The political brouhaha at the sitting of the House of Representatives on Friday remains at the forefront of national discourse tonight. It is the first time that security forces are used to physically remove a sitting member from within the House. The back and forth between Speaker Michael Peyrefitte and Cayo South Area Representative Julius […]
In the wake of Friday’s chaotic sitting, the People’s United Party announced that it has agreed to hold a series of activities; the first to take place on Wednesday at the Senate meeting and to be followed by a demonstration in Belize City. The P.U.P. invites Belizeans across the country to join the cause in […]
Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat was suspended as a member of the House of Representatives, at Friday’s scandalous sitting. While questions have been raised as to the legitimacy of his removal, Espat maintains that he is prepared to attend the next house meeting whenever it is called. We’ll have a legal perspective on the […]
According to senior parliamentarian and Leader of the Opposition John Briceño, the Speaker of the House has been very biased in moderating House debates. The P.U.P. claims the Speaker does not stifle the government side, but consistently goes against the other side of the House. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “It was the […]
The ejection of the media from the gallery has also raised concerns in respect of the apparent abuse of authority by members of the police department. Without verbal authorization from the Speaker of the House, police on duty inside the Assembly Building proceeded to forcibly remove reporters, cameramen and technicians from the balcony. The media […]
The People’s United Party is also calling for an appeal of the Supreme Court decision on Section Fifty-three of the Criminal Code. In the days following the landmark ruling, the P.U.P. stated that it respected the decision of the Supreme Court as the rule of law. Today, however it has made an about turn, demanding […]
The P.U.P. touched on a number of other issues. It weighed-in on the massive turnout of protestors who were present for the COLA/Evangelical Church rally in Belmopan on Friday. According to Party Leader Briceño, the opposition deliberately abstained from bringing out its membership out of respect for the church’s cause. The events on Friday, however, […]
Turning to the procedure on the naming of a member of the House of Representatives…. As you know, the House ended in utter confusion not to mention the chaos after Espat was suspended and ejected by the security forces. This morning, Caribbean Shores Area Rep. Kareem Musa relied on the Standing Orders to outline as […]
The People’s United Party has joined the B.P.P. in demanding that the Barrow administration immediately sign on the UN Convention on Anti-corruption. The urgent call for the U.D.P. government to endorse the convention comes amid the mounting scandals that the government is facing. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “No Mister Prime Minister; it […]
A man well-known to the law was murdered during a fete in Belize City over the weekend. George McKenzie Junior, the son of slain gang leader George McKenzie, was stabbed several times. Though police do not know the motive, the twenty-one year old, was stabbed multiple times. McKenzie tried to get away, but he would […]
But Eastern Division South Regional Commander, ACP Chester Williams, says that information gathered so far indicates that the stabbing murder of McKenzie Junior was carried out by a member of the George Street Gang. Williams says that he’s been doing interventions to ensure that there is no retaliation. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern […]
Shortly after the stabbing of George McKenzie Junior on the ITVET Compound, shots rang out over on south side of Belize City in the Mayflower/Banak Street area. Brothers Tyrone and Shaquille Meighan were both shot to the legs by who residents claim were officers attached to the Gang Suppression Unit. The Meighans were reportedly on […]
ACP Williams says that the incident is counterproductive to the efforts that they have put in place. He laid out why the Gang Suppression Unit’s aggression is no longer welcome in his jurisdiction. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “It had been very difficult for us to get where we are and […]
In Sugar City, Orange Walk, police are still puzzling over the murder of twenty-eight year old Kevin Flowers, gunned down in front of his Smithsonian Street home in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police won’t confirm, but there is word that Flowers was involved in criminal activities prior to his murder. Correspondent Aaron Humes […]
Five days ago, Caye Caulker resident, Jennifer Coleman was murdered at her apartment on the island when her throat was cut. Today, a mentally challenged man was charged for her murder. Fifty-two-year-old Donald Heredia appeared before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith for arraignment. But his attorney, Mayor Darrell Bradley told the court that the accused […]
A report from experts, Doctors James Hamby of the U.S. and Doctor Patricia Trujillo of Mexico, on the killing of a Guatemalan minor back in April was released last week in Belize. The findings of the experts validate initial reports that the B.D.F. did not fire the fatal shots that took the life of Julio […]
The report of the independent investigation has incensed Guatemala. As soon as it was released, the Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales made comments to Emisoras Unidas, a news outlet across the border. His ire was directed at both the O.A.S. Representative and Prime Minister Barrow. Minister Morales thinks that the O.A.S.’ Magdalena Talamas is dead […]
By and large in the aftermath of the death of fourteen-year-old Julio Rene Alvarado Ruano, it was felt that the Guatemalan government was ahead in its campaign to internationalize their allegations that the B.D.F. killed the minor and in fact lacked professionalism. Well, Minister Morales is now rejecting the report by the experts on the […]
The second of three back to school drives organized by the Eastern Division South Police Department took place today at the Raccoon Police Station. Over a hundred and twenty children from the Saint Martin’s area were the recipients of school bags and supplies courtesy of the police officers. According to ACP Chester Williams, the drive […]
We’ll have much more in Sports with James Adderley, but today, elite female cyclist Kaya Cattouse told us that she competed in a race in Merida over the weekend. The two stage criterium saw over two hundred cyclists from the region compete. Cattouse won both races at La Vuelta Yucatan 2016. She returned to the […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We turn immediately to the Premier Football League Opening season where Week II took us to Sugar City where Orange Walk FC hosted the closing season champion Placencia Assassins inside the People’s Stadium. Folks the difference became as clear as daylight when 5 minutes […]
