Just days before his departure from his home village of Cotton Tree, a twenty-one year old popular resident was shot and killed. Omar Barahona Junior was at a family get-together when he was murdered. Omar was along with his cousin and Devon Brooks when he was targeted by a fourth person. But even as seven […]
A well-orchestrated robbery was executed with precision on Thursday at the Toledo Teachers Credit Union in the south. A pair of robbers made away with over a hundred thousand dollars in Belize and U.S. currency which would have been used for pensioners, as well as other payments on Friday. After they cut padlocks, shutters and […]
There is further controversy leading up to the election for the executive of the Football Federation of Belize which takes place on June twenty-fourth. Former President Ruperto Vicente and Acting President Marlon Kuylen are the only two who can compete for the coveted top post. That is because the 2016 F.F.B. presidential candidate Sergio Chuc […]
The F.F.B. has since brought in CONCACAF to oversee the election process, but Chuc expects to throw a wrench in that process. Now, seven associations with two votes each make up seventy percent of the voting; the other thirty percent is represented by the league, all in all a total of twenty votes will determine […]
The diplomatic and visitor’s visas of Minister Edmond Castro were revoked in May, but the reason remains under a cloud of suspicion. News of the revocation came via a press release from the minister, though there was no reason provided for the cancellation. Now, the minister has been named as a player in a visa […]
In open court, as well as during a recent testimony before the Senate Special Select Committee, Burgess has gone on record to state that the U.S. Embassy is in possession of an audio recording of Minister Edmond Castro. Earlier today, we also asked Chargé d’affaires Adrienne Galanek for a brief comment on the matter. While […]
The Belmopan Bandits recently played its last game in the NEBL Finals. Players and fans of the basketball team owner by Minister of Defense John Saldivar did not show up for the away match in government transportation, namely the Boston Whalers gifted to the Coastguard by the U.S. Government. Instead, they did so privately, following […]
He faces two years in prison, but senior forensic ballistic examiner Orlando Vera, convicted for abetment to pervert the course of justice, is fighting his conviction and sentence. Today, he applied for bail pending the hearing of his inferior appeal to the Supreme Court. Defense attorney Anthony Sylvestre argued that his client did not need […]
A trio of teenagers were handed suspended prison sentences for their roles in the robbery of entertainer Tanya Carter more than a week ago. Magistrate Carlon Mendoza sentenced nineteen year old Darwin Monroy to one year in prison, suspended. He has been further ordered to enroll and complete the Apprenticeship Program, attend counseling with the […]
Corporal punishment was outlawed in Belizean schools in 2013, despite much complaint from the teaching corps. Previously, it was only the province of the principal or designated teacher to spank or corporally discipline an errant youngster. Teachers have since been trained to spare the rod, though not to spoil the child. But News Five has […]
There is another fatal shooting up north in the Corozal District. At this time, police are at the scene in the village of Chunox where a resident was shot this evening. Reports are that four officers responded to a report of violence at a house adjacent to E and R shop in the village. There […]
Family and friends of Zeidy Orosco and Balthazar Lopez were emotional with grief today as the couple was laid to rest in Corozal Town. The outpouring of support for the family of the couple has been constant all week, but today the final farewell was marked with the pain of loss. A post mortem concluded […]
There is another round of costly litigation coming our way, and once again it has to do with Belize Telemedia Limited. The Government of Belize paid half of the settlement figure last year, although it was delayed due to miscalculation over the value of the currency in which it was paid – U.S. dollars versus […]
Without a doubt the matter will be going to the CCJ, which FinSec Joseph Waight says is provided for under the settlement agreement signed in Miami, Florida in 2015 between Lord Michael Ashcroft and Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Ninety-five million U.S. dollar is about one-third of Belize’s current foreign reserves, but there is no justification, […]
According to a U.S. court decision, the eighteen-point-five million U.S.-dollar arbitral award for the Belize Bank Limited against the Government will not be reconsidered. It leaves only an injunction granted in Belize in February on which a decision is expected in a few weeks’ time. The Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C. Circuit on […]
A rift in the membership of the Church-State Commission will result in separate reports being presented to the Government of Belize. The Commission was formed in the wake of the August, 2016 ruling by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin which allows for consenting adults to engage in certain sexual acts previously deemed unnatural in privacy. Leaders […]
Reverend Papouloute expects that the report of the Council of Churches will be produced once all its executive members are together in a few weeks’ time. But despite the separate reports being made, the relationship between the members of the Council, he expects, will survive this temporary rift. Like his colleague Anglican Bishop Philip Wright, […]
A partial appeal of Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin’s historic decision on Section Fifty-three of the Criminal Code of Belize is set for hearing at the Belize Court of Appeal. However, only the Roman Catholic Diocese and the Attorney General in part will be appealing. The Belize Council of Churches; Belize Association of Evangelical Churches; and […]
Five murders in just over a month in Corozal have thrown the municipality in the grips of a murder spree. Today, the bodies of a missing couple were found at around two o’clock. Families of Zeidy Orozco and Balthazar Lopez had decided to discontinue their searches in the coming days, when the grim discovery was […]
There have been two double murders reported in the Corozal District within the past six weeks. The first incident involved the gruesome abduction and strangulation of Canadian-American couple Francesca Matus and Drew Thomas DeVoursney. They were similarly reported missing on April twenty-fifth, prior to departing the country. Despite locating their vehicle several days after, the […]
Before the gruesome discovery of Lopez and Orozco, the body of a third murder victim was found. He is a twenty-one-year-old Orange Walk resident who was shot and killed in the Dominguez Layout area of Corozal on Tuesday night. According to his mother, Brandon Lee Tesecum had been receiving death threats since last week. Those […]
In the city, another killer remains on the loose, following the shooting death of twenty-seven-year-old Jerson Carballo on Monday night. The deadly spray of bullets happened at the corners of Electric and Lawrence avenues, in the Saint Martin De Porres area, sometime around midnight, while the Radisson employee was heading home on bicycle. It is […]
The Senate Special Select Committee called former Minister of Immigration and Nationality and National Security Carlos Perdomo as its sole witness today. Perdomo presided over the Ministry during the early part of the period under investigation, 2011-2013. He was questioned about various issues under his tenure, including the case of Paul Ku, who was granted […]
But how would ministers handle request for assistance with passport and nationality applications? Perdomo said he told the auditors that in his time, he would send a note inquiring about the reason behind a delay for a particular application and address it to Director Ruth Meighan, but that he did not consider this interference – […]
The “culture of corruption” has become a theme of the Senate Inquiry. Various Immigration officers have come forward to acknowledge that the department was largely at the mercy of ministers of government and their lackeys who pretty much got what they wanted at double speed. Even those not involved have said they stay far away […]
