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With assistance from various business houses, the police department stepped up to the plate big time. An abandoned playground in Mesopotamia got a facelift and was inaugurated today as the Daker’s Park for the use of children in one of the city’s hotspots. The police believe that the park will provide an outlet to positively […]
Written on June 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Over the last five years, Belize has participated in the Caribbean Regional Testing Day initiative led by the Pan Caribbean partnership against HIV/AIDS, PANCAP. And on Friday, the country joins twenty countries in the region to celebrate the day under the theme, “Increasing Testing to Create Change.” Locations within Belize Cayo and Stann Creek have […]
Written on June 23, 2016 | Posted in
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A media sensitization workshop will be held on Saturday at the ITVET Compound in Belize City. It will focus on the recent amendments to three pieces of legislation: the Criminal Code, Trafficking in Persons and the Commercial Exploitations of Children Act. In terms of crimes against children, in the past, penalties laid on offenders were […]
Written on June 23, 2016 | Posted in
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Foreign Minister Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington returned from Washington this morning after leading a delegation of government representatives to meet with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales and his delegation along with the O.A.S. Secretary General Luis Almagro. Since Istanbul, Turkey, it was the first round of talks at the ministerial level towards formulating a mutual […]
So with no protocols established, no formal or informal draft and no concrete establishment of a relationship in the Sarstoon pending the formal protocols, what really came out of that Washington trip? Senator Eamon Courtenay, the Opposition Representative for the Guatemala talks prior to them removing themselves from those talks, had definite ideas about that […]
As we said earlier, Brigadier General Jones met with Guatemalan counterpart Carlos Eduardo Perez, Chief of Defense Staff of the Guatemalan army. Guatemala proposes that the head of the armies define procedures to access the Sarstoon. At the discussions, that proposed mechanism was not formalized. Elrington also says that the blockage of News Five to […]
Where the B.D.F. is concerned, the changeover of personnel at the Cadenas Observation Post, using the Sarstoon River as ingress to the remote location, has been unhindered since early May. While that is good news for the military, from a civilian perspective, it’s pretty much the same old, same old. Entry into the Sarstoon, even […]
Elrington admits that to reach a Sarstoon Protocol is a gradual process that hopefully will materialize a document within the next six months. As for untrammeled access, well that too has been relegated to a work in progress. Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs “We don’t have total and complete control over the […]
Written on June 22, 2016 | Posted in
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While the meeting has been described as fruitful, there were more questions than answers this morning when the foreign minister returned to the country. Elrington could not even say when a follow-up meeting will be held. Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs “Nothing has been put in writing yet, but nothing is agreed […]
Written on June 22, 2016 | Posted in
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There you have it. After five hours in Washington there is no agreement on the Sarstoon, no structured plan for discussions – not even a date for the next meeting to discuss whatever it is that was discussed in that intensive session. But the Opposition says it has a plan – and it includes the […]
Elrington, as foreign minister, constantly faces harsh scrutiny from the public, particularly because of his seemingly passive approach towards Guatemala. In some corners, he has been blasted as disingenuous. Elrington says it is a criticism that only comes from those who do not understand the diplomatic process. Reporter “Can you speak to that letter […]
Written on June 22, 2016 | Posted in
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While Elrington says he doesn’t pay any attention to that, he may pay attention to the stinging criticism leveled at him by P.U.P. Senator and former Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay. According to Courtenay, Elrington is so caught up in his love for Guatemalan Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales that he’s forgotten his role in the […]
On Tuesday’s newscast, we broke the news that the S.S.B. has been asked to consider purchasing fifty million dollars of G.O.B. shares in B.T.L. and B.E.L. – a request by Prime Minister Dean Barrow himself. The plan is for S.S.B. for purchase ten million worth of shares in B.T.L. and forty-five million in B.E.L. The […]
Written on June 22, 2016 | Posted in
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And with that, the P.U.P. revealed its list of demands where that fifty million dollar proposed withdrawal from the S.S.B. piggy bank. It includes full disclosure of the intended destination of that fifty million. John Briceño, P.U.P. Leader “The government must give full disclosure as to what exactly they are going to do with […]
Written on June 22, 2016 | Posted in
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Is there a connection between the sudden desire by G.O.B. to raise fifty million by divesting shares and a court ordered settlement that has now come due? The Opposition isn’t sure, but leader John Briceño today presented a letter in which B.T.L. has been informed, just this week, of the ninety-seven million which must be […]
Members of the Ahmad family of Hattieville were detained by the police on Monday morning and kept incommunicado while they were in custody. The Muslim family says that the past forty-eight hours has been hellish. In the predawn operation police took their electronic devices, travel documents and licensed weapons. The family describes the incident at […]
Written on June 22, 2016 | Posted in
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Ten hours later, the Ahmad women, including minors, were released without any explanation or apology from the officers; the men were released late Monday night. The officers claimed the search was prompted by suspicions of conspiracy to commit murder and damage to property by Ahmad family members. But their licensed firearms were returned, but not […]
Written on June 22, 2016 | Posted in
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Is Government broke? A recent report from the IMF raised alarm bells painting a dismal economic picture and recommends retrenchment and increased taxes. And tonight, we can report that G.O.B. wants at least fifty million dollars of Social Security money. News Five has been able to confirm government’s scrambling to raise money by seeking to […]
It seems that where the price of fuel at the pumps is concerned, it’s all bad news. We wish we could tell you different tonight, but we can’t. News Five has confirmed that at midnight tonight the price of Premium Fuel will go up by a whopping fifty-four cents at the pump, taking it to […]
Written on June 21, 2016 | Posted in
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Foreign Ministers Wilfred Elrington and Carlos Raul Morales met in Washington today. The start of the meeting was somewhat delayed because the permanent council of the Organization of American States was debating developments in Venezuela. There was no representative from the Opposition at the meeting since the P.U.P. announced last Friday that it would not […]
A well-known Belizean family within the local Muslim community was the subject of a predawn raid on Monday at their house in Hattieville. Former Superintendent of the Belize Central Prison Taheera Ahmad and her sibling Fareed, proprietor of the Real Barbershop, along with seventeen other relatives, were rounded up in an operation conducted by the […]
Audibaldo Monima Junior – he left the Coast Guard to take up a post as the Regional Health Manager in the North. It’s a post that calls for a Master’s Degree in Public Health Administration and five years of experience in health administration. Monima only has an Associate’s Degree in Business. Still, as happens so […]
Written on June 21, 2016 | Posted in
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The case against former C.E.O. in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Peter Allen, wrapped up this afternoon in the Supreme Court where submissions were made on behalf of Chief Pharmacist Sharon Anderson. The defamation suit was brought against Allen and Procurement Manager Arik Lima, of Central Medical Stores, following the circulation of an email containing […]
Written on June 21, 2016 | Posted in
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At the time of the dissemination of that email, a subsequent press conference held by the Ministry of Health also conveyed the fabricated information. The falsehood prompted the Public Service Union to demand answers from the Ministry of Health. Panton says that the C.E.O. had no right to slander his client. Herbert Panton, Attorney […]
Written on June 21, 2016 | Posted in
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This afternoon at the Central Prison in Hattieville, a ceremony was held to honor seven inmates who successfully completed the 2016 Primary School Examinations. The inmates took the exams at the prison, while primary school students sat in the comfort of classrooms for the same set of exam papers. The inmates prepared for months leading […]
Written on June 21, 2016 | Posted in
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