The debate on the budget 2011-2012 got underway today in Belmopan. The leader of the Opposition, John Briceño, was first to deliver his presentation; it was a punchy speech with good sound bytes that drew holes in the Prime Minister’s budget of eight hundred and forty-three million dollars in revenue and grants and eight hundred […]
Back inside the National Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition tackled the government and its supporters in English and Creole. But when it came to the portion of his speech that was in Spanish, it was unwelcomed by the other side. The Speaker of the House allowed Briceño to continue his oral Spanish excerpt, but […]
The cost of fuel, which is directly linked to the spiraling world market prices, was also discussed by the Opposition Party. John Briceño reminded the Prime Minister about his no new taxes promise, but pointed out that there is a large increase in the price of fuel at the pump, particularly Premium gas which has […]
While the P.U.P. protest continued below the stairs of the parliament in the sweltering heat, the leader of the opposition continued his assault on the administration’s budget. With over twenty murders since the beginning of the year and countless shootings, the Opposition believes that government hasn’t provided a viable solution to crime. John Briceño, Leader […]
When the United Democratic Party won in 2008, the twenty-one pledges in the party’s manifesto played an important role in the landslide victory. Briceño punched many holes in that manifesto since he sees most of the pledges as nothing but empty promises three years later. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “Sadly this budget will […]
There have been twenty-four murders this year, twelve in this month alone. Sometime after seven this morning, the body of a fifty-four year old woman was discovered at her house in Orange Walk Town. She goes by the name of Isis Nassar and holds Lebanese and British passports. There are no known relatives in Belize […]
In our newscast on Wednesday night, we also reported on the murder of Philip Swift. Swift was killed in close proximity of his house on Ebony Street shortly after five o’clock in the evening. Up until news time, no arrests have been made nor has police been able to conclusively determine a motive. News Five’s […]
The past weekend claimed four lives and tonight there’s a fifth murder in as many days. It happened just after five this evening when many were heading home from work and traffic was thick in the area of the Vernon Street Bridge and fish market. Nineteen year old Philip Swift, a.k.a. P.J., was gunned down […]
Representatives of the Belize Grassroots Youth Empowerment Association and squatters from Harmonyville descended on the capital today. The discord between them has been brewing for some time over who gets to own property at the new community at Mile forty one on the western highway. Today, it went up a few notches when they went […]
Debate on the budget 2011-2012 starts this Thursday and you can expect fiery opposition from one side of the house. One issue that is surely to get its share of attention has to with the removal of GST on gasoline and diesel and its replacement with an increase in import duties. That measure was announced […]
There was a fire in Belize City early this morning in the heart of the entertainment section of the old capital. A jeep belonging to the president of JD Financial was ablaze across the street from the B.T.L. Park. The vehicle was parked while Joseph Marinan was asleep in his apartment. Marinan is known for […]
The Women in Politics Project by the National Women’s Commission has attracted women from all walks of life, encouraging them to join the political process. It’s a new project but many agree that it has had some degree of success. But when women went knocking at the doors of the Commission today, they were not […]
Three Cuban nationals have been missing since the cargo vessel, Helga, encountered bad weather and rough waters, which caused it to capsize on Saturday night. Eight others were found floating in life rafts on Sunday morning and the Coast Guard continues its search for Captain Arturo Edrei Garcia and crew members, Nelson Perez Ardao and […]
Jose Luis Robles Beltran, a former Mexican soldier who was charged for counterfeit currency and having an unlicensed weapon while he was at the Commercial Free Zone, is still detained at the Belize Central Prison. Robles’ case is still under appeal and he was transferred in the still of the night from detention at the […]
Over a year ago, Teddy Murillo was gunned down as he headed home on Waight Street. The allegation was that a cop had pulled the trigger, but no one was ever charged for the murder of the student. His mother, Danalyn Murillo, became one of the voices against crime and violence and is a member […]
The media camped out at the entrance of the Raccoon Police Station where family members of Danalyn Murillo and Belizeans For Justice waited for answers. It was an emotional time for the women, all of whom have lost a family member to gun violence, to see one of their own, a fellow grieving mother, being […]
Police Constable David Griffith, who has been named in the crime, maintains his innocence and also says that it is the Murillo family who is falsely accusing him not only of murder but also of harassment at the PUP Port Loyola convention last Sunday. The Police Department has said that Griffith doesn’t have a personal […]
While Danalyn Murillo ran into trouble with police in Belize City, in the nation’s capital another community activist had his own woes, also with the cops. Nigel Petillo became a household name when he emerged as the leader of the NGO, Belize Grass Roots Youth Empowerment Association (BGYEA) that has been championing the cause of […]
San Ignacio police have made an arrest following Sunday’s early morning murder of sixty-nine year old Julian Lara and burglary of Chuc’s Gas Station. Shajeem Espat was today arraigned in the San Ignacio Magistrate’s Court, but the charge brought against him was not for murder. Espat is charged with Conspiracy to Commit Robbery of the […]
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It was a particularly bloody weekend, but before we get into the carnage, there’s more bad news that will put a licking on drivers and consumers. So if your tank is empty or half full, you’ll want to fill up before midnight because fuel prices will take a huge jump. At the presentation of the […]
A crime spree swept across the Old Capital and spread to San Ignacio in the west. Four men were killed; three in the City which statistically continues to record the highest number of murders in the country. We start with the homicide of a baker who was last seen on Saturday night. His body was […]
The second murder for the weekend in the Old Capital occurred on Saturday morning. A Cayo youth, twenty-three year old Marlon Jones, was gunned down in the Port Loyola area. Jones, who is from Georgeville, was hanging out with a friend when he was approached by two men. Minutes later he was dead. News Five’s […]
The violence started on Friday night when twenty-two year old Brandon Gibson, a resident of Moya Street in Belize City, was killed shortly after nine o’clock. While residents of the St. Martin’s neighborhood remain tight-lipped about the shooting incident, Belize City police are probing what appears to be a case of self-defense. Gibson was shot […]
While families of murder victims are grieving the weekend’s violence, eight of eleven Cuban nationals are safe and dry tonight. The Belize Coast Guard rescued the eight men on Sunday morning near the reef where their vessel had submerged. The men were in rafts when they were spotted and pulled out of the deep sea. […]
