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Reeling from the Saldivar scandal, PM Barrow has unleashed on the leader of the Opposition in a lengthy and stinging letter, calling John Briceño and the P.U.P. the most outrageous hypocrites and frauds ever known in modern politics and the governance of our country. At the core of Barrow’s anger is Briceño’s letter on the […]
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Two demonstrations are take place in the next few days against the government. The People’s United Party will take to the City streets on Sunday but before that the unions announced today, they will also stage a demonstration. The National Trade Union Congress of Belize will flex its muscles on Thursday with a protest through […]
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The N.T.U.C.B. is making urgent six demands on the government to address before any elections are called. The Congress wants campaign financing laws to be implemented and is also clamouring for the Senate Select Committee Immigration report as well as for the UNCAC Steering Committee to reconvene and move the UNCAC process forward. President Marvin […]
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The last time the unions collectively took to the streets was in 2005 when the P.U.P. was in government. The Saldivar scandal has stirred widespread anti-corruption calls and prompted the unions to activate. An investigation into the allegations of bribery and corruption dealings involving the disgraced former minister is among the list of demands of […]
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As we said, the theme of Thursday’s demonstration by the N.T.U.C.B. is “Only the People Can Save the People” and as such union leaders, today made a call for members of the public to join the march. Senator Elena Smith says that the demonstration is not solely focused on the Saldivar Scandal but on governance […]
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On February fourteenth, John Saldivar finally admitted that he received monies from fraudster Lev Dermen, just as Jacob Kingston had testified in the U.S. District Court of Utah. Days earlier, Saldivar went on to become victorious in the U.D.P. Leadership convention, defeating Education Minister Patrick Faber who later resigned as Deputy Prime Minister. After intense […]
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A seventeen-year-old girl was murdered on Sunday night as she played cards along with friends at a house on Glenn Street in Belize City. Kyla Young is the second person to be killed violently among her family members. It is not known if she was the intended target, but investigators say it was a gang-related […]
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Police in Hattieville are investigating two murders. The first happened a little before ten o’clock on Saturday morning and the victim is Ronny Anderson of the New Site Area. Anderson was riding a bicycle and was not far from his house when he was approached by a gunman who fired several shots at him. Anderson […]
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The second murder in Hattieville on Saturday morning was execution style. Police were called out to an area about one hundred yards away from the village’s bus stop, near the police station. There, they found the body of forty-five Kenroy Danderson, who was reportedly sitting at the bus stop when a gunman took aim at […]
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Just after three o’clock this afternoon, the violence continued on the south side of the city. One man was shot in the vicinity of Violet Lane in the Saint Martin de Porres area. The victim is B.D.F. soldier Wayne Perry, who was rushed to the K.H.M.H. for treatment. Perry was riding his bicycle when he […]
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The redistricting case before Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin entered a new stage today when attorney for Lord Michael Ashcroft, Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck was allowed to present an application. That application was to seek the court’s permission to join in the case brought on by the Belize Peace Movement against the Elections and Boundaries Commission, […]
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Meanwhile, attorney for the Belize Peace Movement, Arthur Saldivar told the media that should the court determine that Lord Ashcroft joins in the case, it would not delay trial, as the attorney for the defendants argued in court. Arthur Saldivar, Attorney for Belize Peace Movement “Insofar as anyone with an interest coming onboard; that is […]
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The case of popular Belize City jeweler, Manuel Pacheco started this morning before Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams. Pacheco, who lived on Cockburn Lane, is on trial for the murder of Jose Manuel Villanueva. Villanueva lived beside Pacheco’s East Collet Canal jewelry shop and was shot multiple times shortly after six o’clock on the evening of […]
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A confrontation between two brothers in Belize City ended in their stabbing over the weekend. The Howard brothers, Kurson and Kirk Junior, are now recuperating after the unfortunate incident during which they stabbed each other. This morning, Kirk Junior was released from police custody, while Kurson remains hospitalized for stab wounds he received to the […]
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There is a second stabbing incident to report on tonight which also occurred on Valentine’s Day in Belize City. Rene Ranguy was walking on Newtown Barracks when he was accosted by two men. One of the men grabbed Ranguy from behind and stabbed him multiple times in the vicinity of the Mexican Cultural Institute. Even […]
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Three persons were injured in a traffic accident in Corozal Town. It happened this morning at around five-thirty at the northern entrance in the area of Santa Rita. A vehicle carrying three persons collided into a pole on the side of the road. The driver of vehicle was trapped inside and had to be extracted […]
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The Department of Environment continues to investigate the damages to the barrier reef on February ninth, when a yacht owned by U.S. billionaire investor, Daniel Loeb dropped anchor on the reef. The vessel, named Samadhi, was caught on camera as its anchor wrapped around live corals at the reef near Long Caye in the Lighthouse […]
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A Saint Matthews resident is dead after he apparently drowned while attempting to cross the Belize River. Roy Grinage, an employee of Santander, was heading home on Saturday afternoon and tried to swim across the river but didn’t make it. His family says that while the investigation is still underway and they are yet to […]
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Police are also investigating a domestic stabbing-turn-chopping that happened in Belmopan on Sunday night. Sometime around eight-thirty that night, police were called to a house on Custard Apple Street, where they met two persons with stab wounds and another with chop wounds. Cops say that the aggressor is a man on whom there is a […]
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Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports…]
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