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Amid the back and forth over whether the no-confidence motion should have been debated prior to the presentation of the 2020 Budget, the Opposition decided that it would walk out of the House of Representatives. They did so collectively shortly after Prime Minister Barrow, Minister of Finance, rose to introduce the upcoming budget for the […]
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We caught up with Opposition Leader John Briceño outside of the Assembly Building following the walkout. While he remained steadfast that the motion of no-confidence should have been debated as agenda item number one, Briceño reiterated that PM Barrow should no longer be leader of government, since the results of a recent U.D.P. convention determined […]
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The issue of the one point five billion dollars in government expenditure that has been deemed to be illegal by the Supreme Court is also a sticking point for the People’s United Party. John Briceño also commented on the surprise appearance of Orange Walk North Area Representative Gaspar Vega, who has been absent from House […]
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We take a break from the House and head to Corozal Town where the third military funeral took place for this week. Hundreds of students and residents lined the streets as the Belize Defence Force carried the fallen officer to his final resting place. Major Adran Ramirez, the commander of the B.D.F. Air Wing, was […]
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Of the three bills that were introduced in the House today, the Government Contracts (Validation) Bill 2020 was the most controversial. The Barrow administration sought and successfully tabled the first reading of a proposed legislation to make legal or authorize the omission by the Minister of Finance to lay government contracts on the table of […]
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Late this afternoon, the People’s United Party proceeded to table its vote of no-confidence which was succeeded by a spirited debate from both sides of the floor. While Opposition Leader John Briceño launched the debate by firing the first salvo, the ruling party also got in a few jabs of its own. Here’s how the […]
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This last item from the House in tonight’s newscast….From a legal perspective, former Attorney General and Pickstock Area Representative Wilfred Elrington weighed in on the conventional process of moving a vote of no-confidence. In juxtaposing what he said against was argued by former Prime Minister Said Musa, it is apparent that economic performance is a […]
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All this week we’ve been reporting on the stevedores’ industrial action. On Wednesday night, it appeared that some progress was made. That’s because the C.W.U. met with the Port of Belize management, as well as Minister of Labour and the Labour Commissioner. Today, the C.W.U. briefed the press on the matters after consulting with the […]
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As a part of the commitments, the C.W.U. decided to go back to work on Wednesday night, with the expectation that today the P.B.L. should have sent them a letter agreeing to three points they had agreed upon, including that within twenty-one days they would negotiate and sign a Memorandum of Understanding with C.W.U. on […]
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Up to news time, the families of the crash victims are at Price Barracks and still there was no word on the bodies of their loved ones. Thirty-four-year-old Radford Baizar, a major in the Belize Defense Force, perished along with three others in the helicopter crash on Thursday. Up to the time of his demise, […]
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The news of the soldiers’ demise sent shockwaves into the public as family and close friends remain in disbelief. Hyacinth Latchman-Cuellar and her family are close friends with Major Adran Ramirez, who she describes as a disciplined officer. Ramirez leaves behind a wife and children among other relatives. Earlier this afternoon, before the press conference […]
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In leaked minutes of a meeting held last Friday with the National Trade Union Congress, the Prime Minister tells the unions that Senator Aldo Salazar, in his capacity as chair of the Senate Special Select Committee Report on the Immigration and Nationality Department, had complained about the social partner senators except for Pastor Ashley Rocke. […]
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Thousands of union members are said to have come out in the anti-corruption demonstration staged by the N.T.U.C.B. in Belize City last Thursday. It is no secret that of the ten unions represented, the B.N.T.U. support was overwhelming, accounting for the majority of protesters. Senator Smith says that she is being attacked because of the […]
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Finally, there is a draft report from Chairman Aldo Salazar on the Senate Inquiry on the Immigration and Nationality Departments. At a press briefing today Senator Elena Smith was joined by the private sector Mark Lizarraga at the B.N.T.U. Headquarters in Belize City. Senator Lizarraga revealed that on Thursday, February twenty-seventh, a draft report of […]
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According to the notes of the N.T.U.C.B. meeting, the Prime Minister is not yielding on the composition of oversight bodies, such as the Integrity Commission and the Public Accounts Committee. Senators Lizarraga and Smith both agree that the government cannot police itself so these committees need to be independent and transparent. Elena Smith, Union […]
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The Integrity Commission is tasked, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, to investigate declared statements of assets and liabilities of persons in public life. Those politically exposed persons, identified as ministers of government, senators, political appointees and high level government officials, should by law file their respective financial statements one year before they took office […]
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First it was rats found inside an incubator of the Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan and today, it was a huge raccoon that made itself into the emergency ward of the K.H.M.H. Several videos have been circulating on social media showing security personnel at the national referral hospital trying to extract the animal from the […]
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Miss Universe Belize Destinee Arnold is back in Belize after having competed on the international stage of pageantry back in December in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. The twenty-seven-year-old did not make it into the semi-finals, but her mission is to still work with the young and old during her year of reign. As she exited the […]
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Condolences are pouring in on the tragic loss of life of the B.D.F. pilots and crew members and News Five sympathizes with the families of the victims. This afternoon, the office of the Prime Minister extended deepest condolences to the families of the men who perished in the horrific air disaster. The message states, “On […]
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Buoyed by the support of thousands at Sunday’s anti-corruption demonstration, the opposition People’s United Party is stepping up its pressure and now going to a Special Sitting of the House of Representatives next Thursday, where it plans to move a motion for a vote of no-confidence against the PM on the basis that they have […]
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Aside from a motion of no confidence to be moved in the House in the coming days, the Opposition is tonight expressing outrage at reports of another secret agreement and sale of prime property in the capital which it says has the blessing of Mayor Khalid Belisle and the City Council. The P.U.P. says it […]
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The United Democratic Party is hosting another National Party Council meeting this Saturday, the second in less than a month, to decide on a timeline during which interested candidates can tender their names for leadership of the U.D.P. Since former Minister of National Security John Saldivar has resigned from Cabinet and was removed as the […]
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The Police Department is facing public cynicism after a check through Interpol did not detect the long list of illegalities involving accused fraudster Lev Dermen. Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal was tasked with that investigation and is now heading an investigation into his former boss, John Saldivar. This morning, Commissioner Chester Williams stood by […]
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The Commissioner of Police also defended his own reputation as the top cop. That came about when he was reminded that not too long ago, the Police Department was tasked with investigating former Minister of State for Immigration, Elvin Penner during the Won Hong Kim passport scandal. Nothing turned out from that investigation and the […]
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With heightened criminal activity, personnel from the National Forensic Science Service are receiving training in forensic ballistics, toxicology and legal medicine. A team of technical experts, through the support of the Democratic Security Directorate of SICA, are here building the capacity of the unit. This morning, News Five’s Duane Moody was at the B.D.F. Shooting […]
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