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Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie continues to be the man in the hot seat, and the man under fire in the Penner immigration scandal. He did not hand over the file which contains all evidence compiled so far in the investigation. That effectively squashed COLA’s case today setting Penner free of the charges. The Commissioner […]
Written on July 24, 2014 | Posted in
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The reaction of the crowd outside the courtroom was immediate. As Elvin Penner and his family walked to a parked vehicle, there were cries of ‘thief’ and ‘you should be in jail.’ But beneath the anger of those assembled outside is also a deep disappointment in the system, and a belief that the outcome of […]
Written on July 24, 2014 | Posted in
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On June sixteenth, Justice Michelle Arana ordered the government of Belize and SATIIM to engage in mediation where the exploration by US Capital Energy is concerned – mediation, but with no guidelines or determined outcome, which seems like somewhat of a hollow victory for SATIIM. Today, Executive Director Greg Ch’oc told us that the mediation […]
Written on July 24, 2014 | Posted in
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Summertime is extra special for children and youths who are attending interesting summer camps. Over at the Skills Training Center on Magazine Road, the City Council wrapped up two summer camps today. It was a fun time for the participants who engaged in activities such as arts and crafts, sports, and day trips to exciting […]
Written on July 24, 2014 | Posted in
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It has been a little over seventy-two hours since the unexplained disappearance of forty-three-year-old Kevin Carcamo, who disappeared on Sunday while returning through a densely forested area behind Freetown Sibun. Carcamo, the Chairman of Hattieville, was part of a team of forty-five linesmen employed by Discoverseis to run survey lines within the location. An intense […]
Written on July 23, 2014 | Posted in
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More than three million dollars has been placed into an account which will be administered by four union trustees. The funds represent dividends for shares which were offered to public officers and teachers whose increments were frozen between 1995 and 1997. According to a release sent out by G.O.B. today, in 1995 government agreed to […]
The Puerto Azul Project has been mired in controversy since it came to light that Italian developers were preparing to invest in the development. On Tuesday, the environmental community reacted negatively to government giving its stamp of approval to the developers of Puerto Azul to proceed with an environmental impact assessment. The EIA will determine […]
When government ministers Manuel Heredia Junior and Erwin Contreras attended the Cannes Film Festival in May, where they hobnobbed with the rich and famous on the French Riviera. The occasion was the launch of the proposed Puerto Azul Project. The photographs went viral and there was outrage because it was felt that their attendance signaled […]
A late night blaze on Prince Street in Belize City Friday night completely destroyed the upper flat of a wooden home. It was allegedly started by a child playing with a lighter, and by the time it was extinguished only the walls of the lower flat were left standing. Four families were affected by the […]
Eight high school and five sixth form students will continue studies with scholarships from the Belize Bank. Accompanied by their proud parents, the deserving students were presented today with the scholarships awards. Chairman of the Belize Bank Lyndon Guiseppi said the generosity of the bank is expected to be matched with that of the students […]
A pair of young Belizean artists has placed highly in a regional tourism and environmental poster competition hosted by the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association. While they did not win the coveted first prizes in their respective categories, they continue to bring exposure to the Jewel as a major cruise tourism destination. Dengri Hernandez and Amber […]
Written on July 23, 2014 | Posted in
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The family of Kevin Carcamo, the Hattieville Chairman, is clinging to hope tonight. It is forty-eight hours since the linesman, who is employed by Discoverseis, has been missing. A search party has grown to about a hundred strong and widened its hunt of Freetown Sibun where Carcamo went to work on Sunday for the company […]
Nasley Sommerville, the former administrator of the Southern Regional Hospital, was a no show at a scheduled Public Services Commission hearing today in Belmopan. Sommerville was named prominently in an audit of the Southern Region which pointed to the misappropriation of over three hundred and seventy thousand dollars. It is alleged that Sommerville, over the […]
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Written on July 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Benjamin Ho arrived in the Jewel last Thursday and on Monday presented his credentials to the Governor General to Belize. It is the second time in twenty years that Ho has been deployed on diplomatic mission and since 1998; it is his first trip back to Belize. Ambassador […]
Written on July 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Each year, through the sponsorship of the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), approximately two hundred volunteer groups from various universities in Taiwan are sent abroad to assist communities in public and private sector initiatives. On Sunday, for the fourth year consecutively, a group of twelve students from the National Tsing Hua University in […]
Written on July 22, 2014 | Posted in
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Germany recently beat out Argentina to emerge victorious in the 2014 World Cup – a dream of football federations across the world and certainly one for Belize. Every journey has to start somewhere, and the Football Federation of Belize is partnering with FIFA to provide expert training for coaches across the country. German football instructor […]
It is summer so camps are popping up all over the place. By all accounts one of most popular is organized by the Belize Defense Force and hundreds of youths register to participate. They are learning a number of disciplines from taekwondo, to jungle survival and football and then there is music. Duane Moody was […]
Written on July 22, 2014 | Posted in
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At this time a search party is combing the area of Freetown Sibun near Hattieville looking for Chairman Kevin Carcamo. Carcamo is employed as a linesman by an oil company doing geophysical work and on Sunday he set out to work but has been heard from since. The search party includes residents of the village, […]
A caretaker of Cotton Tree Village lost his life at the start of the weekend when he drowned inside a fishpond at Fresh Catch Farm in La Democracia on Friday evening. Fifty-seven-year-old Thomas Garcia, a Guatemalan national, reportedly went swimming in one of several freshwater pools when he submerged and did not resurface. According to […]
In other news…Inter-American Development Bank’s President Luis Alberto Moreno was in the country briefly today. He met in Belmopan with Prime Minister Dean Barrow during which the bank’s activities, portfolio as well as future projects were discussed. The Bank is shifting its focus and targeting education, tourism, transport, trade and tax policies. According to […]
The Rosado family struck back today on allegations made by a co-founder of the Ariel Rosado Memorial Foundation. The board of directors hosted a press conference this afternoon to clarify assertions that have been made in the media by Bruce Sanchez Senior. The Rosado and Sanchez families are at loggerheads over the management of funds […]
Rosado also set the record straight on how it came to be that he and his wife began signing checks on behalf of the foundation. Dr. Alvaro Rosado, Founder, Ariel Rosado Memorial Foundation “When we met the board instructed me to go to the bank and get the signatories changed so that we could […]
Fifty-five scholarships were awarded this morning to worthy students based on criteria of academic performances as well as financial needs. The recipients came from all over the country and converged at the Biltmore Plaza where they were all smiles at the opportunity to further their studies. They were all deserving of the scholarships and in […]
Written on July 18, 2014 | Posted in
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Antonette Pilgrim, of the Belize Cancer Society of California, is currently in the country. She spoke to News Five today about a month long series of activities involving cancer awareness that is taking place around the country. Pilgrim is collaborating with the Belize Cancer Society in organizing cancer boutiques in various districts to update women […]
Written on July 18, 2014 | Posted in
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