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Attorneys for the Government of Belize and Dean Boyce, B.T.L. Employees Trust and Dunkeld International appeared before the Caribbean Court of Justice via teleconference this morning, for a case management hearing. Both parties are once again tangled in litigation, this time over the recently published compensation award handed down by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, […]
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According to Senior Counsel Denys Barrow, the objective of the settlement agreement was to bring finality to the question of recompense. He says that while the Ashcroft Group may have anticipated a seventy-thirty split in its favor, which would have allowed them to collect fifty percent upfront that was not the outcome. Denys Barrow, […]
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Government has indicated to the CCJ that irrespective of the outcome, it is unable to make the payment in U.S. dollars. The Central Bank of Belize, in a four-page letter written to Financial Secretary Joseph Waight, has informed government that it cannot meet its request to make available an additional seventy million U.S. dollars. Being […]
Government has put forward that it cannot meet a seventy million U.S. dollar payment should the CCJ rule in favor of the previous owners of B.T.L. While Central Bank has provided an initial twenty-nine million dollars, the Barrow Administration is basically on its own in finding the balance of the payment. Denys Barrow, Attorney […]
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An official letter which was filed by the Government in the CCJ proceeding comes as close as we’ve ever seen to G.O.B. acknowledging that the sky is falling. It’s dated July twenty-second, and is addressed to Financial Secretary Joseph Waight, from Governor of the Central Bank Glenford Ysaguirre. Ysaguirre wasted no time on niceties, but […]
Accused kidnapper and murderer William ‘Danny’ Mason is preparing to spend his second full week as an involuntary guest at the Belize Central Prison, but the bizarre circumstances of his detention, and subsequent revelations continue to generate increasing interest. Perhaps the most attention has been focused on Minister of National Security John Saldivar who has […]
The man with many names remains an enigma to the general public. We know where he is right now – that one’s easy – but we don’t even know if his real name is William Mason, or Raj Ouellet, or Ramesh. But we are told that he was born in Guyana and left that country […]
Just before three this afternoon, there was a brazen robbery. Belizean salesman Mark Lisbey of Santiago Castillo Limited reported that after midday, he was conducting business at a supermarket at mile thirteen on the Phillip Goldson Highway. He collected two thousand seven hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty-three cents in cash from Everyday Supermarket located […]
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On Wednesday night, the quiet of the usually peaceful Farmer’s Site in Hattieville was shattered by the sound of gunshots. When police responded, they found that twenty-seven-year-old Keron Devon Moss bleeding in the parlor of the home he shared with his parents. He had been shot by a gunman who came knocking at around nine […]
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Sixteen year old Tyrese Carcamo succumbed to injuries he sustained following a traffic accident on Tuesday between miles eight and nine on the George Price Highway. Carcamo was riding home around six p.m. that evening when he was hit from behind by a taxi heading to Belize City. The impact sent the minor to into […]
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Three decades plus five…that’s the length of time the BCVI has been around in Belize. To mark that milestone, the N.G.O. held an anniversary celebration this morning. The Executive Director, Carla Ayers Musa, says the gamut of services offered has grown tremendously over the years. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting The […]
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Recently, the Image Factory in collaboration with the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, BCVI, published a book about the adventures of Rowan Garel. But tonight, with assistance from Taiwanese Ambassador Benjamin Ho, “Walk Climb Dive; the Adventures of Rowan Garel” will be published and distributed within the school system in Taiwan. It will be […]
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It has been announced that track and field athletes Katy Sealy and Brandon Jones will represent Belize at the Olympics 2016 in Rio. While the Sealy selection has stirred controversy because Kaina Martinez will not represent, tonight, we can report that twenty-eight year old judo instructor and athlete Renick James has been chosen as a […]
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Creating a Safe Space Agenda is an initiative that was being implemented by the YWCA and involved children and young adults from Belize City and Belmopan participating in various programs. CASSA, as it is locally referred to, officially comes to an end in September. This morning, a second group of participants successfully completed the program […]
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Any person who has been diagnosed with diabetes knows that what they eat is one of the most critical steps in managing their condition. The diabetes diet may seem very restrictive; but, that isn’t necessarily the case. As I find out in tonight’s healthy living, it’s about the right types of food at the right […]
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