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The second fire also occurred on Sunday morning, but this time in San Ignacio. Just before dawn, a fire started inside a two-storey house on Second Street with its owner, Leopoldo Waight, inside. The upper flat of the building, where it is believed that the fire started, was wooden and the ground floor was concrete. […]
Written on July 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has written to Royal Caribbean Group in response to a letter from Vice President Josh Carroll two weeks ago. In Barrow’s letter, he raises several concerns, including the legal opinion presented by Doctor Ben Juratowitch, the minutes of the meeting from the 2021 NEAC meeting, as well as the proposed use […]
Written on July 4, 2023 | Posted in
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On Monday, the Government of Belize issued a press release reiterating its position on Portico, presumably to get ahead of a fresh round of criticism in light of new revelation that the Briceño administration was advised of the illegality of the Definitive Agreement long before it was presented in Cabinet. The fifty-one page document is […]
Written on July 4, 2023 | Posted in
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The cost of living has been a hot-button issue since before the COVID pandemic subsided. Since then, other events, such as the high cost of fuel, freight costs, and the war in Ukraine have prolonged the inflation that Belize and the rest of the world are experiencing. Nonetheless, there are measures governments can take to […]
Written on July 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Chief Executive Officer Valentino Shal, of the Ministry of Labor and Local Government, led a delegation to Panama City where they attended a regional workshop hosted by the Regional Conference on Migration and the International Organization for Migration. The conference focused on the exchange of experiences regarding migrant workers, domestic and agricultural work, and circular […]
Written on July 4, 2023 | Posted in
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We begin tonight’s newscast with the shooting death of a sixteen-year-old minor that occurred on Rivero Street on Sunday. The minor reportedly went to commit a crime, but his would-be responded and shot him dead. Even as he took his last breath face down on the ground, his partner in crime would retrieve the gun […]
Written on July 3, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon, ComPol Chester Williams, along with members of the Leadership Intervention Unit, was out in the Rivero Street area speaking with residents, as well as the Matura family. Tension has been building in the area and the commissioner says that there will be increased police presence. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The area […]
Written on July 3, 2023 | Posted in
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An altercation at the Elton Gillett Park in Burrell Boom last Friday night has left a Coast Guard officer unconscious and partially paralyzed and several persons in police detention. The story has two main versions, one that accuses the Coast Guard Officer, Daniel Sabido of being the attacker, and another that has him as a […]
Written on July 3, 2023 | Posted in
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The Briceño administration has restated its position on the scandalous Definitive Agreement, following the leak of another confidential paper that was presented back in April. Legal advice on the validity of the Definitive Agreement was in fact sought by the Government of Belize and, despite the professional opinion of renowned advocate, Doctor Ben Juratowitch, the […]
Written on July 3, 2023 | Posted in
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The controversy surrounding Portico’s Definitive Agreement continues to be a fluid issue. Prime Minister John Briceño gave the media a long-awaited interview today, on his thirtieth anniversary as a senior parliamentarian. It came after a meeting of the House of Representatives in Belmopan where a number of issues were tabled. And Portico was again, at […]
Written on June 30, 2023 | Posted in
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Also during today’s House Meeting, the Minister of Sustainable Development, Orlando Habet, responded to a question asked by the Leader of the Opposition in respect of the Environmental Compliance Plan granted to Portico Enterprises Limited by the Department of Environment. Orlando Habet, Minister of Sustainable Development “The Port of Magical [Belize] project was granted […]
Written on June 30, 2023 | Posted in
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In his response to the Opposition Leader, Minister Habet provided a chronology that ended with him publicly stating that Portico is not in violation of its Environmental Compliance Plan. Orlando Habet, Minister of Sustainable Development “On April 11th, 2023, the company also submitted to the DOE the management plan for the Antillean manatee which […]
Written on June 30, 2023 | Posted in
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Former Minister of Agriculture Godwin Hulse has emerged victorious in a lawsuit against the Briceño administration. Hulse took the government to court following the Commission of Inquiry into the Sale of Government Assets in 2021. The commission, led by Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck, accused Hulse of wrong doing while he was a minister of government. […]
Written on June 30, 2023 | Posted in
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As we’ve reported, Anthony Sylvestre is the new Attorney General. He replaces Magali Marin-Young, who had expressed intent to return to private practice. Sylvestre has held several positions on committees and boards, including the Board of Trustees of the University of Belize, on the Belize Advisory Council on the Guatemalan Claim, and the Income and […]
Written on June 30, 2023 | Posted in
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Two days after well-known Orange Walk jockey Anthony Deras was chopped and stabbed to death by two of his nephews, police have formally arrested and charged nineteen-year-old Myron Betancourt and a seventeen-year-old jointly for the crime of murder. Deras, a forty-seven-year-old employee of the Orange Walk Town Council, was involved in an altercation with the […]
Written on June 29, 2023 | Posted in
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The family of Iran “Basco” Jones is preparing for his funeral after they positively identified him as the murder victim who was found in Biscayne Village on Saturday afternoon. The corpse was callously dumped in a shallow grave off a feeder road and was detected by someone who was going hunting in the area. On […]
Written on June 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-three-year-old Rayford Mejia has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of the murder of Police Constable Osbourne Martinez. That decision was handed down in the courtroom of Justice Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft earlier today. Mejia won’t be eligible for parole until after serving twenty-five years of his sentence. PC Martinez, who was […]
Written on June 29, 2023 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, in the Corozal Magistrate’s Court, a pair of police officers, Isaias Sanchez and Rosario Romero, were cleared of serious charges following instructions from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to withdraw charges of manslaughter by negligence against them. This is in respective of the death of twenty-year-old Derrick Uh, who perished […]
Written on June 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Port Loyola Area Representative Gilroy Usher Senior and his son, who bears his namesake, appeared in court before the Chief Magistrate. Gilroy Usher Junior has been charged with damage to property after he allegedly damaged shutters, as well as a glass door, at his father’s place of business. A family dispute resulted in criminal charges […]
Written on June 29, 2023 | Posted in
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A new attorney general is set to take office on July first, replacing Magali Marin-Young as the country’s chief legal officer. Earlier today, the Government of Belize issued a release announcing that attorney Anthony Sylvestre has been nominated to take up the post. Under the Briceño administration, Sylvestre has held several positions on committees and […]
Written on June 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, the Essential Services Arbitration Tribunal reconvened a meeting with the Christian Workers Union and the Port of Belize Limited. The dispute between the two parties is over an award handed down in January 2022 for which compensation for loss must be paid to stevedores. But the P.B.L. is interpreting the ruling differently and so […]
Written on June 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Attorney Darrell Bradley, who represents the Christian Workers Union, says that the law puts in place the tribunal as the dispute resolution mechanism. ESAT decisions should be final. He explains that the union has been mature in the process, despite the award having been issued in their favour sixteen months ago. Darrell Bradley, Attorney […]
Written on June 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Today’s ESAT meeting took place two days before the twenty-one-day notice of strike would have expired. As stipulated in the act, the reconvening of the tribunal puts a stay on any industrial action. C.W.U. President Leonora Flowers believes that the move made was to prevent the stevedores from striking. Leonora Flowers, President, Christian Workers […]
Written on June 28, 2023 | Posted in
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A death investigation is underway in Orange Walk, following an altercation between an uncle and two of his nephews. Jockey Anthony Deras, who also goes by the surname Bartley, died after he was chopped and stabbed multiple times in front of his three children at his home just off Narciso Street. But as News Five […]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The redistricting exercise is a long-overdue process that is finally underway, but not without controversy. The redrawing of the electoral map across several of the thirty-one constituencies is causing a stir among area representatives from both major political parties. In Belize District, the idea is to reduce the number of constituencies from thirteen to eleven. […]
Written on June 27, 2023 | Posted in
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