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Earlier you heard Tony Wright speak about Soundfest, the premier production of the Association for Belizean Artists First, established in 2002. The fifteenth edition takes place on Friday night and Wright has a star-studded line-up. Tony Wright, President, Association for Belizean Artists First “Tomorrow night we are having Miami, we have Cocono Boy, we […]
Written on September 15, 2016 | Posted in
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The final night for carnival mas camps is tonight with three bands being visited by a team of judges. On Wednesday night, our news team had the arduous task of keeping up with the judges as they checked in with four groups. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting The carnival mas camps […]
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By now, all primary school children have begun to settle into their new classes in the different schools across the country. This is good news for parents as they can now worry a little less about their child’s readjustment. There’s one thing that you may not know about the second or third week of school. […]
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Having made concessions on Tuesday for a Senate Select Investigation on Immigration; government has another hot potato in its hands. That’s because the Belize National Teachers Union may be gearing-up to protest in the days ahead. For days, the branches of the B.N.T.U. have been meeting and on Thursday, they will formally announce their course […]
Written on September 14, 2016 | Posted in
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The flyer that the minister refers to was circulated today. The B.N.T.U. makes seven demands for good governance as part of its “Stand Up for Belize Campaign.” As we reported on Tuesday, the Joint Unions Negotiating Team has written to Prime Minister Barrow on its final position as it concerns the salary adjustment. The Association […]
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Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse will not sit on the Senate Select Committee to investigate the Auditor General’s Special Audit on the Immigration Department. Both the People’s United Party and the B.N.T.U. have made that demand. But the decision was taken during the meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday. The feeling has been that the […]
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Does the Prime Minister have the power to name the senators who will form the Senate Select Commission? That’s what we asked Minister Faber today, following concerns that the PM is not legally authorized to do so. According to Faber, as leader of the executive branch and Cabinet, the prime minister was first to receive […]
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This morning, the man who befriended a long list of ministers and highly connected personalities, forty-six year old murder suspect William “Danny” Mason, of Intelco Hill, Belmopan made another appearance in the Belize City Magistrate Court. Mason, who uses numerous aliases, appeared along with Ashton Vanegas of Camalote Village as well as with Keiron Kenneth […]
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During his post-court appearance interview, ACP Chester Williams also addressed the matter of further and direct international assistance with the William Mason case. According to Williams, police have recovered from their early stumbles and are now doing all they can to tighten the noose around the notorious Mason and company – and they will do […]
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He was controversially dragged from the House of Representatives by security forces on August twenty-sixth in a heated conclusion to a battle royal with Speaker Michael Peyrefitte, after being chided for using unparliamentary language. Cayo South Area Rep. Julius Espat insists that he has not been properly suspended from the service of the House. But […]
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Espat told us that he had written the National Assembly to inquire about his status, and he is still not sure if the letter issued today is a response. That aside, he plans to take the matter to court. He also told us of an interesting happening last week. Julius Espat, Area Representative, Cayo […]
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In other news, the People’s United Party issued a release today condemning the vicious and completely unwarranted personal attacks on Auditor-General Dorothy Bradley. It states that since the release of the Auditor General’s Reports revealing widespread and pervasive corruption at the highest ranks of Government, a shameful and cowardly campaign has been waged against Bradley […]
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Twenty-nine year old Raul Medina was met with a spray of bullets at about nine-thirty on Tuesday night at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Helen Middleton Street in the City. Medina, a well-known bus conductor, was heading home when he was cold-bloodedly blasted by a gunman who exited a vehicle. He was rushed […]
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Meanwhile, police also have a suspect detained in connection with the weekend murder of seventeen year old Deandre Nembhard. The minor was at a house on Croton Lane, a short distance from where he lived on Nutmeg Street, when a vehicle drove up and a gunman exited and opened fire at a group of persons. […]
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Two Belize City men claimed they were set up by police, but that allegation did not hold water and they were convicted in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser for firearm offenses. Diondray McKoy and his roommate Lyson James Cacho, were told by the Senior Magistrate that after careful consideration of the evidence before […]
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Village council elections are just about concluded in the Toledo District where a number of independent slates contested the leadership of their respective communities. In Cattle Landing, a satellite community just outside of Punta Gorda Town, a team of independent candidates led by Carlos Bardalez was victorious at the polls. But despite coming out on […]
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The Belize Territorial Volunteers are organizing a first-of-its-kind competition in which kayakers will paddle from Barranco Village to Sarstoon River, circle once around Sarstoon Island and then return to the coastal community. The eco-challenge is scheduled for this Saturday and an open call has been made for interested persons sign up and take part in […]
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While the BTV is not too worried about security issues at the border point, participants are not expected to cross over into Guatemalan territory. As far as fishing and illegal extraction of hardwood, there are serious concerns that residents on the Guatemalan side of the Sarstoon River continue to enter the Sarstoon Temash National Park […]
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The Prime Minister announced last Friday that the Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber is the chair of what was loosely referred to as a morality commission. That name became the butt of the joke. Minister Faber told the media today that it is in fact the Church/State Commission. The group will look at ways to […]
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Outspoken gay rights activist Caleb Orozco has met with Church/State Commission Chairman Patrick Faber to discuss a place for minority groups, including UNIBAM, to be represented on the task force. Will government afford him that opportunity? Here’s what Faber had to say about his constituent. Patrick Faber, Deputy Prime Minister “He made a point […]
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In sporting news, there is a major championship tournament coming to Belize next week, in the sport of volleyball. Belize is hosting the International Volleyball Federation’s World Championship qualification tournament for our region from September twenty-fourth to thirtieth. All Central American countries save the higher-ranked Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic are participating. This afternoon […]
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The competition begins next week Saturday at the Saint Catherine Academy Multi-Purpose Center on Marine Parade. Belize as hosts faces a tough road to try to reach the top two teams and advance to the Continental Round. The Association has hired Cuban coach Delio Arruebarrena to oversee preparation of the team. He spoke to us […]
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Eleven to nil….that is the most embarrassing score of the home game between Police United and Pachuca from Mexico which was held on Tuesday night. By our records, it is the worst ending to any international game played by Belize with now Pachuca edging closer to a place in the 2016/2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League […]
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For a second time in five days, the government has had to withdraw its position on two major issues. Last Thursday, the Prime Minister announced it would appeal a portion of the ruling of Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal Code. The original position was not to appeal, but after meetings with the churches, G.O.B. agreed […]
Written on September 13, 2016 | Posted in
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The PM did not offer comments on this major concession following Cabinet today, nor did one of the most outspoken senior parliamentarians Michael Finnegan. While Finnegan pulls no punches as far as sharing his opinions on issues debated in Cabinet, today he was circumspect presumably to avoid preempting the prime minister’s announcement. But he did […]
Written on September 13, 2016 | Posted in
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