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We begin tonight’s newscast with the arraignment of two police officers for the shooting death of a young man in Orange Walk Town over the weekend. Two of four policemen assigned to the Quick Response Team in that northern municipality were paraded to the Magistrate’s Court and charged for the murder of nineteen-year-old Dyandre Chee. […]
Written on March 29, 2023 | Posted in
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There’s a National Party Council meeting scheduled for this Saturday where executives of the United Democratic Party, as well as the broader membership of the organization, are expected to discuss a range of political issues. On Tuesday, Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber indicated that he will be seeking an audience with the N.P.C. to discuss […]
Written on March 29, 2023 | Posted in
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For the first time in four decades, the Queen Square division is going to have a U.D.P. standard bearer that does not carry the Barrow surname. The constituency is located on the south side of Belize City and is fielding two candidates who are going head-to-head in hopes of becoming the next U.D.P. area representative. […]
Written on March 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Patrick Faber, the five-time Area Representative for Collet, is back to business as a card-carrying member of the United Democratic Party. Back in early 2022, Faber stepped down as leader of the U.D.P. At the time, his personal life and political career were marred by allegations of domestic abuse. In the wake of his resignation, […]
Written on March 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Patrick Faber Hopes for an Audience with U.D.P. National Party Council This Weekend
And, while Faber looks to the U.D.P.’s N.P.C. for a determination on his candidacy in Collet, he says he is not interested in contesting the party’s leadership position, at least not before the next general election. So, who does Faber favor to lead the U.D.P. into the next general election? He was asked for his […]
Written on March 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Faber was also asked to comment on Denise “Sista B” Barrow’s repeated absence from the House of Representatives. During last week’s budget debate, Prime Minister John Briceño called on the Leader of the Opposition to demand that she is present at house meetings. P.M. Briceño warned Barrow that the P.U.P. administration will be forced to […]
Written on March 28, 2023 | Posted in
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An internal inquiry by the Development and Compliance Unit, as well as the Professional Standards Branch, into the conduct of four law enforcement officers assigned to the Quick Response Team remains open. Those individuals are presently being held following the shooting death of nineteen-year-old Dyandre Chee in Orange Walk on Saturday night. It was a […]
Written on March 28, 2023 | Posted in
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The names of the officers involved in the deadly high-speed chase in Orange Walk over the weekend are being withheld until further instructions have been given by the Director of Public Prosecutions. But how is the Belize Police Department treating with the case, amid calls by the grieving family of Dyandre Chee, for full transparency? […]
Written on March 28, 2023 | Posted in
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A nineteen-year-old father of a one-year-old baby girl is dead after he was shot by a police officer during a high-speed chase in Orange Walk Town on Saturday night. The incident unfolded on the Palmar Road and continued into Main Road, before it ended on the Belize-Corozal Road where Dуаndrе “Yаdіеl” Сhее was shot dead. […]
Written on March 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Orange Walk Family Wants Justice Against Policeman Who “Murdered” Their Son
In the wake of the deadly shooting, a series of investigations have commenced, including an internal probe to determine the extent of the infractions committed by the responding officers. The probe is being led by Superintendent Gerald Jones, Deputy Head of the National Crimes Investigation Branch. This afternoon, at the police headquarters in Belmopan, he […]
Written on March 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Four policemen attached to the Quick Response Team in Orange Walk have been taken into custody and will remain on interdiction until the probe has been completed. Their identities have also been withheld, pending further directives from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. According to Assistant Superintendent Alejandro Hernandez, who is assigned to […]
Written on March 27, 2023 | Posted in
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According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, having interviewed several other individuals, there is nothing to suggest that the fleeing motorcyclists fired at the pursuing officers. He went a step further to explain that the motorcycle has since been examined by a mechanic who also confirmed that the bike does backfire when being geared down. […]
Written on March 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The fatal officer-involved shooting comes at a time when the citizenry is awaiting a decision in the manslaughter case involving former policeman Kareem Martinez, who is accused of the shooting death of teenager Laddie Gillett who was gunned down while fleeing from officers in Placencia on July 14th, 2021. It also succeeds the conclusion of […]
Written on March 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Faber went on to criticize the government for taking credit for projects that began under the last administration. He conceded that it is a practice for governments to do so, but that the current administration is capitalizing off initiatives that were already in the pipeline before they came to office. Patrick Faber, Area Representative, […]
Written on March 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño responded to Faber’s criticism by explaining how the government invested in projects such as National Health Insurance across the country, water systems, and health clinics. The Prime Minister also explained how the current government reformed primary education in less than a year after they took office. Prime Minister John Briceño […]
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Faber went on to criticize the government for taking credit for projects that began under the last administration. He conceded that it is a practice for governments to do so, but that the current administration is capitalizing off initiatives that were already in the pipeline before they came to office. Patrick Faber, Area Representative, […]
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Faber said that while the government points to an impressive annual growth rate, employment rate and a reduction in poverty levels, the reality on the streets tells a different story. He went over some of the figures that Prime Minister John Briceño presented and said that somehow there’s a disparity in the figures presented and […]
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In his wrap-up of the three-day budget debate, Prime Minister John Briceño summarized what his government has done over the past couple years, and that investor confidence has increased in the past two years. He also highlighted the upcoming visit of the Prime Minister of Taiwan Tsai-In Wen shortly. Prime Minister John Briceño “In […]
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Today inside the National Assembly, the budget debate on the Revenue Appropriation Bill 2023/2004 resumed and Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber and Sista B, of Queen Square, were once again absent from the proceedings. During her presentation, Albert Area Representative Tracy Panton flagged the Briceño Administration for not making good on the promises of the […]
Written on March 23, 2023 | Posted in
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During her presentation, Panton also spoke about the allocation of wages and allowances for non-established staff in the public sector. Now, it is no secret that the wage bill is one of the biggest expenditures for the government. But according to Panton, her research shows that the wage bill for these non-established staff has increased […]
Written on March 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations and area representative for Pickstock, Anthony Mahler got up to support the 2023/2024 budget, but not before clapping back at Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow and Albert Area Representative Tracy Panton. Now the tourism sector provides for about forty percent of G.D.P. Mahler shared that contrary to what […]
Written on March 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Over forty-two thousand, nine hundred and sixty-five workers have benefited from the minimum wage increase to five dollars. It’s the data shared by Toledo West Area Representative Oscar Requeña in his presentation. He announced that the development priorities of the Briceño administration are poverty reduction, economic transformation and growth, trade deficit reduction and citizen security. […]
Written on March 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Three Belmopan residents, including interdicted Police Corporal, thirty-nine-year-old Elmer Nah, appeared in court today and presented their defense as to why they were in possession of several rounds of ammunition. The case is in relation to the landing of a drug plane in southern Belize a few years ago. Nah, his common-law wife, Epiphania Caliz […]
Written on March 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, we bring you the follow up to a story we aired on a Look on the Bright Side only two weeks ago. Children in San Jose Succotz were growing their own vegetables to test a hypothesis put forward by their teacher. The update, however, is a result of your reaction to the initial piece, […]
Written on March 23, 2023 | Posted in
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The three-day 2023 budget debate officially got underway this morning with a response from the Leader of the Opposition to the Prime Minister’s Budget Speech, which was delivered earlier in March. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, spoke for approximately ninety-nine minutes, roughly twenty minutes more than the Prime Minister spoke during his budget speech. And, Barrow spent […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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