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The Public Utilities Commission bought the old Mirab building on North Front Street for ten point three million dollars in December 2019. But since the purchase, the P.U.C. remains at its Gabourel Lane address, paying about twelve thousand dollars in monthly rent. The details of the sale were revealed by the new chairman of the […]
Written on January 18, 2021 | Posted in
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Two former employees of the Ministry of Labour, Local Government and Rural Transformation were slapped with fifteen charges of theft for reportedly misappropriating more than thirty-five thousand dollars from government funds. Clerks Emany Sanchez and Steve Murray Junior were both arrested and charged over the weekend. ACP Joseph Myvett says that the investigation continues into […]
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There are two murders to report tonight. The first occurred on Sunday afternoon on the south side of Belize City. Malique Green has had several run-ins with the law, and just before two, as he headed to a shop, he was executed – one shot to the head. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane […]
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A family dispute ended with fatal consequences for a family in San Martin Belmopan on Sunday. Walter Axcel Gonzalez was at home when his step-father arrived and got into an argument with his mother. Gonzalez intervened, and the two men, who were reportedly under the influence, got into a physical fight. The family says the […]
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Today, police shared the official details of what the investigation has uncovered about this fatal stabbing. At the time of this interview with ACP Joseph Myvett, Walter Gonzalez was still alive. As we told you just now, he died later this evening from the injuries he sustained. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation […]
Written on January 18, 2021 | Posted in
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A new year is underway on the legal calendar, commencing on a somber note as the judiciary laments the dire straits in which it finds itself once again. With a bottleneck of undelivered decisions and pending cases brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, the budget set aside for the work of the third […]
Written on January 18, 2021 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño left the country on Tuesday and is to return on January seventeenth. During his absence, the Minister of Natural Resources, Petroleum, and Mining is acting as Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development. But those additional duties did not prevent Minister Hyde from a scheduled visit to Dangriga, where […]
Written on January 14, 2021 | Posted in
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It was infamously dubbed as a “hotbed of corruption” by former Prime Minister Dean Barrow and tonight, new Lands Minister Cordel Hyde speaks of the unabated pillaging of crown land facilitated by former ministers and employees of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Land scams, land grabs – it is all being uncovered by Minister Hyde, […]
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While speaking about weeding out the department’s corruption, among those who have left is Wilbert Vallejos. Vallejos was the Lands Commissioner under the U.D.P. administration. Police raided his home in Patchakan, Corozal, found over sixty thousand dollars in various currencies and denominations, and called in the Financial Intelligence Unit. But was the former lands commissioner […]
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The municipal elections are about a month and a half away, and the United Democratic Party is gearing up. Party Chairman Michael Peyrefitte says that there has been an overwhelming interest from persons wanting to represent the U.D.P. in the upcoming elections. The hopefuls need to apply and be vetted by the party’s screening committee […]
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The five-year contract signed by the Director of Tourism Karen Bevans in April 2019 is the subject of much scrutiny, particularly since it has left the new P.U.P. administration hamstrung and cannot name a director of its own. In poring over the agreement, we note that the former Chief Operations Officer at Belize Telemedia Limited […]
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Prime Minister John Briceño departed the country on Tuesday, January twelfth, 2021, on personal leave. This means that Lake Independence Area Representative Cordel Hyde is acting Prime Minister. Briceño will return on Sunday, January seventeenth. But before he left, the Prime Minister chaired a virtual cabinet session on Tuesday, during which several decisions were made. […]
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On Friday, the contract for B.T.B.’s Tourism Director, Karen Bevan’s, was leaked to the public. Since that time, the details of the employment agreement signed on April first, 2019 have been causing much debate as the public continues tallying up the benefits outlined in the lucrative contract. The five-year contract starts with an annual salary […]
Written on January 13, 2021 | Posted in
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The board that the minister has selected to spearhead the country’s tourism rebound is led by Evan Tillett. Tillett is a former colleague of Minister Mahler and is no stranger to the industry. Both worked together at the B.T.B. Tillett was Director of Finance until 2009, when his contract was not renewed. That was under […]
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Minister Mahler also shared the key performance indicators for 2020. Since the reopening of the international airport in October 2020, overnight tourist arrivals were at three thousand one hundred and seventy-nine for that month, down by eighty-seven point five percent compared to 2019. That percentage carried through to November where four thousand eight hundred and […]
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The Senate had its first sitting for the new year today in Belmopan. As the government, the People’s United Party now has control of the Senate with six members mainly debating opposition senators, led by Michael Peyrefitte as Lead Opposition Senator. Unlike Friday’s House session, today’s Senate Sitting was shorter, but the debate was robust […]
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Responding to Peyrefitte was Senator for Government Business, Eamon Courtenay. After P.U.P. Senator Christopher Coye explained the expenditures, Courtenay stressed that the Briceño government did not breach the constitution and reminded Peyrefitte that it was the former Chief Justice who ruled that former PM Dean Barrow acted in contravention of the Belize Constitution. Eamon […]
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The Senate also debated the People’s United Party’s Good Governance in Belize Motion. The motion contains ten covenants that the twenty-six elected government officials pledge to uphold during their term in office. It includes eight pledges and promises that the Briceño Administration says it will see during its five years in office. These include the […]
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Senator for Government Business, Eamon Courtenay responded to Peyrefitte’s criticisms of the motion by reminding the senators on the other side that the motion places on House and Senate record the covenants of the P.U.P. government. Courtenay explains that through the motions, the elected area representatives can be held accountable. Eamon Courtenay, Senator for […]
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Reacting to the Government’s Good Governance Bill were three social partners senators. While they applauded the government for tabling such a motion, they also have concerns and criticism of what the motion contained. Osmany Salas, Senator of N.G.O.s “I think it is a good thing that this motion is being tabled here today and […]
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The state funeral for former Governor-General Doctor Dame Minita Gordon will be held on January twentieth, here in Belize City. The interment of the first Governor-General of Belize will culminate three days of mourning during which the Belizean flag will be flown at half-mast across the country. The body of Dame Minita Gordon arrives at […]
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On Monday, just before the nightly curfew, Santa Elena resident Gabino Garnett Junior was leaving his girlfriend’s house in Esperanza Village when he met his death. Garnett Junior, a father of four, was mercilessly gunned down. He was rushed to the hospital, but he didn’t survive the attack. News Five went west to find out […]
Written on January 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Former Minister of Works Rene Montero is at the heart of a land scandal in which it is alleged that a number of dubious transactions were conducted on his behalf through the Ministry of Natural Resources during his terms of office. The latest revelation regarding a scheme that was purportedly ran by the Cayo Central […]
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In another case, De La Rosa shares the story of an individual who later found out that his information was used to acquire a piece of land. He approached De La Rosa, who at the time was also under Montero’s employ, and asked him to relay a message to the former Minister of Works. He […]
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In light of Eddie de la Rosa’s testimony, who says he witnessed the corrupt activities within government ministries, the P.S.U. says that people like De La Rosa need protecting. De La Rosa fled to the U.S. after he felt his life was in danger because he is now a whistleblower. The Public Service Union says […]
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