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P.u.p. Issues Statement On State Of Sugar Industry Deliberations
The People’s United Party has issued a statement in respect of the developments in the sugar industry. The party says the B.S.I./A.S.R. decision to bypass the B.S.C.F.A. is unprecedented and does not...
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B.s.c.f.a. Holds Emergency Meetings In Response To Bsi Sidestepping
Even as B.S.I. was trying to convince farmers to jump the B.S.C.F.A. ship, that body was holding emergency meetings with the eighteen directors of the different branches. Today’s round of meeting ended...
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B.s.i. Commences Information Session With Caneros Sans B.s.c.f.a.
There is a crisis of significant proportions brewing in the sugar-cane industry, lifeblood of the north and one of the country’s largest export-earners. A.S.R.-owned B.S.I. on Monday announced that...
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Francis Fonseca On B.s.i./b.s.c.f.a. Sugar Crisis
While industrial action is contemplated in the north, the People’s United Party is tonight castigating the Barrow administration for dragging its feet on one of the major industries and the lifeblood...
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9 Acres Of B.s.i. Cane Field Incinerated In Libertad
Even as we left Orange Walk following that press conference at the B.S.C.F.A., News Five received word that unknown persons had torched cane-fields in Libertad owned by B.S.I. We were unable to get...
View ArticleCaneros Threaten Industrial Action In The North
It is not far-fetched to speculate that the mandate from the farmers may include agitation of some form, leading up to industrial action. The industry is volatile, the labour intensive, and the farmers...
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Another B.s.c.f.a. Conference; Is There A Sugar Solution Looming?
Much as it did last year, a sense of unease and hostility pervades the sugar-cane industry and the 2014-2015 crop season, scheduled to start within a month. On Monday, ASR-owned B.S.I. held a press...
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Ramon Cervantes Jr. Says He Won’T Apologize To Gapi Vega
Rodwell WilliamsDeputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega stands accused of orchestrating a hit on Ramon Cervantes Junior. That very serious allegation was contained in a purported recording of wanted...
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Fourteen Benqueños Charged With Rioting And Unlawful Assembly
This morning there was heightened Police presence at the Benque Viejo Magistrate’s Court and special units on standby at the Police Station around the corner. Based on evidence gathered at a protest...
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Patrick Faber Says Petrocaribe Ballyhoo Is All About Pup Hypocrisy
Patrick FaberThe Petrocaribe money is all the rage these days, hundreds of millions of dollars in GOB’s hands to be used specifically for poverty alleviation, human and social development projects. But...
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Why No Charges For Sonia Abac’S Murder?
Sonia AbacOn July ninth, the body of seventy-one year old Ramon Cervantes Sr. was recovered from a shallow grave on a farm on the Honey Camp Road, an area called Indian Hill. Three men were detained...
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Loggers Discover Human Remains In Maskall
There is what appears to be a murder to report in the community of Maskall on the old Northern Highway, but there is precious little information at this time. What we know so far is that loggers found...
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Bscfa Awaits Pm’S Decision
Oscar AlonzoIt’ll be an interesting week ahead. The farmers have stood strong, called out SICB and by extension GOB. The Prime Minister went on record first to offer to pay for an independent expert if...
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Sicb To Hold Meeting With Parties
Gabriel MartinezFaced with an ultimatum from the farmers, SICB Chairman Gabriel Martinez promised to ‘try his best’ to call a meeting before November twenty-fifth to facilitate a way forward. It’s a...
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Cane-Farmers United – Deliver Ultimatum To Gob
Cane-farmers from the Orange Walk and Corozal districts have given the Sugar Industry Control Board one week to break the impasse between BSI/ASR and the BSCFA. If that does not happen, they will stage...
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House Passes Petrocaribe Loan Motion After Marathon Debate
As we said earlier, the Special House meeting, called on the eve of Garifuna Settlement Day, centred around the Petrocaribe monies. The opposition is taking the government to court on it, but today the...
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Do You Believe G.o.b. Has Acted Illegally With The Petrocaribe Funds?
And our question for tonight is: Do you believe G.O.B. has acted illegally with the Petrocaribe funds? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll...
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Thousands Converge On The Garden City For Petrocaribe Rally
The main business of the day was inside the House, where representatives from both sides debated the Petrocaribe Loan Motion of two hundred and twenty-eight million which has grown, at last count, to...
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Chamber Issues Release On Sugar Cane Industry
Late this evening, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued a release in respect of the impasse in the sugar industry involving a proposal by B.S.I./A.S.R. to bypass the elected Belize Sugar...
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Apartment Complex In Lord’S Bank Up In Smoke
In the Lord’s Bank community, an apartment complex owned by Bert Ramos, the vice chairman of the village, who is also the owner of Ramos Bus Lines, went up in smoke on Wednesday morning. The blaze...
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