While he would not put forward what percentage of Cabinet is in favor of a yes vote, the prime minister does acknowledge that there are indeed a few members who remain undecided on the matter. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I can say, even at this early stage, that the vast majority of the individual […]
The relationship between Belize and Guatemala is at times tense, but for the sake of carrying out the education campaign successfully, the existing state of affairs between both countries must be preserved. Key to maintaining the status quo is the O.A.S. Office at the Adjacency Zone. PM Barrow discusses the role of the Organization of […]
Before the I.C.J. referendum is held next year, there is the matter of the re-registration exercise spearheaded by the Elections and Boundaries Department, which is set to begin on July first. That exercise will run in the millions of dollars. Government has since allocated monies that will go toward a budget leading up to next […]
The prices of fuel at the gas pumps are up yet again. Those increases come almost two weeks after the last hike and will see the cost of premium gasoline decreasing nominally. The overall increase is being attributed to an uptick in the cost per barrel of oil on the world market, however, PM Barrow […]
News Five understands that the persistent issue of correspondent banking was also a factor in government’s decision to source fuel from the U.S. Gulf Coast. Admittedly, G.O.B. has also been facing problems with servicing its debt to Venezuela. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “That no doubt was part of our decision not to place anymore […]
Belmopan’s Mayor Khalid Belisle was awoken on Monday night to the sound of gun blasts. Located on Cohune Walk in the capital, there were at least four bullet holes on the concrete structure of his house and another four shots to a car parked on the street in front of the mayor’s house. Belisle retired […]
Monday night’s shooting in Cohune Walk happened less than a hundred feet away from a police booth at the entrance of the community. That checkpoint, according to Mayor Belisle, has been out of operation and is in need of urgent repair. While those works are pending, he is focusing tonight on beefing up security at […]
There has been a recent trend of accused murderers seeking bail while on remand for their charges. It is a symptom of the heavy backlog in cases at the Supreme Court, and defense attorneys have been taking advantage; though not all cases have been successful. Today, Tibruce Street residents Jedd Burgess and Micah Tillett sought […]
The Belize City Council says it is not interested in taking back any of the six employees fired a week ago. A meeting took place today with the executive of the Christian Workers’ Union and employee representatives. Notably, Mayor of Belize City Bernard Wagner and C.W.U. president Evan “Mose” Hyde are brothers-in-law—a fact which Hyde […]
Barely two weeks after the last change, there are further changes to report tonight in relation to fuel prices, which take effect at midnight on Wednesday. Premium gasoline moves down from eleven dollars thirty-nine cents to eleven dollars thirty-six cents, a difference of three cents, and kerosene moves down to seven dollars and seventy-five cents […]
It was one of those rare court cases that didn’t wrap up when the courts normally close at five o’clock. But that’s not even the most unusual thing about the case of Andre Perez and others versus Daniel Guerrero and others along with Catherine Cumberbatch and the Attorney General. Perez and Guerrero were the two […]
At around midday today, San Pedro police conducted a search at the residence of thirty-seven-year-old Brionne Deston Swift, a fisherman of the DFC area. The joint operation led to the discovery of a transparent plastic bag containing eight point four grams of cocaine hidden inside a speaker. They also found several quantities of cannabis amounting […]
Tensions flared up at the western border over the weekend when authorities sought to clear the area to allow for the discharge of construction material. Government has decided to upgrade the perimeter fence to improve the flow of traffic and other activity. Now, Guatemalan taxi drivers are known to operate freely in the adjacency zone, […]
Amid the chaos that ensued at the border on Sunday, the Guatemalan media also reported that students from neighboring Melchor who commute to Benque Viejo daily to attend school, would be refused entry at the border. According to Ambassador Guerra, that was furthest from the truth. He says the rumor was immediately cleared up during […]
An American businessman was murdered in cold blood inside his restaurant in San Pedro Town on Sunday night. Lamont Lipka of Texas, U.S.A was inside his bar and grill on the south end of the island when a man walked inside and fired several shots killing him behind the cash register. Police say they are […]
More than two weeks after Demetrio Pott and his brother were badly beaten following a traffic accident in Trial Farm, Orange Walk on April twenty-seventh. The forty-seven-year-old succumbed to his injuries this Saturday at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he and his brother were attacked immediately after they had crashed into another vehicle. Late […]
Richard Hyde is tonight in big trouble with the law after he was charged on Saturday and arraigned today for the murder of Luis Monge, who was killed on Friday morning in Belmopan during a stabbing outside of La Cabana Night Club. Monge and a friend had pursued Hyde who reportedly stole a chain from […]
A seventeen-year-old minor from Mayflower Street in Belize City was remanded today following a shooting incident on Saturday morning, in which a minor was injured. According to police, just before ten a.m., officers responded to shots fired at the corner of Vernon Street and Central American Boulevard. Upon arrival there, police were informed that a […]
A first of its kind election petition was heard in the courtroom of Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin today between the slates of the two major political parties, who contested the March election in San Pedro Town. It pits United Democratic Party incumbent Daniel Guerrero against his People’s United Party rival Andre Perez, as well as […]
After three days of litigation, Supreme Court Justice Courtney Abel issued a comprehensive judgment against Sunshine Holdings Limited’s claim for compensation, in respect of shares it owned in Belize Telemedia Limited before its acquisition in 2009, and again in 2011. At the minimum, it sought funds to satisfy a pair of loans owed to the […]
The case was comprehensively lost, but did Sunshine really lose anything? Not according to Justice Abel. He found that the company had been fully relieved by its owner, the government, of liability of debt to the Social Security Board and to the government itself. This was confirmed during the trial in the testimony of Financial […]
So at long last, is it over? The now nearly nine-year saga of Telemedia’s acquisition by government started in August of 2009 and effectively concluded with the settlement in 2015. That settlement was defined and ratified by the C.C.J. in October 2016 and again in November 2017 as to the level of payments to both […]
The Belize City Council has broken its silence on the dismissal of six employees earlier this week, including City Administrator Candice Miller. While the writings were on the wall for the embattled senior manager, ever since her suspension on April fifth, the unforeseen termination of five others has taken the public by surprise. On Tuesday, […]
Sacking Candice Miller, whose contract as city manager extends to 2021, and several of her colleagues from City Hall, has likely exposed the Belize City Council to litigation. Those lawsuits challenging the legality of their dismissal, will only add to other claims that the Wagner administration has inherited. So is CitCo headed down a litigious […]
The torching of Human Resources Manager Sharlene Rudon’s vehicle continues to be investigated as a criminal matter. The Ford Escape SUV was scorched by a firebomb on Wednesday night while Rudon was asleep inside her home on 4th Street. The clear attempt at arson is believed to have been politically motivated, in the wake of […]
