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Embattled Belize Rural South Area Representative Andre Perez has taken a leave of absence from his responsibilities as Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation. The decision comes amid a sex scandal involving the San Pedrano and a woman residing in Caye Caulker. Earlier today, the Government of Belize issued a release stating that Prime […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, the Briceño administration is once again under fire after a Cabinet minister is exposed in a sex scandal. On Thursday, we broke the story of a string of raunchy text messages between the Minister of the Blue Economy and Civil Aviation and a legal professional. While the relationship was described as consensual, the woman […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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According to U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte, the prime minister should have referred the matter to the Belize Police Department since it involves a threat of harm to the physical wellbeing of the woman. In his opinion, as a parliamentarian, Peyrefitte also calls for the Minister of the Blue Economy to step down from his post […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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But what about the United Democratic Party’s own skeletons? Allegations were also brought against members of the U.D.P. It’s a point that the party chairman acknowledges, but also took the opportunity to chide the NGO community, as well as other government agencies for being quiet on the issue. Mike Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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In reiterating the point that the opposition is not concerned with the minister’s personal life, the U.D.P. Chairman also spoke to the need for decorum, as well as moral standards to be upheld by persons elected or appointed to parliament. Mike Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party “If this particular minister committed adultery or whatever, […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Late this evening, Minister Andre Perez issued a seven-page press statement related to the allegations against him. The release comes with selected screen shots of Whatsapp messages between the attorney and himself. He starts by saying that he is most remorseful for the shame he has brought his wife, children and constituents. Minister Perez says […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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As we mentioned earlier, the U.D.P. has also called on the police department to conduct an immediate, transparent investigation into this matter, with a view to charging him criminally and prosecuting him once there is sufficient evidence against him. The release states in part that “Oftentimes, those in high positions assume that the laws of […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A sitting minister of government is being accused of sexual harassment by a female attorney. That same minister is in turn accusing the female attorney of blackmail. The lawyer alleges that the minister sexually harassed her by sending unsolicited nude pictures on multiple occasions. The attorney says that she had to leave the country momentarily […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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On Thursday, the National Evangelical Association of Belize (NEAB) issued a press release expressing shock over the allegations of sexual abuse that surfaced over the past week. NEAB made clear that its role is to help serve and recommend sound, healthy guidelines for churches that want that help. It stated, in its release that it […]
Written on August 11, 2023 | Posted in
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The National Evangelical Association of Belize has broken its silence on the mounting sexual abuse allegations that several women have brought against Mervin Budram, a worship leader from one of its affiliated churches. Today, NEAB issued a press release, one week after the allegations surfaced. It reads, “NEAB is appalled to hear the accounts of […]
Written on August 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Bishop Alvin Moses Benguche, the Senator for the Churches, has come out in condemnation of sexual abuse within the church. Senator Benguche is a spokesperson for the Council of Churches and the Evangelical churches in the upper house. In light of the damning allegations of sexual abuse against an evangelical worship leader in the Cayo […]
Written on August 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Have you ever sat and wondered what happened to that close friend who went missing years ago and was never found? Or maybe it was a child who simply disappeared without a trace; or an elderly relative who left home for an evening stroll and never returned. Under Belize’s law, after someone has been missing […]
Written on August 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Charges are yet to be levied in one of the most explosive sexual assault investigations to come out of the local evangelical church in recent times. Last week, Rebecca Lennan-Stirm, via a social media statement, alleged that she was sexually assaulted by Mervin Budram when she was eleven-years-old. Since then, several other women have come […]
Written on August 8, 2023 | Posted in
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The National Evangelical Association of Belize is yet to comment on the allegations of sexual abuse against Mervin Budram. We also tried once again to reach out to Budram for comments, but up to news time we did not receive any. We did, however, receive a second press release from Jubilee Ministries in which it […]
Written on August 8, 2023 | Posted in
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Alleged victims of sexual abuse at the hands of well-known church leader Mervin Budram continue to speak out. Tonight, we hear from another woman who has also decided to tell her story in support of other victims, known and unknown. The church where Budram fellowshipped, Jubilee Ministries, has revealed that an investigation was launched after […]
Written on August 7, 2023 | Posted in
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As we reported on Thursday, a Senate Special Inquiry into the Definitive Agreement signed between the Government of Belize and Portico Enterprises Limited commences on August fifteenth. The members of the special select committee have been impaneled and comprises of the senators on both sides of the floor, including those representing civil society. While the […]
Written on August 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Two young men lost their lives in separate incidents in the north and tonight, we begin our newscast with the death of a twenty-year-old father of one. Jesus Sacul, a deliveryman, was travelling on a motorcycle driven by his nephew, Jairo Guerra when police set chase after them. The high-speed pursuit through several neighbourhoods ended […]
Written on August 1, 2023 | Posted in
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There have been several persons reporting of their emails having been hacked; they’ve been locked out and security barriers put in place preventing them from regaining access. One such case is that of PlusTV in Belmopan. Its managing director, Louis Wade Junior says that since three p.m. on Tuesday, he lost control of the company’s […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Louis Wade Junior says that the media house has been decentralizing apps attached to that Gmail account, but it has affected the company significantly because there were several other activities connected to that account. Wade cannot confirm that it is directly linked to B.E.L.’s ransomware incident; however, the email in question was used as part […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Last night, we reported on the outrageous blunder at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital’s morgue that left two grieving families shattered. Personnel at the morgue mistakenly gave the body of a deceased newborn to the wrong family. When the right family arrived at the morgue they were informed that their child’s body was mistakenly handed […]
Written on July 13, 2023 | Posted in
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The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is conducting an investigation into a serious mix-up that occurred at the morgue this morning. A mother visited the morgue to pick up the body of her deceased child for burial only to learn that the child’s body was handed over to the wrong family. That family unknowingly held a […]
Written on July 12, 2023 | Posted in
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A police officer allegedly shot a Belize City man with a shotgun while on duty. Romey Herrera, the Aunt of Kenyon Plunkett, told News Five that her nephew is hospitalized after being shot by a police officer on Chetumal Boulevard in Belize City. She says, Plunkett informed her that he was on a motorcycle with […]
Written on July 12, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-nine-year-old Glenda Estrada, an expecting mother, was knocked down during a hit and run incident over the weekend in Ladyville. Estrada was at a store purchasing items that she needed, ahead of being admitted to ward at the K.H.M.H. for the delivery of her son, when she was struck by a vehicle. According to her […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, the Belize Territorial Volunteers, led by Wil Maheia, travelled to the Sarstoon River where they were intent on taking over the forward operating base at the mouth of the river. The Forward Operating Base was installed back in 2015. Over the last year or so, the military post has been deserted due […]
Written on July 10, 2023 | Posted in
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A woman took to Facebook this week to ask for help for her sister after she was attacked and brutally beaten, allegedly by her common-law husband. Jamile Bodden-Henry wrote as part of her post, asking that the justice system doesn’t grant the accused bail, after having viciously attacked her sister with a knife. Bodden-Henry included […]
Written on July 5, 2023 | Posted in
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