Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Julius Espat has summoned the members of that committee to a meeting. That is set for this Wednesday, but meanwhile there is much drama being played out between G.O.B. and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. That started with a release from the Office of the Prime Minister […]
There was a contraction of the economy in the first quarter of 2013 – a negative point five percent. The Statistical Institute of Belize cited downturns in the citrus, banana and electricity industries. But there seems to be no reason to panic or to expect more of the same in the second half of the […]
Last Friday, police detained a San Ignacio woman, who was in hiding, for allegedly plotting to have her husband eliminated. Frances Ayala Wilson and her husband, Glen Wilson, have been separated for a year, but months ago, it came to light that Frances had allegedly approached a female police officer and offered money for her […]
On the first of August we broke the story of a woman in San Ignacio who had allegedly put a hit on her husband, a wealthy British national, Glen Wilson. It’s a story in the line of old Black Widow thrillers where the woman marries a man, then arranges for his death and makes off […]
A fire at an apartment complex on Canondale Street in Lake Independence on Thursday nearly claimed the lives of two children, three year old Shanika Reneau and four year old Shevaun Reneau. If not for the heroic actions of one man, we would tonight be lamenting the tragic deaths of the toddlers trapped in their […]
Media teams from across the country are currently in the deep-south on a SATIIM-hosted tour of the Sarstoon Temash National Park. That’s the intention, anyway. In recent days things have gotten decidedly testy between SATIIM, US Capital and the government. Last Friday, SATIIM rangers and Mayan leaders were involved in a standoff with PG Police […]
A press release on the BCB Holdings website says that Yumi Limited, a British Virgin Islands Company, has entered into an agreement to purchase the exclusive Caye Chapel Resort. The terms of the transaction, says the release, provide for an initial non-refundable payment prior to a due diligence period from September first to November fourteenth, […]
There was a traffic accident in San Pedro Town early this morning. Two persons were injured when the Polaris they were travelling in slammed into a fence. The injured victims are nineteen year old Julia Mejia, a waitress at a local bar, and Giovanni Guerra, a tour guide, both of Ambergris Caye. The accident occurred […]
The case of former Belize Football Federation President, Bertie Chimilio, for unpaid income taxes amounting to thirty-three thousand dollars continued today in the court of Magistrate Leslie Hamilton. Testifying was main witness, Ann Castillo, who shed light on the discussions and subsequent assessment that the department undertook to determine Chimilio’s income. At the end of […]
There are serious rumblings in the Football Federation of Belize right now. The players who represented Belize at the Gold Cup have not received the payment they were promised. The F.F.B. says that as soon as they receive money from CONCACAF for participation in the Gold Cup Team Belize will be paid. It hasn’t made […]
Last Friday there was a standoff between Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, Maya Leaders and the Police when the group attempted to leave Punta Gorda by boat to visit Temash Two, the location of a drill pad currently under construction by U.S. Capital Energy. And tonight we can report that there is further tension […]
Two toddlers were pulled out of a house engulfed in a blazing fire this morning in the Lake Independence area. The two children, one four and the other three years old, were home alone in an apartment when the fire erupted. The father was at work and the mother had left them briefly to run […]
It has been two days since a major fire destroyed Ramon’s Village Resort in San Pedro Town…and the hotel’s management is wasting no time in picking up the pieces. Hotelier, Richard Hedrick, flew in from the United States today to assess damages and meet with his staff to discuss the way forward. News Five understands […]
OCEANA’s Vice President of Southern and Central America, Alex Muñoz, is in Belize. He’s here to deal with the transition from former VP Audrey Matura-Shepherd to a new, as yet unselected leader for OCEANA’s operations in Belize. That new head of OCEANA will now be a Country Director who will report directly to Muñoz. We’ll […]
On August eighth, the Friends for Conservation and Development detained two Guatemalans who were farming on our side of the border. That’s not exactly a rare event, but in this case, the farming was being done on a twenty-acre plot of land within the Caracol Archaeological Reserve. The men were handed over to the San […]
And there was another incident on August twenty-first in the area of Ceibo Chico. This time FCD rangers, Police and B.D.F. personnel came under fire as they approached about fifty Guatemalans panning for gold in the Chiquibul. There’s been no official report of the incident from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but according to Manager […]
The former president of the Football Federation of Belize, Bertie Chimilio, was summoned to court this morning. The Income Tax Department is attempting to collect over thirty thousand dollars which it claims Chimilio owes the department. But the case was adjourned because a witness did not appear. The department says Chimilio owes them thirty-three thousand […]
Ramon’s Village Resort is a landmark in the prime tourism destination of San Pedro, but a huge fire on Tuesday night swept through the iconic resort destroying almost fifty percent of the cabanas. It is one of the most destructive fires on the island and millions of dollars went up in smoke in a matter […]
Earlier today, we caught up with the Minister of Tourism, Manuel Heredia Jr., a resident of San Pedro Town. Heredia Junior commented on the huge loss to tourism and the efforts by hoteliers on the island, as well as the Belize Tourism Board to assist guests of Ramon’s Village Resort who were affected by the […]
Less than two weeks ago celebrated Belize Jaguar defensive star Ian ‘Yellow’ Gaynair discovered that he had been stripped of his piece of the jewel. Years ago, Gaynair had been given a parcel of land in Lake Independence. It was swampland, so gradually he had been having it filled. But that land was taken away […]
On Tuesday, the People’s United Party issued a declaration condemning government’s refusal to even consider the restructuring of the Public Accounts Committee. It was in response to a release from the office of Prime Minister Dean Barrow last week. That release rejected the proposed restructuring of PAC as contrary to the Standing Orders of the […]
A decade after it was established, the National Institute of Culture and History, is redefining itself. At the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts, NICH unveiled a new culture policy in draft form which it intends to implement in the early part of next year. Key to the new national policy is the issue of […]
Goleador Woodrow West and midfielder Ian Gaynair, star players on the Belize Jaguars, were today bestowed with the Gilmore Henkson Fair Play Trophy for their honesty and patriotism during their participation in CONCACAF’s Gold Cup 2013. The pair blew the whistle on a potential match fixer, who offered them thousands of Euros to throw their […]
On Sunday a high-level delegation from Mexico’s Foreign Ministry visited Belize. That delegation included Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Antonio Meade and his Vice-Minister Vanessa Rubio. As far as diplomatic visits go this one was relatively low key. But there were discussions on critical matters including bi-lateral agreements in trade and other areas. Those […]
In July, INTERPOL issued a warrant for the arrest of twenty-eight year old San Ignacio resident Michael Silva. Silva is wanted in connection with the September 2011 murder of nineteen year old Maritza Santos, his girlfriend. Police say that when they visited Silva’s home in San Ignacio, they found Santos dead with injuries to the […]
