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Actor, activist, poet, and educator, Doctor Billie Jean Young is here in the jewel in celebration of Women’s Month. The Women’s Issues Network Belize (WIN-Belize) has planned several activities for the month designated for women, but this week’s activities, the agency collaborated with the United States Embassy to have Doctor Young make several presentations to […]
Written on March 11, 2014 | Posted in
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There is much to report in the news from inside and outside the national assembly, but first we turn tonight to former Minister of State Elvin Penner. News Five has confirmed that the Police Department has conducted a criminal investigation, following instruction by the Supreme Court. We have been unable to get any information on […]
Written on March 7, 2014 | Posted in
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The Prime Minister announced that a big slice of the 2014/2015 Budget will be spent on personal emoluments; that’s three hundred and thirty two million dollars. Teachers and public officers will be getting five percent in salary adjustments and two percent in increments. Barrow made that announcement inside the house, but outside the teachers held […]
A new chief executive officer has been appointed to replace outgoing C.E.O. Jose Alpuche at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture. Government has looked outside the public service and has contracted Sharon Ramclam to succeed Alpuche at the helm of the biggest ministries which also has responsibility for Lands and Survey, Hydrology, Mining, Policy […]
Led by Kim Simplis Barrow, the Special Envoy for Women and Children, the planned women’s empowerment rally took place this morning in Belize City travelling from Memorial Park to the Marion Jones Stadium. It is a precursor to World’s Women’s Day celebrated on March eighth and according to Simpliss Barrow, the start of a one […]
The rally got plenty attention; a lot of it even before today. Politicians weighed in, and so did social activists, humanitarian organizations, the B.N.T.U., anti-gay protesters, gender-policy dissenters and even the mighty Roman Catholic Church. But today, all attention was directed on center stage, so Mike Rudon took to the outskirts to get the vibe […]
On Wednesday, Nationality Department Counter Supervisor Ady Pacheco was questioned by officers from the National Crimes Investigation Branch. Pacheco was prominently featured in the internal investigation into the Won Hong Kim passport scandal. So was Gordon Wade, the chief of the nationality section. He was allegedly questioned today. Both Wade and Pacheco played very integral […]
The Marion Jones Sporting Complex is one project that is likely to be revisited in Friday’s budget. The complex is far from completion and according to the Minister of State with responsibility for Sports, Herman Longsworth, the delays have been caused by funding. Today, Longsworth cited the rains as another reason why the state of […]
Written on March 6, 2014 | Posted in
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Final preparations are being put to the Twenty Thousand Strong Women Empowerment Rally, organized by the Special Envoy for Women and Children, with logistical support from the National Women’s Commission. But on Tuesday evening, the huge undertaking came under fire when the Roman Catholic Church, the biggest denomination, said it would not endorse it. It […]
The organizers are hoping that twenty thousand women and young girls will be marching in Belize City on Thursday as part of a women empowerment rally. Unfortunately, the planned empowerment has been almost lost in a furious flurry of emails, releases and interviews following the church’s position. That has awakened protest from the anti-gender policy […]
It is hoped that there will be a massive turnout of women at the rally, but aside from the Roman Catholic Church, the organizers have received another very surprising declaration of non-support. That came from the People’s United Party, which has always claimed to be all about women empowerment. In fact, that party released its […]
Two weeks ago, reports surfaced that three highly-ranked officers in the Ministry of Natural Resources had received their walking papers, allegedly for reasons of corruption. The three were very close to Minister of Natural Resources Gaspar Vega – in fact, two of them, the Registrar of Lands and the Deputy Commissioner of Lands, are his […]
Thirteen employees of Bowen and Bowen Limited have been terminated. That decision was taken by the management of the company after the group of employees comprising of drivers and their assistant stayed off work for two days to signal their discontent with new terms of employment and salaries with the company. The group claimed that […]
The Belize National Teachers Union is also hosting a massive demonstration on Independence Hill this Friday, where the House of Representatives will be convening to present the 2014 National Budget. While the day off from work is not sanctioned by the Ministry of Education, National President Luke Palacio told the media today that the purpose […]
Written on March 5, 2014 | Posted in
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You could be forgiven for hearing the name Conch Shell Bay and picturing pristine beaches overlooking the picturesque waters of the Caribbean. But if you’re a resident of Belize City, you know that nothing is further from the truth. Conch Shell Bay is a poverty-stricken area off Vernon Street in the city, a bunch of […]
Written on March 5, 2014 | Posted in
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Mayor Darrell Bradley and the Belize City Council are days away from celebrating two years in office. And for City Hall it will be a celebration, boasting one hundred and four completed streets and several successful infrastructure projects including the spectacular B.T.L. Park. So you would think the Mayor would be floating on a sea […]
Written on March 5, 2014 | Posted in
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Bradley also alluded to one major problem which has caused the current hostilities on Sixth Street – zoning. That’s why the previously residential street has a commercial feel…with large supermarkets, a pharmacy, stores and apartment buildings. But he says that the Council cannot bear the full responsibility for the zoning. In fact, says Bradley, City […]
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Earlier we told you that the Mayor is celebrating his two years in office. To mark the occasion, surrounded by councilors, Mayor Darrell Bradley today presented the report card of accomplishments of the council. Top of the list was the massive infrastructural work undertaken throughout the city. Isani Cayetano was present at City Hall for […]
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On Monday, People’s United Party leader Francis Fonseca won a significant victory in the court of Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. With commendable dispatch, the CJ issued a directive to Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie to commence, to its conclusion, a criminal investigation into the Won Hong Kim passport scandal and former Minister of State Elvin […]
Today, News Five tried to contact Prime Minister Dean Barrow, Minister of Immigration and Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie. Those attempts were unsuccessful. We actually wanted to ask just one question that seems to be baffling everybody – who told Assistant Superintendent of Police Julio Valdez to stop investigating after he found discrepancies in the […]
On Tuesday’s newscast, News Five showed you three nationality certificates signed by former Minister of State Elvin Penner. We have been able to confirm that these documents were under scrutiny during the investigation which was halted by instructions from a so far unnamed person. Three persons – a Vietnamese national, a Taiwanese national and a […]
Written on March 4, 2014 | Posted in
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The following is not good news for the jewel despite a raft of legislation passed in February that includes the Financial Intelligence Unit Amendment Act and the Money Laundering and Terrorism Prevention Bill. Still today, Belize was named in a list of countries considered as major money laundering countries around the world. The 2014 International […]
Earlier we told you that the church is not endorsing the twenty thousand strong women’s rally organized by the National Women’s Commission. All indications are that the rally will proceed on Thursday and that women will be bused in from all over the country. Earlier today, Executive Director of the Women’s Commission, Ann-Marie Williams, came […]
Written on March 4, 2014 | Posted in
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Twenty-five year old police constable Abimael Romero remains hospitalized after being stabbed multiple times in Orange Walk on Sunday morning. The officer was reportedly in town visiting with his in-laws when he was attacked by a group of men while walking along Asuncion Street. He was stabbed as many as eighteen times to various parts […]
A daring rescue operation on Sunday night, conducted by rangers attached to the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE), resulted in the successful retrieval of a fishing vessel and its occupants. News Five understands that the boat was adrift in turbulent waters off the coast of southern Belize when police and coastguard personnel were […]
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