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In 2020, five justices of the Supreme Court will step down including Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. These justices will be reaching retirement age and vacancies are being advertised for these posts. The Prime Minister is expected to meet with CJ Benjamin in the near future to pave the way forward since there is a possibility […]
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In early December 2019, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry sent a letter to the government in which it requested documents related to the multimillion dollars infrastructure contract worth one hundred and thirty three million dollars awarded to Imer Hernandez for the Coastal Highway Upgrading Project. When asked about the request, Prime Minister Dean […]
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The Football Federation of Belize has responded to concerns raised by teams and clubs in the Belize District, following a letter that went into circulation on Monday. The F.F.B. is on record stating that an extraordinary congress held by the Belize District Football Association on December eighteenth was not sanctioned by the organization and that […]
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Like the rest of the nation, Opposition Leader John Briceño is patiently waiting for U.D.P. Senator Aldo Salazar to present his report regarding the Senate Special Select Committee’s findings of the Auditor General’s Special Audit Report on the Immigration and Nationality Department. It’s been two years since the committee completed its work. Even with the assistance […]
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On the topic of elections, the United Democratic Party will be holding its leadership convention in February. Patrick Faber and John Saldivar are going head to head to replace Prime Minister Dean Barrow as U.D.P. leader. The victor will go against John Briceño and rumours are swirling that elections may be called as early as […]
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With general elections expected to be called at any time, Opposition Leader John Briceño is carefully monitoring a constitutional challenge bought before the Supreme Court by the Belize Peace Movement. The legal challenges focused on the need for a redistricting exercise. The matter is currently before the Chief Justice and Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte has stated […]
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Every year at the ceremonial opening of the Supreme Court, the judiciary has always criticized the lack of resources set aside to carry out its functions. The perennial complaint is not without merit, as monies are allotted each fiscal year to other areas of government. According to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, despite repeated requests, government […]
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The Belize Gaming Company took a serious hit last Sunday when the four-digit jackpot, and the winning single numbers, 2020, saw Belizeans from across the country claiming their prizes. It was the biggest payout in the company’s history, despite nearing the end of its contract with government for the Sunday Lottery and Boledo Draw. While […]
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Destination Belize, the go-to magazine for potential visitors to Belize, will be launched later this year. But today, the Belize Tourism Industry Association released a theme that intends to attract visitors to experience the unique attributes of the country, from the friendliness of the people to keeping the environment safe. Here is News Five’s Duane […]
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There is a public plea that can make a difference in the quality of life of a thirty-three-year-old man. Damian Alamina is suffering from a condition that causes haemorrhaging. He needs a transfusion of O-negative type blood; if you can help him, you are asked to head over to the Blood Bank adjacent to the […]
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The 2020 legal calendar gets underway on January thirteenth and the Attorney General’s ministry is already looking at possibly replacing as many as five judges, including Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin, in the months ahead. That’s because, with the exception of Justice Shona Griffith, they will all be reaching retirement age this year. As we reported […]
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Offering the Chief Justice a contract extension means that government would be prepared to negotiate new terms of agreement to include pay scale and salary, as well as other benefits. That decision, however, is also contingent upon a vote to be taken by members of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission. The taskforce is comprised […]
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Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin succeeded Abdulai Conteh as the presiding judge of the Supreme Court back in 2011. During his tenure on the bench, CJ Benjamin came under fire from the Bar Association in September 2017 for failing to render judgments in a timely manner, leading to a backlog in the number of outstanding cases […]
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Notwithstanding the Chief Justice’s pending retirement, there is a matter that has been lodged before the Supreme Court in which he is being challenged as chair of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission. The Bar Association, through attorney Andrew Marshalleck, is taking CJ Benjamin to court for sidelining its president from JLSC meetings. It is […]
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The Evangelical Churches today offered their interpretation of the recent ruling relating to Section fifty-three. On December thirtieth, 2019, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment, upholding the Chief Justice’s ruling on Section Fifty of the Belize Criminal Code in which he found that it contravened the constitutional rights to dignity, equality before the law, privacy, freedom […]
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There is no certainty that there will be an appeal that would take the case to the Caribbean Court of Justice but it is under consideration by the association. Vice President Scott Stirm says that the ruling demolishes what they have fought for and with the anti-discrimination legislation coming on board; he says that this […]
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Is trouble brewing once again in the football world? News Five is in receipt of a correspondence in which the chairman of the Belize District Football Association, William Moguel, is being asked to recall what is described as an illegal extraordinary congress convened by the Football Federation of Belize and the executive committee of the […]
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The Freedom of Information Act remains at the centre of a failed request by the Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry to get its hands on a copy of Imer Hernandez’s contract to pave the Coastal Highway. The mega contract is for a whopping one hundred and thirty million dollars. The call for a facsimile […]
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So while Government is yet to provide a copy of the Hernandez contract to the Chamber, Government’s chief legal officer Michael Peyrefitte is demanding that Opposition Leader John Briceño apologizes for comments he made during his New Year’s address last week. Allegations were made by the P.U.P. leader that ranking government officials were involved in […]
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N.E.A.B. today made claims on a number of issues in regards to the decision by the Court of Appeal to uphold the CJ’s ruling on Section Fifty-three. The Association is linking homosexuality to an increase in the number of persons living with HIV. With no evidence at hand, according to Secretary George Ferrar, with the […]
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The National Evangelical Association of Belize is also of the view that the extension of the meaning of the word sex to include sexual orientations opens the door to many interpretations. Vice President of NEAB Scott Stirm says that the line that separates absolute and relatives has been crossed to include any and everything including […]
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On December fifth, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry formally wrote the Government of Belize requesting a copy of the contract signed by Imer Hernandez for the Coastal Highway Upgrading Project. The contract which was awarded to Imer Hernandez Development Company Limited and Construcciones y Carreteras for the execution of the road works which […]
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On Friday, B.E.L.’s Chief Executive Officer John Mencias, at a stakeholders meeting organized by the Belize Tourism Board, promised residents and proprietors on Caye Caulker that a locally sourced generation unit was on its way to the island. The island had been without light and potable water for days prompting a crisis that led to […]
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Belize Water Services, for its part, has also committed to erecting a pair of storage facilities on both ends of Caye Caulker. In addressing the growing concerns about sewage and wastewater treatment, C.E.O. Alvan Haynes says it will not include an underwater pipeline. Alvan Haynes, C.E.O., Belize Water Services “The geography of Caye Caulker […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says don’t believe the rumors you are hearing of a shake-up in the San Pedro Police formation. According to Williams, officer in charge, Christopher Noble, has been doing a stellar job in addressing crime on the island. Today Williams shut down the reports of an imminent transfer for Noble and […]
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