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Chang shared with News Five a copy of the appraisal documents from Mahung and Partners confirming that the restaurant building is in good condition and justifiably priced for sale. He said he made the approach because he knew of Government’s need and that coincided with his own plans for the building and the business. But […]
Written on January 23, 2017 | Posted in
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Laura Longsworth, has had just ten days into one of the most thankless jobs in Belize. She has, however, the goodwill of Belizeans who want an end to the occasionally unpleasant debates in the lower chamber. She will be seeking tips from her colleagues in the Forum of Presiding […]
Written on January 23, 2017 | Posted in
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The Senate’s first meeting of 2017 on Thursday last almost didn’t proceed after Lead Opposition Senator Eamon Courtenay of the People’s United Party introduced an amendment to the regular motion regarding adjournment of the Senate. It was intended to give the Senator representing the N.G.O. community, Osmany Salas, a chance to be sworn-in and give […]
Written on January 23, 2017 | Posted in
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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Belize is hosting its third annual convention this weekend. The timing of the gathering coincides with a news item we ran on Friday, involving a young Islamic militant, believed to be of Belizean heritage, who was killed in the Philippines earlier this month. While a familial connection is yet to […]
Written on January 23, 2017 | Posted in
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Belizean football fans across the country were not too happy with the performance of the national football team over the past ten days at the Copa Centro Americana Games. The regional qualifier for the UNCAF Gold Cup was hosted at the Romero Fernandez Stadium in Panama and, unfortunately, the Belize Jaguars were unable to secure […]
Written on January 23, 2017 | Posted in
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Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Feature on weekend sporting activities….]
Written on January 23, 2017 | Posted in
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An Islamic militant killed in the Philippines last week may have family ties in Belize and tonight there are more questions than answers in this case. The story has been widely reported in the Philippines, but mostly went under the radar in Belize; that is, until today. Abu Naila, believed to be a Belizean national […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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This afternoon, Donald Trump was officially inaugurated as the forty-fifth President of the United States of America. He succeeds Barack Obama, who appointed Carlos Moreno, former California Supreme Court judge, as U.S. Ambassador to Belize. But from the moment of Moreno’s arrival, the local Evangelical community protested against him, on the basis that he was […]
Following the inaugural Sitting of the Senate on Thursday, Leader of Government Business, Senator Godwin Hulse, spoke at length with the media about the botched Puerto Azul project. The proposed multimillion dollar tourism investment, conceived by self-styled developers Domenico Giannini and Fabio de La Rosa, was launched at a gala event on the French Riviera […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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Senator Hulse also admits that eyebrows were certainly raised when the developers mentioned the unbelievably high wages that housekeepers and landscapers would be receiving. He says that the big money talk even caught the ears of the prime minister who reportedly commented on the exorbitant cost of an overnight stay at the resort. Godwin […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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In what can only be described as perverse fate, a week that featured news of an implosion of a mega-tourism development project, namely Puerto Azul, ends with news of a possible comeback for another, though in a different form. We are speaking of the Scarlet Macaw Hotel, Marina and golf course development along the Placencia […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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A group of laborers, presumably from other countries within Central America, was rounded up by Belize City police this morning at a construction site of Golden Bay on Marine Parade. Police we’re told were looking for a gang members attached to the recently escaped Mara Salvatrucha from a jail in Salvador. Sometime before eleven o’clock, […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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The accused gunman in the murder of Jaheem Mahler was escorted to the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for arraignment this morning. Twenty-eight year old Carl Reneau appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser wearing a grey shirt which had the words, “These guns are loaded,” displayed on it with the picture of well-known cartoon character, Popeye. […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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Seventy-six alcaldes representing thirty-eight Maya communities in Southern Belize took the oath of office earlier today during a swearing-in ceremony. The traditional leaders were each elected by a majority of votes within the respective villages and will serve a term of two years. The men are expected to carry out their duties in accordance the […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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At the time of the swearing-in ceremony, Santiago Quib was chosen by the majority to ascend to the presidency of the TAA. The Maya community also acknowledges the support given in recognizing the authority of the Maya traditional governance. According to Mis, each Alcalde renewed his commitment to work to further strengthening the relationship with […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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In wrapping up Thursday’s debate on the Referendum Act, which the Government is seeking to have amended to reflect a simple majority as validating a referendum on any issue, Leader of Government Business Godwin Hulse tried to reduce the matter to simple figures. According to Hulse’s explanation, the Government is trying to avoid “tyranny of […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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In agricultural news: it slipped under the radar, but in December 2016, Irish fruit distribution company Fyffes, well known in Belize for purchasing Belizean bananas, was bought out by Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation for nearly eight hundred million U.S. dollars. The Sumitomo name is perhaps most associated with vehicle tyres, but the Corporation has a sprawling […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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Among the most disappointing performers in Belize’s “big five” line-up of exports – sugar, citrus, bananas, marine products and petroleum – is marine products and particularly the shrimp farming industry. But their problems translate from a virus that ravaged stocks. The industry tried a reboot with new genetic material, and while initially it looked promising […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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All this week we’ve been showing you snippets of Rebecca Rath’s journey to the Miss Universe crown in Manila, Philippines. Rath and the other contestants are participating in a number of activities leading up to the pageant on January twenty-ninth. Earlier today, the Miss Universe organization released a teaser of a video they did with […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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Cyber bullying is a crime that occurs every split of a second on social media. But the truth it, that at least for now, there is little that can be done to bring it under control. That is because we are ages behind as it relates to laws to prosecute these crimes. News Five’s Duane […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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You probably know or are related to someone who studies or who has passed through the halls of Saint Catherine Academy. The all-girls high school continues as a vanguard institution in education. It currently has an enrollment of six hundred and eighty-five students representing the largest student body in its history. It’s a milestone that […]
Written on January 20, 2017 | Posted in
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The Senate held its first meeting for 2017 – but it almost didn’t proceed after a major monkey wrench was thrown into this morning’s meeting in Belmopan. Both the Referendum and N.G.O. Act were up for debate and passage and there was debate on those bills which will we bring to you later on. But […]
Written on January 19, 2017 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Opposition Tries to Stop Senate Sitting for 13th Senator
There followed a rough-and-tumble debate about the necessity for the amendment, especially when it was pointed out by several Government Senators, most notably Stephen Duncan, that not having the N.G.O.’s Senator in place would not hamper the Senate’s duties, whereas the postponement would. Newly-appointed Senator and Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte took his oath and was […]
Written on January 19, 2017 | Posted in
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The Senate withdrew into a closed session at the request of lead Government Senator Godwin Hulse, and returned approximately fifteen minutes later insisting that the motion was out of order. But Senator Courtenay maintained that the result was what they had wanted: for the record to record the injustice done to the N.G.O. community and […]
Written on January 19, 2017 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Courtenay Says Government Has “a Problem” with Senate Commitment
The Ministry of Immigration and Nationality, headed by Senator Godwin Hulse, and in particular the Immigration Department, has been on the permanent hot seat for several months now. This is in light of the revelations made in the Auditor General’s Special Report issued in May of 2016 and made public three months later. The Minister […]
Written on January 19, 2017 | Posted in
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