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The People’s United Party has offered a quick response to Wednesday’s analysis of the restructuring of the Superbond by the Prime Minister. P.U.P. Leader John Briceño says that it isn’t really a restructuring at all. The result of the U.D.P.’s abject failure to stimulate the economy, protect jobs and investments and think smartly about decisions […]
Briceño was joined by attorney Christopher Coye to explain the implications for Belize’s economy. The Prime Minister insisted on Wednesday that Belize would never enter into any stand-by arrangement, much less a full program, with the International Monetary Fund while it is in charge. But it remains a possibility, especially with the looming spectre of […]
The Government appears to have a turnaround on the issue of re-registration. The Election and Boundaries Commission had decided a few weeks ago that the exercise, postponed twice since 1997, would be postponed a third time to 2018, which is after the municipal elections and after redistricting of electoral boundaries. Following outcry, Government has written […]
Briceño was further questioned about whether it is worth it to wait for the Senate’s inquiry to be completed. The P.U.P. has a vested interest in pursuing re-registration because of the over two thousand one hundred persons it says illegally got nationality during the run-up to the 2012 general election. This, it says, tipped the […]
Is this man the shadowy “Mister Middleton” to whom all focus has turned in the ongoing Senate public inquiry? Middleton, we are told, is a car salesman based in Orange Walk Town, but it is his activities in Immigration that have landed him in the news. On Wednesday, News Five brought you the various testimonies […]
A fatal road traffic accident was reported sometime after one-thirty this afternoon near mile nine on the Stann Creek Valley Road. Late this evening, police confirmed that the well-known physical therapist Rubia Analicia Briceño lost her life in the collision. News Five understands that the doctor was en route to visiting with a patient when […]
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Last week, we aired a video of events that transpired at a training program conducted by the Belize Defense Force of recruits. The video went viral and became a topic of discussion in many sectors; there are some who believe that the B.D.F. soldiers conducting the training had breached multiple protocols, while others believe the […]
Another layer of intrigue has been added to the ongoing investigations of the Senate Special Select Committee. On Wednesday, former Deputy Mayor Eric Chang; accountant and Financial Controller with the Belize City Council Patrick Tillett; and former Immigration Officer at the Western Border Station, Lindsay Wade, all appeared, telling widely different stories and leaving an […]
The then Ambassador of Belize to the Republic of China (Taiwan), Cherie Nisbet, detailed in emails later used by the Audit her encounter with Eric Chang on the day he sought Belizean visas for two businessmen from Korea, who were to visit Honduras, but wanted to come to Belize in search of “investment opportunities.” Ambassador […]
Comments have been limited in light of the edict of the Standing Orders on publication of evidence from within the Senate Special Select Committee; even though it is broadcasting its hearings live. But that does not prohibit public discourse and the Leader of the Opposition updated his position when questioned by News Five today. He […]
PM Barrow is on record stating that as long as he is head of cabinet, government will not pay a single cent towards the US judgment recently handed down in favor of Ashcroft group of companies by the United States Supreme Court. It’s a position he repeated at Wednesday’s press conference. In fact, Barrow has […]
According to the Prime Minister, it appears that Lord Michael Ashcroft finds himself in a jam as a result of the recently passed legislation. In an effort to recover the amounts owed under the U.S. judgment, Barrow says anecdotally that there has been a proposal to cover these, in part, using Belizean currency. Prime […]
Star athlete Deon McCaulay has returned to the roster of the Atlanta Silverbacks Football Club, a professional soccer team he was previously signed to in February 2014. McCaulay, who was signed locally to Verdes FC, has been tapped to join the ‘Backs for their 2017 season. His position on the team is listed as forward. […]
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Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber has his eyes set on becoming leader of the country. To achieve that dream, he will first have to succeed in representing the United Democratic Party heading into the 2020 general elections before defeating the opposition’s candidate at the polls. While the Super Bond doesn’t reach maturity until ten years […]
Former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UWI Saint Augustine Campus, Professor Clement Sankat, retired in September 2016 after forty years of service as a member of staff. He has since been appointed as the new President of the University of Belize and succeeds former President Alan Slusher. The announcement of Sankat’s selection was made during […]
Ninth of March is the official Heroes and Benefactors Day, set aside to honor those who have contributed to the development of Belize. While most of you may know about the works and life of Philip Goldson, George Price, Baron Bliss – there are others who have significantly contributed within their own fields. And so […]
“Lone Wrasse” – it sounds like a dirty phrase – but it is OCEANA and the Mexican Institute’s new exhibition, which opens tonight at the Institute on Wilson Street. The creative showcase subtitled as “exhibition of trashy art” plays on the trash and the specie of Wrasse fish predominant in Belizean waters. Artists from around […]
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The skin is the largest living organ in our bodies and it is continuously exposed to every environment. The skin is very vulnerable to infections as it is exposed to public surfaces, where other people directly contact. This puts us at a risk for contracting bacterial, viral, or fungal infections. Should you visit a doctor […]
