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Courtenay says that the Crown Proceedings Amendment Law, which was passed at the same time as the Central Bank International Immunities Law, is not only unconstitutional, but a direct attack on his profession. Two lawsuits have been filed against both pieces of legislation. Courtenay explains that his firm is counsel in one of them, on […]
On Monday during the People’s United Party’s press conference, the party’s legal adviser, Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck, gave reporters a primer on the issue of legal immunity. As he explained, the new legislation passed by the Government concerns enforcement of the judgments, and for the most part have no effect as the U.S. Foreign Sovereign […]
In a release issued last Friday, government claimed that Courtenay aborted the senate inquiry to travel to Washington on another case against Belize even though an important witness was to testify. The case in DC was in relation to the Universal Health Services (UHS) loan from the Belize Bank. While addressing government’s claim, Courtenay says […]
But when all is said and done is the senator being used as a scapegoat to deflect from the major financial problems of the country, including a proposed increase in taxes that is to come in the new budget? Courtenay says that the people must not be distracted from the real issues the country is […]
The People’s United Party has rallied support behind its leader in the Senate, Eamon Courtenay, amid calls for his removal by the United Democratic Party and the Government of Belize. The U.D.P. and G.O.B., which in this case are identical but not one and the same, charge that Courtenay has been working for the companies […]
At a press conference this afternoon, the P.U.P. also spoke of the party’s positions on various issues including the nationality rush prior to the 2012 elections. We will have that for you shortly, but the P.U.P. has revealed information of an alleged plan to cover up a deficit of two hundred million dollars and a […]
Turning to the latest in the party’s ongoing fight to redeem itself for its unexpected and stupefying loss in the 2012 general elections. The party secured fourteen seats to seventeen for the U.D.P., and came within sixty-one votes of two more that would have given them power: Cayo Northeast, and Cayo Central. In December, party […]
Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck has been advising the People’s United Party as its legal adviser on the question of the Central Bank (International Immunities) Act and Crown Proceedings (Amendment) Act, passed in the National Assembly at the end of January. The former was intended as a further shield to the national reserves from the assault […]
The Opposition People’s United Party did not expect to be consulted by the Government, as they have the social partners, for ideas on how to fix the shortfall in the 2017-2018 budget due in March. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have ideas of their own. For months, the P.U.P. has railed about the Government’s […]
On Friday, consultations with the trade unions and civil society on the General Revenue and Appropriations Bill or the Budget took place, succeeding talks with the business community on Thursday. After three hours at the Biltmore, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight emerged to speak to the concerns raised by both social partners. News Five’s Aaron Humes […]
Written on February 13, 2017 | Posted in
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News Five has obtained copies of a Belizean nationality certificate granted to David Nanes Schnitzer, the former fugitive caught a few days ago in Mexico after several months on the run after he skipped Belize on bail on a minor charge. Nanes was wanted in Mexico in relation to the multi-billion dollar Allen Stanford Ponzi […]
The time is drawing nearer for William Alexander “Danny” Mason and his accused cohorts to learn their fate. A preliminary inquiry into the indictable charges of murder, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the separate matters of businessman David Dodd and the late Pastor Llewellyn Lucas is scheduled for later […]
Written on February 10, 2017 | Posted in
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The United Democratic Party issued a first salvo on Wednesday of this week against Senator Eamon Courtenay. Today, smack in the middle of an ongoing hearing unearthing corruption in the immigration department, it was the government to tighten the noose. In a release sent out this afternoon via the press office, G.O.B. went on the […]
Try though they might, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight was typically blunt in speaking to reporters today at the conclusion of consultations on the budget with the unions. And Belizeans should get ready for possible increases in taxes – it is something, he said, that is “inevitable.” But where will Government look to for possible increases […]
The Government of Belize has once again extended the Consent Solicitation Offer to bondholders for its terms on the proposed re-negotiation of the 2038 Belize Bonds or Superbond. The offer now expires on the twenty-fourth of February. Financial Secretary Joseph Waight told us that discussions continue and the Government it will make progress – perhaps […]
News Five has seen a copy of the Government’s working document for its ongoing budget consultations with the trade unions, civil society and the business community. It proposes an increase in revenues of up to two percent of G.D.P., on top of the one point five percent obtained last year through increases in import duties […]
Another concern for the business community is the size of Government’s wage bill, bloated by three years of salary adjustment for teachers and public officers, which is now sitting at two-thirds of the expenditure of the administration. While not calling for something as drastic as retrenchment of public officers, Lizarraga tells us serious consideration must […]
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Business Bureau have proposed a raft of ideas to help fix Belize’s economy, including emphasizing economic growth, reducing leakages and holes in tax collection, and righting the Government ship. But despite Government’s noises about change, are they really serious? We asked Senator Mark Lizarraga for his […]
The People’s United Party today issued a statement strongly supporting its lead Senator, Eamon Courtenay in the wake of a full-fledged U.D.P. campaign to remove Courtenay from the senate. The P.U.P. says that with the revelation that the Central Bank (International Immunities) Act has no teeth for enforcement in the U.S. and that Belize’s foreign […]
The crusade by the U.D.P. started with their call on Wednesday for his removal from the Senate. It has to do with the ongoing fight over arbitration awards granted to BCB Holdings and other companies. BCB, now known as Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited, is challenging the Central Bank of Belize (International Immunities) Act in the […]
As we said, a constitutional challenge has been filed in the Supreme Court by principals of Eamon Courtenay’s law firm against the Central Bank (International Immunities) Act and Crown Proceedings (Amendment) Act. The latter legislation is, as he explained to us, a personal matter, as he and fellow attorneys risk jail simply for advising their […]
Former Immigration Director Ruth Meighan has admitted that thousands of persons who did not qualify were granted nationality in the mad rush to get them on the voters list for the 2012 elections. The effect is that the fraudulent exercise would have tipped the elections in favor of the U.D.P. Today, the Belize National Teachers […]
The B.N.T.U., through Elena Smith as the Senator for Trade Unions and Civil Society, has representation in the Senate Select Inquiry where the details of the rot in the system are being exposed. We asked National President Luke Palacio if there is any hope that someone will be held responsible for the illegalities in the […]
On Wednesday night there was more gunfire in the relentless violence gripping the City. Twenty-three-year-old Alrick August of Belize City was shot up to eight times on Western Avenue. He was heading home when he was ambushed by a gunman. Tonight, he remains at the K.H.M.H. clinging to life. Still in shock, his girlfriend tells […]
Written on February 9, 2017 | Posted in
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Tonight, News Five has further details of an exclusive interview with former investor in the failed Puerto Azul project, Italian national Daniele Pistolesi. News Five has learned that the local face of the luxury resort project Fabio de la Rosa was arrested three days after the first announcement of arrests in January. A total of […]
