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The Belize Customs and Excise Department and the US Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection signed a memorandum of cooperation on Thursday. The agreement seeks to provide for collaboration and implementation of an information-sharing programme utilizing cargo manifests and conveyance information. The programme is expected to enhance the ability of both governments to […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The purchase of Scotiabank Belize by Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited, the parent company of the Belize Bank, awaits regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Belize. The initial announcement was made on June twenty-second by Governor Joy Grant in a recorded statement acknowledging that the transaction is commercial in nature between two private companies and […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The Central Bank is an autonomous body assigned to regulate the financial sector. A majority of its board, however, is made up of members who are appointed by the Minister of Finance, who is also the prime minister. While PM Barrow is on record stating that government cannot meddle in the affairs of the regulator, […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Concerns are Raised Over Pending Scotiabank Purchase
Last Friday, PM Barrow preempted the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice by publicly stating that government won’t and can’t pay any damages awarded to Belize International Services Limited in respect of the 2013 ship registries takeover. As it turns out, the C.C.J. has in fact ruled that the acquisition of the companies were […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on PM Barrow Blames P.U.P. for B.I.S.L. Contract
The road ahead for B.I.S.L. to collect on the damages is uncertain as it will entail another round of litigation once a quantum is settled at the Supreme Court. According to PM Barrow, an appeal of that decision is imminent on either side and whenever the C.C.J. has presided over the matter in the appellate […]
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Comments Off on What’s the Road Ahead for Settling B.I.S.L. Damages?
The government owes Lord Michael Ashcroft and his various companies as much as two hundred and fifty million dollars, including the mounting debt from Universal Health Services, as well as pending damages from the recent B.I.S.L. judgment. In 2016, government settled the then outstanding B.T.L. compensation for over five hundred million dollars. Altogether, the Barrow […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The prime minister’s no-decision view on an oral judgment handed down by former Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin has raised several eyebrows, particularly those in legal circles who argue that the verdict against the Minister of Finance for flouting the Finance and Audit Reform Act is valid despite though it was in oral form. While precedence […]
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Former Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley told News Five today that there is no long-standing agreement between the Belize City Council and Chon Saan Palace. Bradley responded to an interview that the owner of Chon Saan Palace and the U.D.P.’s Standard Bearer for Caribbean Shores Lee Mark Chang gave to News Five earlier in the week. […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Darrell Bradley, the timing during which Lee Mark Chang is attempted to collect a four-year-old debt is interesting, especially since it is two weeks before the U.D.P. leadership race. Chang is a close ally of Minister Patrick Faber who wants to succeed Dean Barrow as the party’s leader. Bradley also had that aspiration […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Darrell Bradley Withdraws from U.D.P. Leadership Race
The second leadership convention in five months to determine who will succeed Dean Barrow as the leader of the United Democratic Party is less than two weeks away. On July twelfth, at the ITVET Compound in Belize City, some five hundred and sixty delegates, similar to February ninth, will vote again on who will become […]
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News Five also asked Chairman Michael Peyrefitte for his take as to why John Saldivar was being permitted to run again for the leadership, having given the party a black eye with the Lev Dermen scandal. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, U.D.P. “We have to look at it objectively. Minister Saldivar has not been accused of […]
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The Mexican man who ran out of the quarantine facility in Orange Walk Town has been captured. Twenty-six-year-old Francisco Hernandez was captured on a feeder road between the villages of San Antonio and Santa Cruz, a few miles away from the border with Mexico. Hernandez escaped this morning from the Multi-Purpose Complex. He did so […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Border jumpers remain a constant challenge for law enforcers patrolling the porous borders. These border jumpers put the health of Belizeans at risk and, according to Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero; they might become the source of a community spread of the novel coronavirus. Several have escaped from quarantine facilities around the country […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The national university is facing deep financial woes and things are in a state of flux. Today, President Clement Sankat of the University of Belize met with the university’s Board of Trustees as it relates to the university’s financial exigency. To cut costs, UB is proposing cuts in salaries and programmes which will end with […]
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News Five is also in receipt of a letter dated July first from the Ministry of Education to President Sankat which is causing consternation to the Union. The letter speaks to the term of office of the faculty representative of the Board of Trustees stating that her appointment ended on February twenty-eighth, 2020. The letter, […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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The C.C.J. on Tuesday delivered a severe decision against the government using language like abuse of power, high-handed, and inconsistent with good governance. . The judgment handed down is in respect of an appeal filed by Belize Investment Services Limited, the former parent company of IMMARBE and IBC registries is a scathing indictment of the […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Lord Michael Ashcroft Reacts to C.C.J. Decision
The likelihood of Lord Ashcroft being able to collect on hundreds of millions of dollars owed to him under the Barrow administration, is likely at zero to none as the clock ticks toward the next general elections. Prime Minister Dean Barrow has ignored the ruling of the court on previous matters, including the ballooning U.H.S. […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Will Ashcroft Ever Collect on Monies Owed by G.O.B.?
After signing an agreement in Miami, the PM agreed to pay five hundred million dollars for the acquisition and nationalization of B.T.L. Government is once again indebted to Lord Michael Ashcroft to the tune of roughly two hundred and fifty million dollars. That hefty figure includes the interest that continues to accrue on the U.H.S. […]
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Comments Off on Government on the Hook for Another $250M to Ashcroft
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Dean Barrow, the government has amended laws on several occasions to suit its position on legal matters and introduced retroactive amendments. This was first evidenced during litigation following the acquisition of B.T.L. in 2009. While Lord Ashcroft is aware of these sudden constitutional changes, he also points to the […]
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Comments Off on Government Amends Laws, but Judiciary Needs to be Strengthened
In a lengthy written decision accompanying the C.C.J.’s ruling on Tuesday, there are several points in which the bench rebukes the Government for its actions pertaining to B.I.S.L. Justice Peter Jamadar in his judgment highlighted the fact that the company was deprived of its share of income for seven years, from June 2013 when it […]
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Comments Off on Government’s Actions, Do They Bode Well for Investor Confidence?
Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte was also asked whether an oral ruling handed down by former Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin is a non-decision as stated by the Prime Minister recently. Peyrefitte says that the P.U.P. was consulted and knew the consequences of not renewing the CJ’s contract. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney General “A decision is a […]
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The Belize City Council is not going to pay the eighteen thousand dollars that Lee Mark Chang, owner of Chon Saan Palace is attempting to collect. Chang who is the U.D.P.’s Standard Bearer for Caribbean Shores and political ally of Patrick Faber, says that between September 2016 and October 2017, the Belize City Council racked […]
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News media in Chetumal are reporting that the health system there is on the brink of collapse due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. Chetumal has surpassed Cancun with the number of positive COVID-19 cases and only thirty-five beds are available for seriously ill patients. Health officials in Chetumal, according to news articles, say […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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According Garrido, the Quintana Roo government is working with its people to curb the curve and prevent the further spread of the virus. A campaign called ‘stay at home’ is being pushed with a goal to re-open its economy slowly while keeping the people safe and healthy. María Garrido, Head of International Cooperation Affairs, […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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As the numbers increase across the border, on Tuesday, Belize recorded four new COVID-19 cases. This brings the total number of active cases to eight—five females and three males. According to Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero, the persons entered the country last week two came via the northern border, and the other two […]
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