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The letter has been released within weeks of the July leadership convention of the U.D.P. where Darrell Bradley is seeking to be leader. Political pundits believe that the timing of letter is to smear former Mayor Darrel Bradley, who is running against Wilfred Elrington, John Saldivar and Patrick Faber. Lee Mark Chang is known to […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Tonight a corporal of police is detained for operating a fraudulent gun license approval scheme. Corporal Oscar Itch who was stationed at the Police Headquarters in Belmopan issued nearly thirty fake special gun license approvals. The scam was discovered by none other than the Commissioner of Police. Today, ComPol Williams said that he went on […]
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Another cop is in hot water tonight and this time he’s from the San Ignacio Formation. Police Constable Roy Zuniga reportedly stole four hundred dollars in cash from a person who was detained at the police station. Investigators were able to recover the money and later charged Zuniga with theft and placed him on interdiction. […]
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More news on cops who apparently were not behaving like cops. This time it is about two policemen in San Pedro who were filmed slurring, walking, and acting like they were under the influence of alcohol. Here’s how Commissioner Chester Williams responded when he was asked about the video. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police […]
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Last week news broke that the Belize Police Department had lodged a formal request with relevant government agencies to get documentation as a part of investigation into Belmopan Area Representative John Salidvar. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams said that the request for documents also include those from the Lev Dermen Trial. Williams gave an […]
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Corporal Eldon Arzu is before the courts again attempting to overturn the results of the recently elected executive of the Police Association. Those elections concluded two weeks ago and Sergeant Jane Usher emerged as the new president. But Arzu is challenging the results, saying that he would have been re-elected if the Commissioner of Police […]
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On Monday, we showed you a land situation in Red Bank Village that has divided the village council and residents of that southern community. Tonight, another land situation is brewing farther south in Toledo District where farmers in Jacintoville descended on a team of surveyors who were in the area earlier today mapping out parcels […]
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A modern system has been installed in the National Assembly. It will facilitate the broadcast of live proceedings of the House and Senate by media houses who will be able to connect to the feed for transmission. The upgrade was partly funded by the Government of Taiwan and has been in the making since 2019. […]
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Another land dispute is brewing; this time in southern Belize. The Red Bank village chairman is in the eye of a storm for distributing lands without consulting with the rest of council. Over the weekend, it became crystal clear that the council was not taking the heavy handedness lightly and a public meeting was held […]
Written on June 29, 2020 | Posted in
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According to the chairman, a public meeting was held in October 2019 to address the concerns of the community where land was concerned. At that gathering, residents were informed that surveying of land would have been conducted in an identified area within the village, but that monies would need to be collected to cover the […]
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A stop order was issued on the construction of gas station in Punta Gorda recently after the public rose up against it. But over the weekend, about a mile away, work began for another gas station. The development is also mired in controversy because certain specifications are not been adhered to. And like the gas […]
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A housing development near mile fourteen on the Philip Goldson Highway is attracting dozens of first time homeowners. Eagle JEM Estate was launched by the Holy Redeemer Credit Union last year and on Saturday, ten families got the keys to their new houses in the first phase. More than fifty other families will be qualifying […]
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“It is a non-decision” – that is what Prime Minister Dean Barrow stunningly said today during the Sitting of the House of Representatives in Belmopan. PM Barrow was speaking on the former Chief Justice’s ruling on January thirty-first, 2020. The then CJ, Kenneth Benjamin, ruled in favour of the Opposition and against the Barrow Administration, […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The People’s United Party is not sitting down on this matter and says it will take the legal fight to the Caribbean Court of Justice if they have to. When the PM stated that the former Chief Justice’s oral ruling was a non-decision, member for Cayo South Julius Espat was outraged; Espat had steered the […]
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At today’s sitting of the House of Representatives, four loan motions were tabled for approval, including the twelve million U.S. dollars from the I.D.B. for COVID-19 relief. The government had approached the I.D.B. for financial assistance for a programme to support minimum income levels for those affected by the coronavirus in the immediate period. A […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize’s bondholders have formed a creditor committee which will work with the Belizean government after they were asked to agree to defer payment of interest on the thirteen million U.S. dollar bonds. Reuters is reporting that the “committee looks forward to engaging with the government to exchange views on the economic pressures that may constrain […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow also asked about the International Monetary Fund and why is it that the government did not seek the IMF’s assistance for COVID-19 relief in the first instance. Member countries have managed to receive tens of millions of dollars in rapid financing at significantly low-interest rates. Belize has applied but according to Barrow, […]
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The Philip Goldson Airport is set to reopen on August fifteenth; as such a number of safety measures and protocols are being put in place to get the P.G.I.A. safe for travellers and employees. Government is getting two x-ray machines to be used by the Belize Customs and Excise Department. The machines will scan incoming […]
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow says that Belize Bank’s acquisition of Scotia Bank is consequential. Caribbean Investment Holdings, the parent company for the Belize Bank is buying out Scotia Bank at a cost of more than thirty million dollars. The transaction announced this Monday is before the Central Bank of Belize and that process can take […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier in the newscast, you heard the PM say that a ruling by the former C.J. Benjamin earlier this year is a non decision. Outside the house, the PM was asked about an impending judgment from the C.C.J. on the matter of IMMARBE and the Registry which he took over years ago. The justices of […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Another matter that the Prime Minister dealt with had to with a proposal by Waterloo, for a two hundred million dollar cruise ship facility in the Port of Belize. That proposal has been presented to the government for years now. When he was asked about it today, the Prime Minister made very brief remarks, to […]
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A plan to distribute land in the Maxboro area of Sand Hill is being met with fierce opposition. Over the past weeks, Shyne Barrow, the U.D.P. standard bearer of the Mesopotamia Division has been advertising the Mesopotamia Land Distribution through which he says he will be giving two hundred lots in Maxboro. But the Village […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The reopening of the P.G.I.A. comes five days after the beginning of the new school year and there are concerns that with new arrivals in the country there may be a spike in the number of cases that move on to become community spread. Prime Minister Barrow says that if the date was to be […]
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It is not yet confirmed how the national celebrations will be looking like this year. It is still months away and the celebrations have traditionally included events with mass participation, but in this age of COVID-19, everything has changed in respect of large public events. The National Celebration Commission today announced the annual theme competition […]
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Due to COVID-19, there has been a delay in international mail coming in and going out of the country. Some persons who rely on their pension cheques being sent via the postal service from their countries are concerned about running out of cash. But as we found out today from the Belize Postal Service, the […]
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