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Until the UHS debt is settled, the outstanding balance continues to accrue interest at a rate of seventeen percent monthly. Is government’s refusal to pay the debt an act of irresponsibility on its part? Here’s the Prime Minister’s response to that question. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “History is replete with examples of debt that […]
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This afternoon, the Belize Bank issued a brief release in response to the Prime Minister’s statements. It reads: “The Belize Bank does not concur with the views expressed by the Prime Minister and Government of Belize representatives at today’s press conference concerning the decision of the CCJ and the Bank’s ability to enforce payment of […]
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The People’s United Party held a parliamentary caucus this evening, a meeting which lasted for the better part of two hours. Despite the lengthy discussion on the UHS debt and listening intently to what the prime minister had to say earlier today, the P.U.P. is yet to formalize a united position on the matter. But […]
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Comments Off on Conscience is Cop-Out, Says P.U.P. – Step Up or Step Down
There’s a possibility that the People’s United Party may return to power in 2020, and with the UHS debt being kicked around like the political football it has since become, it can land squarely at the feet of the P.U.P. So what would the prospective prime minister do to address the issue of the unpaid […]
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Beheadings are rare in Belize, but early this morning a gruesome discovery was made near the Harmony community on the George Price Highway. The head of a man was found at a bus shed and his body later discovered in Cotton Tree Village. His identity has been confirmed as Hilton Wade, a fifty-six-year-old resident. Wade […]
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The Prime Ministerial press conference delayed today’s Senate Special Select Committee hearing in Belmopan. The sole witness was former Acting Director of the Immigration Department, Maria Marin, who served in that role between February and September of 2013, the last seven months covered by the Auditor General’s Report, and thereafter until April of 2016 when […]
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Marin noted that despite the original desires expressed by Minister Godwin Hulse and then-C.E.O. Candelaria Saldivar-Morter to support a clean-up in the department, they clashed immediately over the approval of visa applications recommended and supported by Government Ministers. Marin says the Ministry demanded control despite new reforms put in place at the start of Marin’s […]
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Accompanied by attorney Darrell Bradley, Marin then answered questions from the reduced panel of senators led by Pro-tem chair Mark Lizarraga. She confirmed that the process for visa applications with recommendations by Ministers outlined by the Immigration Minister, Godwin Hulse, went against established procedure. But did Hulse and Saldivar-Morter deliberately ignore the protocols to please […]
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The Gross Domestic Product grew by zero point five percent for the last quarter. According to the Statistic Institute of Belize, this is on par with last year’s growth for the same period. The report shows that production in bananas dropped by four percent and lobster and shrimp combined saw a fifteen percent decrease in […]
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Color Blind – it’s a media production company created by Audrey Wallace, in which she is majority shareholder. She also currently holds the post of chief executive officer in the office of the Prime Minister – effectively his chief of staff – and also is a director of Belize Telemedia Limited, appointed by the Government. […]
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The US Embassy, through the Central American Regional Security Initiative, is funding a project in several communities to tackle the pervasive issues of gender based violence and human trafficking. The project will run for two years and is being launched to coincide with the sixteen days of activism to end gender violence. News Five’s Duane […]
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Saint Martin De Porres Parish officially opened its new Parish Hall that will serve many different purposes including a sporting gym and event complex. Construction started over a year ago and today, the media was invited for a look at the facility. Namesake Karl Swift, one of the Parish’s founding members, was on hand in […]
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The Richards family is offering a one thousand five hundred-dollar reward to anyone who can help locate eighty-three-year-old Hubert Richards. He has been missing for almost two weeks now and the family is desperately searching for him. He has been spotted in different areas in the Belize District but they say they need the public’s […]
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Cabinet met in Belmopan this morning, ahead of a scheduled press conference for ten o’clock in Belize City on Wednesday, to discuss government’s position on the pending ninety million dollar U.H.S. debt. Last Wednesday, the Caribbean Court of Justice gave leave for the Belize Bank to enforce collection on the judgment for the loan which […]
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Comments Off on P.M. to speak Wednesday, but Cabinet says no to U.H.S. and Belize Bank
Perhaps the biggest proponent for Belize’s signing on to the Caribbean Court of Justice as its final appellate jurisdiction in March 2015, was former Attorney General Wilfred Elrington. He was the country’s chief legal officer at the time of the transition from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. While he once advocated for the […]
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Comments Off on Former A.G. turns on C.C.J. after court reversal
According to Elrington, the C.C.J. leaves a lot to be desired, particularly since there is a total of five jurists presently sitting on its bench. He says that only one of its judges is responsible for the writing of judgments, notwithstanding the number of judges presiding on any one matter. Wilfred Elrington “One of […]
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Elrington was critical of the court saying that the four-member CCJ is unwelcoming and has arguably had the most contact with Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay who has appeared before the court on a number of cases. Wilfred Elrington “I’ve never seen a more hostile court than this one and they simply continued to repeat […]
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In anticipation of Wednesday’s announcement, The Belize Bank Limited is speaking out on the ninety million dollar judgment ordered by the Caribbean Court of Justice. Much of the Bank’s three-page release offers the background in terms of the winding nature of the court case, which has been heard in one form or another in four […]
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As it relates to the position of the People’s United Party, that will be taken on Wednesday afternoon at a parliamentary caucus. The party leader, John Briceño, returned to the country this afternoon and reserved comment in light of the scheduled meeting. Their position, however, can hardly affect the outcome of the vote in the […]
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Murders may have blessedly slowed to a trickle, but that doesn’t mean crime has abated in the Old Capital. Two robbers took advantage of an opportunity on Monday night, but what they didn’t know is that they were caught on camera. News Five has obtained surveillance footage of an attack on two women on King […]
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There has been a noticeable increase in the number of contraband seizures reported in the Corozal District within the past few weeks. That’s because customs and police have been working tirelessly to stem the flow of uncustomed goods entering the country from Estero. The community has been featured in the news at least three times […]
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There is a report tonight coming out of the Cayo District that a significant sum of money is allegedly missing from the San Ignacio Magistrate’s Court. Those monies, according to our sources, are the proceeds of fines levied against illegal immigrants entering the country from nearby Guatemala. News Five understands that an investigation has been […]
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For more than six months, the former Ballistic Examiner, Orlando Vera has been behind bars following a conviction for perverting the course of justice in the Michael Moderi gun related case. Vera was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the then Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith. Today, after more than a month waiting to hear […]
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At the age of fifteen years, Inmas Espinal, then a second form student at Canaan High School, was arrested charged and remanded to prison for the March fifteenth, 2012 attempted murder of naturalized Belizean, eighteen-year-old Jose Antonio Sarabia. The trial of the now twenty-year old concluded today before Justice Adolph Lucas in the Supreme Court […]
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More than seven pounds of marijuana was found on a public bus at the Orange Walk Town bus terminal this morning. But according to police, no one is claiming responsibility for it. Cops from Orange Walk and Corozal searched the bus, whose owner was not named, around eleven-fifty-five a.m. They recovered a pink school bag […]
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