The Supreme Court this afternoon granted the application put forth on Monday by Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck on behalf of Lord Michael Ashcroft. Ashcroft will now be included as an interested party in the redistricting case of the Belize Peace Movement against the Elections and Boundaries Department. Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin ruled that Lord Ashcroft […]
Minister Peyrefitte also spoke about the Supreme Court decision to grant Lord Michael Ashcroft’s application to join the Belize Peace Movement in its legal challenge to have the Government of Belize conduct a redistricting exercise prior to the November 2020 General Elections. Should there be a ruling compelling government to proceed with redistricting, Peyrefitte says […]
A planned event for this Thursday in the Belmopan constituency has been postponed. Saldivar is no longer in cabinet and neither is he the newly elected leader of the United Democratic Party, so what is his status within the U.D.P.? After all, a majority of the area representatives, standard bearers and their delegates voted for […]
In John Saldivar’s attempt at explaining why he chose to lie about receiving the monies from Dermen, he stopped short of divulging the details of that Cabinet meeting on January fourteenth. When Saldivar was put through the wringer and asked what he meant by saying that his Cabinet colleagues would have been, “demoralized and exposed,” […]
Prime Minister Barrow, in a terse response to a letter written by Opposition Leader John Briceño, has indicated that government will appeal the decision of the Supreme Court where Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin ruled that government illegally spent over a billion dollars in public funds. This evening, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte confirmed that instructions have […]
There has been a back and forth between PM Barrow and the Leader of the Opposition. The last salvo came from John Briceño today in response to Monday’s letter from the PM. In his February eighteenth letter, Briceño tells Barrow “The ugly truth is that yuh name stink dah road.” The political leaders exchanged harsh words […]
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize, as well as the People’s United Party, is holding separate demonstrations in Belize City in the days ahead. The N.T.U.C.B. will be mobilizing its membership on Thursday and will be taking to the streets of the Old Capital where they will demand that government honors a list of […]
The N.T.U.C.B. has made six demands for the government to meet before the general elections are called. One of those demands is an immediate launch of an independent investigation into alleged wrongdoing by former Minister of National Security John Saldivar and all other named public officials, public servants and individuals. The demonstration leaves Constitution Park […]
Turning to crime, Wayne Perry was days away from starting his career as a soldier in the Belize Defence Force. But on Monday afternoon, he was shot multiple times as he rode from his aunt’s to his house on Violet Lane, Belize City. Perry’s family believes it was a case of mistaken identity since the […]
There was a fire around two-thirty this afternoon in Hattieville. The blaze destroyed three small wooden structures. Fire officials managed to contain the blaze before it spread to nearby homes. AN investigation is ongoing into what caused the fire and we’ll have the official report later this week. Today, villagers on the scene said that […]
There was another fire earlier today, this time in Seine Bight village in southern Belize and as many as twelve persons were displaced. Reports are that a fire broke out at a ten-room barrack in the village and flames quickly engulfed the building. Fire officials from Placencia responded to the scene of the fire but […]
Over the weekend, a visiting team from U.S. treated hundreds in need of eye care. Now, the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired has been filling the void in the public health sector as it relates to persons who cannot afford to get treatment at private healthcare institutions. With the number of persons losing their […]
The Ministry of Health says that the reports circulating on Facebook about a suspected case of COVID-19 in Belize is not true. Today, the ministry clarified the rumors of a suspected case of the virus in Dangriga. It says, “Belize remains free of any case of COVID-19 and there is no suspected case at this […]
RESTORE Belize today unveiled its blue print to deal with crime and violence and restore citizen security. According to the organization, the plan was devised after consultations with the relevant stakeholders. The strategy has two approaches but RESTORE Belize says the key is through constant communication. Here is News Five’s Hipolito Novelo. Hipolito Novelo, […]
Reeling from the Saldivar scandal, PM Barrow has unleashed on the leader of the Opposition in a lengthy and stinging letter, calling John Briceño and the P.U.P. the most outrageous hypocrites and frauds ever known in modern politics and the governance of our country. At the core of Barrow’s anger is Briceño’s letter on the […]
Two demonstrations are take place in the next few days against the government. The People’s United Party will take to the City streets on Sunday but before that the unions announced today, they will also stage a demonstration. The National Trade Union Congress of Belize will flex its muscles on Thursday with a protest through […]
The N.T.U.C.B. is making urgent six demands on the government to address before any elections are called. The Congress wants campaign financing laws to be implemented and is also clamouring for the Senate Select Committee Immigration report as well as for the UNCAC Steering Committee to reconvene and move the UNCAC process forward. President Marvin […]
The last time the unions collectively took to the streets was in 2005 when the P.U.P. was in government. The Saldivar scandal has stirred widespread anti-corruption calls and prompted the unions to activate. An investigation into the allegations of bribery and corruption dealings involving the disgraced former minister is among the list of demands of […]
As we said, the theme of Thursday’s demonstration by the N.T.U.C.B. is “Only the People Can Save the People” and as such union leaders, today made a call for members of the public to join the march. Senator Elena Smith says that the demonstration is not solely focused on the Saldivar Scandal but on governance […]
On February fourteenth, John Saldivar finally admitted that he received monies from fraudster Lev Dermen, just as Jacob Kingston had testified in the U.S. District Court of Utah. Days earlier, Saldivar went on to become victorious in the U.D.P. Leadership convention, defeating Education Minister Patrick Faber who later resigned as Deputy Prime Minister. After intense […]
A seventeen-year-old girl was murdered on Sunday night as she played cards along with friends at a house on Glenn Street in Belize City. Kyla Young is the second person to be killed violently among her family members. It is not known if she was the intended target, but investigators say it was a gang-related […]
Police in Hattieville are investigating two murders. The first happened a little before ten o’clock on Saturday morning and the victim is Ronny Anderson of the New Site Area. Anderson was riding a bicycle and was not far from his house when he was approached by a gunman who fired several shots at him. Anderson […]
The second murder in Hattieville on Saturday morning was execution style. Police were called out to an area about one hundred yards away from the village’s bus stop, near the police station. There, they found the body of forty-five Kenroy Danderson, who was reportedly sitting at the bus stop when a gunman took aim at […]
Just after three o’clock this afternoon, the violence continued on the south side of the city. One man was shot in the vicinity of Violet Lane in the Saint Martin de Porres area. The victim is B.D.F. soldier Wayne Perry, who was rushed to the K.H.M.H. for treatment. Perry was riding his bicycle when he […]
The redistricting case before Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin entered a new stage today when attorney for Lord Michael Ashcroft, Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck was allowed to present an application. That application was to seek the court’s permission to join in the case brought on by the Belize Peace Movement against the Elections and Boundaries Commission, […]
