On February twenty-third of 2015, Justice Shona Griffith, struck out a writ of mandamus brought to the courts by Attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd on behalf of cane farmer Lucilo Teck and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. The application would have sought to persuade the court that the Sugar Industry Control Board was compelled, by law, […]
Since mid 2015, the Eastern Division of the Police Department has embarked on meet and greet initiative to bring the community closer to the police as a strategy to curb crime. The police say it has been met with success and this afternoon we caught up with the top brass of the police in both […]
Today, Cabinet sent out a release on an application by Stake Bank developer Mike Feinstein for exclusivity under a twenty-five year contract where that project is concerned. Last week, Feinstein told us that if he could not get some sort of guarantee from G.O.B., he would put a halt to the mega-million-dollar Stake Bank Project. […]
John Briceño…he’s a candidate for a position he held from 2008 to 2011, Party Leader of the People’s United Party. On January thirty-first, he will face immediate past Party Leader Francis Fonseca and Cordel Hyde at a National Convention. Briceño stepped back in 2011, so the immediate question would be – why get back in? […]
When Briceño stepped down in 2011, a major factor was allegedly the turmoil in the Party which could not be quelled. Briceño was unable to gain the support of those who would take over the leadership after his ouster. He reportedly spent and lost almost three million dollars during his time in that office, and […]
After spending six days in detention at a jail in Roatan, Honduras, Belizean businessman August Tabony is back home. The sixty-five year old businessman was detained at the Juan Manuel Gálvez Roatan International Airport on January fifth after he failed to declare more than sixteen thousand four hundred and ninety U.S. dollars in cash. This […]
Tabony is the proprietor of several gift stores in Belize and has also invested in Roatan for decades. He told the media today that the incident has left a bad taste and he is reconsidering his investments in Honduras. August Tabony, Vindicated of Money Laundering “Today I have a very negative feeling about Roatan. […]
The Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission has been named. Before we get to the names, the scope of work of the Commission is the implementation of the Consent Order of the Caribbean Court of Justice, which requires Government to take measures to protect rights arising from Maya customary land tenure. The Commission will also establish […]
After sending out the call to several education institutions to make the bid, today, Belize Telemedia Limited signed a memorandum of understanding with Saint John’s College Junior College. The MOU offers an associate’s degree program in Computer Networking with emphasis in IP Technology to Telemedia employees and SJCJC students. The joint initiative, which is valued […]
The media also took the opportunity to ask Chairman Barrow about several issues including the drop in profits at the government-owned telecommunications company. Barrow says that while the financials have seen a declining profit in the past, this year, the company expects to rebound. Anwar Barrow, Chairman, Executive Committee, B.T.L. “I think we have […]
But that is little or no consolation to Telemedia customers who for months now have been experiencing dropped calls, interruptions in data services despite the stabilization of the 4G service offered by B.T.L. Barrow says that the hiccups in the system are caused by demand. Anwar Barrow, Chairman, Executive Committee, B.T.L. “We put out […]
In 1990, Belize signed on to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Twenty-six years later, government through the National Committee for Families and Children has established a group called CRC Ambassadors, who will be deployed across the country to monitor compliance with the various commitments made under the convention. News Five’s Duane […]
The anticipated traditional and ceremonial opening of the Supreme Court took place this morning in a packed courtroom of the judiciary and other guests. Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin presided over the proceedings and provided a report on the 2015 legal calendar year. The report card was gloomy: there is an increase in the remand population […]
It is now six weeks since three minors perished during a fire at the Youth Hostel near mile twenty-one and a half on the George Price Highway and still there are no official findings on the deaths of the three girls. On the afternoon of November twenty-seventh 2015, a massive fire started inside a room […]
According to Minister Martinez, contrary to what is being said, the ministry is not dragging its foot with the independent investigation into the matter. But will the ministry wait until the conclusion of the investigation to make changes at the Youth Hostel? Anthony “Boots” Martinez, Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation & Poverty Alleviation […]
Twelve-year-old Shinique Perez, a student of Saint Martin’s Primary School, remains missing tonight after failing to return to her classroom on Friday afternoon. The family was immediately notified by the school. Today, her grandmother, Eleanor Wright confirmed to News Five that Shinique has not been seen or heard from in the past three days and […]
Another minor is missing. Fifteen year old Seily Jozeline Aguilar has been missing since January sixth. She left her home in Valley of Peace early, as usual, in her Belmopan Comprehensive School uniform. She never returned home. Her mother has been frantic since, and has enlisted the aid of the Belmopan Police in an attempt […]
Now on a point of clarification…first, attorneys for Jitendra Chawla aka Jack Charles, have written the media to say that Charles is not the proprietor of RC Imports, which has no involvement in the rice dispute. Second, on Friday there was a report that Chukka was an interested party in a new cruise port for […]
Developer Michael Feinstein, the man behind the mega-million dollar Stake Bank Tourism Project, today told News Five that as far as he is concerned the project is on indefinite hold. Feinstein told us that unless he has the assurance that G.O.B. will give exclusive support to the venture which represents an investment of hundreds of […]
A Tropic Air pilot is said to be missing and efforts are underway to locate him. He is Guilherme Duarte from Portugal who was last seen in San Pedro at about midnight on Thursday after he had drinks at a local bar. This morning, alarm bells rang when he failed to show up for his […]
The elderly resident of Fern Lane in Belize City, Patrick Grant was left comatose for days after a home invasion on December twenty-seventh. Grant has miraculously recovered and is back home where he’s settling back into his daily routine and from the looks of it, Grant has a new lease on life. Today, he was […]
There have been two senate meetings since the new government took office last November, but the senator to represent the unions and civil society has been conspicuously absent. The unions have been unable to name its senator because they have been unable to put in motion the proper appointment process. The former union senator, Ray […]
Mora, as Secretary General of the Belize Energy Workers Union, also addressed the issue of the Guyanese rice sitting at the Big Creek Port in Independence. He says first, that as a consumer of the staple and given current economic conditions, the rice could be put to best use by humanitarian organizations and for feeding […]
What should have been a memorable holiday in the Jewel, ended tragically for a U.S. visitor, who arrived early this morning on the Princess Cruise Lines. Sixty-seven year old Janice Mittlelstadt ran into difficulties while she was snorkeling today. She was removed from the water at Sergeants Caye and placed in the boat of a […]
Over the past weeks, there have been multiple road traffic accidents where lives were lost, and alcohol was involved. Alcohol, unfortunately, is almost as much a staple of Belizean life as rice and beans. That translates many times to drinking and driving, and far too often to traffic fatalities. Can the police do more on […]
