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Sep 07, 09 |
Adults and minors charged for aggravated burglary
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Also in court, four persons—two adults and two minors—were today charged with Aggravated Burglary. Twenty-four year old Brian Yorke, twenty-five year old Daniel Zuniga, along with two sixteen-year old minors, all of Belize City, appeared before Magi...[Read More] |
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Aug 25, 09 |
Senator Hector Silva refuses to vote on Nationalization Bill
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Hector Silva was one of two Senators who abstained from voting on the matter. Silva said he is against monopolies but the areas in this B.T.L. takeover are so grey that he absolutely had to abstain from voting.
Hector Silva, PUP Senator
“What I’...[Read More] |
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Aug 25, 09 |
C.G.A. goes to court to protect souring citrus industry
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Citrus should be sweet, but the industry has been going sour for quite a while. The Citrus Growers Association wanted to unseat three of its directors on the board of the Citrus Products of Belize Limited (C.P.B.L.). CPBL’s Chief Executive Officer, ...[Read More] |
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Jul 28, 09 |
N.T.U.C.B. wants Commission of Inquiry to be fair
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Still on the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, when we caught up earlier with the N.T.U.C.B., News Five queried their concern on the Commission of Inquiry that has been established by the P.M. to look into the allegations of impropriety in respect of p...[Read More] |
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Jun 10, 09 |
Cost of potatoes going up by a dollar...
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Potatoes and lettuce, they are constant on dinner tables and indeed you can’t have rice and beans without potato or garden salad. There was a scarcity of both staples in the past few weeks and this triggered the importation of the products from neigh...[Read More] |
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Jun 10, 09 |
...And vegetable importers blame minister
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We also found importers disgruntled at having to pay up to two hundred and ten dollars for the hundred pound sack of potatoes. The twenty-two members of the Belize Vegetable Importers Association, who did not get their permits renewed, say the price ...[Read More] |
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Jun 10, 09 |
Agriculture C.E.O. says minister approved importer license
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When we checked with the Ministry of Agriculture, C.E.O., Gabino Canto told News Five that the decision on who got the new permits, was sanctioned by his boss, the minister.
Gabino Canto, C.E.O., Ministry of Agriculture
“We had some concerns expr...[Read More] |
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May 15, 09 |
Chocolate lovers sweetened by upcoming cacao festival
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There is an event coming up in the deep south that sounds promising for chocolate lovers and will provide an excellent opportunity to get better acquainted with natural beauty of the Toledo District. The third annual Cacao Festival is drawing near an...[Read More] |
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May 12, 09 |
Disease threatens citrus industry
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One of Belize’s major income earners, the citrus industry, faces a new threat. It has to do with the citrus greening disease that has recently been detected in northern, western and southern Belize. The only silver lining is that so far the disease ...[Read More] |
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May 11, 09 |
New date for National Agriculture and Trade Show
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The National Agriculture and Trade Show is back on the radar and a new date has been set to hold the show. After the Influenza A H1N1 scare caused its postponement earlier this month, the trade show committee and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fishe...[Read More] |
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