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Commerce Bight Port Now Under Control Of Belize Port Authority
The Government of Belize this morning issued a press release to inform that the lease granted to Port of Belize Limited, PBL, to operate and manage the Commerce Bight Port has been revoked and the...
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Belize’S Queen Of The Bay Pageant Quickly Approaches
Plans are in place for the pageant in which the Emblem of Freedom, the Queen of the Bay 2013 will be selected. Contestants from all over the country are prepared to bring their beauty and skills to the...
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Woman Police Back In Court For Extortion
In June this year the charge of extortion against her was struck out by Magistrate Adolph Lucas for want of prosecution and that was supposed to have been the end of the matter. But today 36 year old...
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Fined And Confined For Weed
In court news, 44 year old Jeremiah Pichinte, a Salvadoran with permanent resident status in Belize, was fined and confined by Magistrate Clive Lino today when he pled guilty to two counts of drug...
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N.t.u.c.b. Indefinitely Suspends Christian Workers Union
Dylan ReneauAnd with all those issues surrounding P.B.L. and the Christian Workers’ Union, the announcement that the C.W.U. had been suspended from inclusion in the National Trade Union Congress of...
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Negotiations Between Stevedores And Port At A Standstill
Arturo VasquezAmidst the apparent implosion of the Christian Workers Union is the Port of Belize Limited (P.B.L.). The stevedores, one of nine entities represented by the union, are contracted by...
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Stevedores Want Christian Workers Union Execs To Resign
Dion PitterThe executive of the Christian Workers Union, led by president Antonio Gonzalez, has been experiencing an upheaval within its membership, particularly from a gang of stevedores, who contend...
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Government Says Appropriation Was Necessary, Pm Welcomes It
Arturo VasquezThe revocation, according to the release, states that Port of Belize Limited failed to honor three essential requirements, including the submission of a development plan to carry out any...
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Another G.o.b. Takeover…this Time Port Of Belize’S Commerce Bight
Since entering into receivership in January 2012, Port of Belize Limited, under the administration of Arturo Vasquez, has undertaken significant expansion of its daily operations. The company was...
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Quintana Roo Mexico Underwater Cave Project
You've heard the saying "There's nothing new under the sun." Explorer and NGS/Waitt grantee Sam Meacham has a suggestion: Go underground. Beneath the jungles of the Yucatan peninsula, Meacham and...
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Cockscomb Basin: Where The Big Cats Are
Photos captured via camera trap by Panthera, a big cat conservation group, in Belize's Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. Click On Image For Other Pictures. Jaguars roam Belize’s tropical...
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Health Authority Holds Training For Food Safety Inspectors
Today, Food Safety Inspectors for the Belize Agriculture and Health Authority, BAHA, are forming part of a training workshop at the Biltmore Hotel. The workshop, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control...
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Robber Takes Cellular Phones And Batteries From Businessman
A man from San Ignacio Town in the Cayo District reported to police that his business place was burglarized last week. The forty four year old Sales Manager of Mossiah and Victoria Street in Town...
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Fifty Graduates Emerge From Galen University
Degrees were conferred on over fifty students at Galen’s Ninth Commencement Exercise on Sunday. After the official welcome address the Director of International Division and Representative from the...
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Firebrand Protester Says Time Is Now To Shake Up Cwu
Dion PitterAll institutions registered with the Christian Workers Union were present at the meeting at the Labour Department this evening. The most vocal participant is union firebrand Dion Pitter, who...
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Review Of Christian Workers Union Finances Ordered, But Too Late
Basil BrannonChief Shop Steward Basil Brannon, who represents employees of the Central Bank of Belize, also agrees that it is time for the Christian Workers Union to revamp its administration. While...
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All Member Organizations Of Cwu Meet At Labour Office
An amicable solution to an ongoing crisis within the Christian Workers Union has been met, following a lengthy discussion this afternoon with representatives of the nine entities that comprise the...
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National Garifuna Council Upset About Norwegian Cruise Lines Use Of The Dügu
Robert MarianoNorwegian Cruise Line’s fifty million U.S. dollar investment is facing one more objection, but it’s not because of the location of the project or the possible effects on overnight cruise...
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7 Ways To Interact With Garífuna Culture In Belize
Drumming on the beach, moving in time with junkanu dancers and eating heaping plates of mashed plantain soaked in coconut stew -- more than likely these aren't the experiences you imagine while...
View ArticleShooting Victim Taken To Hospital And Shooter Escapes Through The Same Hospital
San Ignacio Police are looking for one man in connection with a shooting incident on Monday night. Just before nine pm Police were called to the emergency ward of the La Loma Luz Hospital in Santa...
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