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The Briceño administration has recorded a significant milestone, reaching the halfway point of its five-year term with several achievements, including steady economic growth, as well as a concerted effort towards constitutional reform. Earlier today, the Office of the Prime Minister released a recorded statement during which the head of government touched on a number of […]
Written on June 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Late this evening, Stake Bank Enterprises Limited issued a release following a decision handed down by the Court of Appeals. The company says that it has been vindicated by the ruling of the appellate court. Stake Bank Enterprises Limited had filed a claim before the High Court for Judicial Review against the Government of Belize, […]
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Another highlight of the prime minister’s televised address is constitutional reform. While the People’s Constitution Commission met today to provide an update on its ongoing work, PM Briceño alluded to the importance of this exercise during his speech. Prime Minister John Briceño “Perhaps the most exciting process in our young administration is the mandate […]
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P.C.C. Chairman Anthony Chanona says that the initial challenge was managing the personalities of twenty-three organizations that form the commission. A strategic plan was also adopted, as well as an orientation of the different methodologies of constitutionalism. Chairman Anthony Chanona says that a lot of people, ninety-eight percent, do not know the contents of the […]
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Today, and for the next two days, the People’s Constitution Commission is holding an orientation workshop where presentations will guide the P.C.C.’s Public Outreach Education strategy and Manuals. The aim is to understand the role and importance of thematic committees, to establish a working relationship with the media and to adopt a diaspora outreach strategy. […]
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Going back to the Prime Minister’s midterm address, he also focused on Belize’s economic state of affairs. He began by acknowledging the turnaround, as well as the implementation of the five-dollar minimum wage at the start of the year. Prime Minister John Briceño “Together, we rescued our Belizean dollar from devaluation. Our new policies […]
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One man is dead and two women are being treated for gunshot injuries following a domestic dispute on Sunday night in Camalote Village. The deceased has been identified as twenty-five-year-old Wilmer Hernandez. The two women receiving treatment are twenty-five-year-old Maria Guevera and twenty-four-year-old Luzbin Ordonez. The domestic dispute occurred in front of Ordonez’s farm in […]
Written on June 19, 2023 | Posted in
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A man from Orange Walk was shot dead on Saturday night in that town. The victim, twenty-five-year-old Roberto Aragon lived less than a hundred yards away, through an alley. The incident happened in the wee hours of Sunday and no one was around when it happened. However, police are checking whether any surveillance camera in […]
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An inspector of police has been criminally charged for wounding a man who was detained at police station outside of his jurisdiction. Inspector Christopher Martinez, the Head of Special Patrol Unit in Belize City, was charged after twenty-nine-year-old, Aaron Flowers alleged that Martinez beat him in the head with a pair of handcuffs. Flowers, who […]
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A businessman was shot during a robbery in Silk Grass Village, Stann Creek on Saturday and his common-law wife was robbed of cash. Andriel Chan reported to police that he thought the four men who showed up in a car wanted to buy fuel, but then he saw a gun and decided to run. The […]
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A domestic dispute in San Ignacio led to the chopping of a man. Police say the incident happened on Panama Street and when officers responded to the scene, they found George Lopez with multiple chop wounds. Information, according to police is that Lopez went to his mother’s house and got into a dispute with a […]
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This morning, following a series of fiery exchanges in the House of Representatives, Prime Minister John Briceño rubbished the Definitive Agreement signed by government and Portico in 2020. Tearing up a copy of the controversial deal comes several weeks after the very same document, along with proposed legislation, was presented to Cabinet. As we’ve reported, […]
Written on June 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Before the prime minister shredded the original version of the Definitive Agreement, the Leader of the Opposition was allowed to ask the first of three questions submitted last Thursday. That question triggered a back-and-forth across the aisle that ultimately led to the prime minister asking Shyne Barrow if he was being paid to take the […]
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Speaker of the House, Valerie Woods had to call a recess during the debate on the Definitive Agreement after an argument erupted between the Leader of the Opposition and members of the government. It began with Barrow rising from his seat to raise a point of order. Following his point of order, a government representative […]
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According to Prime Minister Briceño, as many as seventeen titles for lands adjacent to Northern Lagoon were issued just a few days before the November 2020 general elections. He says that those properties were subsequently sold to Portico. Prime Minister John Briceño “The honorable member from Corozal North, who he has sitting beside him. […]
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During the heated exchange, the Prime Minister said that a total of eight hundred and fifty acres of land were sold for the rock-bottom price of one hundred and seventeen thousand dollars. He says those properties were acquired by Portico a few weeks later. Prime Minister John Briceño “The Definitive Agreement is useless without […]
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The Port of Belize Limited has written to Ombudsman Gilbert Swazo for a second time following up on a request made on May twenty-ninth in respect of an investigation into corruption and wrongdoing by Erwin Contreras, the former Minister of Economic Development. The letter, written by Stewart Howard, a director of the company, provides eight […]
Written on June 15, 2023 | Posted in
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The controversial Portico Definitive Agreement continues to make headlines. Tonight, Michael Peyrefitte, the Chairman of the United Democratic Party, is in the hot seat. Peyrefitte was questioned by reporters earlier today about his relationship with businessman Barry Williams, an American national. In a previous story elsewhere in the media, Williams was accused of money laundering […]
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Peyrefitte further argued that his relationship with Williams in a professional capacity is being used to distract the public from the real issue surrounding the Definitive Agreement. That issue, says Peyrefitte, is that the agreement was taken to Cabinet for approval. Michael Peyrefitte, Former Attorney General “What, what does that have to do with […]
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So while former U.D.P Attorney General, Mike Peyrefitte spoke in great detail about the now famous Definitive Agreement between the government and Portico Enterprises Limited, Minister of Tourism, Anthony Mahler and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Chris Coye are revising the document to see what portions of it needs to be amended. […]
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On Wednesday, we reported the devastating story of four-year-old K’Lee Flores who perished inside a burning house on Sarstoon Street in Belize City. The special needs child was sleeping inside a bedroom in the upper flat of the home when a fire broke inside the house. Attempts were made by a thirteen-year-old to rescue the […]
Written on June 15, 2023 | Posted in
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The 2022-2023 sugar crop officially came to a close today. The figures are almost finalized, but the preliminary reports do not look good. The Belize Sugar Industries Limited says there was a thirty-five percent decrease in sugarcane deliveries for the season, when compared to seasons past. This has directly impacted the quantity of sugar the […]
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We begin tonight’s newscast with the tragic death of a four-year-old special needs child who lost her life in a fire this morning in Belize City. A fire broke out around four a.m., while the family slept inside their Sarstoon Street home. It spread quickly and consumed the upper flat of the two storey structure. […]
Written on June 14, 2023 | Posted in
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Was there negligence in the death of four-year-old K’Lee Flores? Social media has been buzzing and even at the scene of the fire, the question of who is ultimately responsible for the tragedy came up. Station Supervisor at the National Fire Service, Kenneth Mortis says that outside of a dialogue with a police investigator, there […]
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A sizeable quantity of an assortment of illegal drugs, including cannabis, cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin was confiscated during an operation in Burrell Boom Village on Tuesday evening. Law enforcement officers conducted a search in a bushy area where they found sixty-six parcels of suspected cannabis. An additional search of the area yielded twelve transparent […]
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