The Pharmacists’ Association currently has approximately one hundred and fifty members. Even as the situation heats up, the association says that under the Essential Services Act, they are prevented from taking industrial action but can carry out a go-slow and can also count on the support of the N.T.U.C.B. and P.S.U. Hortence Humes, President, […]
According to Public Service Regulations, for the appointment of Contreras to be rescinded, the association will have to make a formal request to the Ministry of Labor. In a brief comment to the media today, Hulse said that the application had not reached his desk, but when it does, a tribunal will be enacted to […]
Time-sharing is an increasingly popular option for regular vacation goers, especially in Cancun and other parts of Mexico. It’s sort of a club, where you can buy into future vacation packages for one lump sum. That lump sum gives you access to accommodation packages at substantially discounted prices for a period of, say, ten years. […]
On Monday morning, Belize Water Services Limited employees working near Iguana Street made a discovery of suspected human remains. The bones were unearthed as the employees were digging a trench at the junction of Central American Boulevard and Iguana Street. The police were called on site and the bones were collected for testing. Corporal Jorge […]
The Easter weekend is just days away. For some, it is a time of Christian symbolism, for spiritual reflection. For others, it is a time to party…non-stop drinking and revelry. And for others, it is the time of opportunity. With so many residents leaving their homes to travel to the cayes or across the border, […]
Tensions are reaching a feverish pitch tonight between Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, U.S. Capital Energy and government. On April third, Justice Michelle Arana handed down a major decision in favor of SATIIM as well as five Mayan communities bordering the Sarstoon-Temash National Park, in a suit brought against the Government of Belize and […]
The Mayan Leaders in the buffer communities held an emergency meeting this afternoon in light of Cabinet’s decision. The spokesman for the Mayan leaders is SATIIM’s Executive Director Greg Ch’oc. Having now confirmed that approval has been given to extend the permit of US Capital Energy, Ch’oc says that aside from taking legal recourse, the […]
There has been precious little coming out of the Immigration Department where the Penner situation is concerned. At this point…and really at every point since the scandal broke, there have been only vague assurances that some seemingly perpetual investigation or the other is still underway. But Penner and immigration corruption aside, Minister of Immigration Godwin […]
Minister Hulse’s call to a talk show on Wednesday morning was in response to a previous Belizean caller who was upset at the turn-around and endless hassles to get a passport. His comments didn’t go unnoticed, and News Five has received a copy of a letter sent to Director Maria Marin by a very senior […]
Organizations donating to other less advantaged entities – it happens maybe less than one would hope, but it does happen. Still, our attention was caught on Thursday as students from the second form at the Belize High School made a very important contribution to youths enrolled at the National Youth Cadet Corps. It happened at […]
Last Wednesday, the Social Investment Fund handed over the contract for the completion of the Dangriga Marketplace to CB Constructions out of San Ignacio. The new contract valued at a total of one point two million dollars is expected to be completed in six months. The project was taken away from the previous contractor, Kenard […]
Two notable personalities have passed away. Ambassador for Foreign Trade Adalbert Tucker lost his battle with cancer on Thursday night in Jamaica where he was receiving treatment. Tucker had been ailing for some years now and on Thursday he took for the worst and passed away. The former graduate of Harvard University and the University […]
Easter is fast approaching, but today, it came early for students of Bethel Primary School who were treated to an Easter Egg Hunt. Diamonds International located within the Fort Street Tourism Village partnered with the Belize City Council for the event and this afternoon, some seventy-five plus students gathered at the Fort Street Memorial Park […]
A News Five team is just back from the headquarters of the Belize Coast Guard where three men have been detained following a shootout at sea. We’ll have that coming up, but first…there is some closure for the family of Carlos Michael Diaz tonight. There is also relief for residents of the Lord’s Bank area […]
Justice delayed is justice denied… This afternoon, the B.T.L. Employees Trust issued a statement in respect of a long pending judgment on the constitutionality of the second nationalization of Telemedia which was argued back in October 2012. The first nationalization case was heard in 2011 when the court declared the nationalization to be unconstitutional, but […]
The People’s United Party held a press conference at Independence Hall this afternoon. The topics up for discussion ranged from Elvin Penner to very internal politics. We’ll have all that for you, starting with a demand by P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca for Anwar Barrow’s appointment to be rescinded. Anwar Barrow, son of Prime Minister Dean […]
Another topic on the political table this afternoon was the now very well known Mytheon Solutions. That company was first registered by John Saldivar and Khalid Belisle in 2009. John Saldivar became sole owner in 2010, and promptly put the company in his wife’s name. It wasn’t exactly impressive sleight of hand, because the paper […]
While the P.U.P. is calling Anwar Barrow’s appointment at B.T.L. an act of nepotism, the Belize Communications Workers Union is throwing bouquets at Barrow. The union said in a release today that it has reached a collective bargaining agreement with the utility company and that Barrow was instrumental in the negotiations. The agreement is for […]
It’s mostly gone under the radar, but March thirty-first was the deadline for all members of the National Assembly to file their declarations with the Integrity Commission. It’s actually something that should be done each year…a very detailed accounting of personal assets, including assets held by spouses – bonds, stocks, shares, properties…that sort of thing. […]
The Holy Emmanuel squatters, as they’ve been dubbed, have been prominent in the news for the past week. Their homes are being threatened by the massive infrastructural work which will see a bridge built over the Haulover Creek. The contractor has been patient, and has tried to fill around the homes until everything is sorted […]
Today, the People’s United Party won a significant victory in Supreme Court, a victory which injected at least a spark of life into a dead recall petition. But that’s only one flank of a full on assault against disgraced politician Elvin Penner. In March, the P.U.P. was also successful in getting Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin […]
On Wednesday, Vice President of Destination Development for Norwegian Cruise Line, Colin Murphy, told the media that the company is moving full steam ahead with plans to construct a multimillion dollar tourism port of call on Harvest Caye. Despite a recent letter written to the chair of the National Environmental Appraisal Committee demanding that the […]
Four schools in the Belize District will be getting spanking new classrooms as part of a project by New Horizons Belize. The U.S. Southern Command is teaming up with three government agencies to build the classrooms and provide free medical services across the country. The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Margaret Hawthorne says that the annual initiative […]
Traffic accidents have been on increase since the beginning of year and invariably it involves drunk drivers. This morning, a simultaneous launch of a Don’t Drink and Drive Campaign took place in municipalities across the country as part of a road safety project. Through a loan from the World Bank, the project will see the […]
The campaign was also launched in Belmopan this morning. Representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, as well as the Social Investment Fund, through the Belize Municipal Development Project, gathered at the Sir George Brown Field for the event. Also present were a number of primary and secondary schools. The issue of road […]
