After hearing arguments virtually since nine o’clock this morning, at around three this afternoon, acting Chief Justice Michelle Arana delivered a ruling against the Belize Peace Movement. The House of Representatives had already been dissolved and a date of elections announced when the B.P.M. applied to the Supreme Court to issue an injunction to stay […]
According to Robert Lopez of the Belize Peace Movement, the request for an interim injunction was for the government to conform with section ninety of the Belize Constitution. Also joining the hearing virtually this morning as Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck who represented Lord Michael Ashcroft. Marshalleck argued that his client did not want the elections […]
According to Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay the B.P.M.’s application was entirely misconceived and extremely late in the process. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for P.U.P. “What they tried to do at the last minute having in my view realized that the applications as filed was entirely misconceived. They said well in our claim form we asked […]
Orange Walk Town Mayor Kevin Bernard says that fake news created by the U.D.P. and reported by certain media houses was aimed at tarnishing the reputation of one of his councilors and the town council. Bernard says he was informed of cell phone videos showing councilor Haresh Vaswani with an accompanying report stating that the […]
The touted leadership debate organized by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is set to take place tonight at eight o’clock, although it will be missing the major political protagonists from the P.U.P. and the U.D.P. who have both complained that the B.C.C.I. neglected to provide responses to their queries. The absence of party […]
Also joining the debate is the Belize People’s Front leader Nancy Marin, who, along with twelve other B.P.F. candidates is on the ballot for the upcoming general elections. Marin is running against the P.U.P.’s Orlando Habet and the U.D.P.’s John August in the Cayo North East division. But even though the B.P.F. is not fielding […]
There has been much chatter in various corners about tonight’s debate some of which has not been entirely accurate. The murmur about Patrick Faber and John Briceño backing out of the event has prompted the Leadership Debate Committee to issue a release clarifying a number of issues surrounding the debate. Chamber President Marissa Longsworth addresses […]
Surveillance cameras captured an armed robbery that happened on Antelope Street Extension on Monday evening just before six-thirty. The video footage shows a young woman buying at the shop and two men who appear to be waiting customers standing behind her. Before the customer concluded her purchase, the armed robber pushed his way to the […]
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases for the country stands at three thousand two hundred and thirty-two; of those numbers, thirty-five percent alone have been identified in the Orange Walk District, which since the outbreak of the virus, has recorded one thousand one hundred and forty-eight. There are one thousand one hundred and thirty-six […]
With rising COVID numbers in Orange Walk, there is added stress on the Northern Regional Hospital which is the main facility in the north for the hospitalization of critical COVID-19 patients. That aside, the NRH has to treat other patients and also engage in contact tracing. DHS Marvin Manzanero says that fortunately at this time […]
The government recently announced that private facilities can carry out swabbing for COVID. And according to DHS Manzanero, except for the Central Medical Lab in Belize City, no other lab in the country can carry out PCR testing. So while private medical facilities are allowed to swab suspect COVID-19 patients, the samples must be forwarded […]
The President of the P.S.U., Gerald Henry says that a corrupt system exists in the public service. A letter has been drafted by the Joint Union Committee, namely the Public Service Union of Belize, Belize National Teachers’ Union, and Association Public Service Senior Managers requesting a meeting with the leaders of political parties including Patrick […]
Tonight, we continue with our coverage leading up to the General Elections 2020. There are three candidates contesting the Cayo North East constituency. One is the incumbent, hoping for a second term; the other is hoping to make his way back into electoral politics following a loss in 2015 and the third candidate is the […]
The flow of traffic will be better controlled along Central American Boulevard and Chetumal Boulevard. This morning, the Belize City Council inaugurated two sets of state-of-art traffic lights in the area, which Mayor Bernard Wagner says is in keeping with a campaign commitment to keep Belize City residents safe in heavily trafficked thoroughfares. Here is […]
Now, it is common knowledge that Councillor Allan Pollard is contesting the general elections as the P.U.P. standard bearer for the Queen Square division. The traffic lights have also been installed in the Freetown and Port Loyola constituencies. So today, the media asked whether the initiative, exactly two weeks prior to the general elections, is […]
Everywhere, everyone is struggling with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In early months of the pandemic, the Belize City Council had to cut staff salaries by fifty percent as the revenue stream into city hall dried up. As restrictions were relaxed and businesses were allowed to reopen, things have picked up at the council. […]
While we were with the mayor, News Five asked about three councillors, who have all thrown their hats in the race for a seat in central government. Allan Pollard is running in the Queen Square Division, Oscar Arnold in Collet and Doctor Candice Pitts in Mesopotamia. And with municipal elections to be held five months […]
The prison hostage situation turned escape two weeks ago remains under investigation by the police department, despite an initial report suggesting that there was no collusion with prison officers. With five of the twenty-eight escaped inmates still on the lam, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that those escapees need to be recaptured before the […]
The British High Commission awarded its first ever Outstanding Woman of the Year Award today. In a virtual presentation, British High Commissioner Claire Evans presented the award to Ilsa Villanueva. The awardee is the three-time and current chairlady of Placencia and is credited for exemplary community work. Evans visited Villanueva today in Placencia where she […]
