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Thrust in the middle of the crisis are the Telemedia employees. Earlier today, attorney Godfrey Smith, spoke on charges on whether or not the new board would fire over one hundred and fifty Telemedia employees. Smith said emphatically that the new board has no such intention and that employees need not worry nor the persons […]
Written on June 27, 2011 | Posted in
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Today we interviewed the Prime Minister on the ongoing crisis. In respect of the shares, he confirmed that the funds are stored in a separate account in the Central Bank. If anyone would want their funds returned, they would get so with interest. But he maintains that despite that there are now two Telemedia boards […]
Written on June 27, 2011 | Posted in
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And while the law enforcement bodies are guarding the Telemedia office and keeping Dean Boyce out, attorneys say there’s nothing lawful about what GOB is doing. According to Attorney Eamon Courtenay, the members of the government appointed board are trespassing at the Telemedia office and can face consequences for illegal occupation. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney “The […]
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And as you have heard in this newscast, Dean Boyce has set up an office as executive chairman of Management Committee of Telemedia. Late this afternoon, on behalf the Board of Directors, Boyce announced the appointment of Martha Molina as C.E.O. of the company. Martha and her husband Dean Molina, were both fired from Telemedia. […]
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The situation remains fluid. This afternoon we got an update from the Prime Minister. He admitted to News Five that he can’t disregard the ruling of the Appeals Court but that doesn’t mean that the government will hand over the company. In his view, handing over the company would be chaotic. So enforcement to him […]
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There are two murders to report tonight in the Old Capital. The first involves a minor who was shot several times to the head as he made his way home in the vicinity of South Creek and Kraal Road. Police were on patrol in the area and responded when they heard gunshots, but the minor […]
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The second murder claimed the life of another teenager on Sunday night who may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. A gunman on a bicycle was on Dolphin Street when he opened fire indiscriminately, hitting eighteen year old Steven Perez several times. Perez was injured and transported to the KHMH where […]
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There’s another victim to the violence. On Friday night we told you about thirty-nine year old Jessim Gladden who was hospitalized in a critical condition after he being shot multiple times last Thursday night. Well, Gladden succumbed around eleven-thirty on Friday night to gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen. Gladden, who is the brother […]
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The Telemedia ruling by the Court of Appeal is not the decision from the court. The Caribbean Court of Justice, the final appellate court, has handed down a decision in favor of the Government of Belize in a case involving former P.U.P. ministers Florencio Marin and Jose Coye. In January 2009 both men were sued […]
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But in the lower courts, Danalyn Murillo first made the news as the grieving mother of Teddy Murrillo, who was killed in February 2010. Since then she has become a member of the Belizeans for Justice Organization. But tonight, the forty-eight year old Belize City resident is in the news as a defendant. She was […]
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Last week, Belize joined countries such as Iraq and Ethiopia to be banned by FIFA. And that is where the Football Federation of Belize led by its president Dr. Bertie Chimilio remains tonight after it filed for an injunction in the Supreme Court against the Government of Belize. The move came after a letter was […]
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Today makes one week since the government nationalized Belize Electricity Limited. The company’s C.E.O. is Jeffrey Locke, and a new board has been installed, but the chairman remains Rodwell Williams, the Prime Minister’s law partner of Barrow and Williams. When we caught up with Williams at the F.F.B. case, he also spoke on the issue […]
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On the political front, the People’s United Party held a huge convention in Orange Walk Central over the weekend. The “We dah blue” convention, aside from endorsing Party Leader John Briceño as the Standard Bearer for Orange Walk Central, introduced team thirty-one, the P.U.P.’s slate for national elections. Party supporters turned out in the thousands […]
Written on June 27, 2011 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week four of the Belize Bank super League playoffs brought a shocker that only could have come out of left field. So we take you to Sugar City where Orange Walk United hosted the defending champion, R.G. City Boys inside the People’s Stadium yesterday. Folks, […]
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The Court of Appeal today delivered a massive blow to the government in the 2009 acquisition of Belize Telemedia. The ruling reverses an order made by the government to compulsorily acquire the telephone company from the Ashcroft Group. It was handed down at four this afternoon. The drama mounted because there was first a notice […]
So what’s next? Well, the Prime Minister has already said that he will appeal that decision. But immediately after the court ruling, Dean Boyce and attorney Godfrey Smith headed to Telemedia’s main office on Saint Thomas Street. The first board meeting was convened with members of the previous board including attorney Phillip Zuniga, Edilberto Tesecum […]
Written on June 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Turning to another company that has been nationalized, B.E.L. The National Trade Union Congress of Belize says that while it supports the nationalization, there are some concerns. The NTUCB says it will monitor the progress at BEL and insists that the government should avoid cronyism and ensure the flow of electricity with stable and affordable […]
Written on June 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Following the expropriation of Belize Electricity Limited earlier this week, we asked viewers if they believe electricity rates should down since the company is now in government hands. The results of our online poll were split seventy to thirty percent, with the vast majority of voters saying yes to reduced rates. But on the comments […]
Written on June 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Tonight a Lake I man is on life support at the Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital in the Intensive Care Unit after he was shot multiple times. The street was crowded with children and adults on Thursday night, but the fun ended abruptly when two men pulled up on the resident and fired indiscriminately. News Five’s […]
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A resident of Red Bank Village in the Stann Creek District has been arrested for the brutal slaying of a fellow villager. On Monday, police discovered the body of forty-seven year old Guatemalan National, Luis Maas, on a feeder road between Cowpen and Redbank Villages. Maas was partially decapitated and had a cut wound on […]
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This morning there was a potential threat of strike at Port of Belize. The stevedores, under the stewardship of the Christian Workers Union, have been at an impasse with the management of the port over a wide range of issues; from work schedules to wages. The Port of Belize issued a release Thursday night, speaking […]
The international conference in support of Central American Security Strategy was held earlier this week. It focused on the financing needed to fight organized crime and narco-trafficking. Fifty delegations from across the region attended including Prime Minister of Belize Dean Barrow. The U.S. delegation headed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged hundreds of million […]
Written on June 24, 2011 | Posted in
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The Belize Chamber of Commerce spoke out against the repercussions of the government nationalization of Belize Electricity Limited. Foreign Investment Confidence in Belize is underscored by the Standard and Poor’s report of a possible downgrading on its charts. The Heritage Foundation, which publishes the yearly Economic Freedom and Growth Index in conjunction with the Wall […]
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Still on the issue of the nationalization of B.E.L., the president of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been the main target of the government’s verbal firing squad since the chamber expressed grave concerns about the country’s second corporate takeover. The United Democratic Party’s propaganda published a photo of Kay Menzies while dressed […]
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In the Belmopan Supreme Court today, a twenty year old resident relived a horrific kidnapping and robbery, for which twenty-three year old Oliver Rodriguez and twenty-seven year old Solomon Marin Jr. are on trial. The victim, Leon Castillo, testified that at around three p.m. on August twenty-sixth, 2006, he made a withdrawal at a FirstCaribbean […]
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