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Having exhausted all avenues to proceed with the private prosecution of Elvin Penner, Musa says that they are anticipating the prime minister’s assistance in handing over the files that are presently in his possession. Those documents should be submitted before May twenty-ninth. Kareem Musa, Attorney for COLA “Since nobody else wants to cooperate with […]
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What should have been a unified celebration in honor of all teachers on Friday, in Benque Viejo del Carmen, has been scaled down significantly to district level festivities commemorating National Teachers’ Day. That decision was taken by the Ministry of Education earlier this month when the Belize National Teachers Union failed to realize its quota […]
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B.N.T.U.’s Executive Secretary, Keesha Young, says that despite the downgrading of activities, the day will be celebrated in grand fashion at a much smaller level. Furthermore, it is the sentiment of a majority of teachers that a unified celebration doesn’t do much for the individual schools and district branches. Keesha Young, Executive Secretary, Belize […]
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The Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie has finally spoken about the investigation into the immigration scandal involving former Minister of State, Elvin Penner. A writ of mandamus instructing Whylie to formally commence a criminal investigation of Penner was issued by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin on March third. The order from the Supreme Court came seven […]
When asked if the police department would not have proceeded with an investigation had a writ of mandamus not been filed, ComPol Whylie told the media that they were simply awaiting the outcome of the auditor general’s investigation. That report has been delivered to the office of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Labor […]
On Tuesday, we reported that three female minors are missing from Marla’s House of Hope in Belmopan. The three missing girls have been identified as fifteen-year-old Selena Cal, fourteen-year-old Francesca August and fourteen-year-old Britney Gentle. The teenagers disappeared from foster care a week and a half ago. While family members have confirmed that the girls […]
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The police department today received a hefty donation courtesy of the United States Embassy. It involves a brand new fleet of vehicles valued at more than two million dollars. The US Charge d’ Affaires, Margaret Hawthorne, says that the heavy duty trucks will be used to improve citizen security. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was on […]
Officers of varying ranks from across the police department are often invited to sit an annual exam to determine their eligibility for promotion. In the past a majority of those who have sat the test have done well. Others, in recent years, have simply failed to leave a lasting academic impression of police officers on […]
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Today, Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse was corralled by the media and subjected to a grilling usually reserved for Prime Minister Dean Barrow. We have it all, but first the passport which was issued to South Korean national, Won Hong Kim. The scandal broke in mid-September 2013. It is now mid-May 2014, and the document […]
Apart from a private prosecution of Elvin Penner by COLA, the disgraced former Minister of State Elvin Penner has escaped all scrutiny. The COLA case has been negatively impacted by what seems to be state-sanctioned stonewalling at all levels. Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse says he has no clue what evidence COLA wants, since the […]
The Auditor-General’s department has been inside the Immigration Department since October 2013, allegedly to get to the bottom of the corruption. While the public remained unaware, a preliminary report on the findings of the comprehensive audit was submitted to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Immigration on March twenty-first, 2014. So what’s in that […]
The multi-million dollar Norwegian Cruise Lines tourism project in southern Belize has been all but given a green light by the Government of Belize. But government’s approval is not the same thing as welcoming arms everywhere. The Belize Tourism Industry Association has filed a lawsuit against the Government of Belize, and tonight there is word […]
Port Loyola Area Representative Anthony Boots Martinez is also part of that team, and yes, he also got fifty thousand dollars to give to his constituents. Today, he seemed a little offended when asked about it. In fact, he accused Channel Five of ‘infiltrating misinformation.’ We’re not sure what that means. But whatever it is, […]
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Jamaican gay rights activist Maurice Tomlinson will have his day in court – the Caribbean Court of Justice, to be specific. He has been given leave to challenge the Immigration laws of Belize and Trinidad and Tobago on the grounds that they violate the rights of LGBT citizens. It’s a significant decision in an era […]
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And over at the Radisson, representatives from eight Caribbean countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Grenada and Dominica are gathered in Belize this week. The high level delegations are here as part of a Horizontal Cooperation Exchange on Social Protection. The focus […]
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The new, not yet approved Director of Drug Inspectorate, Danini Contreras, has become a highly controversial figure. She is the daughter of U.D.P. Minister Erwin Contreras, and technical experts including Director of Health Services Michael Pitts say she is the wrong person for the job. Still, the Ministry of Health seems intent on pushing the […]
Senior Immigration staffers Ady Pacheco and Gordon Wade came under scrutiny for their roles in the Won Hong Kim passport scandal. An internal Immigration investigation fingered both of them, and Elvin Penner, in serious irregularities in the issuance of a nationality certificate for Won Hong Kim. Still, they seem practically unscathed in all this, unlike […]
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Two hundred and fifty-four lots in Cotton Tree have been given to residents of Port Loyola. The Village Council has reacted by taking government to court saying that G.O.B. has violated the law by usurping the autonomy of the Council. Today, Port Loyola Area Rep., Minister Anthony “Boots” Martinez, says that government acquired the land […]
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Three Honduran men set out to sea last Tuesday heading to Placencia but they never got to their intended destination. Their vessel apparently experienced mechanical problems and the trio drifted for six days. The Coast Guard was put on alert and after midnight, the trio was spotted by a local fisherman in the area of […]
Minister of Health, Pablo Marin, might worry about pesky health-related matters like a lack of basic medication, no money to hire doctors and no money for properly equipped ambulances…but politician and area rep for Corozal Bay, Pablo Marin, doesn’t have those worries. His most pressing concern this weekend was probably how best to hand out […]
On Thursday, January thirtieth, forty-three-year-old Sittee River resident Ana Foster left home to go visit her son. She never reached his home. Early the next morning her lifeless body was found in an orange orchard in the village. She had been raped and murdered. One man was detained shortly after, though that information was never […]
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On Wednesday Church leaders met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow to discuss the gender policy and other related issues. Some fringes of the organized church gave the impression that it would have been a heated, confrontational session – a kind of withdraw the gender policy or else scenario. But it wasn’t. By all indication it […]
With seeming accord between government and the churches, you might be a little confused by those militaristic releases condoning shutdown of schools and strikes or giving the government thirty days to withdraw the gender policy. Well, those releases are coming from a group called Belize Can Patriots, an alliance movement led by Patrick Menzies. According […]
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On Thursday, the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled favorably on behalf of LGBT activist Maurice Tomlinson, granting him special leave to challenge the immigration acts of Belize and Trinidad & Tobago. The decision followed a suit which was filed in July of last year in which Tomlinson claims that the existing laws are prejudicial towards […]
Firebrand grassroots activist and president of BGYEA, Nigel Petillo, is again up in arms with the Lands Department over the Harmonyville community near mile forty-one on the George Price Highway. Petillo says that the process of developing the area is continuously frustrated by government which has made it clear that it was BGYEA’s responsibility. But […]
