Attorney Arthur Saldivar’s application for an injunction to stop the P.U.P.’s Belmopan convention was not heard today. In fact, the application has been withdrawn following the party’s announcement three days ago that Saldivar would be allowed reapply. At a press conference on Tuesday, Party Chairman Henry Charles Usher said that the party had decided to […]
One of the matters on the agenda of the special senate meeting was the appointment of four commissioners to the Elections and Boundaries Commission, chaired by Doug Singh. It comes over two months late and days after the start of the re-registration process. The new commissioners are Phillipa Griffith Bailey, Naima Barrow, Orlando Espat and […]
A reward of fifteen thousand dollars is being offered for any information that can lead police or the family of Omero Campos to his whereabouts. The family says that the information should be concrete and precise and the source will be kept confidential. The forty-three-year-old businessman was kidnapped on June sixteenth while at his cattle […]
Police in Cayo are investigating a case of unlawful sexual intercourse. Along with her mother, a fifteen-year-old girl reported to police on Thursday that she was sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend. The incident is said to have happened more than a month ago on May twenty-sixth, 2018. Police are investigating.
Schools have closed so students are at loose ends. Over at Saint John’s College a first of its kind summer camp is capturing the attention of young high school students. It is not the usual summer camp of arts and craft; students with the acumen for computer science, engineering and math have enrolled in a […]
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement related to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, so named after a city in Japan. The treaty signed in 2012, commits its parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets for greenhouse gases. A few years later, the Doha Amendment was ratified, reflecting changes to the […]
A children’s book called ‘Keron Flies His Kite’ was launched today by its author, Harold Young. The publication is described as an inspirational book to motivate children of all ages. It was illustrated by a local artist and today a brief programme was held at the Image Factory to share the book with the public. […]
If you’ve been driving along the Central American Boulevard, by now you would have seen the bright, new traffic lights. It has been some years since the lights at the corner of Vernon Street and Boulevard have been out, but now they have been replaced. Councilor Allan Pollard, who has responsibility for traffic with the […]
The Mental Health Welcome Resource Center at the corner of Tibruce and Vernon Streets today celebrated its fifth anniversary, having opened its doors in July of 2013. The facility currently provides food and clothing among other diagnostic and referral services to some forty-five persons with mental health conditions. To commemorate the anniversary, participants were treated […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you about Triple R Rescue who assisted gunshot victim Clifford Kirk to go to the U.S. for further medical attention. Jodie Harnish is also an expat living in San Pedro and as we said, she helps to mobilize the non-profit, charitable organization to assist people on Caye Caulker and […]
More than sixty at risk youths of Belize City came together today for a one day session to learn how to do business. The collaborative effort between the Belize Police Department and the Department of Co-operatives is part of International Day of Co-operatives which will be commemorated on Saturday. Today’s session was aimed at steering […]
An American expat was shot this morning in San Pedro when robbers stormed inside his home. Tonight, sixty-year-old Clifford Kirk, better known as ‘Cliff’, is fighting for his life after he was shot in the head. Around eleven-thirty this morning, four robbers went to Kirk’s house located at miles ten and a half on the […]
The referendum date is set for April tenth next year, and while there have been presentations here and there, the public awareness and preparedness campaign on taking Guatemala’s claim to Belize to the International Court of Justice was officially launched today at the Laing building in Belize City. Now, it is well known that the […]
Elrington was further grilled about the campaign. He took off the Foreign Minister’s hat and spoke as citizen Elrington. According to him, you have to be crazy not to support a yes vote. His rationale is that having resisted for almost a century, Guatemala is now saying yes to the ICJ and this presents a […]
Two partners are offering support for the I.C.J. Campaign. The United Nation Development Programme will provide high level technical advice for referenda and elections related processes. The U.S. government announced a donation of five hundred thousand dollars through its CARSI programme, toward the I.C.J. campaign as well as the re-registration which got underway on Monday. […]
Five hundred thousand Belize dollars is only a drop in the bucket from the biggest country in the Group of Friends of Belize pushing for a resolution to the claim by the I.C.J. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred “Sedi’ Elrington agrees that the contribution is minimal, but says that Belize will be getting resources, both […]
Orange Walk South P.U.P. Area Representative Jose Abelardo Mai took the stand for a cross-examination in a civil suit brought against him by Nissan Arana, the son of a Julia Arana who Mai knocked down on April first, 2016. Julia was crossing the Phillip Goldson Highway in Trial Farm Village when Mai collided into her […]
The civil trial against Abelardo Mai began on Tuesday before Justice Courtenay Abel. Previous to that, the parties entered mediation; however, all efforts failed. News Five understands that the Arana family was asking for a hefty financial sum as compensation for Julia Arana’s death. In court today Mai maintained that the accident was no fault […]
The Senate met in special session this morning. On the agenda were a number of appointments. The Integrity Commission has been without a chair since last December when Marilyn Williams vacated the seat to take up an appointment to the Supreme Court. Over six months later, government has appointed attorney Deshawn Arzu-Torres to head the […]
In addressing his concerns, N.G.O. Senator Osmany Salas also cited the standing orders which govern upper parliament, in the context of being able to question the designated chair. The issue was promptly batted down by fellow Senator Michael Peyrefitte, who went on to say that Arzu-Torres was carefully vetted and approved by both the Prime […]
Opposition Senator Valerie Woods acknowledged the challenges in naming a candidate for the post. She, however, raised concerns with the inordinate length of time the process actually took. Valerie Woods, P.U.P. Senator “I do want to recognize the statement that the Attorney General made, that it has been difficult, I think Senator Peyrefitte said, […]
Two men have been charged for the murder of Eleazar Chan, including a fifteen-year-old. Police say that on Wednesday they arrested and charged nineteen-year-old Ronaldo Marin and the minor for Chan’s murder that happened on April first in Corozal. Today at the routine press brief, Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett disclosed how police were […]
Roaring Creek resident forty-five-year-old Nelson Twist has been released from the Western Regional Hospital having recovered from multiple stab wounds to the body following an incident on Saturday morning in the village. He was attacked by two men after he was involved in a dispute with his sister at his residence. Today, police say that […]
A number of items, including equipment and vehicles, were crow-footed at the offices of the Belize Solid Waste Management Authority in Belmopan last Friday. BSWaMA was ordered to come up with over half a million dollars in compensation to the company, following the outcome of a lawsuit which was brought against the statutory body by […]
Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte first ran as a candidate for the United Democratic Party in Freetown in 2008. He was defeated by the P.U.P.’s Francis Fonseca and since then he took a backseat to electoral politics, serving the party and the Barrow administration in various capacities. But Peyrefitte is re-entering the political fray as a […]
