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American Airlines touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport today marking the reopening of international flights to Belize six months after suspension. There was a buzz of activity at [...]
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The domestic airline industry has suffered an equally devastating blow as hotels, resorts and other tourism-related businesses that have seen a significant loss of revenue as a result of the [...]
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There has not been a murder in Placencia since January of this year; but that record was broken on Wednesday night with the execution of George Murphy. The young man [...]
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The peninsula is generally known to be a safe haven and crime is generally only sporadic. As word of the murder of George Murphy spread, it sent shock waves throughout [...]
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The speculation about the date of election has taken on intensity with each passing day and still no word. But at the last House meeting, the Leader of the Opposition [...]
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Over the past few days, the number of new COVID-19 infections has been higher than was previously trending. Two weeks prior, the number of cases had been on the decline [...]
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During the last sitting of the House of Representatives Opposition Leader John Briceño revealed a trove of documents that showed that U.D.P. Minister Anthony Boots Martinez received rental monies for [...]
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According to Alpuche the contract for the rental of the building expired this year in August and preparations were made for relocation prior to the expiration date. She says that [...]
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Both the Unemployment Relief Programme and the Food Assistance Programme are being audited by the Auditor General. Tens of millions of dollars have been spent and the opposition People’s United [...]
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The Cybercrime Bill 2020 was approved by the Senate on Wednesday. The new law combats cyber crimes such as cyber bullying, harassment and extortion through technology. The bill is a product [...]
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Both the House and Senate have had their last sittings for the current term of this government and in the Upper House, senators said their farewells on Wednesday after passing [...]
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A fifty-year-old man, who recently relocated from the Cayo District to San Andres Village in Corozal, was the victim of a shooting in the early hours of today. As Juanito [...]
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Special Envoy for Women and Children, Kim Simplis Barrow, today announced the closure of her office. Simplis Barrow was appointed Special Envoy for Women and Children in 2008 and today [...]
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As for the Inspiration Center, Simplis Barrow says that will continue to be run as an N.G.O. She is hopeful that the partnership with the government will continue after the [...]
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The government decided not to table the controversial Equal Opportunities Bill after churchgoers, particularly the National Evangelical Association of Belize, began making their discontent with the bill known. The Cabinet said [...]
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On Wednesday, senators on both sides of the floor bade farewell to the National Assembly where they have been serving as parliamentarians during the past five years. While they individually [...]
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N.G.O. Senator Osmany Salas also shared parting words, congratulating President Darrell Bradley for the evenhandedness with which he presided over the upper house. Osmany Salas, N.G.O. Senator “This has [...]
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U.D.P. Senator Michael Peyrefitte rounded off the goodbyes by speaking on democracy and the right for all parliamentarians to exercise their freedom of association and expression, despite testy exchanges that [...]
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The Ministry of Health has been consistent in releasing the number of persons who have tested positive each day. Within the past two months, that number has fluctuated dramatically. In [...]
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