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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that a number of patrons in bars and nightclub establishments weren’t wearing masks this weekend. He notes that social distancing was also not being observed in some of the businesses. These actions, coupled with a few other concerns, have pushed the Commissioner to prohibit police officers from providing security […]
Written on July 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Belizeans security forces on Saturday night deterred a narco plane from landing in the country. That plane was forced to crash land on a highway in Quintana Roo, Mexico. The Mexican army secured more than five hundred kilos of cocaine in two separate vehicles linked to the plane. The aircraft was located by the army’s […]
Written on July 6, 2020 | Posted in
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A man well-known to the law died within hours after he was shot following a brazen robbery. On Thursday, around three o’clock in the afternoon, the Belama Branch of Scotia Bank was hit by five robbers. Gasman Young Junior was shot to the neck when he attempted to flee, along with four others, in a […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Dylon Flowers was released from police detention just after five this evening. News Five understands that because he was released pending investigation, he can be rearrested and charged. But at this time it would appear that he was released on the grounds of self-defence. As we reported, Flowers shot and killed his brother-in-law, Roy Gabourel […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The government has confirmed that Brads Gaming Group Limited has been awarded another ten year contract to administer the lottery; the most popular game of chance in the country. There was speculation for months about who would receive the license because it had been put out to bid since last year. Brads has been running […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The situation at the University of Belize continues to deteriorate and is reaching boiling point. Tonight, U.B.’s Faculty and Staff Union is threatening industrial action if the University continues to exclude them in determining how U.B. will pull out of the financial crisis. Government has drastically cut the subvention, so UB finds itself unable to […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The People’s United Party today chastised the Ministry of Education for cutting the subvention for the University of Belize. The P.U.P. says that the government’s decision to slash the university subvention by twenty-four point two percent from eleven million dollars to eight-point three-four million dollars is misguided. This, the P.U.P. says, will inevitably lead to […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The People’s United Party is also condemning what it describes as the disrespect shown to the U.B. Faculty and Staff Union by the Board of Trustees and the Ministry of Education. Former Minister of Education, Francis Fonseca says that the union must be consulted and allowed to participate fully and meaningfully in all Board meetings […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to the ruling of the recent ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice, the former Attorney General, Francis Fonseca, says that Prime Minister Dean Barrow has gone rogue and is disregarding the rule of law. Pre-empting the C.C.J.’s ruling last week, Prime Minister Barrow famously told the nation that he “won’t pay, can’t pay.” […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The phased repatriation process continued today and so far two hundred and sixty-four Belizeans have been brought home. Two groups arrived today at the P.G.I.A., one from the U.S. and the first from El Salvador. A total of nine hundred and seventy three have applied and eight hundred and eleven of those applicants have been […]
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Belize has recorded twenty-eight cases of COVID-19 – of the eight active cases, one of those patients was ordered to leave the country, so currently there are seven cases within our borders. The active cases represent one foreigner and six Belizeans; these are all persons who entered illegally as well as repatriated Belizeans. But a […]
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Armed robbers carried out a brazen robbery this afternoon around three o’clock; as many as five men, including a minor, pounced on the Belama Branch of the Scotia Bank. At the time, customers were still inside the bank conducting businesses. The investigation is in the early stage, but police have been able to provide some […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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As you heard just now, cops were quick to respond and nab the culprits in the robbery at the Scotia Bank Branch on the George Price Highway. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams praised the officers’ good work. But we asked Williams what can business owners do to avoid becoming targets of robbers. The ComPol […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The purchase of Scotiabank Belize by Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited, the parent company of the Belize Bank, awaits regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Belize. The initial announcement was made on June twenty-second by Governor Joy Grant in a recorded statement acknowledging that the transaction is commercial in nature between two private companies and […]
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The Central Bank is an autonomous body assigned to regulate the financial sector. A majority of its board, however, is made up of members who are appointed by the Minister of Finance, who is also the prime minister. While PM Barrow is on record stating that government cannot meddle in the affairs of the regulator, […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Last Friday, PM Barrow preempted the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice by publicly stating that government won’t and can’t pay any damages awarded to Belize International Services Limited in respect of the 2013 ship registries takeover. As it turns out, the C.C.J. has in fact ruled that the acquisition of the companies were […]
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The road ahead for B.I.S.L. to collect on the damages is uncertain as it will entail another round of litigation once a quantum is settled at the Supreme Court. According to PM Barrow, an appeal of that decision is imminent on either side and whenever the C.C.J. has presided over the matter in the appellate […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The government owes Lord Michael Ashcroft and his various companies as much as two hundred and fifty million dollars, including the mounting debt from Universal Health Services, as well as pending damages from the recent B.I.S.L. judgment. In 2016, government settled the then outstanding B.T.L. compensation for over five hundred million dollars. Altogether, the Barrow […]
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The prime minister’s no-decision view on an oral judgment handed down by former Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin has raised several eyebrows, particularly those in legal circles who argue that the verdict against the Minister of Finance for flouting the Finance and Audit Reform Act is valid despite though it was in oral form. While precedence […]
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Police are investigating the case of a man who was shot dead in rural Belize. The report is that it started out as a case of domestic dispute between a husband and wife. But the husband, the alleged aggressor, was armed with a machete and was outside of his in-law’s property after his wife had […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The C.C.J. on Tuesday delivered a severe decision against the government using language like abuse of power, high-handed, and inconsistent with good governance. . The judgment handed down is in respect of an appeal filed by Belize Investment Services Limited, the former parent company of IMMARBE and IBC registries is a scathing indictment of the […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Lord Michael Ashcroft Reacts to C.C.J. Decision
The likelihood of Lord Ashcroft being able to collect on hundreds of millions of dollars owed to him under the Barrow administration, is likely at zero to none as the clock ticks toward the next general elections. Prime Minister Dean Barrow has ignored the ruling of the court on previous matters, including the ballooning U.H.S. […]
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After signing an agreement in Miami, the PM agreed to pay five hundred million dollars for the acquisition and nationalization of B.T.L. Government is once again indebted to Lord Michael Ashcroft to the tune of roughly two hundred and fifty million dollars. That hefty figure includes the interest that continues to accrue on the U.H.S. […]
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Under the leadership of Prime Minister Dean Barrow, the government has amended laws on several occasions to suit its position on legal matters and introduced retroactive amendments. This was first evidenced during litigation following the acquisition of B.T.L. in 2009. While Lord Ashcroft is aware of these sudden constitutional changes, he also points to the […]
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In a lengthy written decision accompanying the C.C.J.’s ruling on Tuesday, there are several points in which the bench rebukes the Government for its actions pertaining to B.I.S.L. Justice Peter Jamadar in his judgment highlighted the fact that the company was deprived of its share of income for seven years, from June 2013 when it […]
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