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1 天前 · Tonight, there are credible reports that Leroy Almendarez is no longer the CEO at the Belize Social Security Board. Employees received a cryptic email this envying saying, quote, "management wishes to inform you that with immediate effect Deputy Jerome Palma will be acting as CEO, until further notice." It is unclear what happened with Almendarez who left the top spot at Beltraide to take over ...

1 天前 · For the past two nights, we've been reporting on the police shooting of 24 year old Emil Rivers, a mentally ill man from Independence Village. First, the issue was that police shot him in the abdomen - and said that he was shot in the feet. And then the other issue emerged: the officer who shot him, PC Sheldon Arzu is a convicted killer cop. In 2003 he killed A civilian in a …

2025年1月6日 · On December 15, the Belize Port Authority announced an increase in passenger user fees for water taxi services. Before COVID 19 it was at $3, then it was reduced to $2 during the pandemic. Effective January 1st, it returned to $3. This morning on Sunup on 7, the Ports Commissioner explained the need for the increase and what it means for the water taxi operators. Kaylon Young - Commissioner of ...

1 天前 · And while the Minister said he's powerless to intervene in such a situation - we wondered is he powerful enough to compel the COMPOL to do anything? For some time we have been hearing that the longest serving Compol in more than a century doesn't see himself as answerable directly to the Minister - but as answerable to the PM - who is the only person that can remove or replace him. Today, the ...

2024年12月11日 · There is no prouder crowd than the community of Gales Point Manatee tonight after watching one of their very own break ground on a project that was once just a faraway dream. It's the Construction of a Belize Marine Rescue and Education Center and signifies big economic changes coming to the village, hopefully before 2026. Jomarie Lanza attended the groundbreaking ceremony and here's her ...

2025年1月3日 · And keeping it on the highways... Throughout 2024, we reported on dozens of road fatalities - whether they were motorcycle accidents or vehicular ones. It has reached a crisis level, particularly after 10 persons were killed in a single accident in December. And because of that, the police ...

2024年12月24日 · Earlier in the news we told you about the three cruise ships coming on Christmas day, but today all eyes were on one ship leaving Belizean waters for the UK. It's the largest shipment of bulk raw sugar ever leaving Belize on one vessel. It only took a few days for them to load up the 39 thousand metric tonnes of sugar onto the Federal Tiber ship. And today, it shipped out from the Big Creek ...

2024年10月30日 · And from the UDP civil war over the headquarters near the Belchina Bridge, to the PUP tensions rising from the deteriorated state of the Belcan Bridge. You've heard the Minister of Infrastructure Development belabor the point that the Belcan Bridge needs urgent repairs - and that it is an active risk to public safety. Julius Espat has had the plans laid out in hopes that work could begin ...

It's been 4 months since the Senate Special Select Committee to investigate the genesis of the Portico Agreement successfully held a public hearing. The 7th hearing was held today and it should have been must-see TV with the Cabinet Secretary and the Minister of State for Finance and Economic Development on the lineup. The two of them are critical because Coye is the Minister of State who is ...