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Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse will not sit on the Senate Select Committee to investigate the Auditor General’s Special Audit on the Immigration Department. Both the People’s United Party and the B.N.T.U. have made that demand. But the decision was taken during the meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday. The feeling has been that the […]
Does the Prime Minister have the power to name the senators who will form the Senate Select Commission? That’s what we asked Minister Faber today, following concerns that the PM is not legally authorized to do so. According to Faber, as leader of the executive branch and Cabinet, the prime minister was first to receive […]
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This morning, the man who befriended a long list of ministers and highly connected personalities, forty-six year old murder suspect William “Danny” Mason, of Intelco Hill, Belmopan made another appearance in the Belize City Magistrate Court. Mason, who uses numerous aliases, appeared along with Ashton Vanegas of Camalote Village as well as with Keiron Kenneth […]
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During his post-court appearance interview, ACP Chester Williams also addressed the matter of further and direct international assistance with the William Mason case. According to Williams, police have recovered from their early stumbles and are now doing all they can to tighten the noose around the notorious Mason and company – and they will do […]
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He was controversially dragged from the House of Representatives by security forces on August twenty-sixth in a heated conclusion to a battle royal with Speaker Michael Peyrefitte, after being chided for using unparliamentary language. Cayo South Area Rep. Julius Espat insists that he has not been properly suspended from the service of the House. But […]
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For a second time in five days, the government has had to withdraw its position on two major issues. Last Thursday, the Prime Minister announced it would appeal a portion of the ruling of Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal Code. The original position was not to appeal, but after meetings with the churches, G.O.B. agreed […]
The PM did not offer comments on this major concession following Cabinet today, nor did one of the most outspoken senior parliamentarians Michael Finnegan. While Finnegan pulls no punches as far as sharing his opinions on issues debated in Cabinet, today he was circumspect presumably to avoid preempting the prime minister’s announcement. But he did […]
As we told the composition of the Senate Select Committee is already coming under fire. The Opposition says it is not for the executive to dictate the composition of the Committee. This afternoon, we spoke with P.U.P. Leader John Briceño via telephone from Houston, Texas, where he is currently on personal business. Briceño told us […]
Briceño told us that he is willing to sit down with the Prime Minister at any time to discuss the committee. He also told News Five that the committee should be made up of one member from Government, one from the Opposition and one each from the social partners. According to Briceño, he has not […]
The People’s United Party is also calling for Senator Godwin Hulse, who is Minister of both Home Affairs – which covers the Police Department – and Immigration and Nationality – to give up the former portfolio and not to be considered for appointment to the Senate Select Committee. Leader John Briceño explained that it would […]
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At this time at the F.F.B. Stadium in Belmopan, the Mexican Football team, Pachuca is playing against Police United from Belize in a return match in the CONCACAF Champions League. It’s not going well for Belize and at half time; the Mexican team continues to rout Belize five-nil. A sports team on the ground reports […]
Missing cocaine certification and tainted blood; that’s what police are investigating in the case of the Director of Press Office Dorian Pakeman, who is now on unpaid leave. Dean Dawson, a resident of Gardenia, Belize District was killed in a traffic accident on March thirtieth 2016 on the Phillip Goldson Highway. The vehicle that hit […]
The missing information is one thing, but police also confirmed today that there was tampering with the blood sample for Dawson that was sent for testing at the National Forensic lab. Somewhere and somehow, ethanol was injected into Dawson’s blood. Police are also looking at this angle and suspect personnel from the scenes of crime. […]
A minor was murdered in the wee hours of the Tenth of September. From all accounts, seventeen year old Deandre Nembhard was not the intended target, but happened to be at the wrong place. He was on his way home on Nutmeg Street, Belize City, when he stopped at a friend’s house; that decision cost […]
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Rural Eastern Division Police are also looking Jessie Mejia; he is wanted for the chopping of the Tejeda brothers over the weekend. According to police, Mejia and the siblings were in an altercation on Sunday morning and Mejia pulled out a machete and chopped the brothers on the hand and face. They were both rushed […]
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The student body, as well as the faculty and staff of St. Joseph School, is tonight mourning the sudden death of a promising young athlete. On Friday evening, twelve-year-old Daemon Garcia, a member of the school’s basketball team, was practicing along with his teammates when he unexpectedly collapsed. The standard six student was immediately rushed […]
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The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry today confirmed that it has officially reversed its position and is now joining the social partners, as well the Opposition, in the call for a Senate Select Committee to investigate the Special Audit of the Immigration and Nationality Department. The decision was taken on Thursday and preceded a […]
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The letter from the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is crystal clear. On Thursday, as we reported, a decision was taken by its executive that the private sector would support a Senate Select investigation, in line with its vote on August thirty-first. Our report was fact-checked with various sources and confirmed but somehow, the […]
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There is a major development in respect of the ruling on Section Fifty Three. Government and the religious community, including the Belize Council of Churches, have arrived at a mutual agreement in respect of the ruling by the Supreme Court. That controversial decision handed down by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin decriminalizes sodomy and other unnatural […]
In the days that followed the Supreme Court decision, the National Evangelical Association of Belize, NEAB, and the Alliance for Defense of the Natural Family were extremely critical of the landmark ruling. Despite their staunch position against the amended law, both religious organizations were never party to the initial claim. The move by the government […]
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Firebrand religious and social activist Patrick Menzies has been leading the charge in demanding that government appeals Section Fifty-three. As the head of the Alliance for the Defense of the Natural Family, he has been a part of the ongoing dialogue with government. Despite not being a hundred percent satisfied with the outcome of today’s […]
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The decision of the Supreme Court on Section Fifty-three was perfected on August twenty-sixth, effectively commencing a twenty-one day period during which government, as well as the churches, can challenge the ruling. The appeal, aside from the call of the churches, was equally prompted by the fact that the interpretation of sex came after the […]
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The Prime Minister has been advocating for a joint select committee to investigate the special audit on immigration irregularities. That position is changing very quickly because the motion for a senate investigation is picking up steam. The Chamber of Commerce has already voted for a senate select investigation so have the unions and the P.U.P. […]
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The composition of the parliamentary committee to investigate the Immigration Department remains a contentious matter. The Prime Minister went on record earlier today to state that personally he has no problem with a Joint Select or for that matter, a Senate Select Committee. What he refuses to cede is government’s majority on the task force, […]
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