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A simultaneous referendum on taking the unfounded Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory to the International Court of Justice in 2013 was scrapped back then. This came after then-Guatemalan president, Otto Perez Molina, complained that our threshold for validation, sixty percent, puts Guatemala at a disadvantage. Unlike Belize, Guatemala allows a simple majority of fifty percent […]
The Belize National Teachers’ Union has informed its members to go ahead and take their full three weeks of Christmas vacation, as the majority, the union says, rejects the Ministry of Education’s proposal to take four of those Christmas vacation days and two from Easter to make up for time lost during the eleven-day strike […]
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Acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber held his own as head of government in the House of Representatives on Friday, a first for any parliamentarian deputizing in that capacity. Prior to the sitting of the House, Faber signed on to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, UNCAC, the first global legally binding international anti-corruption instrument for […]
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During the questions to Ministers portion of the House meeting, members from the Opposition fired several questions at their Government counterparts on issues of concern of either a national scope or more closely tied to their respective constituencies. It’s usually an occasion for political grandstanding on the Government’s part, but a few nuggets of information […]
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The latest edition of BAFFU was released today at the Image Factory; it is also the first printed version. The publication contains a collection of unconventional works by a group of artists who take their idea and express it in a way that is not the usual standard. At least three hundred artists have been […]
This year, Channel Five celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary and to start the Christmas season right, we gifted twenty-five of viewers with tons of prizes in the annual Gimme Five Extravaganza. From December fifth and to the ninth, we brought you mega performances from your favourite artists; Duane Moody even took to the streets for four […]
But while a family celebrates its Gimme Five win, another is desperately in search for a loved one. It’s been a week since sixty-nine year old Gabriela Mendez, has gone missing from her house in the Spanish Town area of Maskall Village. The elderly woman, according to the family, does not suffer from any mental […]
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The final session of the House of Representatives for 2016 kicked off this morning in Belmopan. Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber took the reins for the first time with the Prime Minister out of the country. While the sitting was packed with Bills, most of the fireworks were reserved for the session after the adjournment. […]
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Were 2012’s general elections stolen? The United Democratic Party prevailed by the slimmest of margins, winning sixteen seats to fifteen for the People’s United Party. In several constituencies, the vote was especially close; most notably, neighbouring Cayo Northeast and Cayo Central, where Elvin Penner and current Minister Rene Montero were each elected to their second […]
Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat will be kept away from the precincts of the National Assembly in Belmopan for the foreseeable future. Today, he faced a warrant for his arrest should he dare to attend the meeting of the House of Representatives, the first since he was named, shamed, and drummed out in dramatic […]
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While the first attempt at returning Julius Espat to his seat in the House was unsuccessful, Espat’s fellow parliamentarians seemed to miss him somewhat, as the House was largely well-behaved – or at least, more so than usual. It was either that or the Christmas spirit that convinced a bipartisan effort to resolve the impasse, […]
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United Nations Convention against Corruption was signed today inside the cabinet room in Belmopan to coincide with Anti-Corruption International Day. The acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber penned the document which places Belize among the one hundred and eighty-four countries who have signed-on. UN Resident Coordinator Christian Salazar Volkmann was also present for the event. The […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow returns home this weekend following meetings with bondholders in New York to negotiate a third restructuring of the Superbond. Reports of Belize’s gloomy economic outlook have factored into the discussions and bondholders are paying close attention to proposed measures by government to steer the country through the recession. Earlier today, News […]
The death of two year old Janeeka Campbell continues to baffle police. The toddler died on Tuesday night, but the motive for her death is still under review between police and the pathologist. Both parents say the child accidentally fell down a flight of stairs at her father’s house in Saint Matthew’s Village. She was […]
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Initially, the mother was detained for questioning and the police were looking for the father, who was brought in to the Belmopan police custody on Thursday. Statements were recorded from the parents, which according to Senior Superintendent Gillett appear consistent. But police have received additional reports and Gillett believes that the Department of Human Services […]
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A couple from San Ignacio is alleging police brutality at the hands of a former GSU officer. Shawn Gardener and her common-law husband are accusing the policeman of roughing them up while conducting a search on them last weekend. According to Gardener, the pair was seated next to a young woman near an establishment on […]
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It has been over a month since Belizean commuters have seen bus fares go up in most of the country. They have complained that there is no justification, since fuel prices are trending down and the service provided by operators has not discernibly improved. However, Minister of Transport Edmond Castro told the House of Representatives […]
The road to the Miss Universe Pageant to be held in the Philippines started in September for Rebecca Rath. Known as Bex, the twenty-three-year-old beauty from Dangriga, has been preparing arduously to compete in the pageant to be held in Manila, against over a hundred other beauties from all over the world. She is talented, […]
Tonight there is more hanky-panky to reveal about the putrid state of affairs that was pervasive at the Immigration Department in years past. The Senate Select Committee on the Special Audit on Immigration met in Belmopan on Wednesday looking at some of what took place in the period between 2011 and 2013. Senator Eamon Courtenay […]
Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat will not be attending Friday’s Sitting of the House of Representatives. In fact, he will be keeping a fairly safe distance away from the Assembly Building, as word is that there’s a warrant for his arrest should he set foot on Independence Hill during the meeting. It’s not to […]
So what became of the discussion among senior parliamentarians on both sides of the floor to have Espat reinstated? According to the embattled politician, U.D.P. Party Whip, Michael Finnegan, is the only one to have expressed an interest in patching things up. In spite of a letter written by Fort George Area Representative Said Musa, […]
On Wednesday, when asked to comment on Espat’s situation, Pickstock Area Representative Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington proceeded to upbraid his colleague. He went on to say that it is a shame that the People’s United Party, instead of reprimanding Espat for his behavior in the House, is actually united in defense of such action. Today, Espat […]
The appointment of Nestor Vasquez to the Integrity Commission remains a hot button issue for the People’s United Party. Opposition Senator Eamon Courtenay has raised serious concerns about Vasquez’s selection and is critical of his role as the government appointed accountant on the newly formed working group. It was disclosed, following a meeting of the […]
An operation conducted by officers attached to the Forest Department has yielded a significant haul of illegally harvested rosewood. On Wednesday, a site inspection at a woodwork factory in Benque Viejo Town led to the discovery of thirty thousand board feet of flitches. The pieces of lumber did not bear any official markings or documentations […]
The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association today stepped forward to tell its side of the Fairtrade suspension debacle. The B.S.C.F.A. was suspended for the third time in eight years after auditors found that former San Estevan cane farmer Eloy Escalante sold his quota or production estimate to the son of a Government Minister, Edmond Castro, […]
