In Tuesday’s newscast, we told you of a brazen daylight shooting in San Pedro Town just outside the cargo area of Maya Island Air on the island. A gunman took aim at thirty-one year old taxi-man Juan Menjivar as he stood on the sidewalk just a few yards from his vehicle. As many as six […]
Members of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of the American States began arriving today in Belize ahead of the November fourth elections. There are thirteen members to the delegation, headed by Ambassador Jacinth Henry-Martin, Chief of Staff to O.A.S. Secretary General Luis Almagro. Henry-Martin and her team will meet with officials of the […]
By this time next week Wednesday, most polls would have been closed around the country for this year’s general elections. Today, the Council of Churches urged all Belizeans to put the interest of the country above and beyond self-interest on November fourth. The council also encourages institutions of law and order to be vigilant, responsible […]
A high-ranking member of the British Army arrived in Belize today and met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow this afternoon. He is Lieutenant General James Everard. One of the main points of discussion involves the reestablishment of BATSUB in Belize due to the increase in training exercises that are taking place on Belizean terrain. News […]
Three Belize City men accused of the November twenty-third 2012 murder of B.D.F. soldier James Noralez learnt their fate this morning. Noralez’s bullet ridden body was found lying on the pavement at the intersection of Faber’s Road Extension and the Western Highway. Judge Troadio Gonzalez ruled that Tyrone Meighan, Orel Leslie, and Brandon Baptist had […]
A small twin-engine plane landed at the Municipal Airstrip at around five-thirty this morning – before the facility opens at six. There is no sign of the pilot, passengers or cargo in the American-registered Piper Seneca which may have originated in Managua, Nicaragua. In fact, up to this afternoon, police had no clue as to […]
In August of 2015, the Prime Minister announced that he had reached a settlement with Fortis over the nationalization of Belize Electricity Limited. He announced at the time that the deal involved a seventy-million-dollar payment and thirty-three percent of shares to be retained by Fortis. But did Prime Minister Dean Barrow sign a secret agreement […]
Shoman says that the secret agreement serves to indemnify BECOL against any regularity or legal action which may be brought for the next twenty years – and also commits G.O.B. to making good any losses which BECOL may potentially suffer during that period. Lisa Shoman, Senator, People’s United Party “In the event a Court […]
While the People’s United Party was disclosing what it calls a secret deal at Independence Hall, the Prime Minister was at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital attending the handing over of a new unit to the hospital. There, he dismissed the claim that the statement of comfort was not disclosed when he announced the settlement […]
Barrow also told the media that at the time when government took over B.E.L., Belize Electric Company Limited was not on the table and that the government will never go after the Fortis-owned company. When quizzed today, the PM also disclosed that Fortis was being exempted from various taxes, saying there was nothing out of […]
But is this just much ado over nothing? That question came up at the press briefing this morning, since the Prime Minister had made mention of a statement of comfort which he had signed with Fortis. Shoman says that where this deal is concerned, there’s no comfort at all for Belizeans. Lisa Shoman, Senator, […]
A protest was held today in Punta Gorda where another court appearance of the Santa Cruz Thirteen took place before Magistrate Emerson Banner. Supporters gathered around the courthouse in solidarity with the thirteen Maya leaders who were charged on June twenty-fourth for the unlawful imprisonment of Rupert Myles. Myles, the husband of a Maya woman, […]
On Friday, we showed you a group of almost two hundred men and women who were granted Belizean citizenship by the Immigration and Nationality Department. The timing of the swearing-in, eleven days ahead of the upcoming general elections, has been raising eyebrows in many quarters. New information, however, confirm what many people had been saying; […]
Earlier today, we attempted to reach the Minister of Immigration, Godwin Hulse, but he was unavailable. According to Saldivar, the Penner scandal in September 2013 was what broke the camel’s back because the irregular issuance of passports was taking place for some time. And as the documents would show, the Minister of Immigration himself was […]
Late this evening, News Five was able to confirm reports that there was an armed robbery in San Ignacio. It happened at around four, and the victims were two Madisco employees who had just finished making deliveries in a white Kia truck. The truck was parked behind the Scotiabank when it was approached by two […]
Did Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega dispatch members of the feared Gang Suppression Unit to terrorize residents of San Jose in the Orange Walk District? That’s a question to which we certainly won’t get a definitive, official and credible answer. But the residents who woke up before dawn on Sunday to the sounds of the […]
Bomba is a small community off the Old Northern Highway in the Belize Rural North constituency. There are twenty-seven families living in the village without electricity even though wires were installed since January of this year. So while the families live without power supply, they now have to face other challenges resulting from the flooding […]
A claim against the Government of Belize filed by businessman Mike Menjivar, proprietor of La Cabana Restaurant and Bar, was dismissed this morning in the Supreme Court. The protracted legal battle followed a raid on Menjivar’s residence in Belmopan in May 2011. The lawsuit fell apart today when his attorney failed to comply with specific […]
According to Menjivar, the dismissal of the matter will force them back to the drawing board. The case against government however, will only rear its head in another form. Miguel Menjivar, Suit Against G.O.B. Dismissed “They had abused in such an extreme way all of our things, business, family, rights and everything. So, I […]
Just before midnight on Thursday, the Camalote campaign office of U.D.P. Standard Bearer Ralph Huang was destroyed by fire and police are investigating the blaze as a case of arson. The Cayo South aspirant doesn’t know whose dunnit, but he says someone saw some flammable liquid in a basket or bucket. The current area representative, […]
In late September, two hundred plus persons became new Belizeans. The group of two hundred and thirteen persons from a diverse number of countries took the oath to become new citizens of Belize. today, less than two weeks before the November fourth elections, approximately two hundred more immigrants were sworn-in at the George Price Center. […]
In the wake of the Penner passport scandal, the Immigration and Nationality Department has been walking on eggshells. The ministry came under intense scrutiny amid the fiasco and since then, the government announced new systems and policies in an effort to thwart immigration offences within the department. It is uncertain whether those policies extend to […]
Police are on the lookout for an alleged robber; the second suspect of an attempted robbery at the Commercial Center near the foot of the Swing Bridge in the City on Thursday. Two men and not three as originally reported went to Kephawn’s Pawnshop with the intent to commit the robbery; one was stopped on […]
The Bliss Center for the Performing Arts is off limits. That’s the news tonight….it means activities at the dance studio and the auditorium have been canceled. The rains over the weekend caused the roof to leak and as a result, the flooring was extensively damage and there is a fear that the ceiling in the […]
As we said, one of immediate affected parties is the Belize National Dance Company. The group is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. It was preparing for a celebration concert at the Bliss which would have been held along with a dance exhibit to showcase its journey and add to the overall experience of those in attendance. […]
