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Today’s session in the House of Representatives, the second day of the new budget for the fiscal year beginning April first, was led by Area Representative for Pickstock Wilfred Elrington. But for him, as for his colleagues before, issues took precedence over any actual debate in the figures in the budget book. For Elrington, the […]
The head of this country, Prime Minister Dean Barrow, has condemned the aggressive actions of the Guatemalans at the Sarstoon, not only in the wake of this last incident but on a previous occasion when Guatemalan military attempted to stop a BTV expedition from entering the river. In separate press conferences, the Prime Minister has […]
Still on the issue of the Sarstoon, Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded fast and furious to a release from the CARICOM Secretariat in which the region expresses support for Belize in the backdrop of the recent incursions in the Sarstoon by the Guatemalan Armed Forces. The GAF blocked the Belize Territorial Volunteers and […]
There is more bloodshed in the Old Capital and there appears to be a pattern. In today’s murder, as in three recent homicides, the suspected gunmen are all minors. This afternoon, a well-known street figure was shot and killed as he sat in his vehicle in a hotspot of south side Belize City. Victor Garnett […]
Written on March 23, 2016 | Posted in
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The post mortem results are in and all indications are that forty-one-year-old Salvadoran national Oscar Gomez did not take his own life. The Ladyville resident bled to death after being stabbed multiple times in the throat. Gomez was in the company of another individual at the time of the incident last Thursday; that person has […]
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On March eighth Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented the budget for the 2016/2017 fiscal year under the theme – Stability in the time of change. He claimed that it was a bold statement by a government which had served the people well, and would continue to do so even when faced with real challenges. One […]
Briceño claims that the U.D.P. has deliberately refused to admit that Belize is actually operating in a recession, and there is no sign of the best that was to come but never did. John Briceño, P.U.P. Leader “The truth of the matter is that for each of the past two consecutive quarters of 2015, […]
The Leader of the Opposition, to bolster his argument of economic crisis, used the figures on employment between 2008 and today. Not surprisingly, Area Representative for Belmopan John Saldivar used unemployment figures during that same period to bolster his argument that the economy was looking good and getting better. John Briceño, P.U.P. Leader “Since […]
Saldivar, who publicly announced today that he intends to contest for the vacant post of first deputy leader in the U.D.P., boasted that if Briceño’s statistics and assertions are valid, the U.D.P. would never have won an unprecedented third term. He maintained that the people of Belize are still in a very loving, long-term relationship […]
But with all that said, Briceño ended his presentation to kick off the debate by extending the hand of cooperation, claiming that his party is prepared and able to assist the government in tackling issues which affect Belizeans across the board. John Briceño, P.U.P. Leader “We will help on initiatives that bring meaningful relief […]
In terms of the specifics as related to the Ministry of National Security, Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar revealed that as it has every year, the budget for the departments under his portfolio will grow. Among other projects this year, Saldivar boasts that the Forward Operating Base will be completed in this fiscal year, thanks […]
Lake Independence Area Representative Cordel Hyde was the third to weigh in on the 2016/2017 budget. It is his first address in the House since elections of November, 2015. In fact, it is his first address in the House in over four years. Representing Lake I, one of the most impoverished areas of Belize City, […]
The United Democratic Party held its National Convention in Dangriga over the weekend. The biennial event should have been held in 2015, but that turned out to be a banner year for elections – two bye-elections, one municipal and one general – which caused the official party function to be pushed back. On Sunday, all […]
Written on March 21, 2016 | Posted in
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There’s no doubt that Vega’s departure from the political scene will have a significant effect on the U.D.P. Vega has generally held the fort in the north – pumping resources and considerable money into all election campaign machineries. Village Council elections will be held soon, and those in the know say that Vega’s heavy arm […]
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There are two contenders to the slot of first deputy leader of the U.D.P.: Ministers John Saldivar and Patrick Faber. Within twenty-four hours of the national convention in Dangriga, Faber called a press conference officially launching his bid. At this early stage, he was supported by senior colleagues Michael Finnegan, Manuel Heredia, as well as […]
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A thirty-nine-year old custom officer well-known in Corozal Town tragically lost his life on Sunday afternoon. Valdemar Alpuche Junior and his two daughters were trying out a brand new jet ski in the Corozal Bay when all went awfully wrong. From all accounts, they were not wearing life vests when they were flung into the […]
Written on March 21, 2016 | Posted in
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In the Belize District, there was a violent end to the life of twenty-five-year-old Rene Chavarria, who was shot and killed in Ladyville on Friday night. Chavarria was riding a bicycle along Marage Road sometime after nine o’clock when he came under attack by a trio of men. Multiple shots were fired from at least […]
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A locus retracing the sequence of events resulting in the stabbing death of Salvadoran national Oscar Gomez has been completed. Despite making progress in the ongoing investigation, Ladyville police are tonight no closer to closing the case. It remains unclear whether Gomez stabbed himself while intoxicated or if he was fatally injured by someone he […]
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There was other loss of lives, but on the highways. A cyclist perished at the start of the weekend after being hit by a passenger bus while traveling along the George Price Highway on Friday night. Thirty-three-year-old Jason Robinson was riding his bicycle when he was struck by a Shaw’s Bus in the vicinity of […]
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It’s not commonplace for News Five to report on suicides, but tonight we look at a particularly disturbing story where a Salvadoran man allegedly took his own life on Thursday evening in the Lord’s Bank area of Ladyville. Police investigations are ongoing into the stabbing death of Oscar Gomez and a brief was held this […]
Written on March 18, 2016 | Posted in
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A young couple from Belmopan is in critical condition at the Belize Medical Associates after a three-vehicle pileup on the George Price Highway on Thursday afternoon. Marlo Chavarria and his wife Marie Nicole were heading home when their black Jeep SUV collided into a Freightliner dump truck towards Belize City. The massive impact damaged the […]
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A pair of minors, ages fourteen and fifteen, was arraigned earlier today for the murder of thirty-one-year-old Godfrey Hemsley. The deadly shooting took place on Wednesday night at the Yarborough Green, where Hemsley had just finished a friendly game of basketball with a group of men. He was seated on the bleachers at the basketball […]
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Two fourteen-year-olds and a fifteen-year-old have been charged within the last twenty-four hours for a most serious crime, murder. It is a damning reality because it highlights the lack of proper parenting and a breakdown in the social fabric of the Old Capital. A meeting was held today at the Raccoon Street Police Station with […]
ACP Williams says that several follow up meetings will be held to devise a protocol. The intent is to target parents, who, after a formal warning is issued to them, can very well be taken to court for neglect. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “Moving forward we will be meeting again […]
On Thursday evening, Minister Wilfred Elrington, flanked by Ambassadors Assad Shoman and Alexis Rosado, hosted a press conference in Belize City. It was intended as a public briefing, following meetings at O.A.S. headquarters in Washington on Tuesday, and took on added significance in the wake of a military to military incident in the Sarstoon on […]
