The Prime Minister slipped the media today following a cabinet meeting, but his ministers were out to do damage control on Friday’s outrageous House Meeting. Pickstock Area Representative Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington is the sole member of the House of Representatives to have risen and indirectly name fellow Cayo South’s Julius Espat for improper conduct during […]
During the fiasco on Friday, the presentation by Espat on the damming Special Audit, which exposes corruption at the Immigration between 2011 and 2013, was muzzled when Espat was physically removed by security forces. Seasoned parliamentarian Michael Finnegan rose to call for order in the House of Representatives. He, along with former Prime Minister Said […]
The Special Audit conducted by Auditor General Dorothy Bradley into the issuance of Belizean passports and visas during a two-year period spanning 2011 and 2013 still has currency and is being discussed just about everywhere else outside the National Assembly. While the debate was stifled with the suspension of Julius Espat, we asked Finnegan for […]
Guatemalan Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales has made very unbecoming comments following the release of the O.A.S. report on the fatal shooting of fourteen-year-old Julio Rene Alvarado Ruano in April. The investigation on the shooting death of the minor was conducted by experts, Doctors James Hamby of the U.S. and Doctor Patricia Trujillo of Mexico. […]
Three unelected persons have been given top ministerial appointments in the Barrow Administration. But why have the elected representative been pushed aside? Following today’s cabinet meeting, the Press Office issued an updated list of Cabinet Ministers and Chief Executive Officers. The most recent changes are: first, the addition of Senator Doctor Carla Barnett as Minister […]
This afternoon, senior parliamentarian Michael Finnegan shared his thoughts on the new ministerial appointments. Isani Cayetano “It would seem as if though two of the most powerful portfolios within the respective ministries in government have been given to nonelected officials. Attorney General Vanessa Retreage is also the Minister of Natural Resources; that’s one of […]
This morning, the Hispanic arm of the Evangelical Church, led by Patrick Menzies, was back on Independence Hill where they marched against government’s decision not to appeal the Supreme Court ruling on Section Fifty-three. While Prime Minister Barrow and members of Cabinet were in session for the better part of the morning, Menzies and his […]
In February of this year, the Supreme Court heard the case of Melissa Belezaire Tucker, a former Ministry of Education employee who served in the Public Service for seventeen years, from 1995 to 2013, when she was terminated. Tucker was first appointed as a teacher and then, in 1999, as the School Feeding and Health […]
A Belize City youth is tonight hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was stabbed multiple times near the Radisson Hotel in the Fort George area. Twenty-three year old Antelope Street resident, Kendale Green was stabbed to the left side of the chest and hand and was later rushed to the K.H.M.H. for […]
A Belize City man is in debt of ten thousand dollars to the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for the trafficking of four hundred and twenty-eighth grams of marijuana on June twenty-eighth, 2016. Callum Sutherland initially pleaded not guilty to the charge but today, he today he owned up to the weed. Sutherland was busted […]
A thirty-two year old San Pedro resident is claiming police brutality. Allen Delroy Martinez says that he was beaten before being locked down at the police station for two days without any reason given to him for his detention. According to Martinez, he was brutalized by a police officer with whom he has been beefing […]
It’s been a while since we’ve reported on Zika. In mid June, the first confirmed case of zika was recorded in Belize in the west. Since then, there have been over thirty cases, ten of which are from the island of Caye Caulker. Even before the realization of zika in Belize, interventions were put in […]
Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “There is a package that has been developed to be given to pregnant women to try to minimize their risk. The package usually includes a bed net, condoms and insect repellents; those are all being procured by the Ministry of Health. For those women who turn out positive, […]
Findings of a survey called the Belize Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Five were released today. The survey was held to identify key indicators to formulate policies and programs and to set the baseline for the Sustainable Development Goals and other conventions Belize has ascribed to. The result is a mix bag: there is a significant […]
Litigation in respect of the compensation award, following government’s acquisition of B.T.L. in 2009 is ongoing. The latest round of legal battle is presently before the Caribbean Court of Justice; despite a recent decision by an arbitration tribunal regarding the amount government owes B.T.L.’s previous owners. After seven years of litigation, government now has to […]
During Monday’s press conference, People’s United Party leader John Briceño explained that the B.T.L. settlement did not make it into Friday’s debate because of the ruckus that ended the House Meeting. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “What happened, there was a confusion that happened there, again by the Speaker. The Speaker messed up on […]
During the spectacle in the House on Friday, Junior Minister Elodio Aragon remained in his seat and observed the entire drama involving Julius Espat as it unfolded. Today, he expressed disappointment with the conduct of his colleague. Aragon says that Espat threw an unnecessary tantrum, despite the clarity of the standing orders which govern the […]
A new show starts tonight right here on Channel Five, following the news package. Enviro-Connect Belize is a reality television show by the Department of Environment to highlight the various environmental issues affecting the country. Six teams travel the country to compete in various challenges in hopes to win the grand prize. Environmental Officer Celi […]
