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The Barrow Administration is reeling from scandal to scandal. Fresh off the Danny Mason saga interrupted by Hurricane Earl, the hustle of visas, nationalities and passports at the immigration department has come around full circle. Prime Minister Barrow returned from a medical check-up in the United States; he touched on a myriad of issues that […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that it today officially received the independent report on the killing of Guatemala minor Julio Rene Alvarado Ruano. The report carries a chronology of events on what transpired in the Chiquibul when the minor lost his life on the night of April twentieth. As we reported on Wednesday, […]
The O.A.S. investigation confirms that the incident occurred within the Adjacency Zone administered by Belize. On the twentieth of April, Julio Alvarado was killed and his father and brother were injured. The report points out that it is not the first time that the minor was inside the Cebada area of the Chiquibul, while the […]
The international campaign that the Guatemalan government launched against the B.D.F. and Belize requires skilful diplomatic work to undo any eroding of Belize’s credibility. Guatemala assumed the role of the aggressed painting Belize as the aggressor. There were heightened tensions along the border points where Guatemalan troops were beefed up in the west as well […]
Written on August 25, 2016 | Posted in
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An official report is completed, but is yet to be presented to the Government in respect of the shooting death of fourteen year old Julio Rene Alvarado Ruano. The minor was killed in April of this year and the reaction from Guatemala was intransigent—they mobilized troops along the western border and south in the Sarstoon […]
Written on August 24, 2016 | Posted in
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The special audit on the visas, nationality and passports hustle covers a two-year period: 2011 to 2013. The feeding frenzy during that brief period was obviously gluttonous, and if the audit was to have extended beyond that period, what else would have been uncovered? That’s the question many are asking because there is reason to […]
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The Special Audit ahead of Friday’s meeting of the House of Representatives remains a hot topic of national importance. The lengthy report names a number of elected officials and sitting government ministers in the free-for-all. Senator Godwin Hulse was appointed to the post of Minister of Immigration in 2012; there was still rampant hanky-panky taking […]
According to Hulse, the influx of Chinese nationals into the country should not be seen as a negative if the country is able to benefit financially from the sale of visas. He does reiterate however, that for the process to work effectively, all applicants must be aptly qualified. Godwin Hulse, Minister of Immigration & […]
Written on August 24, 2016 | Posted in
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So, what about the visas that Hulse himself signed for? Well according to the immigration minister, he went to great lengths a year ago to explain the process in full. Hulse says that if an applicant satisfies all the necessary requirements and the application is presented to him for approval, he would not order an […]
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Also keeping an eye on matters concerning the Special Audit Reports on Immigration and Nationality is the U.S. Government. While he has not read the reports himself, U.S. Ambassador Carlos Moreno today told reporters in Belize City that Washington expects Belmopan to do better. Carlos Moreno, U.S. Ambassador to Belize “That is very concerning […]
Former Director of Immigration and current C.E.O. in National Emergency Management, Ruth Meighan, was recently the subject of public embarrassment as she was denied entry into the U.S. and turned back to Belize. Her name is a constant in the Special Audit, which recommends that she also be questioned by the police. Today, U.S. Ambassador […]
Independence Hill on Belmopan felt the wrath and fury of the evangelical movement this morning. About a thousand strong, protesters from all over the country came out against the recent decision of Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin on Section Fifty-three of the Criminal Code. Government has decided that it will not appeal the ruling which criminalized […]
Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action, COLA, shares the same position that the Church has taken where it concerns the preservation of Section Fifty-three of the Criminal Code. While the grassroots organization was never an interested party in the extended litigation, it has remained in the Church’s corner since it joined government in defending that […]
Interestingly, Brackett makes the comparison that government has moved with haste to state that it will not appeal the Section Fifty-three judgment, while it has gone to great pains in challenging the Maya people at every turn where it concerns communal land rights. Geovanni Brackett, President, COLA “The government is very unfair because they […]
There was no weekly Cabinet meeting today since Prime Minister Barrow is presently out of the country. In fact, all was quiet on Independence Hill this morning, save for a multitude of roughly one thousand churchgoers who converged on the plaza below to voice their discontent with government. The flood of worshipers came from various […]
And tonight’s question is: Do you believe the ruling on Section Fifty-three should be appealed? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com
The Special Audit Report on Nationality at the Immigration and Nationality Department, 2011-2013, to be laid at the House of Representatives this coming Friday. The audit was concluded three years later and sent to the Prime Minister by the Auditor General, Dorothy Bradley, on May thirty-first of this year. It details a very long list […]
In the following report, News Five Duane Moody zeros in on specific cases of persons provided with passports without the requirements. It is a sorry state of affairs that stinks to high heaven of a hustle so rampant that sloppiness settled in at the department. Duane Moody, Reporting The case of the imprisoned Won […]
As many as five years ago, a major immigration scandal rocked the government. It was revealed that ministers as well as senior officials were involved in facilitating visa approvals to hundreds of persons who did not quality. In fact, this station was taken to court by Minister of State Edmund Castro and after damning information […]
Written on August 22, 2016 | Posted in
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An unfortunate traffic accident claimed the life of a popular mechanic of Belize City. The predawn accident occurred at mile four and half on the Phillip Goldson highway. A taxi driver, Godwin Panting, collided into the vehicle of Lionel Villanueva, which had experienced mechanical difficulties moments earlier. Villanueva was killed on the spot and Panting […]
Written on August 22, 2016 | Posted in
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Also in the city, a near fatal shooting incident occurred on Saturday evening. Clive Arnold, a known associate of the George Street Gang, came under fire while he was walking home near Rivero Street. A barrage of gunshots was fired at the stevedore who attempted to flee from his unknown attacker. Despite his attempt to […]
Written on August 22, 2016 | Posted in
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According to police, they were unable to recover any expended shells from the scene of the shooting since the area covered by the gunman and his intended victim was expansive. Sgt. Isaias Sanchez, Investigator, Eastern Division “The crime scene was an extended one due to the fact that the person, the victim ran away […]
Written on August 22, 2016 | Posted in
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Evangelical Pastor Llewellyn Lucas was abducted from the residence of businessman William ‘Danny’ Mason on Intelco Hill in Belmopan on July eighth. Along with two other men, Lucas was blindfolded and taken to a ranch near mile thirty-one on the George Price Highway where he was butchered and decapitated. His head was later found inside […]
The release from the N.T.U.C.B. is rather tardy, almost a month and a half after the incident made international headlines. According to N.T.U.C.B. President Marvin Mora, the cumbersome structure of the trade union congress often affects the timeliness of its position since general consensus needs to be met prior to taking a public stance on […]
Religious leaders from across the country, particularly those who are members of the National Evangelical Association of Belize, are planning to descend on Belmopan on Tuesday to protest the controversial Section Fifty-three decision. The timing of the demonstration is set to coincide with the weekly Cabinet meeting, only there won’t be any this Tuesday since […]
