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In April, Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that his government would seek to institute a windfall tax on the oil industry in light of the internationally skyrocketing fuel prices, and in his budget presentation this week, the P.M. reiterated that government expected a larger share of the earnings. Those negotiations with Belize Natural Energy and […]
Written on July 16, 2008 | Posted in
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There was a lot of back and forth between G.O.B. and the oil producers to get to today’s press conference, with both parties pulling out all the cards to get their way. For B.N.E. Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Gilbert Canton and Country representative for U.S Capital Energy, Alistair King, they can live with the tax […]
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Barrow is hoping to institute the windfall tax as soon as possible to meet his budget projections, and plans to present legislation to the House soon enough. This morning the P.M. estimated how much G.O.B. hopes to gain when it comes on stream. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “We expect to collect, by way of the […]
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The revenue from the windfall tax is good news for government and, according to Barrow, will assist in meeting the country’s external debt and other government programmes. But one of those unexpected payments is due soon. In 2005, a company named NEWCO sued the Musa administration for thirty-three million dollars for terminating an airport management […]
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The constitutional case brought by the Belize Bank against the Government got underway this afternoon before Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh. The Bank is challenging the composition and constitutionality of the Appeals Board of the Central Bank in relation to ten million dollars gifted to Belize by the government of Venezuela. On March fourteenth, the Central […]
Written on July 16, 2008 | Posted in
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There’s more bad news for the Belizean security guards and their employer detained in Chetumal for the weekend shoot-out at the Las Vegas casino at the northern border. There is still no official information regarding the incident from the Belize side and as Jose Sanchez found out, the guards are also in big trouble when […]
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And while the Belizeans are in the custody of Mexican authorities in a sensitive case that could be protracted, there is another crisis brewing on the diplomatic front. With the untimely ousting of businessman Rafael Chavez, who was stripped of his appointment as Honorary Consul yesterday just as the confrontation broke, the government is hamstrung […]
Written on July 16, 2008 | Posted in
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The case involving an immigration officer who allegedly facilitated the entry of undeclared U.S. currency came up this morning at the Magistrates’ Court. The officer, twenty nine year old Maria Guerra, along with a twenty year old San Ignacio businessman, was charged with Evasion of Custom Duties this morning. On May thirty-first, at the Phillip […]
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Two cousins, who have been accused of the murder of a Mahogany Heights man, were taken to court this morning. The two, twenty-four year old Kenrick Parham and eighteen year old Derrick Parham, are facing the murder charges following the fatal stabbing of Orlando Montero on July tenth. Montero, a logger and ex B.D.F. soldier, […]
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Police have confirmed that a Honduran national whose body was found in the waters of the Placencia Peninsula, was indeed murdered. A post mortem examination conducted on the body of thirty-four year old Jose Antonio Nixolio Lazo has revealed that the man died of stab wounds. Sources tell News Five that Lazo was apparently stabbed […]
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If you are traveling north by air, you will be impressed by the improvements to the airstrip which was opened today with much fanfare. Jose Sanchez has a report of this milestone that is expected to bolster tourism and bring relief to the pilots. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The Belize Airport Authority after a long time, […]
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There was plenty drama today at the swing bridge area when Belize Port Authority personnel physically moved some of the boats docked in the river behind the Commercial Centre. The fishermen agree that while the river is crowded with vessels, they are not the ones to move, and point to the water taxis. They complained […]
Written on July 16, 2008 | Posted in
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The fate of three Belizean security guards of the Commercial Free Zone’s Las Vegas Casino and their American employer deteriorated today when they were slapped with criminal charges in neighbouring Chetumal for a shooting incident that occurred on the Belize side of the border. The Mexican authorities have added the serious charges of Attempted Murder, […]
Written on July 15, 2008 | Posted in
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And while Belizeans have been slapped with criminal charges in neighbouring Chetumal, businessman Rafael Chavez will no longer be around to represent their interests. This morning Rafael Chavez’s appointment as Belize’s honorary consul was terminated by the Barrow administration. His marching orders were to close down the Consulate by the end of the working day. […]
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Foreign Affairs |
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In the web of legal challenges in court involving Telemedia, this morning Justice John Muria handed down his ruling in the Christine Perriott case. The former Telemedia employee was let go by the company, re-instituted, and subsequently resigned her job. Telemedia was seeking an interim injunction to restrain Attorney Lois Young from further representing Christine […]
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Last Wednesday when the Foreign Affairs and Constitution Committee conducted its public consultations on the constitutional amendments in Belize City, three of the hot button issues were the powers of the Senate, the mechanism to recall ministers, and that of the language of amendment three, which dealt with petroleum rights. Yesterday Prime Minister Dean Barrow […]
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Following the appointment of a new board at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in March, this morning the K.H.M.H. announced the new chief to replace Dr. Alvaro Rosado as C.E.O. He is Dr. Francis Gary Longsworth who will assume his new job in mid-August. Longsworth has worked in the public and private sector in the […]
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Placencia police suspect foul play was involved in the death of a man whose partially decomposed body was retrieved this morning from the waters near the Placencia peninsula. Reports reaching News Five say that police recovered the body of thirty-four year old Honduran, Nixolio Lazo around seven-thirty this morning at the entrance of the Sunset […]
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Twenty-three year old Leon Walford was charged with Attempted Murder and denied bail when he appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. The charges relate to the stabbing of twenty-nine year old Cedrick Martinez which occurred around one-twenty-four a.m. on Sunday. Martinez, a resident of Bocotora Street, reported to the police that he was standing at the […]
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A sexual assault report resulted in the arrest today of thirty-three year old Gilbert Blanco, an employee of Belize Waste Control. A twenty-one year old woman of Kut Avenue reported to police that in the wee hours of Monday morning she was rudely awakened by a hand caressing her buttocks. Her crafty assailant was apparently […]
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Just before noon today, traffic came to a halt at the busiest area of Belize City, that is, the roundabout across from Pallotti High School. Normally you would find drivers breaking the law by trying to cut in front of other vehicles on the roundabout. But this time it was two large towheads that attempted […]
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While traveling back to our studio our team encountered a second traffic mishap near the Pound Yard Bridge. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting A few minutes after the accident at the Flag monument was cleared up, officers were busy diverting traffic in the area of the Pound Yard Bridge. A van burst […]
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For thirty years now Saint John’s College has been publishing the Journal of Belizean Studies which focuses on our history, culture and current social realities. The Belizean Studies Resource Center has now released its latest publication which deals with the issue of Governance. Co-Editor of the Journal, Nigel Encalada tells us more about this Special […]
Written on July 15, 2008 | Posted in
Education |
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For three days, employees of various government departments will be gathering at the George Price Centre in Belmopan to participate in an Incident Command Workshop. The event is hosted by the Belize Agricultural Health Authority. Dr. Victor Gongora is the Director of Animal Health at BAHA; he explains what the sessions are about. Dr. Victor […]
Written on July 15, 2008 | Posted in
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A Belize City man is crying for help to solve health hazards caused by garbage trucks parked at his home near the Pound Yard Bridge. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Colin Ebanks and his family of four are affected by garbage trucks parked in a yard across the alley in front of his house. […]
Written on July 15, 2008 | Posted in
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