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The Opposition Leader also touched on issues pertaining to the cost of goods, employment, and foreign direct investments. And, it may come as no surprise to you that, in Barrow’s view, the Briceño Administration has been failing in all these areas. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “Look at the record of this […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The Leader of the Opposition was halfway into his speech when Prime Minister John Briceño exited the Assembly Building to greet a group of protestors near Independence Hill. We will tell you more about that demonstration in a few. But first, following his brief interaction with them, we asked the Prime Minister why he chose […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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There was a protest in front of the National Assembly building today. It happened just as the 2023-2024 National Budget was being debated. The protestors are all retired public officers who demand that they receive two years’ worth of increments that were withheld from them almost three decades ago under the second Manuel Esquivel administration. […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The Non-Profit Organization Bill 2023 was brought to the House of Representatives at the last sitting. Since then, the Belize Network of N.G.O.’s has raised concerns about the lack of consultations with stakeholders prior to the bill’s introduction. It is expected that the proposed law will not replace the N.G.O. Act as was initially suggested, […]
Written on March 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño returned from Panama earlier today where he attended a round of meetings with governors of the Inter-American Development Bank. We’ll have more on that working visit elsewhere in our newscast, but the PM’s arrival is in time for a series of debates that will be held in parliament beginning on Wednesday. […]
Written on March 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has also signaled that he will be presenting a budget of his own, as well as recommendations where government should tighten up or increase on its expenditure. But how will his mock financial plan be received by his peers on the other side of the floor? That’s a wait and see; […]
Written on March 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Chief Executive Officer Marconi Leal Junior remains on personal leave after taking time off from the Ministry of Transport, Youth and Sports where he is serving under Minister Rodwell Ferguson. We have been reporting that the C.E.O. and his political boss have been at loggerheads on a number of issues regarding the administration of that […]
Written on March 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen is returning to Belize for a second time during her two terms in office. The Government of Belize announced this morning that the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) will be heading a delegation to Belize in early April. She will meet with Prime Minister John Briceño, Cabinet, as well […]
Written on March 21, 2023 | Posted in
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As we mentioned earlier, Prime Minister John Briceño and his delegation returned to Belize this afternoon, following a working visit to Panama where he met high-level officials from the I.D.B. During that visit, PM Briceño took the opportunity to present Belize’s perspective regarding its classification as a middle income country. Here’s more from the prime […]
Written on March 21, 2023 | Posted in
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We begin this evening’s newscast with the ruthless ambush and murder of a man in front of his home in Belize City on Sunday morning. It happened at number six Watermelon Street in the Faber’s Road Extension area, shortly after eleven and claimed the life of Raheem Arnold, also known as “Footy”. The attack on […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The murder of a young man in Camalote Village at the start of the weekend has plunged a family into deep sadness once again, as they were still grieving the loss of another loved one to gun violence. It happened just before midnight, when Floyd Montero was leaving a residence where he was socializing with […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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A family from Belmopan says that they were victims of a home invasion on Thursday, during which the intruders reportedly wore police boots. It’s a claim that ticked off the Belize Police Department and its Commissioner, who made clear to the media that there are no boots that are unique to the Belize Police Department. […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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A fifty-two-year-old Belize City resident is tonight behind bars for the death of a twenty-three-year-old Belize City disc jockey. Fifty-two-year-old Manuel Ramos is being accused of driving under the influence of alcohol beyond the prescribed limit, after his red Chevy Colorado collided into another vehicle on the Phillip Goldson Highway and claimed the life of […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management is headed to court, following an application filed on behalf of Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited on March sixteenth. Viewers would recall that the Department of the Environment which falls within that portfolio issued a public notice in February introducing an amendment to the Environmental […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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News 5 has confirmed that hotelier Lucy Fleming has written to Judge Farnese declining the appointment to the appeals tribunal, citing her own reasons for doing so. In the case of Professor Terrence “Terry” Hughes, he is also on public record opposing dredging, as well as developments near reefs. So the claimants have expressed that […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Eighteen-year-old Bevan Curtis Alford was arraigned earlier today for the murder of Freddy Chicas whose decomposing body was retrieved a week ago from an area near the Eight Mile community. Chicas, who was reported missing by his family a few days earlier, had been dispatched with a single round fired into his head. Alfred appeared […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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A life sentence was handed down in the courtroom of Justice Herbert Lord earlier today, several months after twenty-seven-year-old Jason Sanchez, also known as Jungle Rat, was convicted of murder. A fixed term of thirty years in prison has been imposed on Sanchez, who will not be eligible for parole until that term has been […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Last Friday, the decomposing remains of Freddy Chicas was discovered in the vicinity of the Eight Mile Community. He was executed; shot once to the head. Today, police formally arrested and charged Bevan Curtis Alford, an eighteen-year-old labourer of Ladyville for the crime of murder. Earlier today, when the media caught up with Deputy Commissioner […]
Written on March 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-two-year-old Gregory Aaron Brown, an American national of Connecticut, says he arrived in Belize seeking asylum. He was, however, busted for living in Belize illegally and was today brought before Acting Chief Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson on an immigration offense. He was handed a non-custodial sentence but was unable to pay a fine of one thousand […]
Written on March 16, 2023 | Posted in
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2021 was a record year for plane landings in Belize. At the time, it appeared as though illegal plane landings were occurring on a weekly basis across the country. In 2022, those reports significantly decreased and months have passed since we have reported on any confirmed drug plane landing on Belizean territory. So, what has […]
Written on March 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, the media caught up with Minister of Labour Oscar Requeña at a workshop on child labour – we’ll have that story later in the newscast. But we took the opportunity to get an update on the trade licensing bill. Viewers will remember that back in May 2022, there was pushback by several persons, including […]
Written on March 16, 2023 | Posted in
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We begin tonight with an update on a tragic accident that occurred on Saturday night in Orange Walk that killed multiple members of one family. Two vehicles collided on the Yo Creek/San Antonio Road and four occupants in one of the vehicles perished at the scene. While the family of Aldair Tillett, his common-law-wife, Felicia […]
Written on March 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Forty-one-year-old Gilberto Gallego was reported missing by his common-law wife on March tenth. He returned home safely and in good health to his family a few days later, but the news tonight is that Gallego is behind bars after being charged for altering a firearm without written permission from the Commissioner of Police. A day […]
Written on March 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Two men had to seek medical attention after a confrontation in Placencia resulted in one of them being stabbed and the other being shot. The incident unfolded just before ten on Tuesday night in the vicinity of Rick’s Cafe on the Placencia Main Road. Police say that when they arrived, they met the owner of […]
Written on March 15, 2023 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, announced that her government will seek to establish diplomatic relations with China, implying that the nation intends to severe its diplomatic relations with Taiwan. The switch would leave Taiwan recognized by only thirteen countries, one of them being Belize. And, if there are any doubts as to […]
Written on March 15, 2023 | Posted in
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