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Carnival 2014 is quickly approaching and carnival groups across the city and other districts are putting the final touches to their elaborate costumes for King, Queen and revelers. But while the fete is a highly anticipated event for the September Celebrations, it is also very costly. These bands would perennially look to sponsors for assistance […]
Written on July 30, 2014 | Posted in
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According to the tracking feature, the Ipad was taken to this home in Orange Walk. We didn’t know it at the time of the interview this morning, but we’ve learned that the house belongs to German Vega, who is the brother of the Deputy Prime Minister. Saldivar isn’t taking the matter lightly, even before he […]
On June eleventh, 2013, the Government of Belize assumed control of the shipping and companies’ registries that were managed by Belize International Services Limited. That led to a round of litigation in which BISL challenged the legality of the acquisition and is seeking compensation. But there is another angle in the seemingly unending litigation involving […]
Written on July 29, 2014 | Posted in
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On Friday, employees of Belize Maintenance Limited were up in arms over City Hall’s mounting debt with the sanitation company. BML had been contracted by a previous city council administration to clean streets and drains across the Old Capital at a cost of almost eighty thousand dollars weekly. Shouldering the hefty sum has always been […]
Written on July 29, 2014 | Posted in
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As it concerns his political future, Mayor Darrell Bradley has always managed to beat around the bush when asked about his intention to return to City Hall in 2015 or in offering himself as a candidate for Caribbean Shores in the next general elections. While he has prevaricated at length on occasions, today he provided […]
Written on July 29, 2014 | Posted in
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While Mayor Bradley aspires to a seat in the House of Representatives in the distant future, Councilor Eric Chang will not be running for another term at City Hall. A recent revelation of a list of candidates shows that Chang’s name is absent from the slate. When pressed for a reason as to why Chang […]
Barbadian attorney, Anika Jackson, has been appointed as the new solicitor general of Belize. On August first, she will be formally taking the reigns from Acting Solicitor General Nigel Hawke who has been deputizing since late 2013. Concerns are being raised however, regarding Jackson’s appointment since the position is a public service post. News Five […]
Written on July 29, 2014 | Posted in
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In time for the new school year, the Youth Enhancement Services has been offering assistance to youths who would otherwise fall by the wayside. The recipients of the program were properly vetted to qualify and are from communities in Dangriga, Orange Walk and Belize City. Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting A small ceremony […]
Written on July 29, 2014 | Posted in
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Police have not released the name of a man who died at the health centre in Burrell Boom on Saturday. According to reports, the man was drinking in front of the gas station in the village when he allegedly complained that he was not feeling well. He was immediately taken to the health centre and […]
Written on July 28, 2014 | Posted in
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Hattieville Chairman Kevin Carcamo has been missing since July twentieth and the search for him has continued unabated. The Discover-seis employee went to work that day and never came home. Every day since then employees of the company have joined his friends and family, the Police, Coast Guard and B.D.F. in combing the area where […]
Written on July 28, 2014 | Posted in
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If you were glued to the TV over the weekend, you probably caught at least a bit of the Prime Minister’s extended sit down with banker Steven Duncan. It clocked in at just over an hour and a quarter and the nation’s leader spoke on a matter of issues from corruption and infrastructure to the […]
Written on July 28, 2014 | Posted in
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And while the PM can speak openly about the corruption of some members of Cabinet, he maintains that he personally has held firmly to his integrity, and that, more than anything else, will be the legacy he would like to leave behind when his political career comes to an end. Prime Minister Dean Barrow […]
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U.S. Capital Energy is tonight one step closer to drilling for oil in the Sarstoon Temash National Park. On Thursday, a convoy of vehicles carrying heavy equipment used to set up a drill rig entered the country at the northern border. The fleet is the first of several containing the necessary items to be used […]
Belizeans have been following with much interest the curious case of Nasley Sommerville, formerly the administrator of the Southern Regional Hospital. She has been under investigation for at least a year, for misappropriation of what is said to be hundreds of thousands of dollars. She has been the subject of particular interest in an […]
Seventy-two year old McKesson Garrett remains hospitalized recovering from injuries sustained when he was attacked by four vicious Rottweilers. Garnett went to visit his friend, Leroy Woods, who lives at mile four on the Phillip Goldson Highway. But the friendly visit almost turned deadly for Garrett who was attacked when he was welcomed by Woods […]
Written on July 25, 2014 | Posted in
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A candlelight vigil for the safe return of Hattieville Chairman, Kevin Carcamo will be held tonight, five days after his mysterious disappearance behind Freetown Sibun. Carcamo vanished while reportedly returning from work on a survey line within the densely forested area on Sunday and, despite all efforts by authorities to locate him, hasn’t been seen […]
Written on July 25, 2014 | Posted in
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One issue that the People’s United Party is tackling is the draconian gun laws. The leader of the opposition says that the party has written and submitted an amendment to the Firearms Act to G.O.B., but has received no response. Francis Fonseca says that the Firearms Act in itself is not a bad thing, but […]
On Thursday morning, three families were displaced by separate fires in Belize City. Today, Jenise Ramirez and her two children, ages six and four, received some assistance courtesy of Salvation Army. Ramirez’s house and its contents were destroyed in the blaze on Berkley Street that was started by her eldest son who was playing with […]
Written on July 25, 2014 | Posted in
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Last September corruption came to light when the Penner immigration scandal was first exposed. This involved the corruption in the issuance of Belizean passports to individuals who did not qualify. In the case of South Korean national, Won Hong Kim, there was evidence that he did not meet even the basic requirements, however still obtained […]
For students interested in creative arts, a summer camp hosted by the Ministry of Education is the perfect setting to engage in the many facets of the arts. This year the number of participants grew to well over a hundred students who flocked to the Bliss Center for Performing Arts for three weeks of fun […]
Written on July 25, 2014 | Posted in
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There was another camp taking place, but outside the city where at risk youths were engaged in various activities. News Five’s Isani Cayetano files a report. Isani Cayetano, Reporting At the Youth Hostel this morning, a summer camp for at risk teens concluded after several weeks of training in various disciplines. Among the many […]
Written on July 25, 2014 | Posted in
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The Won Hong Kim scandal erupted in September 2013. The catalyst was a Belizean passport issued to Kim. Kim received Belizean nationality and his passport while he languished in a jail cell in Taiwan. That was ten months ago, and the infamous passport has yet to return to the shores of the jewel. Recently Minister […]
Written on July 24, 2014 | Posted in
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P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca got the news about Penner shortly after the former Minister of State walked out the door of the Belmopan Magistrate Court, indicted now only by public opinion. He told News Five that it is a bitter disappointment, a travesty and a sad day for Belize. But Fonseca concedes that while it […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow, on more than one occasion, has expressed his doubt that Elvin Penner could be successfully prosecuted, maintaining the difference between factual guilt and legal guilt. Attorney-General Wilfred Elrington has followed suit, asserting that the reason the D.P.P. has not initiated a public prosecution against Penner is that she knows it wouldn’t […]
P.U.P. Leader, Francis Fonseca, himself a former Attorney-General, also took issue with the comments of Elrington, but like the outcome of the case, he says they weren’t surprising. He says Elrington was simply reflecting the belief and intent of the U.D.P. government. Francis Fonseca, P.U.P. Leader “The Attorney-General had absolutely no business offering his […]
