The United Nations Convention Against Corruption is yet to be endorsed by the Government of Belize. Despite the Barrow Administration not having signed on to the agreement, UNCAC, as it is otherwise known, remains a key feature in the Chamber’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign. ‘Break the Corruption Chain’ was officially launched on September third to coincide […]
The release of an O.A.S.-commissioned report, following a forensic investigation into the shooting death of fourteen-year-old Julio Rene Alvarado Ruano, has vindicated the Belize Defense Force and that has outraged the Guatemalans. The B.D.F. was prematurely accused of fatally wounding the Guatemalan minor in the Chiquibul Forest in April. While the report has since cleared […]
In his press conference on September first, PM Barrow also went on record to dismiss the notion of the business senator as the chair for an investigation into the immigration scandal during the period 2011 and 2013. While the Cabinet will revisit on Tuesday the issue and the P.M. has said he would now not […]
The Council of Management of the Belize National Teachers’ Union met this past Saturday to receive reports from the ten branches concerning the emergency membership meetings held on Thursday. The Union, along with the Association of Public Service Senior Managers and the Public Service Union, is considering a proposal from the Government to delay the […]
Four days after a stabbing death on the island of San Pedro, a fisherman has been charged with murder. Thirty-two year old Linden Kelly, originally from Dangriga, was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court this afternoon before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith for the fatal stabbing of thirty-two year old Elton Polonio which took […]
Maria Alamilla, a resident of Kelly Street in Belize City, came to our studios today. Her worry is that children, specifically those going to the nearby primary school at Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist, run the risk of getting electrocuted while walking through the alley adjacent to her house. According to Alamilla, the wind and rain […]
It was first actually celebrated only more than a century ago, but the Battle of St. George’s Caye has become one of the two pillars of the September Celebrations – the other being Independence Day. This past Saturday saw Belizeans converge at the Memorial Park for the official ceremony and other assorted bells and whistles. […]
Rebecca Rath was crowned the newest Miss Belize and, after ten years, will represent the country in the Miss Universe Pageant to be held on January thirtieth in Manilo, Philippines. Rath, a twenty-three year old of Dangriga, won a number of awards this past Saturday at the pageant including Top Model, Beach Body and People’s […]
National football champions of Belize, Police United Football Club, have been off to a rough start in their maiden CONCACAF Champions League appearance. They lost four goals to nil to Honduran giants Olimpia in their first game and three to nil to Mexican club side Pachuca on the road after holding them to a scoreless […]
Social media has been abuzz with numerous comments and shares over the past few days, following the posting of a video purportedly showing a security officer at the Corozal Free Zone snorting a suspected narcotic substance. The amateur video has since gone viral, prompting us to place a call to the management of the free […]
The Belize Territorial Volunteers have announced the first-ever Sarstoon Island Eco-Challenge event for Saturday, September seventeenth. The expedition leaves from Barranco village pier to race to Sarstoon Island and back. Participants can race in any of three categories – kayak, canoe and dory. First prize is one thousand dollars; second prize, five hundred dollars and […]
Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to Belize, Benjamin Ho, on Saturday delivered a donation from his government to Belize’s Lawrence Sylvestre, Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Starret Dickson Greene, Representative of the Organization of American States. Credible sources tell us that the amount is two hundred thousand U.S. […]
There is a major development in respect of the ruling on Section Fifty Three. Government and the religious community, including the Belize Council of Churches, have arrived at a mutual agreement in respect of the ruling by the Supreme Court. That controversial decision handed down by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin decriminalizes sodomy and other unnatural […]
In the days that followed the Supreme Court decision, the National Evangelical Association of Belize, NEAB, and the Alliance for Defense of the Natural Family were extremely critical of the landmark ruling. Despite their staunch position against the amended law, both religious organizations were never party to the initial claim. The move by the government […]
Firebrand religious and social activist Patrick Menzies has been leading the charge in demanding that government appeals Section Fifty-three. As the head of the Alliance for the Defense of the Natural Family, he has been a part of the ongoing dialogue with government. Despite not being a hundred percent satisfied with the outcome of today’s […]
The decision of the Supreme Court on Section Fifty-three was perfected on August twenty-sixth, effectively commencing a twenty-one day period during which government, as well as the churches, can challenge the ruling. The appeal, aside from the call of the churches, was equally prompted by the fact that the interpretation of sex came after the […]
The Prime Minister has been advocating for a joint select committee to investigate the special audit on immigration irregularities. That position is changing very quickly because the motion for a senate investigation is picking up steam. The Chamber of Commerce has already voted for a senate select investigation so have the unions and the P.U.P. […]
The composition of the parliamentary committee to investigate the Immigration Department remains a contentious matter. The Prime Minister went on record earlier today to state that personally he has no problem with a Joint Select or for that matter, a Senate Select Committee. What he refuses to cede is government’s majority on the task force, […]
Will President Lee Mark Chang allow the Senate to reintroduce a motion to vote for a Senate Select Committee? It’s a question that can only be answered at the next session of upper parliament. While PM Barrow refused to speculate on that end, he says that he hopes that the president would grant the opportunity […]
At the last senate meeting, the Belize Chamber of Commerce as well as the unions and the P.U.P. voted for a Senate investigation. But that motion was defeated and the government pushed for a bicameral investigation that would give G.O.B. majority members on the committee. Mayor Darrell Bradley believes that the process must be transparent […]
Leader of the Opposition John Briceño and Senator Eamon Courtenay met with Reverend Roosevelt Papouloute and Bishop Phillip Wright this morning, ahead of the churches’ meeting with the Prime Minister. The meeting was to discuss the issue of a Senate Select Committee and to garner support from the religious community. Briceño and Courtenay are both […]
Senator Eamon Courtenay explained that for a defeated motion to be re-introduced in the Senate they would have to approach the president and ask for a suspension of the rules. Once successful, the proposal can be brought forward a second time and vote would be taken. They intend to do so at a Special Sitting […]
Earlier we heard from Mayor Darrell Bradley supporting the senate select investigation. Today, he was asked about the immigration irregularities that were exposed in the audit, for which an investigation is required. The audit named ministers, past and present, who irregularly intervened in the issuing of visas, nationality certificates and passports to persons who did […]
Bradley took a strong position in respect of corruption. The mayor believes that elected official have to stand against corruption. Darrell Bradley, Belize City Mayor “I was very, very clear that I think that if there is any march supporting anti-corruption in a very non-political way that is something I think every elected official […]
After his comments on the audit report earlier this week in support of a senate select investigation, Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley was criticized over the airwaves of his own party. Some U.D.P. operatives were spinning the notion that Bradley should not have taken a public position that is not in line with the government’s […]
