All posts tagged "Belize politics"

  • Prime Minister Barrow getting medical attention in the United States

    Belmopan, CAYO. Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Prime Minister Dean Barrow will not return to the country today as originally planned. An official release from the Office of the Prime Minister says that Mr. Barrow who has been...

    • Posted December 7, 2016
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  • Public Hearings on Auditor General’s report to start in November

    Belmopan, CAYO. Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Public hearings by the Senate Special Select Committee will start on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. That announcement was made in a Communique issued this evening by the Clerk of the National...

    • Posted October 19, 2016
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  • Arsonist targets Deputy Prime Minister’s vehicle

    Lord’s Bank village, Belize District. Wednesday, October 12, 2016. The vehicle belonging to Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber was destroyed by fire late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning. Reports to West Vision are that around midnight, the vehicle,...

    • Posted October 12, 2016
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  • People’s United Party calls Sarstoon River restriction “draconian”

    Belize City, BELIZE. Friday, April 29, 2016. The Opposition People’s United Party (PUP) has come out against the government’s imposition of a temporary ban on Belizeans’ entry into the Sarstoon River for a month. A press release...

    • Posted April 29, 2016
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  • COLA condemns temporary restriction imposed on Sarstoon River

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Friday, April 29, 2016. Reaction to the government’s imposition of a temporary restriction of movement on the Belize side of the Sarstoon River has been pouring in on social media with a mix of...

    • Posted April 29, 2016
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  • GOB restricts temporary movement on Belize’s portion of the Sarstoon River

    Belmopan, CAYO. Friday, April 29, 2016. The Government of Belize has imposed a “temporary restriction on movement in Belize’s portion of the Sarstoon River.” The temporary restriction is for one month effective immediately and was done “to...

    • Posted April 29, 2016
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  • Gaspar Vega is retiring from electoral politics

    Orange Walk Town, ORANGE WALK. Thursday, March 10, 2016. The United Democratic Party (UDP) today announced that Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega is retiring from electoral politics at the end of the current term. An official release...

    • Posted March 10, 2016
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  • New PUP national executive sworn in

    Belize City, BELIZE. Wednesday, February 3, 2016. TNC: A swearing in ceremony for the new executive of the People’s United Party (PUP) was held this morning at Independence Hall in Belize City. John Briceño, the new leader of...

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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  • Infrastructure projects underway in San Ignacio town

    San Ignacio, CAYO. Monday, January 25, 2016. TNC: The San Ignacio/Santa Elena Town Council under the able-leadership of Mayor Earl Trapp is making good on a promise to alleviate traffic and parking challenges in the downtown area....

    • Posted January 25, 2016
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  • Prime Minister Barrow is chairman of CARICOM

    Belize City, BELIZE. Thursday, January 7, 2016. TNC: Prime Minister Dean Barrow has taken over the rotating chairmanship of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM. Effective January 1, Mr. Barrow assumed the CARICOM chairmanship from his colleague, the Prime...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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