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Today, the Chairman of the Senate Select Committee Senator Aldo Salazar tabled the long-awaited senate report. The one hundred and sixty-page report confirms the findings of the Auditor General Special report on Immigration, Immigration and Nationality Department for the period 2011 and 2013. The report reveals the deep seated culture of corruption within the Immigration […]
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In her report, the Auditor General found that, “since the law does not provide for ministers to intervene in the visa process, it was illegal for them to do so.” But many ministers still did, by way of so-called recommendations. Ministers such as Elvin Penner, Erwin Contreras, Frank ‘Papa’ Mena and Edmond Castro as well as Hugo […]
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U.D.P. leader elect, Patrick Faber met this morning with former political opponent John Saldivar, their first sit-down after the leadership convention on Sunday. At the time that the official results had come in, the Belmopan area representative and former Minister of National Security was a no-show, leaving many to believe that Saldivar was not as […]
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While several others are said to be considering not seeking re-election in November, the U.D.P. chairman says that in the case of Gapi Vega and Sedi Elrington, all indications were given ahead of the convention. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party “We don’t say if you don’t want to be a part of the […]
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In the wake of the convention, supporters of both John Saldivar and Wilfred Elrington are disappointed with the outcome, however, there are no confirmations on any new resignation in the days ahead, and as we said earlier, Saldivar and Faber appear to be mending fences. According to Chairman Peyrefitte, a disappointment is par for the […]
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The Senate today also debated the appointment of attorney Estevan Perrera to the post of Chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission. He succeeds former chairman, Doug Singh, who resigned after he was heard in audio recording making offensive and derogatory remarks against poor Belizeans who were seeking assistance promised by the Barrow Administration. That […]
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Attorney Deshawn Arzu-Torres’ appointment was also before the senate. She was reappointed to the post of Chairman of the Integrity Commission. Arzu-Torres was first appointed on June first, 2018 for a two-year term. She succeeded Marilyn Williams who vacated the seat to take up an appointment at the Supreme Court. In 2018, Arzu-Torres’ appointment was […]
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Coming down hard with criticisms against the government was the Opposition Senators. One of the roles of the commission is to guard against illicit enrichment by public officials. Besides calling for a fully resourced office, the P.U.P. is calling for a chairman who has the courage to investigate any member of the government. Michel […]
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The reopening of the Philip Goldson International Airport is not without opposition; there are concerns about the risks associated with international visitors being allowed to enter Belize from countries recording epic numbers of the new coronavirus. Within the region, some Caribbean countries, which had reopened to international tourists, have had to shut down as the […]
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While concerns are being raised about the reopening of the Philip Goldson International Airport one month from today and the idea of visitors spreading COVID-19 in the country, the primary concern, according to Doctor Marvin Manzanero, is Belizeans who will also be returning home and visiting friends and family. That, he says, poses a more […]
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…and how ready is the tourism industry for the reopening to international visitors? For some time now, hotels and properties across the country have been following sanitization guidelines set by the Ministry of Tourism in anticipation of arriving guests to reduce risks on employees and prevent any spread of the virus. Tourism Director Karen Bevans […]
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal is at home recovering from a stroke that he suffered one week ago. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the media that Vidal was released from the hospital and is in good spirits. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Mr. Vidal, I must say, is coming along quite […]
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The Scenes of Crime Unit has relocated from the Queen Street Police Station to a rental office space of Barrow and Williams, the Prime Minister’s law firm building on Albert Street. Last week, Minister of National Security Michael Peyrefitte confirmed the move, saying he had viewed the space. Today, the press asked Commissioner of Police […]
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The State of Emergency remains in place for the villages of San Felipe and Blue Creek. And if you think you are getting in or out, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that is not happening under any regular circumstance, as long as the S.O.E. is in place. The only movement in and out is […]
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The Belize Police Department says that it is taking policing of the border jumping and contraband trade to another level. In the coming days the department will have five hotlines and will be running public service announcements to target the illegal entry and trade. Today, Commissioner Chester Williams told the press about their next moves […]
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The Belize Police Department says that COVID-19 and budgetary restrictions prevented them from observing their Annual Police Week. But what they didn’t cut back was the appreciation for citizens who support the efforts of the police. Today, the department held its first ever National Citizen Appreciation Day at all police stations across the country. Today, […]
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On March twenty-first, the Public Utilities Commission suspended the full tariff reviewing proceeding for Belize Electricity Limited based on the utility company’s recommendation, as well as the state of emergency declared as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just a day earlier, B.E.L. had made a formal objection to the P.U.C.’s initial decision regarding the […]
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There were happy faces at the Biltmore Plaza today; more than two thousand four hundred children will benefit from tuition relief given to eighteen schools. The scholarship comes at a critical time since at households across the country the economic situation is grim due to COVID-19. The initiative is courtesy of the Lifeline Foundation, headed […]
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Gapi Vega is out in Orange Walk North. The former Deputy prime Minister had been inactive and without a portfolio for some time but resurfaced when John Saldivar launched his candidacy. His fall from grace came when it was exposed that his son Andre, had been given hundreds of thousands of dollars for land compensation […]
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Another U.D.P. minister to exit the political stage is Pickstock Area Representative Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington. He is demitting office at the end of his tenure and like Vega, he has also expressed publicly that he will not be seeking re-election under Faber’s stewardship of the United Democratic. It leaves his successor in quite a predicament, […]
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With desertions under this leadership come in, all eyes are on Patrick Faber. Senate President Darrell Bradley is one of the names popping up to fill one of those empty seats in the City. With all the dynamic changes within the party we asked him on Sunday for a perspective on these sudden developments and […]
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Two more cases of COVID-19 cases were recorded today. The concerning cases comes out of the Cayo District where an elderly man who found himself at the San Ignacio Community Hospital over the weekend with gastrointestinal symptoms and a loss of sense of taste. He is currently doing better at his home where he was […]
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Tourism stakeholders are counting down to the reopening of the P.G.I.A. on August fifteenth. But there are some in the tourism sector who don’t want the P.G.I.A. to reopen so soon because of the surge in cases in neighbouring countries and in the U.S.A., which is Belize’s largest tourism market. One of the properties that […]
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A long-delayed draft senate report being compiled by Senator Aldo Salazar on the immigration scandal of 2013 is being reviewed by his peers in the upper house. The scandal associated former Minister of State Elvin Penner with South Korean fugitive Wong Hong Kim and revolved around the issuance of a Belizean passport to Kim, who […]
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An anti-gang state of emergency was declared once again for hotspots in south side Belize City last week in an effort to contain crimes linked to gang activity. The legal system is designed where incarceration is the last step, but due to the powers invoked by the S.O.E., thirty-one persons, including four females, were sent […]
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