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The People’s United Party today issued a statement strongly supporting its lead Senator, Eamon Courtenay in the wake of a full-fledged U.D.P. campaign to remove Courtenay from the senate. The P.U.P. says that with the revelation that the Central Bank (International Immunities) Act has no teeth for enforcement in the U.S. and that Belize’s foreign […]
The crusade by the U.D.P. started with their call on Wednesday for his removal from the Senate. It has to do with the ongoing fight over arbitration awards granted to BCB Holdings and other companies. BCB, now known as Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited, is challenging the Central Bank of Belize (International Immunities) Act in the […]
As we said, a constitutional challenge has been filed in the Supreme Court by principals of Eamon Courtenay’s law firm against the Central Bank (International Immunities) Act and Crown Proceedings (Amendment) Act. The latter legislation is, as he explained to us, a personal matter, as he and fellow attorneys risk jail simply for advising their […]
Former Immigration Director Ruth Meighan has admitted that thousands of persons who did not qualify were granted nationality in the mad rush to get them on the voters list for the 2012 elections. The effect is that the fraudulent exercise would have tipped the elections in favor of the U.D.P. Today, the Belize National Teachers […]
The B.N.T.U., through Elena Smith as the Senator for Trade Unions and Civil Society, has representation in the Senate Select Inquiry where the details of the rot in the system are being exposed. We asked National President Luke Palacio if there is any hope that someone will be held responsible for the illegalities in the […]
On Wednesday night there was more gunfire in the relentless violence gripping the City. Twenty-three-year-old Alrick August of Belize City was shot up to eight times on Western Avenue. He was heading home when he was ambushed by a gunman. Tonight, he remains at the K.H.M.H. clinging to life. Still in shock, his girlfriend tells […]
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Tonight, News Five has further details of an exclusive interview with former investor in the failed Puerto Azul project, Italian national Daniele Pistolesi. News Five has learned that the local face of the luxury resort project Fabio de la Rosa was arrested three days after the first announcement of arrests in January. A total of […]
Turning to the senate hearings…Did former Minister of State for Immigration and Nationality, Elvin Penner, act alone in granting both passport and Belizean nationality to South Korean businessman turned fugitive Won Hong Kim, to help him escape a Taiwanese jail? While the full answer to that may not be known until Penner appears before the […]
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As a result of the Won Hong Kim passport and Belizean nationality scandal, the Immigration Department was nearly turned upside down as both Police and internal probes took place. In the end, the blame for the granting of nationality was placed on three officers: Sharon Neal, Omar Phillips and Erwin Robinson. They were tried before […]
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In Wednesday’s coverage of the Senate Special Select Committee, we highlighted the comments of former head of Services for the Immigration Department, Edgar Cano, who also served for a brief time as chief officer at the Western Border. Most of his questions had to do with the eight missing visa foils that somehow moved from […]
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Perhaps the most depressing bit of information coming out of the Senate’s public hearings is how easily the Immigration Department’s plans and schemes were broken by just about anyone with a shred of a connection. Former C.E.O. of the Ministry of Immigration, Candelaria Saldivar-Morter, says that she and Minister Godwin Hulse were very much aware […]
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Interdicted police officer, Urbie Alamilla, who back in June 2016 was charged with discharging a firearm in the Jade Restaurant located between miles eight and nine on the Phillip Goldson Highway, is home free tonight. Today, the prosecution chose not to offer any evidence at what was expected to be his trial in the matter. […]
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In January, the Social Security Board announced that they would be going on a country-wide public consultation to discuss increase in benefits; for those making contributions, it means that those will increase. The reasoning behind this proposed increase is that when those who earn more than three hundred and twenty dollars weekly retire, they will […]
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Just after seven on Wednesday night, a fire broke inside a wooden house on Victoria Street in north side Belize City. Inside at the time of the blaze was an elderly woman; she was pulled out of the house by relatives who were alerted by the smoke that spread through the small house. Police officers […]
While investigations continue into the cause of the Victoria Street fire, what of the San Pedro fire in the San Juan area on Ambergris Caye? Calvin Young and his two sons were not on the island when the blaze consumed their home and all their possessions. In his interview with News Five, Young maintained that […]
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Today, eight feeding programs received cheques from the Social Security Board under its annual Ride Across Belize program. The funds collected during the 2016 Ride will be used to feed underprivileged children across the country. A little over fifty thousand dollars was handed over today among the recipients – those monies represent funds collected and […]
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The Department of Environment is executing the project called Belize Chemicals and Waste Management (BCWM) Project. One of goals of this project is the management and disposal of existing stockpiles of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), obsolete pesticides and other chemicals. So, in order to do this the DOE is holding a two day session with […]
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It’s common knowledge that too much stress is bad for your health. Just last month scientists were able to identify the biological link between specifically the heart and stress. They revealed that heightened activity in the amygdala, a region of the brain involved in stress, is associated with a greater risk of heart disease and […]
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