After two successive crop season delays underscored by tension and strife in the industry, the 2015/2016 crop season started right on schedule. But even with that start there is concern since world market prices have dictated a very low first payment for farmers this crop. And if that’s not bad enough there is worse on […]
The house met today in Belmopan for the approval of more than forty million dollars being spent in three months but it is the curious tale of multi-millionaire fugitive David Schnitzer Nanes, caught in San Pedro and then given freedom by an even more curious judicial sleight of hand that continues to dominate centre stage. […]
But speaking on a more serious note, P.M. Barrow expressed that he greatly regrets the Nanes situation which has created some tension with our northernmost neighbour who had requested the extradition of the fugitive. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister “The advice was that the extradition treaty with Mexico had never been incorporated into our Municipal […]
After that apology of sorts to Mexico, P.M. Barrow also embarked on a variation of his infamous ‘for God’s sake stop it’ exhortation, and again…the issue is corruption in immigration and the involvement of Ministers in that corruption. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister “I tremendously regret that this has happened, it is an indictment to […]
Today’s sitting of the House of Representatives was the last of this year, and the one usually reserved for the only bit of goodwill and cheer ever seen in that chamber. It opened with the tabling of two motions for House approval of loans, one for the refurbishing of the Hummingbird Highway and the other […]
While there is some issue from the Opposition on the use of more than four million dollars on quote unquote flood relief just before elections, a major point of contention is also the way that money was distributed. John Briceño, Member for OW Central “There are people that need, and I am not disputing […]
The always feisty member for Toledo West, Oscar Requeña was on fire this morning, claiming that while Belize City residents got stoves and refrigerators, all the people of Toledo got was Ramen, and even then only a two day supply. Oscar Requeña, Member for Toledo West “If people in Belize City can receive television, […]
Costa Rican and Belizean officials are in negotiations over the fate of thousands of Cuban refugees stranded in Costa Rica for weeks where they were detained as they made their way to the United States through Central America and Mexico. Their journey took them first to Ecuador, then on to Colombia, Panama then Costa Rica. […]
The tragic death of three young girls, wards of the Princess Royal Youth Hostel, remains the subject of much scrutiny, condemnation and fiery debate. The minors, Sadisha Arnold, Ana Carlos and Elizabeth McKoy, were on lockdown for allegedly running away the day before, and authorities say that one of them started the fire as a […]
More than a month ago a plane landed at the Municipal Airstrip in Belize City at dawn and taxied into a parking spot. Whoever and whatever were on board then got into a waiting vehicle and departed the scene. To date investigators have not been able to determine who or what was in the plane, […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Lawrence Bernardez, a resident of Lakeland in Dangriga who has a long rap sheet, remains on the lam tonight after escaping from police custody on Wednesday. Police are seeking the public assistance in apprehending Bernardez, who is considered dangerous. He was being transported to the Belize Central Prison along with two other inmates, Edan […]
How did David Nanes Schnitzer acquire Belizean nationality and other IDs? A motion to summon former Acting Director of Immigration Maria Marin before the Senate will be filed during the next meeting scheduled for December ninth. If it gets the nod, Marin will be requested to appear before upper parliament to answer a battery of […]
A previous request for an inquiry into the Penner Passport Scandal in which South Korean Fugitive, Won Hong Kim got a Belizean passport while sitting in a Taiwan jail, did not pass in the U.D.P.-government controlled senate. The Immigration Minister at the time was Senator Godwin Hulse, who was also the minister when Nanes illegally […]
A recent Standard and Poor’s research affirms that Belize’s B minus, B rating has been revised to stable from positive, on what is being described as a weaker fiscal position. That frail status is the result of shortfalls due to pre-election disbursements, as well as settlements for the B.T.L. and B.E.L. nationalizations of 2009 and […]
El Espanol, Ernesto Alonso de Miguel was killed at a restaurant in Chetumal back on the fourteenth of November. Also killed was top police officer, Agustin Martinez Guevara. A Mexican newspaper is reporting that the Attorney General of Quintana Roo believes that El Espanol was killed by a Belizean and is requesting exchange of information […]
There are still only few details available on the Cessna single-engine aircraft with tail number YZ3241 which was found in an isolated area behind Spanish Lookout, Cayo District. The Cessna 210 landed on Tuesday near Aguacate Lagoon after one in the morning and soon after it was torched presumably to destroy the evidence. Its seared […]
There is great unrest in the core evangelical church structure in Belize tonight, following a distinct split in the previously powerful Belize Association of Evangelical Churches. Following what they say was their arbitrary suspension from the B.A.E.C.; thirty national executives representing two hundred plus churches across the country have now formed the National Evangelical Association […]
The evangelical body which is recognized by government is now governed by thirteen pastors based in Belize City. The new N.E.A.B., according to their numbers, represents almost two hundred and fifty churches in every district of the country. Still, even with the uneven proportion of representation, the Senator who now represents the Church in the […]
The division has far-reaching implications, especially with critical issues like LGBT rights and the gender policy. The major push in the evangelical stance on those issues came from the districts, and not from Belize City. Pastor Lance Lewis says that won’t change, and they will not back down from the hard-line stance they have taken. […]
With all that said, what isn’t being put right out there by these leaders is what they believe is one of the main reasons for the division – political manipulation. President of the B.A.E.C. Pastor Howell Longsworth is a long-time supporter and former candidate of the United Democratic Party. Many of those district leaders now […]
The senseless deaths on Saturday of three young girls…Shadisha Arnold, Elizabeth McKoy and Ana Carlos, is still dominating conversation. It happened at the Princess Royal Youth Hostel, where the three girls were burned alive when caretakers could not open the door of the room they were locked in. It is a tragedy in every sense […]
COLA applauding the government on any one thing is big. But imagine COLA commending government twice in one interview. That’s what happened today. President Geovanni Brackett and his organization led the charge for a Forward Operating Base at the Sarstoon, and the news of a groundbreaking next week is welcome. Of course, Brackett says that […]
Police are tight-lipped today after an alleged drug plane landed at a remote location behind the Spanish Lookout Community sometime after midnight. Official details are practically nonexistent, perhaps because Police do not have much to offer at this time. But unofficially, News Five has learned that at around one this morning a plane was heard […]
The families of three fire victims who perished inside a padlocked room at the Princess Youth Hostel are still reeling over their horrific deaths. Today, the families of the minors received their charred remains prompting deep emotions and pain. Two of the minors were interned at the facility for a year, but the other enrolled […]
There are lingering questions on the death of Shadisha Arnold, Ana Carlos and Elizabeth McKoy. As far as we know, the independent investigation led by a former magistrate, Margaret Nicholas, has already begun and she has received preliminary information on the fire, including a riot that took place on the compound in the aftermath of […]
