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Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith is one three commissioners tasked with conducting an inquiry into the general elections of 2020 in Guyana. While the hearings are ongoing, we asked the seasoned jurist to share a bit about his experience in Guyana and dealing with this matter.
Written on December 20, 2022 | Posted in
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Former area representative John Saldivar lives to fight another day, as the embattled U.D.P. politician secured his candidacy for Belmopan by the skin of his teeth. On February fifth, 2023, Saldivar’s name will be on the ballot, along with Retired Colonel George Lovell and businessman Emil Torres. The trio is competing for the post of […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Party Leader Shyne Barrow, in the wake of the N.P.C. vote, issued a statement saying, “I categorically support the Special Committee decision to disallow the candidacy of John Saldivar in the best interest of the U.D.P. The N.P.C. today decided to allow the people in Belmopan to ultimately decide the fate of John Saldivar in […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Former Belmopan Mayor Khalid Belisle has bowed out of the political race for the Garden City. On Saturday, following the N.P.C.’s decision to allow John Saldivar to run as a candidate for standard bearer, Belisle tendered a letter explaining his reason for opting out of the forthcoming convention. While U.D.P. Chairman Peyrefitte spoke on the […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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The redistricting exercise will finally take place in the months ahead, following a recent consent order issued by the Supreme Court. The drawing over of the boundaries for all thirty-one constituencies will see voters being moved accordingly to establish equity across all electoral districts. This means that some constituencies will be amalgamated and new ones […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier this month, the pro tem presidency of the Central American Integration System (SICA) was conferred on Prime Minister John Briceño. As provisional head of the regional organization, there are four primary areas that he will be addressing during the next six months. High on that list are issues of food security and climate change. […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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An investigation continues into the death of an elderly woman on Sunday morning in Belize City. The eighty-three-year-old resident of Rasta Street was inside her concrete bungalow house when a fire broke out. She was trapped inside her room with no way to escape. Neighbours came out, and police also arrived on the scene and […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Two men were shot in Belize City this morning. Reports are that Robert McDonald and Jefferson Dawson were inside a yard on Black Orchid Street in the Saint Martin’s Area when they came under attack. Information gathered from the scene is that the gunman rode up to the property on a bicycle and fired in […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Last Thursday, we reported on a shooting in the Lake Independence area in which three persons were injured, Kingsley Morrison, Chris Welch and Ulide Allen. While we caught up with police as they processed the scene on Mahogany Street, just past the Complex Building, today, police confirmed that that it was only one of two […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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There was an aggravated assault report coming out of Dangriga. It occurred in the wee small hours of Friday night at Island Breeze Restaurant. Reports are that Hopkins resident Eden Pauline Nunez was socializing with relatives at the establishment when a squabble ensued and she was stabbed to the lower back by another woman, who […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a shooting in Belize City on Saturday morning that has left one man injured. Rosney O’Brian was travelling on Lakeview Street just before three a.m. when he heard the blast of a single gunshot. He then realised that he had been shot, and managed to ride his motorbike to the K.H.M.H. where he […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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There was also a burglary reported by a construction company in Belama. Kevin Ayuso reported to police that a forty-foot container at his property was broken into and stolen from within were numerous items valued at about ten thousand dollars. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood shared the details, while asking the public to be aware of purchasing […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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When will the 2022/2023 sugar crop begin? That is the question on the minds of many. Today, A.S.R./B.S.I. issued a statement to the media earlier today saying that the mill has informed farmers and industry stakeholders that they are ready to accept cane starting December nineteenth, 2022. But, as we have reported, the Sugar Industry […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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The most underprivileged of Belizeans will have a better Christmas this year, thanks to Belizeans in the diaspora who collected an impressive shipment of food and other grocery items to share at this time of year. It took a joint effort by the office of Belize’s Ambassador to the Diaspora, Sandhya Budhrani-Murphy, and Build Belize […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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The National Commission for Families and Children, N.C.F.C. has expressed shock and disappointment over a suspended sentence handed down last week in the Belize City Supreme Court. In a press release, the N.C.F.C. shared its respectful opinion that the three-year suspended sentence handed down to twenty-four-year-old Edwin Lanza was “unduly lenient”. The organization also shared […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Just in time for Christmas, Prime Minister John Briceño, Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde, and Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat visited Valley of Peace Community bearing gifts. On Sunday, they all attended a short ceremony where fifty-four first-time land owners received their documents. It was a joyous and proud occasion for those recipients. The […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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There are over two hundred persons employed in the enforcement, traffic and terminal team at the Department of Transport. And today, for the first time under the leadership of Chief Transport Officer Diane Vasquez, a Christmas Family Program is taking place. Vasquez has been going across the country surprising these public officers with a grocery […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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This Christmas, a fisherman is ecstatic that his investment in the Scratch and Win Games paid off and he has the money to purchase the outboard engine he has wanted to get for his boat. Scratch & Win has been offering scratch tickets in one, two, five, and ten dollar denominations, but as Director Alex […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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Sunday morning was all about the World Cup Finals. Across the country, television screens were tuned in to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Finals. And, at the end of the nail-biting match fans of the winning team emerged in joyous celebration. News Five’s Paul Lopez has a brief review of how it all played […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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A trio of men, including Honduran national Marcial Toledo, convicted in separate homicide cases, was sentenced in the Supreme Court today by Justice Susan Lamb. Thirty-year-old Kashief Gallego, fifty-two-year-old Marcial Toledo and twenty-seven-year-old Evyn Ardon all pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter for their individual roles in three different incidents. This evening, Gallego, […]
Written on December 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, the Belize Peace Movement held a press conference to discuss a consent order that has been handed down by the Supreme Court in respect of a belated redistricting exercise. During the media briefing, a pair of attorneys, including Arthur Saldivar, discussed the need to reapportion all thirty-one constituencies across the country for […]
Written on December 16, 2022 | Posted in
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As it stands, Orange Walk South has approximately seven thousand registered voters and the most votes in favor of P.U.P. Area Representative Jose Abelardo Mai, by community, came from Guinea Grass Village. But what’s to happen following a redistricting exercise which could likely see the constituency redrawn? That’s what we asked Mai earlier this week. […]
Written on December 16, 2022 | Posted in
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In Stann Creek West, the largest electoral district in the country, there are well over nine thousand voters. This holiday season, Area Representative Rodwell Ferguson concedes that there is not enough money to go around spreading the Christmas cheer. Instead, he promises the joy of giving to each child in his constituency, a gift, as […]
Written on December 16, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise has issued new fixed controlled prices for the sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). According to the ministry’s release, the sale price of LPG across the country now stands at three dollars and eighty-four cents. In urban areas, that is across all municipalities, the price per gallon […]
Written on December 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, the Ministry of Health and Wellness received cold chain equipment from the Government of Japan and UNICEF at the National Vaccine Storage Facility in Belmopan. The Government of Japan has previously provided UNICEF Belize with a grant of nine hundred thousand U.S. dollars, as an investment in Belize’s primary health care system […]
Written on December 16, 2022 | Posted in
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