellency Carlos Garcia of [...]
Written on September 18, 2023 | Posted in
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For the fifteenth time since Belize’s independence, the Belize Territorial Volunteers organized a trip to Sarstoon Island to plant the Belize national flag. And this weekend, like years past, they [...]
Written on September 12, 2023 | Posted in
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The United States Agency for International Development has committed six hundred thousand U.S dollars to assist the International Office of Migration in Belize. The funds are been granted to provide [...]
Written on September 7, 2023 | Posted in
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In 2020, the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration contributed five million U.S. dollars to Belize through its international partners. Most of these funds went to support [...]
Written on September 7, 2023 | Posted in
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And finally from the U.S. delegation’s visit to Belize, the United States is in discussions with its multilateral partners about the instability in Haiti. At the United States’ request, Belize [...]
Written on September 7, 2023 | Posted in
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The oral hearings for the Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute that is before the International Court of Justice are closed for now and won’t resume until next February. Minister of Foreign Affairs, [...]
Written on September 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Mexican national Javier Martinez was one of several persons arrested in Corozal last week under the belief that they were hired guns sent to Belize to carry out an execution. [...]
Written on August 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Seven men, all Mexicans by nationality, have been released from police custody after being detained in Corozal earlier this week. It was believed and subsequently reported that they were members [...]
Written on August 24, 2023 | Posted in
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On Monday, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told reporters that the story given by the Mexican detainees was that they were in Belize to work on a road construction project [...]
Written on August 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, U.S. Ambassador to Belize Michelle Kwan gave brief remarks on a visa scam in which villagers from Armenia allege that they were swindled out of thousands of dollars by [...]
Written on August 24, 2023 | Posted in
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They were detained by the Mobile Interdiction Team in Corozal earlier this week, but tonight, it may seem that the alleged sicarios from neighbouring Mexico were actually legally in Belize [...]
Written on August 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Today at the Leigh Richardson Building in Belmopan, an opening ceremony was held for a review of Belize’s implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, UNCAC. It’s the second [...]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Bernardo Arévalo, an anti-corruption advocate representing the progressive Movimiento Semilla party, emerged victorious in Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday. He defeated former First Lady Sandra Torres. With a complete tally [...]
And, we end our newscast tonight with a report from our regional counterparts attending the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The conference was hosted [...]
Earlier today in Placencia, Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade for the Central American Integration System, SICA, and CARICOM held an economic and political dialogue. The discussion comes as [...]
Written on June 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay also addressed meeting and spoke of the importance of the Caribbean region, as well as the need to protect its rich marine resources. Eamon Courtenay, [...]
Written on June 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Today is celebrated as World Refugees Day 2023. The day is being recognized under the theme, “Hope away from home, a world where refugees are always included”. In honor of [...]
Written on June 14, 2023 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Immigration is on its way to clearing the backlog of e-passports yet to be issued. The department ran into issues with supplies due o the sheer number [...]
Written on June 14, 2023 | Posted in
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We also asked C.E.O Middleton for an update on the Amnesty Program. The timeline for applications to be submitted was officially closed in March. Middleton says more than twelve thousand [...]
Written on June 14, 2023 | Posted in
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C.E.O. Middleton also responded to questions on the concerning number of Jamaican and Haitian nationals that are using Belize as a transit point to the U.S. He was asked if [...]
Written on June 14, 2023 | Posted in
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Canadian Jasmine Hartin is back in the news tonight. Hartin, who was recently fined seventy-five thousand dollars for the manslaughter of Superintendent Henry Jemmott, was photographed at the Belize/Mexico border [...]
Written on June 6, 2023 | Posted in
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When we caught up with Cordel Hyde, the Minister of Natural Resources, he also gave his input on the land dispute between the villagers of Laguna and Emory Grove. As [...]
Written on May 24, 2023 | Posted in
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The European Union and the Government of Belize held their eight political dialogue in San Pedro on Monday evening. The forum was used to address the relationship between Belize and [...]
Written on May 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Apart from the visit to the Adjacency Zone, the E.U. Ambassadors were preparing for a special political dialogue with Belize’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister scheduled for [...]
Written on May 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The European Union has been partnering with Belize in various sectors for the past thirty years, from health, to renewable energy, the environment, public transportation and gender based violence to [...]
Written on May 22, 2023 | Posted in
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