For some time now, attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd and Prime Minister Dean Barrow have been trading insults. On Thursday, Matura-Shepherd got in her shots, stating that she found it embarrassing as a junior attorney to have to school the senior attorneys on a basic point of law. To one one’s great surprise, the PM fired back […]
And so ends our coverage of the critically complicated sugar industry tonight. On Monday there will be a sitting of the House of Representatives, where the government will push through amendments to the Sugar Industry Act. Today, PM Barrow confirmed that it will happen. He says that he does not expect the crop to start […]
A cop from Independence who has been charged for having sexual intercourse with a minor appeared before the Supreme Court today. Patrick O’Brien was charged this week and while it takes up to two weeks for a bail application to be heard, O’Brien was fortunate to be granted one today. He appeared before Justice Troadio […]
It was confirmed today that the Avian Influenza Type A has been detected in two poultry farms in the Spanish Lookout area, Cayo District. BAHA says the outbreak is limited and that measures have been put in place to prevent the poultry and poultry products from leaving the farms. BAHA is also mentoring other farms. […]
This afternoon, Sir Dennis Byron, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, was a guest at our studios for an in depth interview on the work of the CCJ; that interview will be aired this Monday on Open Your Eyes. We don’t normally have the opportunity to sit with justices, so today’s interview was detailed. […]
On February fourteenth, 2001, Belize joined Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago in signing an agreement establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice. But only Belize, Barbados and Guyana had adopted the CCJ as the final court of appeal. Now, despite a number of […]
Again, while he could not divulge details of pending local matters, Justice Byron says that past cases from Belize have been very significant in setting legal precedence within the Caribbean jurisdiction, a topic he would later discuss during the law conference. Sir Dennis Byron, President, Caribbean Court of Justice “In every country people only […]
‘Reforms, Rights and Remedies’ is the theme for the Bar Association’s 2015 law conference. Following the press encounter with Justice Dennis Byron, attorneys, magistrates and legal practitioners from across the country converged at the Radisson for the conference. It is the second such symposium since Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay assumed presidency of the Bar Association […]
The issue of inmates who have been condemned and are awaiting execution at the Belize Central Prison remains a concern for human rights activists. In the bar association there is a handful of attorneys who work tirelessly on a pro bono basis to represent prisoners who have been found guilty of capital crimes. While the […]
There was a near-fatal traffic mishap along the Phillip Goldson Highway sometime around four-thirty this evening when a motorcycle heading towards Belize City collided into the rear of a pickup truck traveling in the same direction. News Five has been unable to confirm the identity of the motorist but we understand that he may have […]
The case of eighteen year old Hattieville resident Lucia Martinez is distasteful and disturbing. The young girl gave birth to her first child recently at the K.H.M.H. She claims that a retaining swab was left inside her and led to a deadly infection. Martinez says that it was her husband who made the grisly discovery […]
Coye reiterates that corrective measures to address what could have led to the event have been implemented, and they will meet with Lucia Martinez and her family as necessary to ensure that she and her baby are well, and to address her concerns. The investigation, which we are told was immediately initiated upon receiving the […]
The words Belize Spine Program don’t immediately ring a bell, but there are Belizeans today who would not be walking without it. It was born in 2010 out of a partnership between the K.H.M.H. and Spine Overseas, an international surgical and education support program. Since then, orthopaedic surgeons and support staff have visited Belize regularly, […]
Earlier we told you about the donation to the K.H.M.H. of two cell-saver machines. It’s expected that they will be used in complicated spinal surgeries. But that’s only one aspect of how cell savers can be life savers. These machines actually make the donation of blood for transfusion in serious surgeries obsolete, because it cleans […]
Approximately thirty persons from technical and vocational high school instructors as well as personnel from ITVETs across the country were engaged in a training workshop at the Biltmore Plaza. The purpose of the E.U.-funded initiative was to start the process of aligning regional technical and vocational standards with the local education curriculum. News Five was […]
The training works hand in hand with the education sector strategy of the ministry, says C.E.O. David Leacock. With major industries in the south for banana and the introduction of the NCL cruise port, the ministry is working on providing the human resources for available jobs; “Improving Quality and Relevance of Technical and Vocational Education […]
A fundraising initiative was launched this morning by one of the oldest and largest academic institutions in Belize. Saint John’s College is hoping to raise a significant amount of money to carry out remedial work on infrastructure on its campus on Princess Margaret Drive. The idea is to involve the alumni and community in the […]
Another well established institution, the Young Women’s Christian Association, with the assistance of the US Embassy, is rolling out a two-year program aimed at building human resources capacity for at-risk youths. Two hundred young women and men from Belize City and Belmopan will be recruited to take part in the program. Duane Moody reports. […]
Even as the start of the sugar cane crop seems inevitable, the chaos within the industry continues unabated. Tonight, there is much to report—both from the farmers and the factory, which includes the signing of agreements with ASR/B.S.I. But we start with a midday press conference hosted by the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. […]
When it comes to the government in this scenario, attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd pulled no punches. She believes that Prime Minister Dean Barrow deliberately and with great calculation did not speak the truth at his press conference last week. Barrow stated that the B.S.C.F.A. was misguided in seeking an order of Mandamus, which he said would […]
As we told you earlier, there is news to report not only from the farmers, but also from ASR/B.S.I., and it is fairly monumental. Early this morning two associations outside the auspices of the B.S.C.F.A. signed on to deliver cane. The signing comes on the heels of a release from B.S.I. on Wednesday stating that […]
So where does this leave the B.S.C.F.A.? Well certainly not in a better position than they were in before negotiations. In fact, there are those who expect that the Association will not be able to recover. Of course, there are those who will blame the government and/or ASR/B.S.I., and do, for the crumbling of the […]
That’s bad news for the Association, and there’s more. There’s allegedly a report circulating that ASR/B.S.I. is expressing some hesitation in signing with the B.S.C.F.A. branches who have expressed that they do so under protest. From what we’ve been able to ascertain, the position of signing under duress raises the possibility of future legal implications. […]
There is a historic visit taking place today. That’s because at the invitation of the Bar Association, Justice Dennis Byron, the president of Belize’s highest court of appeal, the Caribbean Court of Justice, is currently in the country. Justice Byron arrived at the P.G.I.A. this afternoon on a brief, but packed visit to Belize. He was […]
Nationally recognized as the father of the nation, George Price was remembered today by the party he led for four decades. Price passed away in 2011, but today he would have turned ninety-six. Present and past leaders, party faithful as well students took part in activities to pay homage to the leader who transformed the […]
