Business senator Mark Lizarraga, in his presentation, expressed concern over the request for ten million dollars in additional capital, since there is not yet a detailed breakdown of how the initial twenty million dollar startup has been disbursed. The complaint, says Lizarraga, has been heeded by fellow Senator Joy Grant, the minister whose responsibility encompasses […]
Thirty-seven year old Owen Alexander Parham, a vendor of the Cayo area was today convicted of one of five criminal offenses. Parham was facing a string of charges including attempted robbery, harm and aggravated assault upon Special Constable, James Stuart as well as resisting arrest. Prosecutor in the case Inspector Hector Rodriguez called two […]
On Saturday, September sixth, Police discovered a grenade in an abandoned building on Banak Street. Just four days after, on the tenth of September, when the city was buzzing with the celebrations, police discovered another grenade. The second dangerous device was discovered on Mayflower Street in an overgrown lot. Police say tips led them to […]
The United States prosecutors are seeking the extradition of Belizean Andrew Godfrey and four other executives named in a major scheme to launder money, hide investments and evade taxes. On Tuesday, the Financial Intelligence Unit with assistance of local police for hours stormed IPC Corporate Services LLC on Coney Drive and took control of files […]
There is yet another allegation of police brutality to report tonight to add to a growing list of such allegations in the past week. Nineteen year old Armani Bailey claims that police officers did a routine search on him on Wednesday and found nothing, but what he says happened after that, is anything but routine. […]
Despite what seems to be the best efforts of the Police, and no official or unofficial comment from the government, Minister of Education Patrick Faber remains in the hot seat. The senior U.D.P. official is accused of choking and punching a female employee of the Ministry of Education, one with who he was allegedly in […]
But as impassioned as the plea from Shoman was, there were no takers from the government side. News Five spoke to leader of government business Senator Godwin Hulse after the meeting and asked him point blank for his opinion on the allegations against Faber. Hulse didn’t really have much to say, except that he’d be […]
The Prime Minister has made no comment on the accusation against the Minister of Education but the Special Envoy for Women and Children, Kim Simplis Barrow issued a statement today. In a message, the special envoy encourages both women and men to report acts of violence and follow through with legal proceedings; stressing that fear, […]
Belize has been named in a five hundred million US dollar tax fraud scheme. For months, there have been investigations that various companies, including Titan International Securities were using Belize as cover for tax evasion and money laundering. Earlier today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and major U.S. financial news outlets reported indictments of six […]
Minister of Education Patrick Faber is taking significant heat at the moment. The senior U.D.P. Member of Parliament has been accused of assaulting two women during a party at his home in Lord’s Bank Friday night. One of the women, an employee of the ministry who is allegedly involved in an intimate relationship with Minister […]
The People’s United Party has called on the police to carry out and complete an investigation into the matter. That seems distinctly unlikely, based on the response by the police on Monday and also based on past experience. Faber has been in trouble at least twice before – once when he threw a cement block […]
The plight of Uwahnie Martinez, a former employee of CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Dangriga Branch, concluded this morning with the bank formally accepting her resignation. This succeeds a meeting with firstCaribbean’s regional executive who flew in from Barbados to sit down with the Christian Workers Union. The union represents Martinez who claims that she had been reprimanded […]
CWU President Audrey Matura says the meeting was held to address three pertinent issues relating to Uwahnie Martinez’s employment situation. That discussion, she said, was chaired by Ella Hoyos, who flew in from CIBC FirstCaribbean’s headquarters in Barbados to do damage control. Audrey Matura-Shepherd, President, Christian Workers Union “The main person conducting the meeting […]
According to Ella Hoyos, Managing Director for CIBC FirstCaribbean, the bank has a no discrimination policy where it concerns race and language; however, certain aspects of the policy will be revised within the coming months to address the issue of language usage across the region. Ella Hoyos, Managing Director, Human Resources, CIBC “I have […]
On August fourteenth, after almost a year of so-called intense investigations, former Southern Regional Hospital Administrator Nasley Sommerville finally appeared before the Services Commission to determine her fate in the Public Service. Following an audit of that region by the Auditor-General, Sommerville is accused of using her authority to embezzle over three hundred and sixty-six […]
Minister of Education Patrick Faber is neck deep in a personal and political scandal tonight. The senior government minister has been accused of assaulting a staff member and her friend while at a party at his home in Lord’s Bank on Friday night. The shocking report was made to the Ladyville Police Station at five […]
Despite being up that proverbial creek without a paddle, Faber has both hands in the water and is churning up a storm. Interestingly, while the report speaks about the Minister of Education choking a young woman and punching her in the face twice, Faber maintains that he is an upstanding citizen, and in his opinion, […]
The Minister didn’t deny the incident happened, but insisted the report was withdrawn. As Minister of Education, Faber travels the nation speaking to students, encouraging them to reach for the stars and do the right thing but it’s not looking good for the young Minister, who says he’s only human. In the end, Faber turned […]
At a press briefing called today, the newly formed Public Relations Unit of the Police did their best in a bad situation. When asked the question about the report made against Faber, Police Press Officer Raphael Martinez appeared uncomfortable. And as to the report – well the police line is that it was withdrawn, so […]
One man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a San Pedro resident. Rolando Espat Junior was executed early on Saturday morning reportedly by someone he knew and with whom he had a standing rivalry. Police believe Espat Junior’s murder may have a bearing to a previous murder in the island. Rolando is […]
There was another murder, this time in the dangerous streets of the south side in the Old Capital. Thirty-eight year old mechanic, Jason Paulino, was shot to the head, abdomen and left shoulder as he sat inside his yard on Neal Pen Road. Just before ten on Sunday morning, Paulino and two friends were socializing […]
The threat of a grenade attack during the September Celebrations is very real, following a bold attempt in September 2008 when a hand-thrown bomb was hurled into a crowd of spectators during the Carnival Road March. While that explosive did not detonate and was safely defused, there have been a number of grenade attacks since […]
It has been rather quiet over the past few days in the Old Capital…that was until this morning when the silence on the streets of the city was shattered by the blasts of gunfire. The bullets, at least six, we are told, all found their mark on a twenty-one-year-old resident of St. Martin De Porres […]
There was a late-morning armed holdup in Belize City today, where thieves entered a business establishment on Fabers Road Extension and proceeded to lift several items, including cash from the Chinese grocery store. Quick response from the police department subsequently led to the apprehension of six individuals inside a residence a block away. According to […]
Police are also reporting a disturbing incident of rape in the city. A seventeen-year-old female minor is reporting that she was raped inside a hotel on the Phillip Goldson Highway. According to police, around one-twenty-five Thursday morning, officers visited the hotel where the minor claimed she was raped by an unknown male person. She reported […]
