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By Hipolito Novelo The initiation of COP28 climate talks marked the inception of a novel fund aimed at addressing the escalating losses and damages faced by vulnerable countries due to the intensifying impacts of climate change. COP28 unfolded as a landmark event in the global response to climate change. It culminated in an extended period […]
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On Tuesday, social media was abuzz with videos purportedly taken by Jasmine Hartin. Viewers will recall that Hartin was released on bail on June 9 after being charged with Manslaughter by Negligence in the shooting death of Superintendent Henry Jemmott. Although her face never appears in the videos, Hartin’s voice can be heard as she […]
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Two years ago Michael Silva left the country under a dark cloud. Then twenty-six years old, the young man was believed to have killed his nineteen year old girlfriend before drinking poison to take his own life. The tragedy occurred in a Kontiki Area home which Silva shared with Maritza Janet Santos. At the time […]
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The family of businessman Michael Coye, who succumbed to a massive heart attack on Tuesday night just days after being released from the Belize Central Prison, is cash strapped and urgently requests that the Financial Intelligence Unit releases funds from bank accounts which have been frozen since 2009. The family has been living in dire […]
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The Senate met on Wednesday in Belmopan to consider three bills, some housecleaning write-offs, but the hot button issue was a motion brought by Opposition Senator Lisa Shoman for the appointment of a Special Select Committee. In a nutshell, it was proposed that the Select Committee would investigate and inquire into any and all facets […]
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And with that out of the way, the last two speakers were leader of government business Godwin Hulse and Opposition Senator Lisa Shoman. It was an unenviable position for Senator Hulse. He once fought for motions like the one being debated, and he is considered one of the champions of the SSB Senate Inquiry. But […]
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Prime Minister Dean Barrow is recovering from a round of surgery he successfully underwent on Wednesday morning. The PM had been suffering for some time with chronic back pain due to three herniated discs on his spine. The surgery, according to the government press release, it took two hours and a half at the DISC […]
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An eighteen karat solid gold trophy arrived in Belize this morning at the Phillip Goldson International via private jet and under heavy security. The arrival of the priceless FIFA World Cup Trophy was a highly anticipated event that was choreographed with precision. On hand were the Minister of Sports, International Football Federation (FIFA), the local […]
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Now back to the Wednesday’s marathon session of the senate. At close to six in the evening the parting shots had all been fired and it was time for the senators to vote on the motion for the appointment of the Special Select Committee. Even for House meetings the media is generally packed up and […]
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On that undignified note the session ended. Shoman’s point of order was that President of the Senate Mark Pech did not have the constitutional right to cast a vote. In that event the vote would be deadlocked at six six. But as far as the government is concerned the motion was defeated seven to six […]
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The business of the Senate motion has been front and center, much like the immigration scandal which spawned it. There will be no appointment of a Senate Select Committee because not one government senator of the six supported the motion. But where the scandal is concerned, there are allegedly three investigations currently underway – one […]
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Abbas Ahmed Khan, is a Pakistani national that was busted in Corozal Town back in May of this year. Khan had on his possession a number of Indian passports and could not offer an explanation as to why he had custody of the passport though the speculation centered around immigration irregularities. In a strange set […]
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A delivery truck driver, Ernesto Vasquez, was arraigned today in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court and slapped with three traffic offenses: manslaughter by negligence, driving without due care and attention and causing death by careless conduct. Vasquez is accused of causing the death of James Gongora after he allegedly knocked him down between Miles […]
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In late October the Maya Leaders Alliance expressed outrage that US Capital Energy was erroneously giving the impression that the Mayan communities were in favor of oil exploration on communal lands. In their fight for enforcement of Court rulings affirming that the Mayas have communal land rights, the MLA has also turned to the United […]
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Arguments wrapped up on Wednesday afternoon in the case of Social Security Board vs. Sunshine Holdings Limited, one entity challenging the nationalizations of Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL). As we told you, attorneys for Sunshine, who held twenty-two point thirty nine percent of shares in the telephone company for the benefit of its employees, are seeking […]
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And now, we turn to the sad story of a Belize City businessman who has been in the news now for years. Sixty-seven year old Michael Coye spent eighteen months behind bars for money-laundering while his case was under appeal. It’s a rarity, but last Thursday, his attorney was able to secure bail for him […]
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As we said earlier in the newscast, the motion for a senate-select committee did not pass in the senate this evening. That’s because the opposition questioned the casting vote by the president of the senate on the basis that only senators can vote and Marco Pech is not a senator. That’s how it ended on […]
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Senator for the Opposition, Lisa Shoman explains. Lisa Shoman, P.U.P. Senator “Six senators voted in favor—the three social partner senators and the three senators from the opposition—and all six senators for the government voted against. In this matter, the constitution is clear: the president does not have a casting vote. When it comes to […]
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A report on today’s senate meeting is coming up shortly, but we go to the courts. Well-known poet and entertainer, Leroy “The Grand Master” Young, a resident of Pinks Alley in Belize City was arraigned this morning in the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith on forgery charges. According to police, Carlos Walker, […]
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A woman was stabbed outside a club on Monday night and police believe they have been able to crack the case. Today, twenty-nine year old Denay Gillett, a resident and cashier of Fern Lane in Belize City, was arraigned for wounding twenty-seven year old Michelle Gordon. Gillett, who was unrepresented, appeared before Magistrate Clive Lino […]
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Relations between the Belize City Council and the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry have not always been cozy. But an initiative by Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley will hopefully change that. This morning a business mixer was held at the Radisson to bring the private sector and public sector around the table. In the […]
It’s been two weeks since former deputy mayor of Belize City, Eric Chang, was stripped of his title and portfolios with the City Council. It comes on the heels of the passport scandal that broke on September nineteenth in which South Korean national Kim Wonhong received nationality and a passport while incarcerated in Taiwan. Chang’s […]
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The Organization of Caribbean Utilities Regulators is hosting its Eleventh Annual International Conference in Belize. This year’s theme, ‘Challenges to Regulatory Power in Borderless Societies’ sees the convergence of over fifty delegates from the Caribbean, United States, United Kingdom and Africa to discuss environmental issues in electricity and water, among other topics. The Public Utilities […]
A number of outstanding youths were honored this morning by the Ministry of Education. They came from all over the country and are from all walks of life but the fourteen honorees have one thing in common; they are exemplary young men and women who stand out among their peers and community. News Five’s Isani […]
Written on November 6, 2013 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development was today awarded with a commemorative medal by the Food and Agriculture Organization in recognition of work that has been done to implement the Central American Fisheries and Aquaculture Integration Policy. Lisel Alamilla, Minister of Fisheries “I am proud to say that Belize has fully participated […]
