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May 7, 2021 Chester Williams The COVID-19 vaccine roll-out continues for all phases and up to this week, the healthcare workers have the highest coverage.  Some eighty-five percent have taken the first dose, according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. This is followed by fifty-one percent of teachers who have taken the vaccine and sixty point five percent of persons sixty years and older.  One group that is still lagging behind, although it has been two weeks since they became ...

Apr 28, 2021 No Building Permit for Small Business Owner in Dangriga Since 2009, senior appliance technician Orlando Castillo has submitted a number of architectural plans for approval to the Local Building Authority in Dangriga.  On each occasion those designs have been rejected for failure to satisfy specific requirements that would allow him to erect a structure on Ecumenical Drive.  Yet Castillo has been persistent in his attempt to expand his small business which includes repair...

Apr 28, 2021 Pomona Residents Say Mining Causing Erosion; West End Refutes These Claims Last night we brought you the story of concerned residents and farmers in Pomona who are concerned about the continued degradation of a riverbank that abuts the village. Tonight, Isani Cayetano has more from both the community residents and the company which says it is not doing anything differently than before. In fact, they say they found erosion problems when they arrived.   Isani Cayetano, Repo...

Written on April 28, 2021 | Posted in Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places,Politics | Comments Off The National Trade Union Congress of Belize has called on the joint unions and the Government of Belize to go back to the negotiation table. But, since G.O.B. has already [...]

Apr 28, 2021 James Rudon Have police nabbed one of the men involved in last Friday’s murder of Lionel Olivera Senior in Santa Elena?  On Tuesday afternoon, Democracia resident James Rudon was wanted by police for his alleged involvement in the murder and he was found in possession of Olivera’s stolen firearm.  He was caught during a search of a bus travelling from Dangriga to Independence Village. That gun is a nine millimetre Smith and Wesson brand weapon, found inside a backpac...

Apr 27, 2021 Mining in Pomona Village; Nearby River Severely Affected On Monday night, we brought you the story of an environmental crisis that is taking place in Pomona Valley where mining activities along the North Stann Creek River are adversely affecting the community.  Residents claim that operations conducted by West End Construction, a company that has been working in the area since 201, have led to the erosion of farmland and other properties situated on the banks of the tribu...

U.S. Embassy Supports Mobile Central American Migrant Hub South Belize April 27, 2021 The Government of the United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Belize hosted two Mobile Migrant Hubs in Toledo to provide information and services to migrants for safe and orderly migration. United States Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Keith Gilges attended and spoke at the Migrant Hub in San Antonio. Al...

April, 2021 Day two of the national budget continued today inside the National Assembly. But it was outside where all the action happened.  The joint unions, galvanized by a common stance against [...]

Apr 20, 2021 P.S.U. Marches on Albert Street at High Noon The Public Service Union continued its activism today with members picketing various locations across the country, including service stations down south in Stann Creek District.  They were joined in some municipalities by the Belize National Teachers Union, with whom they are allied, as part of a multilateral body that has been in discussion with the Government of Belize over a pending salary reduction.  The oppressive midday ...

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