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The B.S.C.F.A. which is being supported by the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, has raised serious concerns over B.S.I.’s invitation for members of the association to deliver sugarcane to the mill in the absence of a commercial agreement. According to Alfredo Ortega, of the Committee of Management, after seeking legal advice on the matter, […]
Written on December 28, 2023 | Posted in
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But why is B.S.I. prepared to accept individual deliveries from cañeros belonging to the B.S.C.F.A. when just eight years ago, a huge stink was made in the Supreme Court over the delivery of cane without signing an agreement? It was a matter that involved Lucilo Teck, a sugar cane farmer, who initiated legal proceedings against […]
Written on December 28, 2023 | Posted in
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The prospect of importing sugar into Belize amid the scarcity of plantation white on the local market has been met with serious concern from the Belizean public. But it is likely to become a reality, given the rampant smuggling of locally produced sugar into neighboring Guatemala and Mexico. The announcement on Wednesday that B.S.I. is […]
Written on December 28, 2023 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, we told you about Christian Ramos, the eighteen-year-old whose body was found stuffed inside a barrel floating in a Belize City canal. The young man had been fatally shot and his body disposed of in a blue, plastic container that was later found in the waterway near Sarstoon Street. Investigators mentioned that while […]
Written on December 28, 2023 | Posted in
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It was a violent weekend across the country, as three murders and several other shooting incidents have been reported. This morning, the decomposing body of a teenager was found inside a shipping barrel. He had been fatally shot and stuffed inside the container. The body of eighteen-year-old Christian Ramos was discovered inside a blue barrel […]
Written on December 27, 2023 | Posted in
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One man is dead and another remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H., following a Christmas Eve shooting in Belize City. Things quickly went downhill when an individual, identified as Shaquille Perrera, arrived at the Ramclam family home on Maskall Street. He was there to see his son and, in the process, asked for the child’s mother. […]
Written on December 27, 2023 | Posted in
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In Punta Gorda on Christmas Day, thirty-year-old Kaleem Chun was executed by someone he knew, as the trio of men made its way on foot along Main Street. While walking along with Lazaro Barrientos and Louis Barillas, a firearm was produced and used to mortally injure Chun. Those individuals, Barrientos and Barillas, have been charged […]
Written on December 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Another suspect has been brought in for the murder of twenty-six-year-old Denver Montero. This time, it was a seventeen-year-old minor. Back in April, Denver Montero was killed in a robbery at Gracie Rock village, where he was shot and then chopped to death. Ryan Kerr, who was also shot during the incident, was able to […]
Written on December 27, 2023 | Posted in
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A police officer was stabbed several times on Thursday evening in Red Bank Village, Stann Creek. The incident happened around five o’clock, as four men: Carmelo Cholom, Gerald Garcia, Eddy Garcia and Gilberto Caw were socializing in front of a business establishment. That was when the policeman, thirty-four-year-old Perfecto Tush, arrived in a pickup, got […]
Written on December 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, thirty-eight-year-old Brandon Gillett, a bailiff at the Belize City Municipal Court, is on remand at the Belize Central Prison pending bail at the High Court. He has been charged in the wake of an amateur video that has since gone viral. In the brief clip, Gillett, dressed in black, is seen brandishing a rifle […]
Written on December 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Two days after San Pedro police detained her son for the murder of American tourist J’Bria Bowens at the start of the year, Amancia Martinez came public. She claimed that her son, Delson, was at home at the time Bowens was gunned down near the Central Park in San Pedro, but that the police still […]
Written on December 22, 2023 | Posted in
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In Belize’s judicial system, convictions for murder and other violent crimes are far and few. But one would have noticed that a number of lengthy jail sentences were being handed down this week in the High Court where several men, including brothers Delson and Tionne Paguada, were condemned to life in prison. On Thursday, Justice […]
Written on December 22, 2023 | Posted in
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According to ComPol Williams, the Belize Police Department has been working closely with the United States Embassy in providing training for officers in various capacities, including evidence gathering. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Our investigators across the country have undergone a number of trainings in investigation and, again, thanks to the U.S. Embassy who […]
Written on December 22, 2023 | Posted in
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On Monday, news of a pending resignation involving Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay was first shared in the media. The following day, that announcement was confirmed via a release from the Office of the Prime Minister stating that Senator Courtenay, Leader of Government Business in the upper house, would be abdicating his seat as a cabinet […]
Written on December 21, 2023 | Posted in
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So how does the idea of an individual who does not hold a ministerial rank or portfolio work, in the context of a constitution which clearly defines the qualifications necessary for someone to enter Cabinet? It’s a question that was met with a similar question by the former head of government. Dean Barrow, Former […]
Written on December 21, 2023 | Posted in
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At present there are two cases involving Belize before the International Court of Justice, one with Guatemala and another with Honduras, both of which involve territorial disputes. These matters, according to the Briceño administration, will remain under Senator Courtenay’s careful supervision. This, too, raises serious questions since Courtenay will be returning to private practice come […]
Written on December 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Since issuing the release on Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister John Briceño is yet to field questions on Senator Courtenay’s abrupt resignation. As such, a lot of what is currently taking place between PM Briceño and senior government ministers at the Sir Edney Cain Building remains speculative. A call is being made for the sitting head […]
Written on December 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Is there a sleight of hand at play regarding Foreign Minister Courtenay’s imminent departure and is the Prime Minister purposely dodging the real issue behind Courtenay’s resignation? Here’s how the former prime minister views the goings-on in Cabinet. Dean Barrow, Former Prime Minister “You already, Mr. Prime Minister, are, in my view, not held […]
Written on December 21, 2023 | Posted in
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This morning at the High Court in Belize City, over a dozen armed police officers were present for several high-profile matters that were before the judiciary, including a pair of life sentences that were handed down to siblings Delson and Tionne Paguada. We’ll tell you more about that judicial outcome elsewhere in our newscast, but […]
Written on December 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Life sentences were handed down to brothers Tionne and Delson Paguada earlier today after they were jointly convicted of the murder of Paul Jex in San Pedro in January 2018. This morning, the siblings appeared under heavy police guard in the High Court chamber of Justice Nigel Pilgrim where they were convicted and condemned to […]
Written on December 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, sixty-year-old Efrain Beltran Martinez was told that his initial twenty year sentence for the death of forty-three-year old Elmer Salazar would be reduced to six. Martinez, a Salvadoran national, pleaded guilty to manslaughter early this year, following the death of Salazar- a Guatemalan national who was found chopped to death on the compound of […]
Written on December 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay will demit office at the end of this month, and will be replaced in that capacity by Francis Fonseca. Prime Minister John Briceño has confirmed Courtenay’s departure after three years of public service. Courtenay, a senior counsel, will return to his private practice as an attorney. There have been many speculations […]
Written on December 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Rodwell Ferguson Addresses Courtenay’s Departure
In September, we told you about plans by the Central Bank of Belize to streamline fees charged by commercial banks to address customer concerns over high transaction fees. Well, today Central Bank Governor, Kareem Michael, announced that the Central Bank has taken action to address certain conditions that do not promote the fundamentals of an […]
Written on December 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay is stepping down from his post as Belize’s chief diplomat in the days ahead. News of his pending departure was confirmed in a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister earlier today. Courtenay, a preeminent attorney, was appointed senator when the Briceño administration took office in November 2020, and was […]
Written on December 19, 2023 | Posted in
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A young father from the Corozal District died following a freak accident on Monday afternoon at the Belize/Mexico Border. Twenty-five-year-old Germain Rivera and his co-worker Julio Zetina fell from a crane while working at Princess Vegas Casino. Rivera died at the scene and Zetina is currently at a private hospital in Belize City. This latest […]
Written on December 19, 2023 | Posted in
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