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Reporters also asked the Chief of Staff for an update into allegations that Private Micah Miguel was bullied and sexually assaulted at Price Barracks before taking her own life. Viewers [...]
Written on August 12, 2022 | Posted in
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Pastor Louis Wade Junior, host of Plus TV’s Rise and Shine Morning Show, has offered an apology to the Women Parliamentarian Caucus, which demanded an apology from him for using [...]
Written on August 12, 2022 | Posted in
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And the B.B.A. has responded to Wade’s apology. In a letter bearing the same date, Chairman of the B.B.A. Evan Tench wrote to Speaker Woods, thanking her for bringing the [...]
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According to Mayor Wagner, while Councilor Goodin has been unable to garner the support of four of his colleagues, the idea is that compensation should not be granted to anyone [...]
Written on August 10, 2022 | Posted in
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On Monday, Speaker of the House, Valerie Woods, sent off a letter to the Chairperson of the Belize Broadcasting Authority, Evan Tench, to draw its attention to what the Women [...]
Written on August 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Speaker Woods, who currently serves as Interim Chair of the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus, says the matter is one that has all the women parliamentarians that make up the House of [...]
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Today was observed as Pride Day among those in the gay and lesbian community. It is a day when lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite and queer persons celebrate their sexuality across [...]
Written on August 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Orozco says that interestingly, in recent years, while the public attacks against gays and lesbians from adults have waned, now it is children who have started to show aggression towards [...]
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On Monday, The Belize Women Parliament Caucus issued a release calling on PlusTV to issue a public apology for controversial language used on the TV station by talk show host [...]
Written on August 9, 2022 | Posted in
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Belize is working along with other CARICOM member states to develop a strategy that seeks to achieve gender equality, and to empower all women and girls within the Caribbean Community. [...]
Written on August 5, 2022 | Posted in
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The draft CARICOM Regional Gender Equality Strategy speaks to additional thematic pillars such as, social inclusion, freedom from violence, access to health services, inclusive education, and sustainable development. Participants at [...]
Written on August 5, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs has announced the appointment of a new Chairperson of the National Commission for Families and Children. That individual is Maria [...]
Written on August 2, 2022 | Posted in
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There will be a change in the proposed date for the referendum on the legalization of cannabis in Belize. Initially, the referendum had been tentatively set for September fourth, in [...]
Written on July 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Amid the violent flare up between rival groups in Lake Independence over the past forty-eight hours, the Leadership Intervention Unit, led by William Dawson, Doctor Richard Rosado, and Giovanni Brackett, [...]
Written on July 26, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Dawson, while some participants were guarded in what they shared during the meeting, others were expressive of their frustration with the recent spate of shootings. When asked about [...]
Written on July 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Following the election of Plus TV’s Pastor Louis Wade as the media’s representative on the People’s Constitutional Commission on Friday, the LGBT community has come out strongly against his appointment. [...]
Written on July 26, 2022 | Posted in
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As we told you on Friday, the House of Representatives passed an act to reinstate the ten percent salary that was withheld from public officers back in 2021. But, when [...]
Written on July 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Approximately five thousand children are engaged in some form of work that presents a real danger to their physical, mental, and moral well-being, according to studies done in 2013. The [...]
Written on July 18, 2022 | Posted in
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The House of Representatives met today in a marathon session that ran for several hours and there was a lot that was covered during the sitting. Among them was the [...]
Written on July 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Now that the government has to find five million dollars that it didn’t budget for in its recent national budget, we ask, could this have been avoided had there been [...]
Written on July 15, 2022 | Posted in
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So, what will become of Belize’s international banking relations if we happen to get a yes vote on referendum day? We’ve already suffered greatly in terms of correspondent banking relations [...]
Written on July 15, 2022 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize says it is prepared to support Port of Belize’s cruise terminal and cargo expansion initiative, also known as the Waterloo project, if they are able to [...]
Written on July 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Briceño was asked if the Government of Belize is concerned that the principal of the Waterloo project will back the churches and the opposition in the cannabis referendum [...]
Written on July 15, 2022 | Posted in
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There’s a call for persons interested in employment with the Ministry of Human Development where social workers are presently needed. Cabinet has approved the strengthening of the Women and Families [...]
Written on July 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Is the men’s volleyball national team without a space for training? For some time now, the team has been using the B.E.S. Gym for training as there is no sporting [...]
Written on July 15, 2022 | Posted in
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