While the race was easily won by Marin and Campos is looking at his options in the party; his campaign manager, Chairman of the Corozal Free Zone Chairman, David Akierman, said that the incumbent had the edge because of last minute registration of voters by the Elections and Boundaries Department on the eve of the […]
While the mercury level at the UDP Corozal Bay convention was running high, in the west, the temperature was much cooler. PUP treasurer Julius Espat was nominated and endorsed as the standard bearer for Cayo South at a convention attended by a respectable crowd of the party’s hierarchy and supporters. Earlier in the week, there […]
Late this afternoon, both the Fire and Police Departments headed to West Landivar where a boat was on fire. The signs all point to arson and according to boat owners, other vessels moored in the area have been targeted. But why and by whom? There is some speculation, yet no one has been held responsible. […]
Once, twice, and now for the third time, Brandon Smith and Edwin Flowers are facing charges for Randy Coye’s murder. Smith and Flowers were initially charged along with Leon Gray, Deshawn Mena and Kenroy Humes in October 2009, but they were all released in July 2010 by Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. A week later, all […]
The future of boat tenders hangs in the balance. As we mentioned on Thursday Prime Minister Dean Barrow is heading a delegation of four including Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia Jr., Chief Executive Officer Lindsay Garbutt and Director of Tourism Seleni Matus to deliberate with cruise line representatives in Miami on their new tender policies. Both […]
As we said, talks are going on in to stem a proposal that could affect the livelihood of over one hundred seafarers. The Carnival Cruise Line’s new proposal can be costly for tender operators, who will have to invest millions of dollars to acquire new vessels to transport tourists to the mainland if they want […]
Tonight the PM and a delegation from the Tourism Ministry are in Miami hoping to broker a deal with cruise lines to avert loss of jobs for boat tenders, who do not have the capacity to meet a new policy by the cruise lines. On Thursday night, we asked viewers if foreign interests should be […]
Tonight the unemployment line is getting longer. Employees of National Transport are officially out of jobs. The announcement came today through the Labour Commissioner, Ivan Williams, who said that the Receiver of National Transports and Bel Bus, Kevin Castillo, informed that he would not resume the bus operations. The employees, some of whom had previously […]
Three cruise ships called on port today: Carnival’s Valor and Legend and Aida Luna, a German outfit. Several thousand visitors were transported to shore and back to the cruise lines by the local boat tenders. Business was brisk, but how long will it last? That’s what a top heavy delegation will find out in the […]
Tour operators are banking that a full blown crisis in cruise tourism may be averted when a delegation of tourism representatives, including the Prime Minister, meets with representatives of Carnival Cruise Lines in Miami this weekend. The operators attended a special meeting late this evening with Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia Jr. along with officials from […]
The situation remains fluid for tender operators in cruise tourism. Late last week, two catamarans owned by a US company landed at the Blue Creek Port as part of a new deal to take over the tendering process. The tender operators have invested heavily in the business and were clearly taken by surprise at what […]
The Belize Shipping Agents Association has already said it objects to the takeover of the tendering operations by foreign interests. Today other organizations also say they are on the side of the local tender operators. The opposition People’s United Party says that G.O.B. must act decisively to ensure that the livelihood of local operators is […]
In other news, four months after the murder of Carlos Espat, police picked up Nicaraguan National Sylvio Espinoza on Monday. Today he was arraigned for the Murder of forty-seven year old Espat, who was bludgeoned to death on September fourth. Espinoza is said to have known Espat for some time and had been to his […]
The body of a cruise ship visitor to Belize has still not been found. According to Margarita Sandini Tello, while aboard Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas in Belizean waters, her son went missing. She reported the incident on January fifth that her son twenty-one year old Jose Miguel Pietri Tello, a Puerto Rican student […]
Tonight’s question is: Should foreign interests be allowed to have monopoly on tenders in the tourism industry? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
The Football Federation of Belize (F.F.B.) is responsible for local football. Over the past decade, the man at the helm of the F.F.B., Doctor Bertie Chimilio has been challenged many times but has never been removed from his post as president. But the Minister of Sports, John Saldivar, has signed a Statutory Instrument which he […]
A Belize City man, who was shot to the abdomen on the night of December twenty-seventh, lived to tell his story and has assisted police in their investigations. While twenty-eight year old Harry Beeks was still hospitalized, police brought in pictures based on his description of the suspect and he was able to positively identify […]
In the courts, the tables have turned on Lopez Shuttle bus driver Paul Ferguson, who reported that another driver and conductor pulled weapons at him and threatened his life on Monday. The accused men, Russell Santiago and Robert Usher, who work for Belize Metro, were charged with Aggravated Assault and Threatening Words on Wednesday morning. […]
Four months after the former educator and political scientist, Carlos Espat, was found dead at his apartment at the corner of King and Albert Streets, police today made an arrest. The suspect is twenty-two year old Sylvio Espinoza, a Nicaraguan national who lives in Belize City. Espat was found dead in his bathroom on September […]
Since former Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh was retired in late 2010, the position has been temporarily filled by Justice Samuel Awich. There was a lot of huffing and puffing about whether or not the Bar Association would have been part of the selection process for the new CJ but cooler heads prevailed and its members […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow hasn’t had a press conference for some time, but he had a mini one this morning. After an appearance on Love FM, members of the press met the PM. He was questioned on a number of hot button issues that range from the BTL shares to the new CJ and those […]
The cost of just about everything is on the rise, but there is one area where Prime Minister Dean Barrow promised relief when prices passed a certain mark. That is the price of fuel. We asked our viewers if they believe the PM should be held to his word to remove the dollar tax that […]
There is never a dull moment in the transportation industry. Recently, National Transport went into receivership and bus operators are fighting over routes. But wait… there’s more; even employees from the different companies are bucking heads. A Belize Metro bus driver and his conductor spent the night in lockdown and were criminally charged today following […]
There’s a crisis looming for small boat operators in cruise tourism. We can confirm tonight that an exclusive contract to a foreign owned company can wipe out local tenders who ferry visitors to and from Norwegian, Carnival and Royal Caribbean cruise ships. That’s because, as we told you on Monday night, the three cruise lines […]
The National Transport debacle is now in its sixth week. The bus company went into receivership late last year and its assets were repossessed the owners, Tony and David, were way behind in bank payments, as much as two years. Just before the Christmas break, the Labour Department could only account for eighty-three employees out […]
