Just after the four o’clock this afternoon, the ninth Amendment Bill to the constitution, which was touted around the country in a highly politicized road show, came to pass. The governments super majority in the House, all twenty-four voted yah, there were three no’s from the Opposition’s side, and one abstention from Orange Walk East […]
The P.U.P. held a meeting at Independence Hall in Belize City in which it was decided that Fort George Area Representative Said Musa would appear as Leader of the Opposition for today’s House Meeting. But Musa did not receive a majority support from three of the elected parliamentarians and so today there was no Leader […]
The new Leader of the P.U.P. will be Francis Fonseca. Fonseca will be officially installed on October twenty ninth. But the Freetown Area Representative, even though he only had the company of Said Musa and Florencio Marin Junior, rose to give his perspective on the ninth. Unlike the trashing that Barrow eventually gave to Musa, […]
The House meeting could not have concluded without the usual mudslinging. As we said earlier in the newscast, Barrow was kind to Fonseca but saved his trashing for Fort George Area Representative Said Musa and the unaffiliated Marcel Cardona. It was vintage Barrow as he pointed out that the three absent P.U.P. representatives did not […]
In light of the recent burglary at the Belize Defence Force weapon’s store as well as previous incidents where firearms went missing from the B.D.F., we asked viewers if they have confidence in our armed forces to protect our borders. Seventy-five percent of persons who participated in the online poll said no, while twenty-five percent […]
It has been nine days since it was disclosed that forty-two weapons went missing from the Belize Defence Force headquarters at Price Barracks in Ladyville. While it is considered the biggest theft, to date none of the weapons have been recovered from the streets. On Thursday police released the name and picture of ex-BDF soldier […]
The injunction to stop the ninth amendment from becoming law until after a referendum was rejected this morning by the Supreme Court. We’ll tell you more on this later, including a last minute attempt to reverse that ruling. There was also another move to take the bill to a referendum before it is passed and […]
As we said earlier in the newscast, the House meeting in Belmopan was delayed somewhat this morning because of a ruling by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin in respect of an injunction sought by Vaughan Gill and Ricardo Castillo who were among twenty-one thousand persons who had signed the petition for a referendum on the ninth. […]
Smith also told News Five that despite the changes made to the wording of the Ninth, there is still the danger that it gives too much power to the House of Representatives to alter the constitution, which in essence give rise to parliamentary supremacy. Godfrey Smith, Attorney “I am aware of the deletions and the […]
At the heart of the ninth amendment is the nationalization of Telemedia. The company was acquired twice by the government, which has now entrenched its ownership in the constitution. Compensation, however, has not been paid to its previous owners. Barrow told the House today that he had acquired an economic consulting firm, NERA, to value […]
While the government conducted the business of the day inside the House, outside, hundreds of supporters were mobilized to show solidarity for the passage of the Ninth Amendment, which Prime Minister Dean Barrow says is the ultimate policy statement of his administration. Opposition this time around was virtually non-existent as the few supporters brought in […]
Twenty-eight year old Ricky Valencia, a well known criminal figure, who was named in the attempted murder of Attorney Rodwell Williams and the Heritage Bank heist in Orange Walk, is tonight behind bars. He was arraigned today on a single charge of handling stolen goods in relation to a fifty dollars sim card belonging to […]
There was a major heist earlier this month at the home of Belize City businessman, Jian Lin He and items valuing over ninety thousand US dollars were stolen. It somehow escaped the daily police report, but today Anthony Morris Junior, a resident of Simon Lamb Street was charged with Burglary and Handling Stolen Goods. While […]
The House of Shotokan Karate Academy, that is located just down the street from us, has been on a winning streak in recent competitions against Mexico and they hope to continue that trend on Saturday. The academy is hosting its annual international karate championships at the Belize Elementary School auditorium in Belize City. Other local […]
