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Opposition Storms Out Of House Meeting Following Ejection Of P.u.p. Senator
Tonight, we have extensive coverage of a House meeting in which four significant bills were passed through their stages. But we start with certainly the most significant single event of the day’s...
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Leader Of The Opposition Says Expulsion Of Pup Senator Was Unauthorized
As we said, the Speaker of the House, Michael Peyrefitte, instructed police to remove Senator Patrick Andrews from the gallery of the National Assembly building during last Friday’s sitting of the...
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Opposition Loses Opportunity To Present Alternative Bill In House
Francis FonsecaThe People’s United Party consulted the expertise of a team of lawyers, led by Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck, to draft a legal alternative to the Petrocaribe Amendment Act. With all...
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P.u.p. Says Petrocaribe Act Must Be Repealed!
Francis FonsecaThe Petrocaribe Amendment Act was tabled in the House of Representatives on Friday with no objections from across the aisle even though the Opposition wants it repealed. As you would...
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Debate On Petrocaribe Loan Amendment Bill Opens
Mark LizarragaThe debate on the amended Petrocaribe Bill started after two this afternoon. Right off the top it was classified by Senator Lisa Shoman as nothing more than a pig wearing lipstick and a...
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Church Senator Votes Yes To Appropriation
Patrick AndrewsOpposition Leader in the Senate Lisa Shoman asked for a division in votes for the approval of the supplementary appropriations for 2014/2015. That led to the bill being passed with...
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Senators Rumble Over Supplemental Appropriations
On Friday, the House meeting was abbreviated when the Opposition walked out of the House in protest, so the first actual debate on Petrocaribe occurred today in the Senate. The session included...
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Arrests Of Maya Leaders Goes Before The O.a.s. Human Rights Commission
The arrest on June twenty third, 2015 of Maya Leaders Alliance spokesperson Cristina Coc and twelve other residents of Santa Cruz Village has become an international issue. The Inter-American...
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Release Claims Victory For Whistleblowers
Following the withdrawal of the case by the Minister of State, Great Belizeans Productions/Channel Five issued a statement saying that it has been vindicated in this high profile case because while...
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Channel 5 & Alvarene Burgess Vindicated
Alvarene Burgess made two appearances on Channel Five – an interview played in the news and an appearance on the Dickie Bradley talk-show. During those appearances she described in explicit detail her...
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Minister Castro Drops Bombshell & Lawsuit
Edmund CastroThere is monumental news coming out of the Supreme Court – a legal and political bombshell which burst all over Minister of State Edmond Castro. In late 2013, Castro had sued whistleblower...
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Maya History And Culture - A Belize Perspective
Belize’s indigenous inhabitants, the Maya, created a rich history of science, art, culture, mathematics and government at the time when Europe was in its dark ages. Some of this ancient knowledge was...
View ArticleA Life Cut Short, Promising Young Journalist Killed In Early Morning Assault
<p><strong>All day, today there has been an outpouring of both love and sympathy for media colleague, Kareem Clarke. The tragic news spread quickly this morning that the young and gifted...
View ArticleFonseca Praises Catholic Church And Calls On Other Churches To Follow Suit
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View ArticleP.u.p. Call For Resignation Of Edmond Castro
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View ArticleSecret Recording Released On Eve Of Dangriga Bye-Election
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View ArticleP.u.p. Leader Calls For Castro To Be Removed
On Friday, Minister of State Edmond Castro took a devastating personal, if not political blow, when he was advised to discontinue a defamation case against visa scandal whistleblower, Alvarene Burgess,...
View ArticleVoter Turnout At The Polls
The last figures for voters’ turnout in the Dangriga bye-elections were issued at five this evening, an hour before the polls closed. That figure stood at fifty-three percent and the six o’clock figure...
View ArticleAnthony Sabal Versus Frank “Pawpa” Mena In The Dangriga Bye-Elections
As we bring you the news tonight, Elections and Boundaries officials, escorted by Police, are transporting boxes from six polling areas to the Father Phillip Marin Parish Hall where they will be...
View Article‘Papa’ Mena To Be Sworn In As Minister Of State
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