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On Wednesday, Corozal Mayor Rigoberto Vellos renegotiated the one point three-seven-seven million-dollar contract with U.D.P. contractor Imer Hernandez. The agreement was signed between the former U.D.P. Mayor Hilberto Campos and Imer Hernandez Development Company in February 2017 for ten years. Since taking office, Vellos complained that the contract was unsustainable because, between January and March […]
Written on January 22, 2021 | Posted in
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During news time on Wednesday night, shots rang out in the Monument Site area of Dangriga. A fisherman, Dennis Robinson, from the area had been gunned down. The family believes that this murder is retaliatory and is blaming the police for putting their family at risk. News Five’s Duane Moody finds out why. Duane […]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party today called a press conference to address matters of national importance. It was held at the party’s headquarters on Youth for the Future Drive in Belize City. Opposition Leader Patrick Faber was flanked by U.D.P. Senators Michael Peyrefitte and Sheena Pitts as well as Mesop area rep Moses Shyne Barrow and […]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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The opposition also criticized the Briceño administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Opposition Leader Patrick Faber blasts the government for continuously politicizing the pandemic and blaming the past U.D.P. administration. He says that everything that the Briceño administration has done to battle the pandemic was merely building upon the foundation that the U.D.P. had laid. […]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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From COVID to alleged corruption. Opposition Leader Patrick Faber was asked about his colleague, former Minister of Works Rene Montero. The government wants Montero to face criminal charges for alleged acts of corruption during his term in office. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing has forwarded documents to the Commissioner of Police and the […]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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After the People’s United Party won the November general elections, the Lands Department locked down as rumors of U.D.P. cronies taking documents from the office in Belmopan surfaced. It was reported before elections that U.D.P. ministers were issuing out parcels of land to voters. The question was if the issuance was done following the law. […]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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The indigenous communities in the south have collectively prevailed in the courts since they initiated legal action against the Government of Belize in the nineties. The fight has always been over continued incursions on Maya lands. Six years ago, the C.C.J. upheld the ruling of the Court of Appeal in respect of the common law […]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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Upon assuming office in November of last year, the People’s United Party created a specific ministerial portfolio for Indigenous People’s Affairs. That responsibility was given to Belize Rural Central area representative Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, also the Minister of Human Development. This morning, she sat in as a guest during the compliance hearing and was called upon […]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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In acknowledging government’s solemn undertaking, M.L.A. spokesperson Cristina Coc says that they are elated by the newfound will to respect and recognize the traditional institutions of the indigenous community. Cristina Coc, Spokesperson, M.L.A. “We are pleased to report then that we have received clear indication from the new government that they will respect and […]
Written on January 21, 2021 | Posted in
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The principal streets of Belize City were lined with spectators this morning, as a funeral procession rarely seen in the history of the country made its way to the Lord Ridge Cemetery. The cortege and interment of Belize’s first Governor General brought to an end three days of national mourning. It succeeded an ecumenical service […]
Written on January 20, 2021 | Posted in
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The previous Public Utilities Commission’s decision to purchase the old Mirab building on North Front Street in 2019 raised many questions. Under former chairman John Avery, the P.U.C. purchased the building and its properties for ten point three million dollars, but they never moved in. Instead, it is presently paying twelve thousand dollars monthly for […]
Written on January 20, 2021 | Posted in
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On January fifteenth, the Ministry of Transport terminated twenty-four employees at the Novelo’s Bus Terminal in Belize City. Their dismissal comes at the height of maga season and particularly when job opportunities are hard to come by. According to Minister Rodwell Ferguson, whose responsibilities include oversight of the Transport Department, the decision to let go […]
Written on January 20, 2021 | Posted in
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In responding to the terminations at the Ministry of Transport, Prime Minister John Briceño also spoke on the general issue of employment in these times of austerity where there simply aren’t many jobs to offer. John Briceño, Prime Minister “On the issue of the people that have been let go at the bus terminals, […]
Written on January 20, 2021 | Posted in
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With so many unemployed, one of the growing concerns is that it will lead to an increase in crime. In an interview today with the Minister of Home Affairs, Kareem Musa, we asked him that very question. Musa quickly noted that the new administration assumed office with sixty-thousand people already out of work for more […]
Written on January 20, 2021 | Posted in
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The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Belize appears to be on the decline. Today the Ministry of Health reported twenty-seven new cases and three new deaths, and a total of four hundred and forty-five active cases. And while those are promising numbers, Belizeans are growing weary of restrictions that remain in place. Prime […]
Written on January 20, 2021 | Posted in
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As for the Covid-19 regulations outlined in December’s Statutory Instrument, the Minister of Health had already confirmed that new regulations will be coming at the start of February. So, what kind of changes can we expect? We asked Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa. Musa said the details are still being ironed out, but the […]
Written on January 20, 2021 | Posted in
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The heavy downpour over Belize City today made the second national day of mourning to honor Belize’s first Governor General feel even more somber. The rains forced slight adjustments in the planned procession, but the cortege proceeded with all the pomp and ceremony. The late Dame Minita Gordon was taken to the House of Culture […]
Written on January 19, 2021 | Posted in
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On Monday, we reported a leaked letter sent by the new Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission to attorney Andrew Marshalleck. Chairman Molina is seeking legal advice regarding a sale made by the previous P.U.C. board. It was the purchase of the old Mirab building for a little over ten million dollars. The 2019 purchase […]
Written on January 19, 2021 | Posted in
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So what was included in the package that the P.U.C. purchased? According to the businessman, the Mirab building, including the property it sits on, and an open lot adjacent to the Belize Insurance Center, was bought for ten point three million dollars. He further explains how he acquired the piece of land owned by the […]
Written on January 19, 2021 | Posted in
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The Food Assistance Program, a merging of the Grocery Bag Program and the COVID Food Assistance, is whittling down in terms of the funds made available for the initiative to continue to the end of this financial year. As it stands, there are approximately thirty thousand applications for relief through the Ministry of Human Development. […]
Written on January 19, 2021 | Posted in
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An extreme case of domestic violence was reported last week, a woman savagely beaten reportedly by her husband. The report has enraged the Belizean public and prompted the Ministry of Human Development on January fifteenth to issue a statement on the incident. The episode allegedly perpetrated by Joel Bardalez was condemned by the government, and […]
Written on January 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Police are still trying to put the pieces together to identify the decomposing skeletal remains of an unidentified man found last Saturday on the Macal Riverbank. Police say that they have no active missing person’s report that matches the remains. They now hope that a distinguishing tattoo lifted by the forensics team will help to […]
Written on January 19, 2021 | Posted in
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The Corozal Free Zone will reopen in less than two weeks on February first. There is a lot at stake with the reopening of the zone and serious preparations are underway to prevent the further spread of the COVID-19 virus, especially since Mexico has recorded one point six-five million cases and more than one hundred […]
Written on January 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Meanwhile, the nationwide curfew from eight p.m. to five a.m. has been in effect since December twentieth of last year. And in the Corozal and Orange Walk districts, the restrictions were stricter, with no cross-district and inter-district movement allowed. Since then, the COVID-19 cases in the northern districts have been steadily decreasing. There has been […]
Written on January 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Belize proudly received the body of its first Governor General this afternoon when it arrived at the P.G.I.A. It was draped in the Belizean flag and met by a detail of Belize Defense Force soldiers who carried with much pomp and circumstance. Government officials, including Prime Minister John Briceño, were on hand to witness the […]
Written on January 18, 2021 | Posted in
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