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Last night, we showed you the Prime Minister’s response to questions about his administration’s decision to seek a second legal opinion from Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes on the validity of the Definitive Agreement. Tonight, the Leader of the Opposition is still pressing the Government of Belize on the matter. He says that he still cannot […]
Written on July 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Last night, we also told you that the Senate voted unanimously for the appointment of a Special Select Committee that will investigate the Definitive Agreement. Opposition Leader Barrow weighed in on the Senate’s decision, noting that the matter is a live issue and not a quote “dead horse”, as some government officials would want the […]
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Police are yet to charge Daisy Lopez detained since Monday for the stabbing death of fifty-two-year-old Rosita Olivera, a resident of Progresso Village in Corozal District. Police confirmed that Lopez was in an altercation with her common-law husband who is Olivera’s younger brother, when the deceased woman stepped in and ended up being stabbed multiple […]
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It took the news by storm in May, when word got out that a Definitive Agreement existed between the Government of Belize and Portico Enterprises Limited, a thirty-one page document that proposed huge concessions for an ambitious project. In part, it called for, “development, construction, operation and management of a cruise ship docking facility, including […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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The Definitive Agreement has had both political mass parties accusing each other of some degree of corruption to have either signed the document into existence in one instance, and to facilitate its progress in the other. Over the weekend, Prime Minister John Briceño told reporters that the government got a second legal opinion on the […]
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Former Prime Minister Dean Barrow also chimed in briefly on the significance of a Special Select Committee to investigate the dubious agreement between Portico and the Government of Belize. He says that the members of civil society in the upper house are owed a debt of gratitude for their endeavor. Dean Barrow, Former Prime […]
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Both sides of the isle supported the Special Select Committee’s investigation of the Definitive Agreement, and both sides have pointed fingers at each other with accusations of corruption. When we had a break to speak with P.U.P. Senator, Eamon Courtenay following the senate meeting, we asked him what misunderstanding there could have been on Juratowitch’s […]
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Did the esteemed legal mind tasked with providing Cabinet with an initial opinion on the validity of the Definitive Agreement misunderstand his assignment? That’s what Prime Minister John Briceño told reporters this weekend. He said that King’s Counsel, Doctor Ben Juratowitch got it wrong, prompting Cabinet to seek a second opinion from Senior Counsel Douglas […]
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We begin our newscast tonight with a tragedy up north where two persons lost their lives in a fatal road traffic accident. It happened around four-thirty this morning, near San Antonio Village in Orange Walk District. Investigation has revealed that a police vehicle, driven by Jose Paz, ordered the driver of a dump truck to […]
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Police have arrested three men in connection with the murder of eighteen-year-old Gabrel Tillett. Tillett’s body was retrieved from the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery on Tuesday morning, after his family said he went missing on Monday night. The three charged are twenty-two-year-old Robert Lamb, twenty-six-year-old Kevin Lanza, and twenty-eight-year-old Samuel Trapp. Police believe these are the […]
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And while Daniel Tillett has been charged with being a member of a gang, he was not the only one that the police charged today with that offence. Police investigations in the Antelope Street Extension area resulted in three more youths facing that charge. They are twenty-seven-year-old Alrick Lamb, twenty-six-year-old Mervin Martin, and twenty-four-year-old Edwin […]
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The re-division exercise carried out by the Elections and Boundaries Commission has been completed. The activity was held to consider the distribution of Belize’s population and make provisions for dividing the country into at least twenty-eight electoral divisions. The chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission will present a report with proposals to the National […]
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Earlier today, Cabinet Minister Francis Fonseca weighed in once again on the Definitive Agreement that was signed between Portico Enterprises Limited and the Government of Belize in 2020. Fonseca admits that he never saw the legal opinion provided by Doctor Ben Juratowitch on the validity of the agreement. He also described the extensive coverage by […]
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The Briceño administration inaugurated the new Coastal Plain Highway earlier today near Gales Point Village. While Prime Minister Briceño and several senior government officials were on hand for the ceremony, a press conference was being held simultaneously in Belize City. At the Radisson this morning, a team of consultants who did extensive work on Waterloo’s […]
Written on July 6, 2023 | Posted in
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The Piedroba Consulting Group was brought on board by Waterloo to conduct all the technical works necessary for the proposal to be granted environmental approval. Notwithstanding the scientific and fact-based approach, environmental clearance was denied twice. According to Luis Prieto y Munoz, that decision appeared to have been political and not based on the merits […]
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Despite its proposal being rejected twice, Waterloo says that it is important to note that a significant amount of money has been invested by the company in pre-development activities, hiring the best and most experienced technical experts to put together a comprehensive plan that exceeded the requirements of NEAC. Luis Prieto y Munoz, Piedroba […]
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Turning now to Prime Minister Briceño, this morning we asked him about the legal opinion submitted by Doctor Ben Juratowitch on the validity of Portico’s Definitive Agreement. Juratowitch’s learned position was presented well before the controversial document was determinedly taken to Cabinet. The prime minister attempted to talk down the value of the legal advice […]
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The state of play concerning the various cruise development projects remains dynamic. During our time with Waterloo’s consultants, we asked about a proposed next step should government decide that it will give the Port of Belize Expansion Project a stamp of approval. Isani Cayetano “You’ve had two attempts at getting NEAC’s approval to proceed […]
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Today, surveillance footage from the area of Rivero Street and Fabers Road was leaked and ended up on social media. The video clips capture the killing of sixteen-year-old Jahfeth Stamp and the subsequent shooting of forty-three-year-old Wayne Matura. It is believed that the videos were shared with police to assist with the investigation, but were […]
Written on July 5, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, Angela Lopez, the mother of sixteen-year-old Jahfeth Stamp, visited our office. She is seeking financial assistance with the burial of her only child. She is also demanding justice for the callous manner in which the minor was shot and killed. Admittedly, Lopez said that her son was no saint, he did not own […]
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The police have not yet issued any details into the murder of eighteen-year-old Gabrel Tillett. The youth’s mutilated body was found in the Lord Ridge Cemetery on Tuesday morning, after he disappeared Monday night. Missing was his pants and cell phone and while police try to solve this latest murder; Tillett’s family says he was […]
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Former Cop Elmer Nah returned to the Belmopan Magistrate Court this morning for partial disclosure in the triple homicide case of David, Jon and Viviane Ramnarace. The three were socializing on Jon and Viviane’s property on News Years night in Belmopan when a lone gunman ambushed them. David and Jon died that night as a […]
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The family of the slain victims rallied outside the courtroom this morning in Belmopan. Saldivar says the family is cautiously optimistic that justice will be served. They are, however, concerned about the favorable treatment that Nah appears to be enjoying. Arthur Saldivar, Legal Advisor for Ramnarace Family “The family remains cautiously optimistic that due […]
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Police have a new murder to solve in Belize City. This morning, investigators were summoned to the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery where they discovered the body of Gabriel Tillett, an eighteen-year-old labourer of the Pitter Street area, near Antelope Street Extension. That is a few blocks away from where the youth’s body was found. Someone passing […]
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Two fires were recorded over the weekend out west; one of which claimed the life of a mother of three. The fire broke around three a.m. on Sunday in the Duck Run One community and while the property owner’s mother was able to escape unhurt, they would later that day realise that Mendez, an employee […]
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