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That announcement came during an extensive discussion of the countries’ relations in terms of Guatemalans becoming Belizean citizens. Hulse told the Committee that previously, Guatemala simply accepted the Belizean renunciation form and passport as proof. But Guatemala has gotten stricter, requiring notification in Guatemala. Because Belize’s law requires renunciation before pursuing Belizean status, Guatemala would […]
The Minister of Immigration and Nationality, Senator Godwin Hulse, is the final authority on the granting of nationality certificates. In the Auditor General’s special report, two cases were cited of nationality certificates granted despite the persons having acquired permanent residence in too short an amount of time to have qualified for nationality and later passports. […]
In light of the many problems with recommenders for nationality and other Immigration problems, Minister Hulse readily agreed that a recommendation should be made that recommenders present themselves in person with the applicant when the application is taken in. Eamon Courtenay, P.U.P. Senator “This question of recommenders: don’t you think, based on what we […]
As noted by Minister Hulse, the case of Swedish national Peter Dahlstrom was one of those that made the news. He married the sister of Kim Simplis Barrow more than two decades ago but only applied for Belizean nationality in 2012. While he regularly visited Belize he was not resident here; but nonetheless he was […]
P.U.P. Senator Eamon Courtenay questioned Minister Hulse on the matter of the composition of the Nationality Committee, which considers the qualifications of applicants, as well as the publication of names and addresses of persons applying for citizenship by registration. His question was, citing the case of Won Hong Kim, is that enough? After some back […]
Those members of Cabinet who have appeared before the Senate Special Select Committee continuously contend that their recommendations for persons to acquire visas, permanent residence, passports and even nationality should not have had any bearing on the final decision. But testimony from employees of the Immigration Department finds to the contrary. Minister of Immigration and […]
Tonight, thirty-one-year-old Orlando Fisher of Belize City is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being denied bail for the alleged sexual abuse of a nine-year-old child on two separate occasions. Fisher appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford and was read two sexual assault charges against the minor. Allegations are that on June twenty-ninth, […]
Written on November 15, 2017 | Posted in
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An alleged machete wielding attacker was arraigned this morning in court. He is twenty-two-year-old Aaron Flores of Gentle Street, Belize City, who is charged with grievous harm and use of deadly means of harm. Flores is accused of inflicting injuries on David Phillip on Tuesday. Flores hinted to the magistrate that he wanted to plead […]
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Twenty-six-year-old Transparent B.P.O. employee, Eugene Mark Anthony Fraser is on remand at the Belize Central Prison tonight after being arraigned for the use of deadly means of harm and wounding of Clinton Abraham. Fraser appeared at the Belize City Magistrate’s Court before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser shortly before noon. Allegations are that on November eleventh, […]
Written on November 14, 2017 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court of the United States today declined to review an order from the District of Columbia Circuit affirming a trial court opinion in favor of the Belize Bank Limited, concerning an eighteen-point-five million U.S. dollar award against the Government of Belize. In 2004, an agreement signed by former Prime Minister Said Musa guaranteed […]
Written on November 13, 2017 | Posted in
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Justice Adolph Lucas this afternoon sentenced forty-six-year-old Glenford Gilbert Bermudez to twenty years imprisonment for the November twenty-second, 2007 killing of his wife. The time Bermudez has spent behind bars, which is nine years ten months and eighteen days will be deducted from his twenty-year sentence which means he will be spending another ten years […]
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The Professional Standards Branch continues to investigate multiple reports of police misconduct, including two cases of extortion. Sergeant Lenancio Bol and Constable Daniel Requeña of Belize City were arraigned in September for extorting a businesswoman out to help her friends while two other officers, Samuel Elijio and Allen Castillo are charged in a case in […]
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A pair of Asian men, one a Taiwanese/Belizean from Camalote, Cayo and the other a Chinese businessman, pleaded guilty to falsifying immigration documents when they appeared in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court. The duo has been in detention since Monday after being busted while attempting to apply for a Social Security Card using a bogus Belizean […]
Written on November 9, 2017 | Posted in
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Chinese national Zheng Yuanran and a Taiwanese national acting as his translator remain in police custody tonight in Belmopan. Zheng entered Belize on Sunday, November fifth, but the pair was arrested by the following day, on Monday, at the Social Security Board office after Zheng tried to apply for a Social Security card using a […]
A duo of men was caught with their hands in the cookie jar at the Stock and Go store of businessman Marlon Skeen on November fifth. They were seen on surveillance camera stealing items such as Belikin Stout, a pack of Caribbean chicken and a monster drink. While the value of the items is small, […]
Written on November 8, 2017 | Posted in
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Media personality Alfonso Noble is due back in court on January twenty-fourth, 2018, for a preliminary inquiry into the indictable charges of manslaughter by negligence, among others stemming from a traffic accident on Christmas Eve of 2016. But tonight, News Five understands that a major settlement has been reached with Andrea Myers, the widow of […]
The Immigration Department made a significant arrest today. Two Asian nationals are tonight in custody at the Belmopan police station where they are being investigated for immigration offenses. Chinese national Zheng Yuanran arrived in Belize on Sunday and reports are that by Monday, he went to the Social Security Board office in Belmopan to apply […]
Written on November 7, 2017 | Posted in
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Two foreign ministers, the current and the former, were going at it in court today going back to a case when Wilfred Elrington was also the Attorney General. In July, the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that principal of Pitts and Elrington firm, Wilfred Elrington, must return all the conveyancing documents that Progresso Heights Limited […]
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And while Elrington continues to plead innocence or ignorance on what happened to the documents, rival Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay laid into him for what he believes is unnecessarily dragging out the case for seven years and frustrating his clients. Representing Progresso Heights Limited, Courtenay chastised Elrington for first attempting to block the post-hearing appeal […]
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In the high court, forty-six-year-old Glenford Gilbert Bermudez, the man who shot and killed his wife, was in court today for mitigation. Bermudez said he is sorry for his actions and apologized to the children of forty-year-old Racquel Violet Bermudez who was killed on November twenty-second, 2007. In mitigation plea before Justice Adolph Lucas in […]
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Irish national, thirty-six-year-old Conway Murphy was today arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for last Friday’s horrific traffic accident at mile eight on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Murphy was behind the wheels of a Ford Everest SUV that collided head on into a Toyota pickup, carrying watermelons and vegetables, and occupied by farmers Ricardo […]
Written on November 6, 2017 | Posted in
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After seven nights in lock down at the Belize Central Prison, twenty-four-year-old Shikell Nunez, aka “Cross Di Nitro,” is out on bail granted to him by Supreme Court judge, Denis Hanomansingh in the sum of five thousand dollars. Police say Nitro made a four-minute and forty-one second video and went live with it on social […]
Written on November 3, 2017 | Posted in
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Prison inmate, Carl Reneau, an electrician of Iguana Street in Belize City will have to stand trial for the murder of fifteen-year-old Jaheem Mahler, a student gunned down during a spade of murders in the city earlier this year. A prima facie has been established against Reneau so he will have to stand trial at […]
Written on November 2, 2017 | Posted in
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Eight years of costly legal battles between the Government of Belize and Dunkeld International Limited, a subsidiary of the Ashcroft Group, over the final payment for the 2009 B.T.L. acquisition, ended in an eight minute ruling handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice this morning. The government has been given ten days to pay […]
Written on November 1, 2017 | Posted in
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A release from the CCJ points out that the court is holding G.O.B. to tough terms if payment is not met in the prescribed timeline, thereby imposing an interest rate compounded on the existing amount on a quarterly or an annual basis. During his reading of the judgment, Justice Hayton provided a detailed breakdown, in […]
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