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At around ten-thirty this morning, tensions were running high as members of the Guatemalan Armed Forces attempted to block the path of members of the Belize Coast Guard. Video footage of the event captured by Wil Maheia of the Belize Territorial Volunteers clearly shows three Guatemalan gunboats in Belizean waters. Late this evening, the Ministry […]
The Senate met today and we will come to all the debate on the Belize Territorial Referendum Bill 2019. But first in the course of the debate, Senator Eamon Courtenay dropped a bolt from the blue to add to the cries of the politicization of the I.C.J. referendum campaign. While the P.U.P. and U.D.P. have […]
Senator Courtenay went on to expose what seems to be a clear misuse of Tamai’s post as Chief Elections Officer. Eamon Courtenay, Lead P.U.P. Senator “What was wrong was that because Mr. Bradley is a well-known member of the United Democratic Party his complaint to you seemed to have been given special significance. Ms. […]
While all that information was revealed in the Senate, this evening, Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai responded to the claims contained in the letter by attorney and former U.D.P. Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley. Tamai was not able to share the specific contents of the case because the matter is before the Public Service Commission. […]
In the letter, Bradley, on behalf of Jerrylyn Bruce accuses Tamai of political victimization and demands that it cease immediately. Bruce who has been transferred to the central office and given new responsibilities is also demanding that she be reassigned to her post in the field so that she is able to do her job. […]
The Chief Elections Officer also responded to the assertion that the Naboo Online System has an automatic feature of trying to correct itself and deleting any duplication instead of flagging them for correction. The Naboo System is an online programme, which collects all applications, but the issue that is highlighted in the letter is that […]
A vote by division in the Senate came shortly after four o’clock this afternoon following passage on Friday of the Belize Territorial Dispute Referendum Bill 2019. The vote ended in a strong yes: there was one abstention, four no’s and eight voted in favour. The Senate then recessed for committee meeting to fix all the […]
Government, in its media blitz, continues to put forward that Belize has an ironclad case should the territorial claim with Guatemala be taken to the I.C.J. for resolution. But the question on the minds of many is the likelihood, however remote, that Belize can in fact lose at the International Court of Justice. It’s a […]
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Back to the debate in the Senate. Last Friday, the former PM Said Musa voted to abstain in the House on the same referendum bill. That position happened again in the Senate when P.U.P. Senator Valerie Woods abstained on the Belize Territorial Dispute Referendum Bill, as the only opposition parliamentarian to do so in the […]
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The social partners added to the debate on the new referendum bill. While the N.G.O. senator Osmany Salas voted yes, Trade Unionist Elena Smith raised several concerns relating to the bill, as well as the move to referendum, but at the end of the day she voted against the legislation. Here’s what she said. […]
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While there were various reasons given by the senators on why to or not to support the new referendum bill, Senator Ashley Rocke gave his perspective on behalf of the churches. Here is what he had to say. Ashley Rocke, Church Senator “We’ve also said that the next problem seems to be re-registration. There […]
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The first hearing of the Opposition’s suit against the Government of Belize with respect to the writ of referendum was scheduled to be heard today in the courtroom of Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. But since the granting of the interim injunction which essentially stopped the April tenth I.C.J. referendum, there have been important developments. The […]
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Representing the People’s United Party today in place of lead attorney, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay was attorney Kareem Musa. According to Musa, his clients have been consulted with respect to G.O.B.’s application to have the injunction discharged since it was just announced this morning. He says that the second referendum bill clashes with the court […]
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Going into the weekend, there was a report on a sixteen-year-old who went missing at sea during a trip to South Water Caye. Last Monday, Frederick Lammey Juniour went on a fishing trip, but soon later began exhibited erratic behaviour, which caused concern to his cousin and others who were out on the island. On […]
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There was gun violence over the weekend in Belize City, Ladyville and Hopkins. The most recent occurred just after twelve this morning in the southern village of Hopkins. Jessie Cal is tonight recovering at the Southern Regional Hospital after he was shot near the cut-off to the village on the Southern Highway. The twenty-five-year-old Toledo […]
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The gun violence started on Friday night during news time. Just after seven p.m., Faber’s Road resident Cashief Myvett was targeted by a gunman as he walked into an alley off Fairweather Street, just a short distance from Eastern Division headquarters. The twenty-six-year-old was struck to the right hand. He was rushed to the Karl […]
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There is a criminal and an internal investigation ongoing following a police-involved shooting on Sunday night in Ladyville. According to police, Shawn Lanza remains under police guard at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital recovering from a gunshot wound he sustained at the hands of an officer responding to a burglary. Lanza and another suspect, who […]
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There are still no arrests for the murder of Joshua Gallego, which occurred last Thursday evening on North Creek, Belize City. Gallego was shot in the afternoon and succumbed at the K.H.M.H. hours later, around seven-thirty p.m. while receiving treatment. While in its official capacity, police did not go on record to reveal the motive […]
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A new housing project was launched over the weekend that presents exciting opportunities to prospective homeowners. The “Eagle Jem Estate” is located just outside Belize City. It is by the Holy Redeemer Credit Union and in its first phase, sixty-seven properties are ready. Qualifying member owners can choose between two or three bedroom houses through […]
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Casting call for the next Miss Belize got underway this weekend and will continue online. While beauty is an integral part, the Miss Universe Belize Director says inner confidence is huge in the selection of the new Miss Belize. Duane Moody was the Bliss for the first casting call that attracted a good number of […]
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The Belize National Fire Service is today imploring for residents to practice responsible burning and maintenance of properties, particularly within rural and countryside areas. The notice comes on the heels of an overwhelming weekend for fighters who responded to a number of brushfires as well as unsupervised fires across the country. News Five’s Duane Moody […]
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Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports….]
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