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An audit on whether B.T.L. owes twenty-five million dollars in taxes to the government has been raised time and again. Last year, it came to light that the General Sales Tax Department was auditing B.T.L. along with the B.E.S.L. and B.T.L. Digicel Limited, two of B.T.L.’s subsidiaries. Today Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte confirmed that he […]
Written on January 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero told News Five today that the final batch of anti-retroviral medicine will arrive in the country by the end of the month. This means that the Ministry of Health has begun replenishing the country’s stock of medication needed for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The stock had gone extremely […]
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The Nursing Task Force has given the Ministries of Health and Public Service less than a week to respond to their concerns to stop the escalation of tensions. On Thursday, the task force fired off a press release in which it highlighted five critical issues that is challenging the nursing community. It says that the […]
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The Public Service Union has weighed in on the matter. The union expresses solidarity with the Nursing Task Force and the Nurses Association of Belize. The P.S.U. says that the issues raised only supports the P.S.U.’s declaration based on the President’s countrywide tour, in which it has been confirmed that the Ministry of Health is […]
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In 2018, Keith Gilges assumed duties as Chargé d’Affaires for the U.S. Embassy in Belize. The career Foreign Service Officer has been working closely with government agencies and groups to further establish a stronger relationship between the two countries. This week we caught up with the U.S. diplomat in studio. For 2020, Gilges says that […]
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Gilges also spoke about the U.S. proposal to transfer rejected asylum seekers to Peten, Guatemala. This he says could have negative implications on Belize and as such has been communicated to State Department in Washington. Keith R. Gilges, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy “We have seen the first returnees come from Guatemala. Again, my interest […]
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Long lines of persons queued up at the office of the U.D.P. Lake Independence Standard Bearer, Dianne Finnegan since early this morning and on Wednesday though the main office of the Immigration Department is a stone’s throw away. Admittedly, the persons say they are getting assistance to get their immigration papers in order to acquire […]
Written on January 9, 2020 | Posted in
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But are the events in the past two days an indictment of the Immigration Department, where the processing is to take place? Minister of State for Immigration, Beverly Williams says that the meeting on Monday was a forward thinking initiative to address the congestion at the department in regularizing migrants. Beverly Williams, Minister of […]
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Tonight we bring you the story of Anita Beatrice Bilal. The fifty-seven-year-old Belize City resident survived a house fire and stage-two cervical cancer and she is battling her husband’s plan to sell the property that they have been living on for more than two decades. Bilal is legally married but separated from her spouse. She […]
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Over the Christmas holidays business owners in San Pedro, proprietors of bars and nightclubs, were granted extensions to keep their establishments open beyond midnight. Those extensions, in some cases, were granted while the San Pedro Town Council was closed for business. Chairman Eiden Salazar, of the San Pedro Liquor Licensing Board, authorized a number of […]
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There was overwhelming public outrage when Jumoke Castro issued vile and threatening comments on his Facebook page against Pastor Louis Wade and his wife Shasta of Plus TV. Castro is the son of Minster Edmond Castro and is employed by the government. Word to News Five is that the Public Service has issued a letter […]
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Like the rest of the nation, Opposition Leader John Briceño is patiently waiting for U.D.P. Senator Aldo Salazar to present his report regarding the Senate Special Select Committee’s findings of the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report on the Immigration and Nationality Department. It’s been two years since the committee completed its work. Even with the assistance […]
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On the topic of elections, the United Democratic Party will be holding its leadership convention in February. Patrick Faber and John Saldivar are going head to head to replace Prime Minister Dean Barrow as U.D.P. leader. The victor will go against John Briceño and rumours are swirling that elections may be called as early as […]
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With general elections expected to be called at any time, Opposition Leader John Briceño is carefully monitoring a constitutional challenge bought before the Supreme Court by the Belize Peace Movement. The legal challenges focused on the need for a redistricting exercise. The matter is currently before the Chief Justice and Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte has stated […]
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Every year at the ceremonial opening of the Supreme Court, the judiciary has always criticized the lack of resources set aside to carry out its functions. The perennial complaint is not without merit, as monies are allotted each fiscal year to other areas of government. According to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, despite repeated requests, government […]
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The Belize Gaming Company took a serious hit last Sunday when the four-digit jackpot, and the winning single numbers, 2020, saw Belizeans from across the country claiming their prizes. It was the biggest payout in the company’s history, despite nearing the end of its contract with government for the Sunday Lottery and Boledo Draw. While […]
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The 2020 legal calendar gets underway on January thirteenth and the Attorney General’s ministry is already looking at possibly replacing as many as five judges, including Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin, in the months ahead. That’s because, with the exception of Justice Shona Griffith, they will all be reaching retirement age this year. As we reported […]
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Offering the Chief Justice a contract extension means that government would be prepared to negotiate new terms of agreement to include pay scale and salary, as well as other benefits. That decision, however, is also contingent upon a vote to be taken by members of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission. The taskforce is comprised […]
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Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin succeeded Abdulai Conteh as the presiding judge of the Supreme Court back in 2011. During his tenure on the bench, CJ Benjamin came under fire from the Bar Association in September 2017 for failing to render judgments in a timely manner, leading to a backlog in the number of outstanding cases […]
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Notwithstanding the Chief Justice’s pending retirement, there is a matter that has been lodged before the Supreme Court in which he is being challenged as chair of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission. The Bar Association, through attorney Andrew Marshalleck, is taking CJ Benjamin to court for sidelining its president from JLSC meetings. It is […]
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The Evangelical Churches today offered their interpretation of the recent ruling relating to Section fifty-three. On December thirtieth, 2019, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment, upholding the Chief Justice’s ruling on Section Fifty of the Belize Criminal Code in which he found that it contravened the constitutional rights to dignity, equality before the law, privacy, freedom […]
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There is no certainty that there will be an appeal that would take the case to the Caribbean Court of Justice but it is under consideration by the association. Vice President Scott Stirm says that the ruling demolishes what they have fought for and with the anti-discrimination legislation coming on board; he says that this […]
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The Freedom of Information Act remains at the centre of a failed request by the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry to get its hands on a copy of Imer Hernandez’s contract to pave the Coastal Highway. The mega contract is for a whopping one hundred and thirty million dollars. The call for a facsimile […]
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So while Government is yet to provide a copy of the Hernandez contract to the Chamber, Government’s chief legal officer Michael Peyrefitte is demanding that Opposition Leader John Briceño apologizes for comments he made during his New Year’s address last week. Allegations were made by the P.U.P. leader that ranking government officials were involved in […]
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N.E.A.B. today made claims on a number of issues in regards to the decision by the Court of Appeal to uphold the CJ’s ruling on Section Fifty-three. The Association is linking homosexuality to an increase in the number of persons living with HIV. With no evidence at hand, according to Secretary George Ferrar, with the […]
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