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Forests across the world are disappearing at an alarming rate and because deforestation causes almost twenty percent of global emissions, the preservation of trees is important to slow down climate change. About two years ago, Belize was recorded as having fifty-nine percent of its forest cover, with a deforestation rate of zero point six percent […]
Written on February 14, 2020 | Posted in
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A group of proud parents received gifts today for ensuring that their newborns receive the necessary vaccines in the first years of their lives. Dubbed as supers, the mums and dads as well as the babies were honoured at a health centre on Central American Boulevard for ensuring that the babies grow healthy and are […]
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The fifth annual Cocktails for the Manatees fundraiser, organized by Programme Coordinator Jamal Galvez of the Clear Water Marine Aquarium Research Institute, is ongoing at this time at Kukumba Beach on the Old Belize Compound. For years, the manatee population in Belize has been at risk due to collisions with boaters in the Belize Harbour. […]
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We have heard about the text messages between John Saldivar and Jacob Kingston; well tonight we will share them with you. The string of texts were presented in the Utah court on Tuesday; there are thirty-three in all and was the evidence that led to the fall of John Saldivar as U.D.P. party leader-elect as […]
Written on February 13, 2020 | Posted in
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John Saldivar was elected as the next leader of the U.D.P. on Sunday at a convention with all the bells and whistles and he portrayed himself as the future of the party. But all that soon came crashing down. Within three days, he had lost the top U.D.P. post and suspended for an indefinite period […]
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The People’s United Party today called a press conference to discuss the state of the nation and called out the Prime Minister to deliver his promise that he would fire any of his cabinet ministers who received monies from accused fraudster Lev Dermen. The text messages reveal that John Saldivar who served as the U.D.P.’s […]
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow and his cabinet in 2008 were elected on the platform that they would eradicate corruption. PM Barrow himself had gone on record to say that he would use his two-sided machete to chop the head of corruption but as the public has seen, corruption is thriving within government. The Prime Minister […]
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The People’s United Party is mobilizing to hold a national demonstration against corruption in government and others ills. Leader John Briceño sounded the clarion this morning as the fallout from the John Saldivar saga continues to unravel. Briceño invited the social partners, the private sector and all Belizeans to join and march in Belize City. […]
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Along with a national demonstration, the People’s United Party also unveiled its strategic plan to effectively deal with corruption in government. Leader John Briceño says that policies will be implemented along with the amendments of legislation that aim to cease criminal and improper activities in government. Briceño says that under a P.U.P. administration, UNCAC will […]
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There is news from Corozal, that the body of a man has been found inside a van on a property located on the Santa Elena Road. According to the reports, the body is in an advanced state of decomposition and the identity of the person is not known.
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In the constituency of Belmopan, the P.U.P.’s Standard Bearer Oscar Mira says that the constituents have had enough of John Saldivar. The embattled U.D.P. Area Representative has resigned his ministerial portfolio after having been placed on indefinite suspension by Prime Minister Dean Barrow and stripped of the post of leader-elect. Saldivar maintains his innocence, saying […]
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In his statement this morning, John Briceño spoke of the Chief Justice’s latest ruling against Dean Barrow and his government. In January C.J. Kenneth Benjamin ruled that over one billion dollars were spent illegally by the Barrow Government. He said that Barrow as the Minister of Finance was in breach of the constitution which demands that […]
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Julian Cho Technical High School remains without a principal tonight. It has been months since the school has been thrown into disruption and word to News Five is that three applications have been received by the board. The former principal, the U.D.P.’s Standard Bearer for Toledo West reportedly left the school’s financial standing in a […]
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As we told you John Saldivar has resigned from Cabinet as Minister of National Security which means that he now is without a ministry and only holds the title of Area Representative for Belmopan. But the Public Service Union has joined the chorus of those also calling for an investigation of Saldivar as well as […]
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Earlier, you saw the Ministry of Health’s first press conference on the new coronavirus or COVID Nineteen. They used the opportunity to update the public on the latest discoveries of the new virus and their efforts at prevention and preparation. Global, the number of new cases continues t rise. And this morning, the United States […]
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On Monday and Tuesday, explosive details including text messages between Jacob Kingston and John Saldivar were revealed in a Utah court. Saldivar agreed to go to Miami to receive fifty thousand U.S. dollars in cash from associates of Kingston. This information, which had been foretold in Kingston’s depositions and therefore anticipated before Sunday’s convention, sent […]
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This afternoon, U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte responded to the events of the day by saying that Prime Minister Barrow was duty-bound to request Saldivar’s resignation, but that the beleaguered Belmopan Area Representative only tendered his walking papers because of the overwhelming impact of the scandal on the U.D.P. He says an urgent meeting, including the […]
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The Attorney General also responded to a question about the atmosphere of the subsequent session held with all thirty-one standard bearers of the ruling party this afternoon in Belmopan. He said it was a gathering of mixed emotions but it went smoothly, notwithstanding the worrisome Lev Dermen scandal. Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party […]
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In carrying out a complete and thorough investigation, the question of invoking the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty was put to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte. He explains the mechanism behind requesting sensitive court documents in respect of John Saldivar’s involvement with Lev Dermen and Jacob Kingston. That information, he says, may not necessarily come from the […]
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Former Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber, who resigned on Monday, following defeat during the February ninth leadership convention, is contemplating a return to the race whenever a subsequent date is set for the leadership convention. And while that remains pending, his political opponent turned benched Cabinet minister, Saldivar, may very well be back in the […]
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Turning to the Opposition….the People’s United Party postponed its press conference originally scheduled for today to allow the party’s executive to meet at its headquarters on Queen Street. There, the party discussed the ‘Saldivar Scandal’ along with national policies to be presented during a press conference on Wednesday. But Opposition Leader John Briceño released a […]
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At the end of the Prime Minister’s emergency meeting, John Saldivar was vanished as Leader Elect of the U.D.P. and was placed on an indefinite suspension. Saldivar will be given a chance to prove his innocence and time for G.O.B. to obtain official transcripts from the Utah court. P.U.P. Leader John Briceño says that these […]
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Former Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of the United Democratic Party, Patrick Faber told News Five as he left the Sir Edney Cain Building in Belmopan that he supports the Prime Minister’s statement. Now, the Attorney General has said that anyone can vie for the leadership of the U.D.P. including Hugo Patt and Beverly […]
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The Council of Churches today chimed in on the debacle of the last seventy-two hours that has resulted in a sense of uncertainty in the political leadership of the government. As a member of civil society, the Church has been quiet and hasn’t really spoken out on corruption, crime and other issues plaguing the country. […]
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As you heard John Saldivar has been suspended indefinitely from cabinet and will step down as leader elect, merely three days after he was elected. On Sunday he had the support of the majority of his cabinet colleagues and U.D.P. standard-bearers who were very vocal then. Well, some of those Saldivar supporters today brushed off […]
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