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We begin our newscast tonight with the latest communication from Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited to the Government of Belize regarding the contentious Definitive Agreement. Earlier today, Chief Executive Officer Stewart Howard wrote to outgoing Attorney General Magali Marin-Young in respect of the controversial contract that was signed with Portico in October 2020, a flawed agreement […]
Written on June 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Waterloo’s letter to the Attorney General comes hard on the heels of another dispatch that was written by Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow to the C.E.O. Jason Liberty, of the Royal Caribbean Group on June twelfth. Earlier today, Barrow sat with the media to discuss the letter and the concerns that were raised with the Chief […]
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Former Prime Minister Dean Barrow has also opined on the issue of the Definitive Agreement, underscoring its illegality. According to the seasoned attorney, no individual minister is authorized to countersign an agreement such as that, given the details of its terms and conditions. He also said that his administration was taking its time carefully looking […]
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This morning, the Opposition Leader also discussed the stalled Stake Bank project and questioned how Portico was granted an Environmental Impact Assessment. Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “The you have Mike Feinstein, who is a renowned tourism stakeholder, has spent tens of millions of dollars in developing tourism projects, in particular, the recent […]
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Former Prime Minister Barrow also weighed in on PM Briceño’s presentation of the Definitive Agreement to Cabinet, saying that while the former Minister of Economic Development was wrong to have signed such an agreement, the sitting head of government was equally wrong for presenting it to Cabinet. Dean Barrow, Former Prime Minister “The fact […]
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We begin tonight’s newscast with a triple fatality that occurred on Friday night on the Philip Goldson Highway near Tubal Trade and Vocational Institute at mile ten. Kurtis Belisle was the driver of a pickup truck and traveling along with him were the Davis sisters Virginia and Dorothy and Virginia’s daughter, Torrie. Belisle was reportedly […]
Written on June 12, 2023 | Posted in
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The first murder for the year occurred just minutes into the New Year and the victim was Lionel Budna, a twenty-five-year-old of Central American Boulevard. Back then, the family told News Five that they believed that his killer was someone he knew. Budna was shot twice and died on the spot. On Sunday, approximately five […]
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This morning in the High Court, David Arnold, charged for the execution-style murder of well-known Belize City deejay Andrew ‘Hard Rock’ Bennett, walked away a free man. Arnold had been committed to stand trial and for the past six months, he had been back and forth from the Belize Central Prison regarding the matter. At […]
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On Friday night shots rang out at the basketball court behind the Charles Bartlett Hyde building in Belize City. When the gunfire subsided, Rosalind Ranguy had been shot to the foot. She was rushed to the K.H.M.H. where she is in a stable condition. Police say that two teenagers, one of whom is a minor, […]
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An employee of Blancaneaux Lodge lost her life in a massive fire that engulfed a sports utility vehicle on Sunday night in the Cayo District. Irene Gonzalez was driving alone along the San Antonio Road when the SUV went up in flames. It is unclear whether the thirty-year-old set the vehicle on fire or the […]
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Three families have been displaced by an early morning fire on Rivero Street in Belize City. If the area sounds familiar that is because just last week, an eighteen-year-old resident was shot dead a couple blocks away on Fabers Road and there has been tension in the area ever since. In fact, one of the […]
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There is a new development to report on tonight, pertaining to the controversial signing of a Definitive Agreement between Portico Enterprises Limited and the Government of Belize, signed by former Minister of Economic Development, Erwin Contreras. Attorney Godfrey Smith has written a Notice of Intended Proceedings to Erwin Contreras on behalf of Port of Belize […]
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Christopher Coye, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, also returned to Belize this afternoon, along with Prime Minister John Briceño. He was more receptive to the media and the questions on the Definitive Agreement. Minister Coye was asked about reports suggesting that he was the one who tabled the controversial contract in […]
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In our one-on-one interview with Lord Michael Ashcroft on Wednesday, he suggested that at least one of the controversial port contracts is, “a pension plan for the boys, except I think some of the boys have actually worked out that they are not in on the deal”. We caught up with Kareem Musa, a sitting […]
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As we reported on Thursday night, Prime Minister John Briceño informed us via text message, “Cabinet has asked Anthony [Mahler] and Chris [Coye] to meet the developers and work out an agreement that is more reasonable”. There is not much clarity at this time as to whether those negations are already underway, but both Minister […]
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This week’s Look on the Bright Side features a female breaking the gender bias in STEM. If you think of someone fixing electronic devices, you might not put a female’s face to the job, but I met one such person that’s not only fixing broken gadgets, but her specialty in the field has earned her […]
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Portico Enterprises Limited intends to dredge eight and half million cubic meters of material from the seabed in order to build a peninsula at the proposed site for the Port of Magical Belize and the environmental community has remained eerily quiet on the matter. It’s a stark difference to the public concerns that were raised […]
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Tonight, we’ll take a closer look at the state of cruise tourism development in Belize. Three companies, including Stake Bank, Portico Enterprise and Waterloo Holdings, are in legal disputes with the Government of Belize regarding the construction of additional cruise ports in the Belize District harbor. It’s a complicated and bitter affair for all parties […]
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As we reported earlier this week, Deputy Commissioner of Police Bart Jones wants D.C.P. Doctor Richard A. Rosado’s appointment date squashed. Through his attorney, D.C.P. Jones has filed an application seeking judicial review against the Security Services Commission’s decision to appoint Doctor Rosado to the post as Deputy Commissioner of Police. The claim is that […]
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Kevin Bernard, the Minister of Health and Wellness, is throwing his full support behind the Briceño administration’s plan to construct a ninety million dollar tertiary level hospital in Belmopan. This morning, he explained that the Western Regional Hospital’s infrastructure is in an irreparable state. He even invited the media on a tour of the facility […]
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As we have reported, the K.H.M.H. Workers Union has called the construction of the hospital into question. The concern is that a shortage of nurses and doctors already exists. It is a concern that the Minister of Health says his ministry is continuously working to address, adding that the medical training component of the proposed […]
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A public dispute surrounding the signing of a Definitive Agreement between the Government of Belize and Portico Enterprises Limited, in October 2020, has seen a number of sitting and former government officials having a say on the controversial issue. Beyond the recent comments made by members of the Briceño administration, including the prime minister, himself, […]
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The Government of Belize is also bracing for additional court action. Litigation is pending in respect of the Port of Belize Expansion Project and Cruise Terminal. On June fifth, the law office of Glenn D. Godfrey and Company also wrote to the Attorney General on behalf of Stake Bank Enterprise. It concerns the Definitive Agreement […]
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On Tuesday, we broke the story of the Attorney General Magali Marin Young’s pending resignation after two years and seven months in the capacity as the country’s chief legal officer. Earlier today, that information was confirmed by the Government of Belize in a statement. News Five caught up with AG Young’s cabinet colleague Dolores Balderamos-Garcia […]
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The roller-coaster ride that Jasmine Hartin has been on for the past few years seems to still be a part of her life. A week ago, the Supreme Court handed down a seventy-five-thousand-dollar fine and three hundred hours community service to Hartin for the manslaughter of Superintendent of Police, Henry Jemmoth. It was a straightforward […]
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