Following the special session of the House of Representatives on Friday, the nation’s upper chamber was convened to further progress the Central Bank of Belize (International Immunities) and Crown Proceedings (Amendment) Bills, 2017. According to the Government, the new legislation is intended to serve as a firewall, protecting Belize’s assets from the imminent threat of […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice’s scathing denunciation of the Accommodation Agreement and Settlement Deed and the actions of their signatories as “malignant tumours,” eating away at democracy has been cited many times by the Government. But the judgment, as pointed out by Senator Eamon Courtenay, also contained advice for the Government about not waiting to […]
As Courtenay pointed out, no one, least of all the Opposition, intended to vote against legislation intended to protect Belize from these and other similar awards. And that spirit of unity – with some misgivings – was in large part led by the Social Partner Senators, who one by one addressed the chamber to say […]
Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte blasted Lord Michael Ashcroft saying that he will ensure that neither Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited nor Belize Social Development Limited gets their hands on the foreign reserves. But as he told reporters following the meeting, the new legislation applies specifically to Belizean companies and individuals – the “vulture funds” that Prime […]
The community of Maya Mopan, located about a mile outside of downtown Belmopan, witnessed tragedy on Saturday afternoon. Eighteen-month-old Edwin Lorenzo Duarte was playing near a well at the back of the family’s residence on La Mux Street, when he apparently fell inside, drowning in the water. He died on arrival at Western Regional Hospital […]
FECTAB is back in the news tonight after an extended hiatus from the media spotlight. This time it is joined by COLA and both organizations are rallying around a common cause, that government has forsaken the Belizean people. The cruise tourism industry, since the opening of Harvest Caye in November, has seen a significant loss […]
And now back to the senate. Osmany Salas, president of the Belize Tourism Industry Association, formally took the oath that marked his ascension to the Senate as its thirteenth member, representing non-governmental organizations. It ends nine years of back-and-forth that started with a campaign promise by the ruling United Democratic Party that gripped the national […]
The congratulations came thick and fast from Salas’ new colleagues, with his friends from the tourism and N.G.O. communities looking on from the public gallery. But with the social partner Senators now holding a stronger hand in terms of the balance of power in the upper chamber, should Government be worried about threatened deadlock, and […]
Two bills were held over from previous meetings of the National Assembly – the Forests (Amendment) Bill and International Insurance (Amendment) Bill. The latter provoked no discussion, but the former addresses penalties in relation to illegal harvesting of woods including rosewood and mahogany. During today’s debate in the Senate, the People’s United Party’s Valerie Woods […]
After eleven o’clock on Friday night, shots rang out on south side Belize City. A family on Iguana Street extension, including five minors, was targeted. Luckily, no one was injured, but the children have been left traumatized and the family fears that the gunman may return. News Five’s Duane Moody speaks with the mother, who […]
David Nanes Schntizer who skipped bail in Belize after he was caught with a trove of illegal Belizean documents, including a passport, is back in police custody, but in Mexico. The Mexican citizen was accused of defrauding thousands of investors of at least forty-two million dollars in a ponzi scheme valued at seven billion dollars. […]
The U.S. Embassy today issued a release in response to an article that surfaced on social media over the weekend to the effect that Caribbean nationals would be exempted from visas to enter the U.S. All this in the aftermath of an unpopular travel ban imposed by United States President Donald Trump on citizens from […]
Nineteen-year-old Keimar Nicholas is paralyzed from the neck down and remains bedridden at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The teenager was seriously injured a week ago just outside of his home in the Conch Shell Bay neighborhood in the Old Capital, a community that has seen a rise in violent crimes since the beginning of […]
A mother is claiming that Punta Gorda police used unnecessary force on her thirteen year old son over the weekend. Today, Consuelo Flores told News Five that she was in Belize City over the weekend taking care of a family member in the hospital and her son stayed at home. The primary school boy, according […]
In a final bit of news from Friday’s House of Representatives meeting, the return of Cayo South area representative Julius Espat was relegated to a footnote by the day’s debate, but he still found a way to make his mark. On Friday, he seemed to harbour a resigned frustration as he stood up on the […]
The Belize Police Department has partnered with the University of Belize and the Ministry of Human Development on a mentorship program for at-risk Belize City youths. In its new policing strategy to break the criminal gang cycle, the department identified children to be a part of the program, some of whom were signed up by […]
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