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As part of the Confidence Building Measures to keep the peace along the adjacency zone, the Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala has been providing funding. These countries form part of the O.A.S. and others are observers. On Monday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow was asked was has been the reaction of the international community […]
A student was badly injured at his school about two weeks ago and now his condition is taking a turn for the worse. The primary school in Georgetown Village, Stann Creek was holding its school fair and had hired an ATV owner to offer rides as an attraction. The students paid a dollar and took […]
Opposition Leader John Briceño has taken the opportunity, following the decision of the Court of Appeal this evening, to call on Prime Minister Barrow to return to the bipartisan approach in dealing with the I.C.J. referendum. While he did not gloat in the consecutive legal victory against government, Briceño pointed out that the Barrow administration […]
Immediately after the ruling of the Court of Appeal upholding the injunction, the Prime Minister held a lengthy press conference at the Laing Building. P.M. Dean Barrow accepted that the referendum would not proceed on Wednesday. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “We will not be having a referendum on Wednesday April the tenth. I am […]
So what the government’s next move? More litigation….According to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, the government will be looking at the Caribbean Court of Justice for another appeal, though that appeal is not likely to be launched ahead of April tenth. Though the Court of Appeal upheld the injunction, the P.M. also said that he believed […]
Many observers have been asking why the Barrow Administration hasn’t taken the matter to the House of Representatives to fix what he described as the possible mischief that the Chief Justice flagged when coming to his decision to issue the injunction. Here is how PM Barrow explained it. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “Well the […]
The Attorney General also told the media that the urgency on proceeding with the April tenth referendum was simply because a great deal of time and resources has already been expended on getting to this point of preparedness. Peyrefitte, however, agreed that if the referendum has to be put on hold, government was also looking […]
According to AG Peyrefitte, the membership of the United Democratic Party has been expressing its readiness to go to the polls. Of course, this was prior to the Court of Appeal’s decision late this evening. While he did not comment on the controversy surrounding Belizeans in Diaspora, Peyrefitte spoke on those U.D.P. stalwarts who returned […]
Twelve Guatemalan nationals were released last weekend, soon after they were detained with a huge amount of U.S. dollars. The group was in a vessel near Moho Caye in the southern waters when they were intercepted by the coastguard and handed over to the Belize Police Department. Their release has come under scrutiny for various […]
In the aftermath of a red alert by the International Criminal Police Organization for Alberto Samid, the seventy-one-year-old was detained in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. Samid, who is wanted in Argentina for tax evasion, reportedly made his way to Belize after he escaped his country through Paraguay. Samid, who goes by the name “King of […]
There is official word on the death of Rudy Morales of San Ignacio. The nineteen-year-old had been reported missing for two days, and last Tuesday, his body was found floating in the Mopan River in Benque Viejo Del Carmen. Morales was last seen alive by relatives when he left home on March twenty-ninth and on […]
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As you heard, attorneys for P.U.P. parliamentarians and the Government went before the Court of Appeal this afternoon for case management ahead of arguments on Monday. To put things in perspective, News Five’s Isani Cayetano looks back at the interim injunction granted on Wednesday by the Chief Justice which has triggered another round of legal […]
So what is happening at City Hall? P.U.P. Belize City Councillor Ryan Elijio caused quite a stir on Thursday night after a post on his personal Facebook profile alluded to him resigning from the council. Posted on Elijio’s Facebook was “I work too hard for my name and I will never need it up for […]
Barranco in is one of the smallest villages in the country. The quiet community is located in a remote area of southern Belize and overtime, it has generally kept away from the news. The iconic Andy Palacio is a son of the village, he died years ago and generally, the population has been shrinking so […]
The Belize Electricity Limited has asked the Public Utilities Commission to maintain the mean electricity rate of forty-one cents per kilowatt-hour from July of this year through to June of next year. After an increase in January, it was expected that another increase would have followed in June, but according to B.E.L., the current rates […]
Earlier this week we showed you a pair of Jaguarundis who were born two months ago at the Belize Zoo. News of the birth spread quickly among the zoos across the world and now the kittens are being sought after because unlike the Belize Zoo, those zoos have not had much success in getting their […]
The Anglican Cathedral College held an open day showcase for its enterprising students. They showed off the creations they made to observe the theme, “Innovation Financial Management Securing a Sustainable ACC.” The students used recyclable materials, garden produce and other innovative materials. News Five stopped by the fair to find out more about the students’ […]
There is still a number of questions as to what will happen next week Wednesday, on April tenth, following the granting of an interim injunction. Twenty-four hours after the ruling, government moved to file an appeal before the Court of Appeal, which seeks to overturn the Chief Justice’s decision to postpone the I.C.J. referendum. Those […]
There are two hearings at play. One is before the Chief Justice and the other is before the Court of Appeal where as we said, the government is attempting to reverse the CJ’s decision. So will the injunction be lifted in time for April tenth? It’s the most urgent question that’s on the minds of […]
Aside from filing an injunction forthwith, government is also seeking a variation of the Chief Justice’s decision which would essentially allow for the referendum to be held on April tenth and the results kept confidential until the substantive matter has been decided upon. Not only has that notion been described as strange, it also poses […]
All things considered, government is already looking at the worst case scenario which simply means that the referendum may very well be held in June, after the issue has been taken to the House of Representatives for a vote. In any event, AG Peyrefitte says that the U.D.P. will have the majority vote when that […]
With all that is taking place or about to take place in the courts; soon after the pronouncements of the Prime Minister establishing his time line for legal challenges of the interim injunction, a copy of a correspondence from Elections and Boundaries appeared on social media. The leaked memo is from the Chief Elections Officer […]
Cable operators in Belize will now be able to legally provide thirty programming channels such as HBO, MAX, Lifetime and SyFy. This comes after the signing of licensing agreements between HBO Latin America Group and the Belize Cable Television Operators’ Association. For years, cable operators in the country have been distributing certain channels without authorization. […]
Due to the volume of news on Wednesday, we didn’t cover the following matter, which involves attorney Lisa Shoman. Her future of attorney as a member of the People’s United Party has been queried ever since she decided to represent the Government in a case involving the holding of the I.C.J. referendum on April tenth. […]
While the Leader of the Opposition is prepared to respect Shoman’s decision, she says she has not relinquished membership in the People’s United Party. According to Shoman, the matter of her political allegiance is irrelevant. Instead, she acknowledges that Belizeans are a more formidable opponent of Guatemala when there is a bipartisan effort to stand […]
