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Millions have been affected by the massive seven point one earthquake that hit Mexico City on the nineteenth of September. Over the weekend, two other quakes were experienced even as Mexico continues to search for survivors. So far the death toll has risen to three hundred and twenty persons and many more are believed dead, […]
Independence Day in Belmopan was full of invective from both sides of the political spectrum, and there is a major announcement on Petrocaribe to report tonight. But we begin with breaking news affecting gas prices, which trickles down to all levels of society. Just under forty-eight hours after massive increases for regular and diesel fuel, […]
At news time, the Opposition People’s United Party has sent a release calling for Government to immediately reduce taxes on fuel, to alleviate the recent increases in fuel prices. The P.U.P. says that even with the cost of crude oil around fifty dollars per barrel, pump prices are among the highest in Belizean history, with […]
Written on September 22, 2017 | Posted in
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Now to Independence Day…independent now for thirty-six years, is Belize any better off? According to the Prime Minister, the country appears to be shaking off the malaise of recent years economically. But tempers are badly frayed in the social sector, with crime resurging and opponents in various sectors regularly at each other’s throats, egged on […]
Written on September 22, 2017 | Posted in
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“Petrocaribe will roll it once more,” Prime Minister Dean Barrow confirmed Thursday morning during his Independence Day address. This follows a meeting with a delegation of Venezuelan officials who arrived in country Monday morning and left by Tuesday afternoon. On September fourteenth, the Government had announced an immediate suspension of fuel importation under the Petrocaribe program. […]
The Government faces no end of scandal in many of its Ministries, from Immigration to Health, Education to Works to Finance. But the hot button issue of the moment is what Prime Minister Dean Barrow himself has called “the hotbed of corruption” – the Lands Department. Former deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega oversaw a veritable […]
On Wednesday, the Integrity Commission announced that it forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution the list of persons in public life who failed to submit their declaration of assets, income and liabilities to the Commission by the required time. As also required by law, the names of those not in compliance is published in […]
Written on September 22, 2017 | Posted in
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It’s a rare occasion for an accused murderer to be granted bail by the Supreme Court; in fact, it has only happened three times before. But tonight, twenty-eight-year-old Nelson Henry is on temporary release from custody. After six years in pretrial detention, Henry, accused of the sensational killing of well-known street figure Edward Lord Junior […]
Written on September 22, 2017 | Posted in
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On the eve of independence, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has sent a strong letter to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, asking that he retract the financial ceiling for the Special Select Committee he set in his August third letter to clerk of the National Assembly Eddie Webster. Slowly but surely, the hearings have […]
Written on September 20, 2017 | Posted in
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Earlier this year, the Integrity Commission’s decision to require declarations filed dating back only to 2016, not to 2012 as originally asked for, raised ire from the Opposition, which questioned what Government members may be trying to hide. Today, the Commission released a statement announcing that it has informed those in public life, presently limited […]
Written on September 20, 2017 | Posted in
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The issues of sovereignty and territorial integrity are ever present in the minds of Belizeans at this time. This morning, the Foreign Minister of Belize, Wilfred Elrington, met with visiting diplomats from countries friendly to Belize, before departing to address the United Nations in New York. We caught up with him before he dashed away […]
There is still no protocol on the Sarstoon, even though the Foreign Minister was told by his then counterpart, Carlos Raul Morales that one would be concluded. But Elrington believes that going to the ICJ would stop the Guatemalan military and repeats that the maritime borders are not yet defined. Elrington further states that the […]
The Foreign Minister has been a lightning rod for years. Many have called for his removal for statements he has made such as “artificial borders” and most recently, his persistence that our borders are not internationally recognized. But Elrington has remained as the chief negotiator in the most important issue for Belizeans: territorial integrity. Under […]
The Opposition withdrew from talks with Guatemala because it was not kept wholly in the loop and has said that it had no confidence in the conduct of the FM as it relates to the claim. Here is how Elrington puts it. Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs “The only negative we had […]
Most of Central America and Mexico celebrate independence this month. The youngest of the bunch, Belize, became an independent nation back on September twenty-first, 1981. In a few hours, the Belizean flag will be hoisted marking our thirty-sixth anniversary of independence. In the spirit of the celebration, a News Five crew headed out to downtown […]
Written on September 20, 2017 | Posted in
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As we go into the Independence Day holiday, fuel prices are going up at the pumps once again. On September fourth, the Government announced that there would be increases in fuel prices as part of the after effects of Hurricane Harvey in the Houston area. Well, those awaited increases in fuel prices are here, and […]
Minister of Home and Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington was the featured speaker at the University of Belize’s lecture on Monday on security and threats to Belize on the eve of Independence. As usual, Elrington brought a unique perspective to his audience. In opening his remarks, the man in charge of the Police Department says he […]
But what really are Belize’s most important threats – as the Minister defined them, things that can cause injury, pain and harm, either from internal or external sources? Apart from those others he mentioned and some that do not directly affect Belize, the most obvious one is the Guatemalan claim, on which Elrington touched in […]
Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, himself a former president of the Belize Bar Association, has raised serious objections to the proposed appointment of Franz Parke as a justice on the Court of Appeal bench. Courtenay joins the chorus of the legal fraternity in soundly criticizing the recommendation of Prime Minister Barrow to appoint Parke as a […]
Written on September 19, 2017 | Posted in
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There are still more questions than answers in the murder-suicide of businessman Robert Godfrey of Triple A Security and his long time employee Delsie Smith over the weekend. The allegation is that Godfrey shot Smith to the head and then turned the gun on himself. But what led to the shocking shooting at the offices […]
Written on September 19, 2017 | Posted in
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Three persons remain hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a weekend of gun violence in the Old Capital. One of the victims, Aaron King, we can confirm from relatives was shot up to six times, damaging his lung and several internal organs. The prognosis was not good and King was transferred to the […]
Written on September 19, 2017 | Posted in
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He wasn’t noticed in all the chaos over the simultaneous crowning of two Queens of the Bay, but Opposition Leader John Briceño was officially absent from the Tenth of September official ceremonies in Belize City. It doesn’t happen very often, and he was asked about it today. His response was simple: after the events of […]
Two people were killed in a shooting that police had described as murder-suicide on Friday night. The shocking incident occurred inside the offices of AAA Security on the Philip Goldson Highway. The well-known business owner, Robert Godfrey, killed his long time employee and manager, Delsie Smith, before turning the gun on himself. According to Smith’s […]
Written on September 18, 2017 | Posted in
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There was more bloodshed in the city. Twenty-four hours after the murder-suicide at AAA Security, fifty-one-year-old Santos Miguel Bernardes was executed. The sanitary engineer was playing domino at his neighbor’s yard on Laura Dunn Street off Antelope Street Extension in Belize City, when a gunman would interrupt the game. One bullet hit Bernardes to the […]
Written on September 18, 2017 | Posted in
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As the weekend progressed, party goers at an event in Buttonwood Bay scattered in fear of their lives. Among the guests was Belize City resident Aaron King. One of two hit men called out his name and when he turned to respond, King was met by fire. He fled from the scene, but the gunmen […]
Written on September 18, 2017 | Posted in
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