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Professor Vasciannie’s opinion also focuses on recent developments pertaining to the Sarstoon River and Sarstoon Island, arising from activities of the Guatemalan Armed Forces. While he says that the GAF is not recognizing the boundaries set out in Article One of the 1859 Treaty, they are in contravention of international law. Likewise, in speaking on […]
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Billboards of well-known Belizeans, including national heroes Phillip Goldson and most recently George Price, have sprung up across the country as the I.C.J. awareness campaign continues to be rolled out by the Referendum Unit. In Belize City, a giant display of George Price overlooks Central American Boulevard near its intersection with North Creek. The use […]
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Citizens for the Defense of Sovereignty is a newly formed organization headed by Ambassador Assad Shoman. The N.G.O. works closely with government in the referendum campaign and supports a YES vote. There have been questions being asked about its source of funding. Last week, the western P.U.P. caucus issued a release seeking government’s response to […]
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The plight of homeless persons is a big social issue; today, we found a mother, her son and dogs living in a park in an affluent part of the city. Angelita and Roy Jones have been living at the Lopez Mateo Park since last year sometimes taking cover under a tarp. She says she has […]
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Belize is known as a transit point for the trafficking of men, women, and children for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labour, especially of minors. Arrests and convictions have been few, but tonight, a woman from San Ignacio finds herself in trouble with the law. Police report that as a result of an investigation conducted […]
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Photographs were made available to News Five today showing six ledgers strewn on the ground in front of the office of Vital Statistics in Belize City. The ledgers contain information of voters and the photos were taken this morning. Now, the binders were traced to Clarence Williams of Offspring Booking Services of the Lake Independence area. Surprisingly, Williams […]
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George Matthews, who has had troubles with the law, was back in court today on a charge of aggravated assault with a knife upon his sister, Michelle Matthew. The George Street resident appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford for arraignment. He indicated to the court that he wanted to speak before taking a plea. He […]
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Today, the U.S. Embassy in Belize released a four-minute video message called “The Truth about Venezuela.” Chargé d’Affaires Keith Gilges talks about what the U.S. sees as facts and fiction in the ongoing political unrest and economic turmoil in Venezuela. The future of this once oil-rich country hangs in the balance as food and medicine […]
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A survey is being conducted simultaneously by the Referendum Unit, running parallel to the public awareness campaign. According to Ambassador Alexis Rosado, the poll serves to ensure the satisfaction of participants in the education process. Alexis Rosado, Belize’s Ambassador to Guatemala “We have people going around the country, volunteers who have been getting feedback […]
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UNICEF is hosting a one week train the trainers for security forces. The weeklong sessions are being used to share techniques and knowledge on children’s rights with police officers and B.D.F. soldiers. The idea is to get officers to respect the rights of children, who come in conflict with the law. UNICEF says that the […]
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Consultant Joshua Dankoff says the training in children’s rights and the law is important for security forces. He says that there are many instances where the training can prove to be quite valuable in getting children to cooperate and to respect their rights. The training can also help to strengthen officers’ work so that cases […]
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The Belize National Teachers’ Union is holding an I.C.J. forum on Friday. The forum will take place at the auditorium of the University of Belize. According to National President, Senator Elena Smith, teachers will hear speakers from both sides. It is expected presentations will be enlightening and leave the teachers with enough facts to make […]
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And tonight to end the news, a heart-warming story of a Belize City resident studying at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Melissa Hamilton met her pen friend after losing contact with her for over thirteen years. Hamilton is studying overseas and is pursuing a master’s degree. Back when she was in standard […]
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The body of a pregnant eighteen-year-old woman was found on Saturday afternoon in Valley of Peace, Cayo. Joan Gabourel had been brutally murdered and her body left to rot in some bushes adjacent to a cane field on the Valley of Peace road. Gabourel was stabbed, chopped and bludgeoned and her family believes it happened […]
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In Belize City, six children were left without their father when the life of a well-known taxi driver was cut short. Forty-eight-year-old Walter Beaton, also known as Welch, was shot multiple times and his body found in a drain on Reggae Street early on Saturday morning. Beaton’s common-law wife recalls that they were being trailed […]
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Four persons have been charged and arraigned for the brazen robbery of money changers at the northern border on Thursday morning. The four men, Eugene Myers, Zander Myers, Randolph Crawford and Joshua Hall, were all charged with robbery, unlicensed firearm and ammunition in the Corozal Magistrate’s Court. Myers, Crawford and Hall were slapped with additional […]
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Across the country, the YES Campaign organized by the Referendum Unit has been carrying out a propaganda blitz, promoting a ‘YES’ vote on April tenth referendum day. Aside from the media rounds, billboards and posters have been erected at prominent locations. There is one of Philip Goldson, another of former Prime Minister Said Musa along […]
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The anticipated expert opinion on the Guatemala claim to Belize is now available. The Bar Association commissioned and is now in receipt of the opinion from a Caribbean expert on international law. The highly respected attorney and professor, Stephen Vasciannie was scheduled to present his opinion publicly, but since he will not be available in […]
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An eighteen-year-old teenager is accused of sexually assaulting a fourteen-year old minor. Tonight, he is on remand at the Belize Central Prison awaiting a possible Supreme Court bail following his arraignment on two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse. Kevon Palmerston is charged for the offenses that are allegedly to have occurred on August thirty-first, and […]
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There was more violence in Belize City aside from the murder of the cabbie. A man was shot just after five on Sunday evening. Police say Clinton Pou was inside his house on North Front Street in Belize City when he was shot in his left hand and to left side of the chest. He […]
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Fifty-two-year-old Richard Ellis reported to police that he was stabbed multiple times in the face on Thursday morning just before nine. He reported that a woman and two men attacked him when he visited a house he shared with the woman. The woman, thirty-seven-year-old Tanesia Payne, appeared unrepresented before the court today to answer to […]
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There is unease at the Social Security Board. This is according to the Christian Workers Union. This morning staff members who are union members participated in an in-office protest across the country. The staff is not happy with what it describes as “the uncertainty that now permeates the staff of Belize’s Social Security Board.” Staff […]
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The C.W.U. is also expressing concern on another matter relating to the S.S.B. According to the C.W.U., a letter sent to the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry by C.E.O. Doctor Colin Young in January 2019, speaks of the S.S.B.’s efficiency measures for the time period of 2019-2025. The letter speaks of an item labeled […]
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The union is also at odds with the S.S.B. over a complaint by one of their own. Ella Waight, who is the C.W.U.’s Deputy Chief Representative, is alleging that she is being victimized, but S.S.B.’s C.E.O. Young denies this allegation. Waight says that she has been employed at the S.S.B. for nineteen years with five […]
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Minister of National Security John Saldivar commenced a tour of the south this weekend, beginning with a trip to Barranco Village and the Sarstoon River on Friday. The ministry is proposing to build a forward operating base in the village. And along with a delegation of government officials, Minister Saldivar held several meetings, including a […]
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