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Back to the port, meetings were held today between the parties seeking a way forward and it is expected that activity would resume in the next few days pending the arrival of cargo vessels. At this meeting, the Port of Belize put the cards on the table now that the Prime Minister has said that […]
Written on July 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to the Caribbean Court of Justice where SpeedNet is appealing a decision from the Belize Court of Appeal on the matter of provisional licenses. Now, the matter has been languishing before the courts for years and has gone through the local courts all the way to the C.C.J. The Public Utilities Commission is claiming […]
Written on July 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay pressed the court that it would be unfair for him to proceed with the presentation of his argument. The judges offered that the P.U.C., represented by attorney Fred Lumor, assume the cost of court for attempting to introduce a late submission and with that as a remedy, asked to proceed with […]
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The strike continues at the Port of Belize which means that cargo cannot be unloaded or loaded in the midst of the economic fallout due to the COVID pandemic. The ongoing logjam between the Port of Belize Limited and the Christian Workers Union, amid the termination of thirty-six employees last Wednesday, has seen operations at […]
Written on July 29, 2020 | Posted in
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That statement was made this morning at a press conference when Prime Minister Barrow announced that government, through the Development Finance Corporation, DFC, is rolling out ten million dollars for on-lending to stakeholders in the tourism industry. Eligible businesses, small, medium and large, can access funds that have been sourced, in part, from the Caribbean […]
Written on July 29, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, so as to be able to lend the monies at a six percent interest rate, government has to subsidize one percent or one hundred thousand dollars of the ten million dollars being made available. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “In order to arrive at the six percent interest rate […]
Written on July 29, 2020 | Posted in
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The DFC loans, says General Manager Natalie Goff, are to be used as working capital and part of the company or business’ eligibility requires that thirty percent of staff must be retained. The programme will be rolled out this Monday across the country and while the ten million dollars is not a large amount, the […]
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The courtroom of Justice Antoinette Moore was crowded today for the mitigation plea of William “Danny” Mason. The families of the convicted men were in court for the second day of mitigation in the trial that has captivated the nation. Pastor Llewellyn Lucas’ sister sat stoically as Mason spoke. He, along with four other men, […]
Written on July 29, 2020 | Posted in
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Back in December 2019, when the five men were found guilty of the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas, it was indicated that an appeal would be filed. Norman Rodriguez, attorney for Ashton Vanegas, told the media today that he awaits instructions from his client on how to proceed. Norman Rodriguez, Attorney for Ashton Vanegas […]
Written on July 29, 2020 | Posted in
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Back to the PM’s press conference, the last general elections were held in November 2015, and all indications so far are that the anticipated elections vote will not take place before November of this year. That’s because, according to PM Barrow, government is very much occupied with its COVID response which includes charting the way […]
Written on July 29, 2020 | Posted in
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But the government coffers are not full and since introducing an initiative to raise thirty million U.S. dollars through treasury notes in early June, the Central Bank of Belize has raised a little over twenty million dollars. It is two-thirds of what is being sought locally so as to infuse much needed foreign exchange back […]
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A well-known businessman from Ladyville was brutally shot and killed on Monday night in a robbery that turned deadly. It is second murder in that community in the past nine days. Now, Orin Velasquez is described as a pillar of the community and there has been an outpouring of grief as residents come to terms […]
Written on July 28, 2020 | Posted in
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William “Danny’’ Mason and four others, convicted for the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas, were escorted to the Supreme Court this morning well before nine o’clock. The men have been awaiting sentencing, but their day of reckoning has been met with hurdles. Today, it was no exception as difficulties in court technology gave way to […]
Written on July 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Mason Five Seeks the Mercy of the Court Ahead of Sentencing
Attorney Norman Rodriguez, who represents Ashton Vanegas, told the media late this evening, following the mitigation pleas, that the least he expects for his client is a sentence of twenty-five years. That is based on precedence having been set for punishment of a crime of this nature. He was the second lawyer to have spoken […]
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According to Rodriguez, the number of years to be handed down by Justice Moore will succeed careful deliberation having heard the pleas of the convicted killers, as well as family members and attorneys. It is not to say, however, that they will all received the same sentence despite being criminally charged and tried in joint […]
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Not far from Ladyville where Orin Velasquez was murdered, in Lord’s Bank, brazen robbers also broke into a house. The early morning heist netted thieves a reported thirty thousand dollars, according to persons in the know. At five o’clock this morning, Ladyville Police responded to a 911 call which led them to Lord’s Bank Store. […]
Written on July 28, 2020 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health is moving quickly to ban and recall a number of products, primarily hand sanitizers that originate from Mexico. These products have one thing in common, they contain methanol, which is considered a substance that is toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested. The list of products includes about sixty items. […]
Written on July 28, 2020 | Posted in
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The stalemate involving the Port of Belize and the Christian Workers Union continues tonight and another day went by without loading and unloading of cargo which means that the shrinking economy continues to be impacted. According to P.B.L. today, the union has rejected a proposal to settle the dispute through mediation. P.B.L. says that to […]
Written on July 28, 2020 | Posted in
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The P.B.L. also welcomes the statement of the B.C.C.I. that was released earlier today. The Belize Chamber of Commerce is calling on the parties involved to go back to the negotiating table for a resolution to the ongoing dispute. B.C.C.I. states that the disruption of activities at the port is having a serious impact on […]
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Two houses were consumed by fire on Monday night, displacing as many as eight persons from two families. The fire erupted before eight o’clock and spread quickly, destroying the properties located off Wagner Lane in Belize City. It is believed that a domestic dispute among siblings led to arson. Here is News Five’s Isani Cayetano […]
Written on July 28, 2020 | Posted in
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There was an execution over the weekend up north where twenty-three-year-old Jair Tamay was fatally shot multiple times; his body was discovered at the Ricalde Stadium around six-thrifty on Saturday morning. The young man left his house with a friend around midday on Friday and never came back. Here is News Five’s Duane Moody with […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Three days before the execution of Tamay, there was another murder recorded in the Corozal District. On July twenty-second, Raymond “Snow” Jenkins was shot dead inside his car in Carolina Village; his six-year-old son was also inside the vehicle and witnessed as two men on a motorcycle rode up to the vehicle and fatally shot […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Since the murder of Jenkins, there have been two other shootings incidents in that northern district – one which occurred on Saturday night that left one person injured and then there is the execution of Jair Tamay. ACP Joseph Myvett spoke about the spike in gun violence in the north; while he did not say […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Police were also called to Saint Mathews Village on the George Price Highway. Four armed men targeted Jacklyn’s Store in the village and stabbed its owner, Lionel Tobar and injured his wife on Saturday morning. Tobar attempted to stop the robbers, but the armed men made away with the cash from the sales. Here is […]
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A domestic dispute between a Punta Gorda resident and her spouse may have been the reason behind an aggravated burglary inside a hotel room over the weekend. Police in that southern municipality are investigating that angle as they try to determine who entered a room that Daphne Haught was occupying after leaving her home a […]
Written on July 27, 2020 | Posted in
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