At eleven-thirty this morning the nationality section in Belmopan closed its doors to the public. At a meeting, the staff was told only that because of an investigation they would not be opening for the immediate future. They were given no further details. The directive from up high comes eighteen days into the investigation of […]
So what does this development mean for the ongoing investigation? Minister Hulse told us that the two matters – the leaked documents and the passport scandal – are two different things and will be investigated separately. He insists that he is conducting an administrative investigation. But the cry for a criminal investigation has escalated into […]
The Minister accused us of asking rhetorical questions, but we were genuinely confused at that point. The question remains – can the D.P.P. and the Police institute a criminal investigation into the mess at the Immigration Department? Godwin Hulse, Minister of Immigration “Let’s not get this all confused because this is going back and […]
Arthur Saldivar is not disclosing how the more than a hundred and fifty documents found their way into his hands just before they were destroyed. But he says he will provide proof that they came from the Immigration Department on Wednesday. The press, this afternoon, cornered Saldivar on that point. Reporter “Why have you […]
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Belize City Councilor Eric Chang is still missing in action. But his name continues to come up in the passport scandal which saw the fall from grace of Elvin Penner. It is believed that Chang was the go-between and courier who took the newly-minted Belizean passport to Taipei, where it was placed at the disposal […]
So where is Eric Chang tonight? Well nobody knows for sure, though the best guess is that he is still in Taiwan. He was scheduled to return to Belize on October third, but didn’t. Today News Five spoke to Mayor Darrell Bradley said that Chang hasn’t said anything to the Council about the passport scandal […]
Multiple entities and organizations today came out swinging at the government of Belize. In regards to the Penner passport scandal, the B.N.T.U. took the first vicious swing via press release, followed by the VIP and the Chamber of Commerce. We’ll show you those releases, but today in Belmopan News Five spoke to Bobby Lopez of […]
There was a huge bust of counterfeit fake goods on Monday night worth millions of dollars. Customs officials were keeping an eye out for the fake goods since last week and when the goods came in on Monday, customs moved in. An estimated five million dollars of fake goods arrived in three containers from China […]
The Mexican newspaper, Diario de Quintana Roo, is reporting today that Belizean, Delmar Javier Guerra, a resident of San Joaquin up north was shot in Calderitas on Monday. The report says that the motive for the attempted execution is unknown, but it is believed it has to do with organized crime. The incident happened in […]
As we said earlier, there are now calls for an independent commission of inquiry. The Chamber of Commerce this afternoon called on the Prime Minister, the Senate, and the Commissioner of Police to take immediate steps to address how Kim Wonhong was able to obtain Belizean citizenship. Says the Chamber “Our nationality is not for […]
Not much has been heard from the unions on the on the passport scandal since the story broke on September nineteenth, that is until today, when the militant Belize National Teachers Union issued a release. While they did not offer interviews, the B.N.T.U. put on record its utter disdain for the ongoing scandal. The union […]
With so much happening on the political scene, the discovery of what seem to be human bones in Belmopan went somewhat under the radar. The bones were discovered by workers near the garbage dump on the Hummingbird Highway. On Saturday, Police were called out to the scene and took possession of the bones. According to […]
An amendment to the Criminal Code was discussed up to late this evening in the Senate Committee in Belmopan. It drew the attention of a large representation from the churches who feel aggrieved by particular section of the amendment. The Committee of the Senate last week passed the bill and it did so despite a […]
Whatever the reason, the fact is that the government maintains a majority in the Senate. That means that once a bill is presented by government, the extreme likelihood is that the “Aye’s” will have it – regardless of substantive or drafting errors. According to Lizarraga, the error in the bill for an amendment to the […]
