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The Belize International Services Limited, the parent company for the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize, IMMARBE, and the International Business Companies Registry, I.B.C., was forcibly acquired by government under [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The decision handed down by the C.C.J. two years ago disparaged the Barrow administration, describing the appropriation of the registries as, “constitutionally immoral and failing to meet the standards set [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Secretary General Luis Almagro, of the Organization of American States, called on Prime Minister John Briceño during a visit to Belize today. The head of the O.A.S. last visited Belize [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The territorial dispute between Guatemala and Belize, despite the matter being taken to the World Court for settlement, is also an area of concern for the O.A.S. Notwithstanding the pending [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Notwithstanding the protracted nature of the age-old dispute and the funding that has gone into keeping the O.A.S. office at the Adjacency Zone open, Secretary General Almagro and Prime Minister [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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It’s a quiet fishing community off the Coastal Road, fifty-three miles by land from Belize City and twenty-seven miles from Dangriga. But residents of Gales Point Manatee say they have [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Ladyville tour guide and businessman, Benigno Betancourt, popularly known as Ben, met an untimely death on Saturday evening when he drowned while on an expedition in Gales Point Manatee Village. [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Today, the Police Department’s Communications Director, Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood, confirmed that it was Betancourt who took his family on the lagoon and that he jumped into the water to [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party’s National Party Council met over the weekend, in another attempt at putting an end to the internal strife that threatens to destroy the U.D.P. at its [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Despite the internal turmoil, the United Democratic Party is planning a protest for Tuesday in Belize City. On Thursday of last week, Assistant Commissioner of Police Howell Gillett, the Regional [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Chairman Peyrefitte contends that his application to protest was denied on political grounds. He accuses the Commissioner of Police of attempting to muffle the U.D.P., asserting that ComPol Williams’ feelings [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A man is in police custody following a fire in Dangriga on Saturday night. A reportedly intoxicated Michael Flores visited his father’s house in the Wagierale area of the town. [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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This afternoon, police released the official results of a post-mortem examination carried out on the body of Leroy Cus. The graphic designer of Belmopan died from multiple penetrating stab wounds [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Three men were the victims of an armed robbery on Saturday night in Belize City. Darwin Henderson reported to police that around ten-thirty p.m., he was on Baracat Street with [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Orange Walk resident Elias Reynoso has been charged with Manslaughter by Negligence, following a fatal road traffic accident in Ladyville. Details are that Reynoso was behind the wheel of a [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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The Premier League of Belize (P.L.B.) is investigating the circumstances surrounding a brawl that took place at the end of a football match between Altitude FC and Verdes FC in [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Tonight, health practitioners from across the country are mourning the loss of a devoted Belizean doctor. Senior Surgeon at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Doctor Jose Moguel passed away over [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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HIV/AIDS continues to be a priority in Belize and the National Health Insurance, in collaboration with the Social Security Board, has been able to secure an almost three million U.S.-dollar [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, the Saint Martin’s Community Hub distributed approximately one hundred and fifty school bags and stationeries to primary school children across the community. The hub is one of [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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They competed for the first time regionally in 2018, as power-lifters, and came back with medals. That set the stage for the Belize Power-lifting Association to once again prepare a [...]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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