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Mayor Earl Trapp, in responding to claims made by his colleagues in the San Ignacio Town Council, shared his perspective on the proposed hiring of a new town administrator. The candidate of choice for the five P.U.P councilors is Horace Grant, a supporter of the party, whom Trapp maintains is less than qualified for the […]
Written on January 11, 2022 | Posted in
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On Monday, Deputy Mayor Matthew Preston accused Mayor Earl Trapp of nepotism, claiming that the head of the municipal government has hired his relatives for key offices within the San Ignacio Town Council. Mayor Trapp’s response is that the persons who are employed by the town board are persons who are willing to go above […]
Written on January 11, 2022 | Posted in
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After weeks of controversy over the growing leadership vacuum at the ministry of health in terms of its directors and C.E.O’s– including last week’s decision by an incoming C.E.O not to take up her post as planned– there is a new Minister of Health. Effective immediately, Kevin Bernard takes over this crucial pandemic portfolio in […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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Is there a mutiny within the San Ignacio Town Council? Last week, Mayor Earl Trapp appeared in the media criticizing the proposed hiring of a P.U.P supporter to become the next town administrator. The disapproval for Horace Grant’s application, according to the mayor, is his lack of qualification for the post. He says that the […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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P.U.P Chairman Henry Charles Usher also questions the mayor’s fear of employing Grant, whom they argue has over twenty-five years of experience in various capacities, notwithstanding his academic background. Henry Charles Usher, Chairman, People’s United Party “The question you should be asking the mayor is why is he afraid of Horace Grant? What will […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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As we reported at the top of the newscast, Kevin Bernard replaces former Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat at the helm of public health system during today’s Cabinet Reshuffle. The change was sudden, despite many in private and public practice clamoring for action to be taken to strengthen the ministry’s response amid another […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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As part of the cabinet reshuffle that was announced by the Briceño administration earlier today, Public Service Minister Henry Charles Usher has been assigned responsibility for Religious Affairs. The portfolio expansion will allow for Usher, a devout Catholic, to liaise with the Belize Council of Churches. Henry Charles Usher, Minister of Public Service “For […]
Written on January 10, 2022 | Posted in
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An application to strike out the re-districting case brought before the Supreme Court by the Belize Peace Movement has been filed by Senior Counsel Oscar Sabido, Chair of the Elections and Boundaries Commission. The matter went before the court in October 2019 and is scheduled to be heard in the coming weeks. But in his […]
Written on January 3, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Morgan, the present number of voters per constituency, across all thirty-one electoral districts, is malapportioned. Paul Morgan, Belize Peace Movement “We have already proposed a consent order to the Elections and Boundaries Commission, they rejected it outright, without any counterproposal, showing that they don’t care about negotiations. And so, we are at […]
Written on January 3, 2022 | Posted in
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As we have been reporting, Doctor Marvin Manzanero was terminated last Friday as Director of Health Services under the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The writings were on the wall for almost a year. With the D.H.S. post abolished, Doctor Manzanero was handed his walking papers and now the ministry is seeking applicants for two […]
Written on December 22, 2021 | Posted in
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Former News Five journalist and public policy advisor, Annmarie Williams has published a book on women in politics in Belize. The piece entitled “Political Women in Red & Blue” is simply that – a book about the women who have been a part of the two political mass parties in Belize who have served in […]
Written on December 21, 2021 | Posted in
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Williams says the book is a helpful tool for people who want to learn more about the history of women in Belizean politics, or who want to reclaim the stories of women who may have been somewhat erased from other historical and political narratives. She says Political Women in Red & Blue can be a […]
Written on December 21, 2021 | Posted in
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When will the redistricting exercise begin? For years, there has been disparity between electoral divisions and the constitution provides for redistricting to even out the numbers. The Belize Peace Movement has taken the legal route and maintains that it has to continue with its challenge against the Elections and Boundaries Commission to allow for true […]
Written on December 7, 2021 | Posted in
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The Briceno Administration went back to the House of Representative on Friday to seek approval for the allocation of forty five million dollars for additional expenditure by way of a General Revenue Supplementary Appropriations Bill. This comes after a seventy million dollar Supplementary Appropriation Bill tabled in October. In the new Supplemental, funds are being […]
Written on December 6, 2021 | Posted in
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There was a meeting at the House of Representatives today and early on there was an exchange about an issue which affects every Belizean: the curfew. Mesopotamia Area Representative, Shyne Barrow asked the Minister of Health, Michel Chebat a question a lot of Belizeans are beginning to ask: Why is the curfew still in place? […]
Written on December 3, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, Minister of Human Development and Families, Dolores Balderamos Garcia presented a Bill to amend the Juvenile Offenders Act and a Bill for an Act to amend the Families and Children Act. The amendments seek to repeal the provisions that relate to status offences and related matters and to make a substitution for the term […]
Written on December 3, 2021 | Posted in
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Sparks flew during the House Meeting over additional funds required for land acquisition by the past administration. It happened when Prime Minister John Briceño rose to announce that a further appropriation supplemental of two point five million dollars payable will be necessary to cover for land. Also at issue was a portion of land in […]
Written on December 3, 2021 | Posted in
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In Cabinet news this week, the Minister of Labor and Local will review of the Labour Act, including new pandemic regulations. The ministry will also plan for the gradual implementation of a five-dollar minimum wage. The Ministry of Agriculture will look at the rising cost of living and introduce legislation at the next sitting of […]
Written on November 25, 2021 | Posted in
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First Doctor Manza and now C.E.O. Doctor Deysi Mendez. Today, word spread like wildfire that Doctor Mendez is no longer with the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Last week, we had reported that there may have been some head bucking within the leadership of the ministry. Today that seems to have ended with Mendez being […]
Written on November 24, 2021 | Posted in
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Former Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero, may be headed for retirement from public service since his role as Director of Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Wellness has been made redundant. This follows the splitting of his former responsibilities which will now be shared by two senior health officials. But it […]
Written on November 18, 2021 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, the president of the Public Service Union came out swinging against the Minister of Health and Wellness, following the circulation of a memorandum in which Chief Executive Officer Doctor Deysi Mendez was reportedly informed that all financial transactions above three thousand, five hundred dollars must be approved by Minister Michel Chebat. According to […]
Written on November 18, 2021 | Posted in
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In Cabinet news, with the start of the 2021 tourism season and increased tourist arrivals expected at the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport, the Ministry of Immigration has gotten approval to add six more immigration clerks and increasing overtime pay for immigration officers from fifty to seventy-five hours. Cabinet was updated on the status of […]
Written on November 18, 2021 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, the United Democratic Party called for the heads of Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa and his C.E.O. Kevin Arthur, citing that the crime rate is up. Former Police Minister and U.D.P. Chairman, Michael Peyrefitte said that Musa and Arthurs have failed to get the crime situation under control. Not one to take […]
Written on November 17, 2021 | Posted in
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U.D.P. leader Patrick Faber today reiterated the Opposition’s call for Michel Chebat to step down as the Minister of Health and Wellness. Citing the recent increase in COVID-related deaths, a lack of COVID enforcement, and the shortage of meds at the public hospitals, to name a few, Faber is calling for Prime Minister John Briceño […]
Written on November 16, 2021 | Posted in
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The Minister of Health and Wellness is not the only one the U.D.P. wants to see out of office. Party Chairman and U.D.P. Senator Michael Peyrefitte says the Minister of Home Affairs and his C.E.O. have got to go. Addressing the issue of crime and violence, Peyrefitte asserted that Minister Kareem Musa and C.E.O. Kevin […]
Written on November 16, 2021 | Posted in
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