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President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is on his return to Mexico, following a tour of several Central American countries and Cuba. The Mexican president met with government leaders from Guatemala, [...]
One government official who was elated about the opportunities for farmers and improving food security was Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise Jose Abelardo Mai. Just last week, Minister [...]
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The cost of living continues to increase with the rise in prices of several basic items over the last year. According to the Statistical Institute of Belize, prices for basic [...]
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Prime Minister John Briceño also weighed in on the opposition’s call for the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police to resign. PM Briceño argues that Minister Musa [...]
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In response to the opposition’s repeated call for his resignation, Kareem Musa, the Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, says Belizeans have been able to see the results [...]
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The Church’s effort to gather twenty thousand signatures in an attempt to trigger a writ of referendum on the Cannabis Bill is remarkable and good for democracy says Kareem Musa, [...]
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Weed, says Minister Musa, is a normal part of life, and it is not going anywhere. In his justification for the legalization of the industry, he pointed to the economic [...]
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A.C.P. Marco Vidal is going on early retirement. On Friday, the Governor General of Belize approved his application for early retirement. The Department is now in talks with his attorney [...]
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In his comments on the ACP Marco Vidal investigation, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams revealed that there were infractions uncovered, but that they were of an administrative nature and only [...]
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Viewers may recall that Corporal Elmer Nah, a former member of ACP Vidal’s team, was charged with keeping unlicensed ammunition after he was busted with over one hundred rounds at [...]
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MS-13 gang members are fleeing to Belize after a crackdown on gangs in El Salvador by its president, Nayib Bukele. President Bukele’s administration has been detaining gang members and putting [...]
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A foiled burglary at a nightclub on the Philip Goldson Highway over the weekend has resulted in one of several thieves being shot. Belize City police responded to the Titanic [...]
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There was also an attempt on the life of a villager in Seine Bight over the weekend. Frank Augustine was injured when someone shot him while he attempted to enter [...]
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An all-points bulletin remains in effect for the capture of Christon Rocha who is wanted by police for stabbing his former common-law wife Vanessa Reyes in Placencia during the Easter [...]
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The Belize Police Department recently deployed a number of specialized units into Belize City as a means of address in gang-related violence in the Old Capital. Among them is the [...]
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Liquor license extensions are creating a problem for police enforcement in Belize City. According to ComPol Williams, extension approvals are being granted to several establishments within the city without police [...]
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The seven Cubans who wanted to seek amnesty in Belize will know their fate around the end of the month. That is how long it will take the two sides [...]
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A powerful explosion at a luxury hotel in Cuba on Friday has reduced an entire section of the building to rubble, killing at least thirty-five people, and leaving twenty hospitalized [...]
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They are considered ferocious predators and are often depicted as just that in films. But, to MarAlliance, sharks are the heartbeat of the ocean and, as a result, must be [...]
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Stann Creek West Area Representative Rodwell Ferguson journeyed to Silk Caye over the weekend at the invitation of Placencia residents who are concerned about the degradation of the island. Silk [...]
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The Ministry of Home Affairs, in partnership with Sprite, officially opened its SPRITE Live Life Basketball Youth Tournament 2022, on Saturday. The competition is seeing participation from fifteen teams across [...]
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In the wake of the stabbing death of footballer Chris Rodriguez by the caretaker of the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio, the National Sports Council of Belize has issued [...]
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Prime Minister John Briceño was present at the launch of the multinational defense exercise Tradewinds 2022, on Saturday in Ladyville Village. The two-week exercise will see one thousand, eight hundred [...]
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It’s not June yet, but the first tropical wave was detected over the weekend in what weather experts are calling an early 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. But while the hurricane [...]
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Tonight we note the passing of Belize’s oldest woman. Earlier today, our newsroom was informed that Leonora Patnett whom we have covered for several years since turning one hundred, passed [...]
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