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While the People’s United Party was disclosing what it calls a secret deal at Independence Hall, the Prime Minister was at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital attending the handing over of a new unit to the hospital. There, he dismissed the claim that the statement of comfort was not disclosed when he announced the settlement […]
Written on October 27, 2015 | Posted in
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Barrow also told the media that at the time when government took over B.E.L., Belize Electric Company Limited was not on the table and that the government will never go after the Fortis-owned company. When quizzed today, the PM also disclosed that Fortis was being exempted from various taxes, saying there was nothing out of […]
But is this just much ado over nothing? That question came up at the press briefing this morning, since the Prime Minister had made mention of a statement of comfort which he had signed with Fortis. Shoman says that where this deal is concerned, there’s no comfort at all for Belizeans. Lisa Shoman, Senator, […]
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A protest was held today in Punta Gorda where another court appearance of the Santa Cruz Thirteen took place before Magistrate Emerson Banner. Supporters gathered around the courthouse in solidarity with the thirteen Maya leaders who were charged on June twenty-fourth for the unlawful imprisonment of Rupert Myles. Myles, the husband of a Maya woman, […]
Mis expressed frustration that Maya communal lands, particularly in the village of Jalacte, are still being accessed and used for public purpose without the consent of villagers. The inauguration of an agriculture office in Jalacte which was scheduled for Wednesday has reportedly been called off after the Agriculture Department caught wind of a protest being […]
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The president-elect of Guatemala, Carlos Jimmy Morales, assumes office in January 2016. And since his landslide victory on Sunday, he has been making statements on a number of issues. Belizeans have been paying keen attention on what he has to say about the territorial dispute over Belizean territory. Morales says he will not give up […]
There have been sparks of violence going into the November fourth elections. A fire destroyed the campaign office U.D.P. standard bearer Ralph Huang last Monday and over the weekend, with temperatures running high, supporters of both major political parties clashed up north. This morning, the Prime Minister was asked about the hostilities as well as […]
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Next week Wednesday, Belizeans will head to the polls to elect a new government, one year and half before the term of the Barrow administration was to expire. At an event today, the media quizzed Prime Minister Barrow on the real possibility that he and his party may not be returned to office for a […]
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The Gang Suppression Unit has come under fire for early morning weekend raids on homes belonging to P.U.P. supporters in the community of San Jose in the Orange Walk District. The victims claim that they were quizzed on their political affiliation, and asked by the GSU officers if they wanted to talk to Deputy Prime […]
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The GSU’s weekend adventures, according to Flowers, led them from San Jose to the Belize Central Prison on a hunt for an elusive and perhaps mythical firearm. They never did find it. Because of the allegations of misadventure in San Jose, though, Flowers says that he has asked another officer to determine if the GSU […]
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There was a brazen daylight shooting in San Pedro this afternoon, and it happened right next to the very crowded airstrip. Thirty-one year old taxi-man Juan Menjivar was allegedly at the Maya Island Air luggage section when as many as five shots rang out. Unconfirmed reports are that Menjivar was hit three times to the […]
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A trio of Belize City men, accused of the November 2012 murder of Belize Defense Force soldier James Noralez, appeared before Justice Troadio Gonzalez today where submissions in the matter concluded this afternoon. Twenty-two-year-old Tyrone Meighan, twenty-seven-year-old Orel Leslie and thirty-year-old Brandon Baptist are awaiting their fate when a Supreme Court decision is handed down […]
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The Belize Defense Force and the British Army Support Unit teamed up today for a joint training exercise to sharpen the skills of the two armies. Belize offers the right terrain for this sort of warfare exercise and the soldiers met the challenge in Gales Point (Manatee). News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, […]
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A unit retrofitted with numerous incubators, quarters for doctors and nurses as well as a waiting area for families was inaugurated at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital as its new Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The death of thirteen babies at the hospital two years ago highlighted the need for the unit. News Five’s […]
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On Friday, we showed you a group of almost two hundred men and women who were granted Belizean citizenship by the Immigration and Nationality Department. The timing of the swearing-in, eleven days ahead of the upcoming general elections, has been raising eyebrows in many quarters. New information, however, confirm what many people had been saying; […]
Written on October 26, 2015 | Posted in
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Earlier today, we attempted to reach the Minister of Immigration, Godwin Hulse, but he was unavailable. According to Saldivar, the Penner scandal in September 2013 was what broke the camel’s back because the irregular issuance of passports was taking place for some time. And as the documents would show, the Minister of Immigration himself was […]
Written on October 26, 2015 | Posted in
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Late this evening, News Five was able to confirm reports that there was an armed robbery in San Ignacio. It happened at around four, and the victims were two Madisco employees who had just finished making deliveries in a white Kia truck. The truck was parked behind the Scotiabank when it was approached by two […]
Written on October 26, 2015 | Posted in
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Did Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega dispatch members of the feared Gang Suppression Unit to terrorize residents of San Jose in the Orange Walk District? That’s a question to which we certainly won’t get a definitive, official and credible answer. But the residents who woke up before dawn on Sunday to the sounds of the […]
Bomba is a small community off the Old Northern Highway in the Belize Rural North constituency. There are twenty-seven families living in the village without electricity even though wires were installed since January of this year. So while the families live without power supply, they now have to face other challenges resulting from the flooding […]
Written on October 26, 2015 | Posted in
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A claim against the Government of Belize filed by businessman Mike Menjivar, proprietor of La Cabana Restaurant and Bar, was dismissed this morning in the Supreme Court. The protracted legal battle followed a raid on Menjivar’s residence in Belmopan in May 2011. The lawsuit fell apart today when his attorney failed to comply with specific […]
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According to Menjivar, the dismissal of the matter will force them back to the drawing board. The case against government however, will only rear its head in another form. Miguel Menjivar, Suit Against G.O.B. Dismissed “They had abused in such an extreme way all of our things, business, family, rights and everything. So, I […]
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A fatal traffic mishap in the Toledo District over the weekend has claimed the life of a man whose identity is yet to be confirmed by Punta Gorda police. On Saturday evening, officers attached to the southern formation were summoned to an area of the San Antonio Road where they observed the lifeless body of […]
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A near-fatal stabbing incident over the weekend in the Lake Independence area has left one man in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Twenty-two-year-old Jermaine Locke was assaulted while conversing with two other men on Tibruce Street. He was stabbed once in the upper left chest and was reportedly rushed to the hospital […]
Written on October 26, 2015 | Posted in
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A decision was handed down today in the Supreme Court of Judge Adolph Lucas in a trial of judge without jury in which a San Pedro man was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. Jason Reyes was accused of the fatal stabbing of Lionel Pinelo on November fifth, 2010 in front of […]
Written on October 26, 2015 | Posted in
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Carlos Morales, a comedian, won by a huge landslide in Sunday’s elections in Guatemala, beating Sandra Torres by a margin of two to one. He received sixty-seven point four percent of the votes, while Torres received thirty-two point six. Morales campaigned on a promise to fight corruption, which plagued President Otto Perez Molina last month. […]
