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In February of this year, the Supreme Court heard the case of Melissa Belezaire Tucker, a former Ministry of Education employee who served in the Public Service for seventeen years, from 1995 to 2013, when she was terminated. Tucker was first appointed as a teacher and then, in 1999, as the School Feeding and Health […]
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A Belize City youth is tonight hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was stabbed multiple times near the Radisson Hotel in the Fort George area. Twenty-three year old Antelope Street resident, Kendale Green was stabbed to the left side of the chest and hand and was later rushed to the K.H.M.H. for […]
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A Belize City man is in debt of ten thousand dollars to the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for the trafficking of four hundred and twenty-eighth grams of marijuana on June twenty-eighth, 2016. Callum Sutherland initially pleaded not guilty to the charge but today, he today he owned up to the weed. Sutherland was busted […]
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A thirty-two year old San Pedro resident is claiming police brutality. Allen Delroy Martinez says that he was beaten before being locked down at the police station for two days without any reason given to him for his detention. According to Martinez, he was brutalized by a police officer with whom he has been beefing […]
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It’s been a while since we’ve reported on Zika. In mid June, the first confirmed case of zika was recorded in Belize in the west. Since then, there have been over thirty cases, ten of which are from the island of Caye Caulker. Even before the realization of zika in Belize, interventions were put in […]
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Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “There is a package that has been developed to be given to pregnant women to try to minimize their risk. The package usually includes a bed net, condoms and insect repellents; those are all being procured by the Ministry of Health. For those women who turn out positive, […]
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Findings of a survey called the Belize Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Five were released today. The survey was held to identify key indicators to formulate policies and programs and to set the baseline for the Sustainable Development Goals and other conventions Belize has ascribed to. The result is a mix bag: there is a significant […]
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Litigation in respect of the compensation award, following government’s acquisition of B.T.L. in 2009 is ongoing. The latest round of legal battle is presently before the Caribbean Court of Justice; despite a recent decision by an arbitration tribunal regarding the amount government owes B.T.L.’s previous owners. After seven years of litigation, government now has to […]
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During Monday’s press conference, People’s United Party leader John Briceño explained that the B.T.L. settlement did not make it into Friday’s debate because of the ruckus that ended the House Meeting. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “What happened, there was a confusion that happened there, again by the Speaker. The Speaker messed up on […]
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During the spectacle in the House on Friday, Junior Minister Elodio Aragon remained in his seat and observed the entire drama involving Julius Espat as it unfolded. Today, he expressed disappointment with the conduct of his colleague. Aragon says that Espat threw an unnecessary tantrum, despite the clarity of the standing orders which govern the […]
A new show starts tonight right here on Channel Five, following the news package. Enviro-Connect Belize is a reality television show by the Department of Environment to highlight the various environmental issues affecting the country. Six teams travel the country to compete in various challenges in hopes to win the grand prize. Environmental Officer Celi […]
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The political brouhaha at the sitting of the House of Representatives on Friday remains at the forefront of national discourse tonight. It is the first time that security forces are used to physically remove a sitting member from within the House. The back and forth between Speaker Michael Peyrefitte and Cayo South Area Representative Julius […]
In the wake of Friday’s chaotic sitting, the People’s United Party announced that it has agreed to hold a series of activities; the first to take place on Wednesday at the Senate meeting and to be followed by a demonstration in Belize City. The P.U.P. invites Belizeans across the country to join the cause in […]
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Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat was suspended as a member of the House of Representatives, at Friday’s scandalous sitting. While questions have been raised as to the legitimacy of his removal, Espat maintains that he is prepared to attend the next house meeting whenever it is called. We’ll have a legal perspective on the […]
According to senior parliamentarian and Leader of the Opposition John Briceño, the Speaker of the House has been very biased in moderating House debates. The P.U.P. claims the Speaker does not stifle the government side, but consistently goes against the other side of the House. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “It was the […]
The ejection of the media from the gallery has also raised concerns in respect of the apparent abuse of authority by members of the police department. Without verbal authorization from the Speaker of the House, police on duty inside the Assembly Building proceeded to forcibly remove reporters, cameramen and technicians from the balcony. The media […]
The People’s United Party is also calling for an appeal of the Supreme Court decision on Section Fifty-three of the Criminal Code. In the days following the landmark ruling, the P.U.P. stated that it respected the decision of the Supreme Court as the rule of law. Today, however it has made an about turn, demanding […]
The P.U.P. touched on a number of other issues. It weighed-in on the massive turnout of protestors who were present for the COLA/Evangelical Church rally in Belmopan on Friday. According to Party Leader Briceño, the opposition deliberately abstained from bringing out its membership out of respect for the church’s cause. The events on Friday, however, […]
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Turning to the procedure on the naming of a member of the House of Representatives…. As you know, the House ended in utter confusion not to mention the chaos after Espat was suspended and ejected by the security forces. This morning, Caribbean Shores Area Rep. Kareem Musa relied on the Standing Orders to outline as […]
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The People’s United Party has joined the B.P.P. in demanding that the Barrow administration immediately sign on the UN Convention on Anti-corruption. The urgent call for the U.D.P. government to endorse the convention comes amid the mounting scandals that the government is facing. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “No Mister Prime Minister; it […]
A man well-known to the law was murdered during a fete in Belize City over the weekend. George McKenzie Junior, the son of slain gang leader George McKenzie, was stabbed several times. Though police do not know the motive, the twenty-one year old, was stabbed multiple times. McKenzie tried to get away, but he would […]
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But Eastern Division South Regional Commander, ACP Chester Williams, says that information gathered so far indicates that the stabbing murder of McKenzie Junior was carried out by a member of the George Street Gang. Williams says that he’s been doing interventions to ensure that there is no retaliation. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern […]
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Shortly after the stabbing of George McKenzie Junior on the ITVET Compound, shots rang out over on south side of Belize City in the Mayflower/Banak Street area. Brothers Tyrone and Shaquille Meighan were both shot to the legs by who residents claim were officers attached to the Gang Suppression Unit. The Meighans were reportedly on […]
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ACP Williams says that the incident is counterproductive to the efforts that they have put in place. He laid out why the Gang Suppression Unit’s aggression is no longer welcome in his jurisdiction. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “It had been very difficult for us to get where we are and […]
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In Sugar City, Orange Walk, police are still puzzling over the murder of twenty-eight year old Kevin Flowers, gunned down in front of his Smithsonian Street home in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police won’t confirm, but there is word that Flowers was involved in criminal activities prior to his murder. Correspondent Aaron Humes […]
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