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A devastating late-morning fire on Simon Lamb Street in Belize City has left up to twelve individuals displaced. A two-storey wooden apartment building occupied by eighty-five-year-old landlord Neftale Martinez, his [...]
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Late this evening, we heard from Kenneth Mortis, the Station Supervisor at the National Fire Service. According to Mortis, a preliminary investigation has revealed that the house fire was unintentionally [...]
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Mortis also responded to criticisms that the department’s approach to fighting the fire contributed to its spread. There was also disapproval coming from onlookers over the fact that the fire [...]
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Tonight, a final demand has been made by disgruntled bus operators who are calling for the removal of the chairman of the Transport Board. It’s the latest development in a [...]
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According to Shaw, while the B.B.A. initially started out with an amicable relationship with the Minister of Transport and the Department of Transport, things went south when Floralia Limited was [...]
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While Shaw insists that the B.B.A.’s gripe with Floralia is not a personal attack on the owners of the company, Transport Minister Rodwell Ferguson also responded to the position taken [...]
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This weekend, passengers onboard an outbound Silva’s bus were taken aback when the rear door of the bus flew off. It happened in Belize City on Central American Boulevard and [...]
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Today the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Workers’ Union expressed disappointment and discontent with the removal of Doctor Andre Sosa, chairman of the hospital’s board of directors. In a press release [...]
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And as the Cabinet huddles over the next few weeks to finalize its National Budget draft, public health care is expected to be one of the top priority areas, as [...]
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A team of officials from the World Bank is in Belize and met earlier today with the Cabinet in Belize City. The team comprised representatives from the International Finance Corporation, [...]
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Several areas of the Ministry of Education will be prioritized during the upcoming fiscal year. As Minister of Education, Francis Fonseca told us today that those areas include vocational/technical education, [...]
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Last week, the joint unions met with representatives of the government to discuss the increment freeze. The unions want their increments to be unfrozen and they have given April first [...]
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There were no reports of loss of life over the weekend; in fact, according to our archives, there was no gun violence recorded since last Monday. There is, however, a [...]
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The Belize Police Department recently activated a police substation in the Maya Mopan community on the outskirts of Belmopan. That twenty-four-hour presence by officers may have very well saved the [...]
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On Sunday, there was a brazen robbery of a businessman on Mahogany Street Extension in Belize City and it was allegedly committed by minors. Police say that the forty-two-year-old was [...]
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Police have charged twenty-three-year-old Ryan McCulluch with attempted murder in connection with a shooting that occurred on February fourteenth in Ladyville. McCulluch is accused of opening fire on sixteen-year-old Kylee [...]
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Belize’s first human trafficking academy commenced today at Umaya Resort on the Placencia Road in southern Belize. Engaged in the week-long training are personnel from the justice sector, including human [...]
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During her speech today, Minister of Human Development, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia said that while Belize has been doing well, there are more cases of potential familial human trafficking in Belize. The [...]
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Goodnight and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday. I am Paul Lopez. Belize has produced a number of outstanding athletes that have travelled abroad to play for teams in [...]
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