The Miss Universe Belize Organization is looking for the next beauty ambassador to represent the Jewel on the international stage. Last December, twenty-seven-year-old Jenelli Frazer graced the stage in Bangkok, Thailand, making Belize proud after its 2016 bout with Dangriga beauty, Rebecca Rath. But it’s coming around to that time again as the search commences […]
In what is expected to be a critical Sitting of the House of Representative on Friday, the Barrow administration is proposing to table the Belize Territorial Dispute Referendum Bill, 2019. The portion of the bill was leaked to the media on Wednesday night and this morning the Opposition People’s United Party received the complete document. […]
As Briceño notes there is still a case before Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin which is scheduled to proceed on Monday when the Senate is scheduled to meet to ratify the proposed new bill. Briceño alluded that certain sections in the new referendum bill can be legally challenged. He zoomed in on section three which states […]
P.U.P. Leader John Briceño also countered the Prime Minister’s accusation that the opposition is purposely delaying the holding of the referendum. Briceño says that his party has the moral and legal obligation to the country to ensure that this process is done properly. John Briceño, Leader, People’s United Party “We are not deliberately delaying […]
So will the P.U.P. attempt to block the passing of the bill on Friday? And what about Said Musa who was absent for today’s meeting and Senator Valerie Woods who, like Musa, is a proponent of the I.C.J. Briceño says that the party’s consensus today was to not support the bill as it is. […]
And one more thing on the referendum….late this evening, a joint statement was issued by the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. In the wake of the postponement, the three appear not to be happy with the court’s outcome, but voice support in favour of the referendum and hope that […]
We’ve been reporting on the detention of two Belizean lawmen and two others in Livingston, Guatemala over the weekend. The men: coastguard officer Pedro Colomer, police officer Fabian Laurie as well as Kevin Hernandez and Jerille Laurie were charged for firearm offenses and were being held at a prison in Puerto Barrios. They appeared before […]
Were it not for the stunning results of well-timed legal hurdles placed in the way of government, Belizeans across the country would have been anxiously anticipating the results of a referendum this evening, having voted Yes or No to go to the International Court of Justice. An interim injunction granted by the Chief Justice a […]
On Tuesday, a student was tasked to draw a map of Guatemala in a village school. At the request of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, the primary school boy complied in front of his classmates, but President Morales provocatively told him he missed two very important things. One of those things was Belize. President Morales was […]
As the House prepares to meet on Friday and the Senate on Monday, it is still not clear what specifically government will be doing to ‘fix’ the problem that was flagged by the Supreme Court in respect of the writ of referendum. Attorneys for the government are said to be busy drafting legislation, which when […]
Thirty-six-year-old Belizean Jermaine Belgrave remains incarcerated in the U.S. Reports from Erie County in Pennsylvania suggest that Belgrave’s possible long criminal history and gang affiliation here in Belize was factored in a judge’s decision. Belgrave made a request to reduce his bond to ten percent of one hundred thousand U.S. dollars. The sitting judge denied […]
Commissioner Chester Williams concluded a countrywide tour of the police department in Belize City this morning where he met with officers of all ranks to discuss their wellbeing as men and women of law enforcement. Coming out of that session is a dire need for a recruitment of additional officers since there are emerging and […]
So what becomes of the monies that the Police Association has been collecting from its membership over the years? Officers often fall sick and, in some cases, pass away without receiving financial assistance from the department. ComPol Williams has suggested that those funds be offered as grants to paying members of the association to help […]
There’s a proposal on the table for long-serving police officers to be able to purchase land at a reduced cost if they are doing so for the first time. It’s an initiative that will be fielded to the Minister of Natural Resources to make land acquisition in each of the six districts possible for officers […]
The University of Belize is hosting its counterparts from Central America and the Dominican Republic this week. A two-day event is discussing the quality and standards of education offered by the various universities that form part of the body. The thinking is that regional integration strengthens higher education at the universities. One area of particular […]
Cabinet met late this afternoon at the prime minister’s office here in Belize City, a departure from its usual meeting place at the Sir Edney Cain Building in Belmopan. High on the agenda was government’s strategy going forward in respect of the postponed referendum, ahead of a scheduled House meeting this Friday. But what’s the […]
The Prime Minister also told News Five that he had received correspondence from Opposition Leader John Briceño. Briceño is requesting that the PM calls off a meeting of the House of Representatives scheduled for this Friday. The PM scoffed at the suggestion that government should now meet with the opposition to discuss a delay, since […]
With all the new developments in the referendum debacle and a legal prescription to fix what’s wrong with the existing act, a new date for Belizeans to go to the polls remains to be set. Prime Minister Barrow, this evening, flatly dismissed the notion that the Constitution of Belize be amended in order to hold […]
Opposition Leader John Briceño this evening released a prerecorded video statement responding to the ruling of the Court of Appeal and remarks made by Prime Minister Dean Barrow following that ruling. Briceño did not touch on his recent letter to P.M. Barrow, but rejected statements that the PM attributed to him while defending the judiciary […]
On the heels of two consecutive losses in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, the government is convening a sitting of the House of Representatives this Friday to fix the problem that led to the postponement of Wednesday’s referendum. The government appeared to be caught flat footed by the decision of the courts. […]
Following the decision of the Court of Appeal on Monday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow told the nation that he has no doubt that the I.C.J. referendum will be held no later than six to eight weeks from the originally scheduled date. That matter goes to the House on Friday. During that period, the government will […]
The Chief Justice’s decision to grant an interim injunction, effectively putting a stop to the I.C.J. referendum on April tenth, threw a wrench in the Barrow’s administration I.C.J. plans. The CJ’s ruling was a legal blow to the government, sending them back to the drawing board. Aside from pointing fingers at the CJ, the PM […]
It has been an active couple of months for the country as it relates to the I.C.J. referendum. Things first got into motion with the signing of the 2008 Special Agreement, but it really kicked off when the government announced April tenth, 2019 as the day when Belizeans would make the very important vote. Well […]
As part of the Confidence Building Measures to keep the peace along the adjacency zone, the Group of Friends of Belize and Guatemala has been providing funding. These countries form part of the O.A.S. and others are observers. On Monday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow was asked was has been the reaction of the international community […]
A student was badly injured at his school about two weeks ago and now his condition is taking a turn for the worse. The primary school in Georgetown Village, Stann Creek was holding its school fair and had hired an ATV owner to offer rides as an attraction. The students paid a dollar and took […]
