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And then there’s the other issue. News Five has verified that the forty acres surveyed for the subdivision is completely within an area proposed for a marine reserve expansion. Information to us is that a formal plan and legislation for management of the sensitive ecosystems as part of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve has been […]
Written on September 18, 2014 | Posted in
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Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse told News Five last week that he recently brought to Belize the passport issued illegally to Korean national Won Hong Kim back in September 2013. In January of this year, following the immigration scandal involving his former cabinet colleague, Elvin Penner, legislation was passed to cover loopholes in the immigration […]
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Attorney Arthur Saldivar was dumped on Wednesday by his party following a meeting of the P.U.P. Executive. Saldivar was removed as standard bearer for the Belize Rural North but says he will still be engaged in electoral politics as an Independent P.U.P. His fall from grace came after a client publicly complained that Saldivar took […]
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In this newscast, we have carried untold numbers of allegations of brutality at the hands of the police. Tonight, residents of the Jane Usher Boulevard are alleging that they were beaten up for no reason by the Gang Suppression Unit. The group of four including two minors and students of Gwen Lizarraga High School, an […]
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At the top of the newscast, we told you of the three murders and shootings that transpired in a span of seven hours on Wednesday. The violence has put the police on alert mode. Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie, who was also at the head table during today’s press conference, gave his assurances to the […]
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Dezeree Phillips and Deputy Officer Commanding Eastern Division Edward Broaster also explained the gang matrix, as it relates to the ongoing criminal activities. According to Phillips, while one gang is prominently being named in the ongoing spate, it is likely that the shootings are being carried out by other groups closely […]
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Forty-three communities across the country will be added to the national grid. Included are a thousand Belizeans who will get free service entrance installations for electricity. The project is called Connecting Homes Improving Lives; it is being undertaken jointly between Belize Electricity Limited and the European Union. For one, it will reduce illegal connections and […]
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Despite the crime, there are a number of concerts planned for this weekend in Belize City and Cayo. This morning, Soca King, Machel Montano appeared on Open Your Eyes inviting and encouraging residents to come out to the Soca and Jazz Festival to be held at the Hour Bar grounds this Saturday. This afternoon, another […]
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At ten minutes past four this evening, the political career of Arthur Saldivar, at least as a Standard Bearer of the People’s United Party, came to an end. Following a two week long investigation by a special committee and a two hour meeting this afternoon, the National Executive issued a directive that Saldivar be removed […]
P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca told the media that any opposition to the decision in the ranks of the Belize Rural North Executive is merely speculation. But it’s actually much more than that. Today members of the Executive stood outside waiting for Saldivar to emerge. When they got the news they were disturbed and enraged, to […]
Blease insists that in meetings with the four member investigating committee, the Executive was told that there was no evidence against Arthur Saldivar. The Belize Rural North Executive claims that the decision taken was instigated by one man in the Executive. They are pointing the finger squarely at the P.U.P.’s new National Campaign Manager, Godfrey […]
Following the decision of the P.U.P. to remove him, Arthur Saldivar spoke briefly to the media at the Radisson Fort George. He says that it’s not about the P.U.P., but about the people of Belize Rural North, and he will still be, in his mind at least, their leader. He also took the opportunity to […]
Just before two o’clock this afternoon, as many as six gunshots rang old in the area of the Saint Ignatius Primary School located near the Raccoon Police Station as well as Precinct One in the Old Capital. A callous lone gunman opened fire on a group of four men who were playing their favorite pastime […]
Written on September 17, 2014 | Posted in
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Bahamian nationals Rohn Knowles and Kelvin Leach remain on lockdown at the Belize Central Prison awaiting extradition proceedings. The US government made a formal request on Monday to have the pair stand trial in a US federal court on a string of offenses related to securities fraud. Knowles and Leach, employees of Titan International Securities, […]
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While Elrington spoke candidly on the case against the principals of Titan International Securities in his capacity as Attorney General, he was unaware of Belize’s designation as one of several countries within the Latin American region that have been named as drug producing or drug transit nations. On Monday, the White House issued a press […]
Twenty-nine-year-old police constable Marvin Sedassey was killed this morning in a fatal road traffic accident in the Toledo District. Sedassey’s extensively damaged Ford Escort slammed violently into a freight truck causing massive injuries to the young officer. While Punta Gorda police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding his demise, News Five is reliably informed that […]
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Mayor Darrell Bradley has been lauded for the renovation and reformation of the B.T.L. Park, but criticized in some quarters for the Pier 1 Bar, a privately owned business on a pier built with public monies, in a building constructed with public monies. To make matters worse, regular bar patrons have reported that the establishment […]
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We also asked the Mayor for an update on the debt situation with Belize Maintenance Limited. When last we checked, the Council had been unable to make a lump sum payment on August twenty-ninth. That payment should have been for five weeks of arrears. But according to the Mayor that’s water under the bridge. There […]
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Of course, we also asked about the one hundred and seventy employees of BML, soon to be brand new employees of the Belize City Council. Or are they? It’s no secret that Mayor Bradley was forced into that commitment by Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Bradley’s made no secret of his problems with that concept. And […]
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The Organization of American States Anti-Corruption Mechanism has released a fifty-five page report on Belize. It follows the visit of the Committee of Experts for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption back in April. The team interviewed representatives of four oversight bodies responsible for preventing, detecting and punishing corruption as well as members […]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry recorded what it says is its most successful Expo Belize Marketplace this year. With over two hundred booths—one hundred and fifteen of them being businesses—the figures show that over nineteen thousand persons attended the expo on the sixth and seventh of September. As a way of giving back […]
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After spending months behind bars, Ranchito resident Ryan Jones appeared this morning in the Magistrate Court to answer to a charge of murder. Ryan is accused with the shooting death of his father, Hensley Jones, on New Year’s Day at his house in Ranchito. At his court appearance, however, police were unable to provide […]
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After three days in lockdown, a construction worker was arraigned for arson before the Chief Magistrate, Ann Marie Smith, this morning. Thirty-nine year old Alden Sutherland is accused of setting on fire a 2008 Tacoma belonging to Hector Choj, the manager of JEC Apartment on Youth for the Future Drive. The incident happened on Sunday […]
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Mayor Darrell Bradley has a lot on his mind, with critical decisions to be made where sanitation contracts are concerned. But he’s always to find a bright spot where infrastructure in the city is concerned. There’s no doubt that the work on Belize City streets has been the cause of much frustration, but there’s work […]
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The Belize Solid Waste Management Authority has been instrumental in the implementation of transfer stations and the management of garbage at the dumpsite at miles three on the George Price Highway and along the western corridor. They have also constructed a solid waste sanitary landfill at mile twenty-four, also on the George Price Highway. But […]
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