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And finally tonight, we have the Prime Minister speaking on the controversial Rosewood Amnesty. It finished on Friday and the Forestry Department is now tallying all that will be stamped and approved for export. The amnesty has been roundly, almost universally condemned, and the PM says, he hears it well enough.

Hon. Dean Barrow

“I [...]

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By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant

In my articles I try to point out and describe to readers, both inside and outside of Belize, the many responsibilities as well as the essential needs of educators, students, parents, and the community/country at large. The bottom line and ultimate goal of [...]

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Published: Friday | April 12, 2013 on The Gleamer

It is urgent that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) engage the global community for help in sending a clear message to Guatemala that there will be no reward for bad behaviour, including, as seems to be the intent of the Central American country, squirming out [...]

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By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant

In previous articles I pointed out that presently many of our people in Belize are struggling, day in and day out, to survive ever-increasing hard times.  However, as pitiful and miserable as our current violent situations may be, positive change for the better [...]

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By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant

In a previous article I pointed out that in 2013 (too) many people in Belize are struggling, day in and day out, and trying to survive ever-increasing “hard times”. During these very difficult times life gets harder and harder with each passing day. [...]

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Rate your GOB

On March 8, 2013 By

March 7th marked a full year into the 2nd term of the current Government of Belize Administration, that’s 6 years as the crow flies. We would like to hear from you on how they have been doing and rate their job performance; they do after all, work for you. Once you vote, please leave a [...]

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EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES

On February 26, 2013 By

We want to apologize for an incorrectly posted version of this article. This is the Original article that should have been posted.

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant

Today, in 2013, (too) many people in Belize are struggling through “hard times”.  These difficult times specifically include: never-before-seen high unemployment [...]

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By Adam Williams – Feb 12, 2013 12:32 PM CT

Belize’s government proposed extending maturities and cutting the coupon on the country’s $544 million of defaulted debt as part of the Central American nation’s second debt restructuring since 2007.

Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s plan would extend the maturity on the defaulted bonds [...]

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The Referendum is set for October sixth and government has announced that its official position in support of going to the International Court of Justice to resolve the dispute once and for all. At least to the sixty percent of the voting public h is required to validate the referendum and patriotic sentiment is already [...]

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BELIZE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12TH FEBRUARY, 2013
GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE – EXTERNAL DEBT RESTRUCTURING MOTION, 2013
_________ .. _________

WHEREAS, the Government of Belize is currently engaged in an exercise to restructure its external debt with a view to achieving a sustainable debt [...]

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Reading the Prensa Libre, I came across this article, it seems to me it’s more about confusing people than anything else.  It’s a lengthy article but worth the time so you can understand what it is we are getting into.

The Spanish Version Preocupa a Guatemala traba a referendo con Belice

Autoridades guatemaltecas expresaron su [...]

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The Real Belize

On December 11, 2012 By

Published on Dec 7, 2012

Please take a look at this facebook group http://www.facebook.com/JasminesJustice for details of what the international media ignores.
Belize is close to bankruptcy and with bankruptcy, countries, just like companies give no advance warning, you just wake up to chaos.

Music by: Nick [...]

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FiWeBelize stands with the movement to fight for our nation from a grassroots base.

If 31 plus years of failures from both PUP and UDP is not enough to prove to you that the current system will only keep making things worst for us then I have no idea what will. Today more than ever [...]

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The Canadian government has stepped up to the plate to assist the jewel to solve crime, specifically gun violence, which is presenting a huge challenge to law enforcement. A sophisticated piece of equipment, worth in the range of two million dollars was handed over to the Ministry of National Security today. It is called IBIS, [...]

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Rosa Zetina of Salvapan Area reported that her son Alexander Zetina left home on 28thSeptember, 2012 at 12:00 md en-route to Buena Vista Village, Toledo District to work and up to the day of making this report he has not been seen or heard from him. He is of Hispanic descent, black low hair, beard [...]

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