A father of one, Aaron Baptist was gunned down inside a music studio early on Sunday night in Burrell Boom. Another person was inside the building, but the spray of bullets hit Baptist, killing him immediately. Baptist is well-known in the village, but the motive for his murder is not and is under investigation. News […]
Within hours of the murder of Aaron Baptist, shots rang out once again in Burrell Boom, adjacent to where Baptist lived in the village. Kyle Pinkard was shot and is in a stable condition at the K.H.M.H. Pinkard was inside his house when someone came knocking; he refused to open the door and that person […]
Two days after his shooting, Belize City resident Adam Joseph succumbed at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital; he is the second person to lose his life over the weekend to gun violence. Joseph was riding his bicycle on Central American Boulevard when a gun man took aim at him on Halloween night. There is reason […]
Earlier today Belize police were called out to the Benque Free Zone where reports say that a protest was taking place. Three police vehicles, with one carrying riot gears, arrived on scene sometime after two this afternoon but shortly after things got tense, it died down. We were told that a vehicle had blocked the […]
The City has been free of murders since Troy Polonio was gunned down on Raccoon Street on October fifteenth. But on Thursday night there was an attempt on at a group of persons partying at a house on Lizarraga Avenue even as children were in the neighbourhood truck and treating. The persons scrambled for safety […]
On Thursday night we reported that the Perdomo family has paid off the forty thousand dollar debt incurred by Joshua Perdomo after he received the money in 2009 for studies abroad and never returned to honour his bond. The House supported the write-off of the debt after it was reported that he couldn’t be located. […]
National Security Ministry John Saldivar will officially launch his bid for the leadership of the United Democratic Party on Sunday. Saldivar is going toe to toe with Patrick Faber for the post. A social media post by Shyne Barrow asserts that Saldivar enjoys the support of twenty-one standard bearers and their three hundred and thirty-six […]
The Public Accounts Committee, as an oversight body tasked with ensuring that there is transparency and accountability in the expenditure of government funds, has hit a bump in the road, following the submission of the Chairman’s report over a year ago. That’s because the relevant parties, including Prime Minister Dean Barrow to whom the report […]
Interestingly, Espat highlights the fact that both Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber and Minister of National Security John Saldivar, who sit on the Public Accounts Committee, are challenging the leadership of the United Democratic Party. In his opinion, the reputations of both government officials have been tainted by scandals, aside from the glaring conflict of […]
The uproar surrounding a debt write-off for monies owed to government by Joshua Perdomo is an obvious reason why there is a need for the Public Accounts Committee. Despite having been sidestepped in the past to avoid scrutiny, Chairman Espat says that in the interest of transparency, the matter should have been brought before PAC. […]
In early October, the government announced that it will be implementing the Land Tax Amnesty Programme after it was passed by the House and approved by the Senate in September. The programme raised eyebrows as to who will benefit since the government is writing off millions of dollars in taxes. Landowners who owe land taxes […]
The government and the Perdomo family took a beating when the Prime Minister introduced and got the nod of the House on a motion to write-off some forty thousand dollars owed by Joshua Perdomo, the son of the Cabinet Secretary, Carlos Perdomo. It was first said that Joshua could not be located and then that […]
The annual report of the Public Accounts Committee for 2017/2018 has been released. While it brings out areas where government has lost millions of dollars due to a number of factors, the Auditor General makes the point that it is not a true and fair view of the government because critical information has been erased […]
In 2009, the popular boledo franchise was privatized with Brads and Company Limited taking control of the administrative process. Brads was granted an exclusive ten-year contract and has been raking in millions of dollars in revenue while Government was paid only two million per year. Brads’ ten years is now up and after consideration, Cabinet decided […]
In Belize City this morning, a conference began bringing together the judicial arm of the courts from the entire region, including the Caribbean Court of Justice. The conference will be discussing a number of important judicial issues that will lead to an improvement of the administration of justice including reform and the ethical expectations of […]
CAJO Interim Chairman, Justice Peter Jamadar says that this year’s conference promises to surpass the expectations of attendees. The team of panelists is first-rate and renowned regional jurists are taking part as well as representatives from as far as Europe and Africa. As part of the discussion, the use of social media by the courts […]
Crucial to the discussion are ethical guidelines that judges should adhere to as it relates to the adjudication process. C.C.J. President Adrian Saunders says judges need to be sensitive to the possibility that they might be accused of bias. Adrian Saunders, President, C.C.J. “There are certain ethical guidelines that govern that kind of judicial […]
This Sunday, John Saldivar will be officially launching his campaign for the leadership of the United Democratic Party and is going up against the Deputy Party Leader Patrick Faber whose intention to lead the U.D.P. have been known for a long time. Now, Saldivar is lining up the ducks and is not shy about who […]
There is not good news for residents who consume or use potable water which is showing discoloration. The Ministry of Health today confirmed that the dirty looking water pouring out of your pipes is unsafe for consumption. Earlier this week, C.E.O. of the Belize Water Services, Alvan Haynes, appeared on national television and said “the slight […]
According to Flowers, the water is equally not suitable for other domestic use such as bathing, cooking and washing of white clothes. He says that the turbidity is twice the level prescribed by the World Health Organization. Anthony Flowers, Water Analyst, Ministry of Health “In terms of other domestic use like washing particularly white clothes; it […]
While B.W.S. and the ministry look at addressing the problem, a temporary solution would be to flush out the discoloured water until it becomes clear and safe for consumption and use. We reached out to C.E.O. Haynes to respond to the findings of Flowers. He told News Five that at no time did he say […]
Police were called out to the scene of an accident on the George Price Highway where a man was killed and another escaped the deadly wreck. Two well-known men, contractor Imer Hernandez was behind the wheel and Nelson Ayuso was in the passenger seat of a truck, when Hernandez lost control of his pick-up truck […]
News Five has received word that Dangriga Police are investigating the sudden death of an eighteen-year-old mother of two from the south. Shylee Polanco was taken to the Southern Regional Hospital on October twenty-third after she reportedly ingested poison; she died several days later on October twenty-sixth at the hospital. On Monday, the police said […]
According to Estella, the boyfriend was detained by the police on Saturday and later released on Monday, because there was insufficient evidence to levy a charge on him. Today, she was back at the police station seeking answers; Estella says she wants justice for the death of her daughter. On the Phone: Estella Polanco, […]
There was an itinerant sitting of the Caribbean Court of Justice here in Belize City this morning inside Courtroom Number One of the Supreme Court. The Maya Leaders Alliance, as well as representatives from the Attorney General’s Office, appeared once again before the appellate jurisdiction to present compliance and status reports in line with a […]
