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The Belize City Council currently pays two sanitation companies for work done in the city – Belize Waste Control and Belize Maintenance Limited. Both companies account for over one hundred thousand dollars a week, leaving the council in arrears. Mayor Darrell Bradley has indicated that though he is currently in litigation with BWC, that company […]
Written on February 21, 2014 | Posted in
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The Mahogany Street Police Precinct continues its stellar working in building the Lake Independence community by assisting the needy through a series of community outreach initiatives. This morning, a team of officers, under the leadership of Sergeant Brent Hamilton, gathered at the home of Roy Rhodes, an elderly resident of the area, to renovate his […]
Written on February 21, 2014 | Posted in
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Sun, sand, sea and SEX…lots of sex with exotic women lining up to fulfill your every desire…a different woman every twenty-four hours. Sounds incredible, right? Well, it’s not. In fact, that’s the sales pitch for Global Fantasies, a vacation provider targeting men and women. They guarantee the erotic adventure of a lifetime…toe-curling coupling on pristine […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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There is concord between the Christian Workers Union and City Hall, in the wake of pointed, verbal sparring between both parties over the past two weeks. In fact, it’s a bit more accurate to say that there is quiet, because there is still extreme discontent over an alleged discrepancy in final checks paid out to […]
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When we last spoke to Mayor Darrell Bradley, he had just come out of court after a litigation hearing brought by sanitation company, Belize Waste Control. BWC is suing City Hall for arrears in sanitation payments, which were behind as much as four months late last year. The Mayor was back in court last Friday […]
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An unsportsmanlike altercation between members of Verdes FC and FC Belize at the Marshalleck Stadium in Benque Viejo Town on January twenty-sixth has resulted in sanctions being brought against both teams. The incident resulted in damages to an Isuzu Rodeo belonging to referee Victor Williams. The Disciplinary Committee of the Premier League of Belize has […]
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The Belize Water Services Ltd., following a request to the Public Utilities Commission to increase water rates by sixteen and a quarter percent, objects to the PUC’s initial decision which was made on January thirtieth. The utility company made the request on the basis of ensuring its viability; however, the decision of the commission has […]
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A recently married Belize City couple today received a pleasant surprise from the Belize Tourism Board, following a request made by the colleagues of the husband to have them enjoy a honeymoon they did not get a chance to have since the wife is terminally ill with cancer. This morning, the unsuspecting couple showed […]
Written on February 20, 2014 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, there was an accident in Belize City which resulted in a horse having to be euthanized. It went somewhat under the media radar, but on the social media the outcry has been fast and furious. The horse and buggy business in Belize is a big tourism draw, and the negative response to the […]
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Elvin Penner, the disgraced former minister of state, who facilitated the illegal issuance of a Belize passport to a South Korean fugitive, has not been questioned much less investigated. But three public officers employed in the Passport Section of the Immigration Department today appeared before the Services Commission. Sharon Neal, Omar Phillips and Erwin Robinson […]
Written on February 19, 2014 | Posted in
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There were thousands of tourists today in the area of the Tourism Village when a pair of visitors narrowly escaped grave; they were wounded by the fragments of a nine millimeter round. The incident occurred inside the Brown Sugar Mall shortly before ten o’clock. A mother and her daughter were reportedly in the vicinity of […]
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Today, police officers, traffic wardens and transport officers gathered at the Belmopan Training School to learn the dos and don’ts of traffic enforcement. It’s all part of a larger Road Safety Project funded by the Caribbean Development Bank and launched in 2013. There are different facets to the project, from effective interaction with motorists and […]
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On Monday, the Government of Belize announced its intervention in the ongoing citrus industry crisis. That intervention came by way of enabling immediate financing to assure payment to growers, and restructuring CPBL to create an effective and cohesive management structure. It’s a complicated undertaking, made more so because of incessant tension between the CGA and […]
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The announcement was made Monday that the Social Security Board will be taking on a financial role in Citrus Products of Belize Limited. Currently CPBL has a loan facility with First Caribbean International Bank. That facility will be bought by G.O.B. and then on-sold to the S.S.B. Now pensioners and contributors are touchy when it […]
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The collision of a barge into the pier at Port of Belize Ltd., shortly before five o’clock this morning, has forced the company to temporarily cease operations at the dock. The freight boat was entering the low berth area of the facility when it crashed into the edge of the wharf, damaging a number of […]
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In this newscast, we have reported on a number of cases involving land hustles and questionable land deals facilitated by various players in the Lands Department. We’ll have another such story in the next few days. But tonight, we can say that three persons, all political appointees who are related and linked to the Deputy […]
Written on February 18, 2014 | Posted in
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There is crisis in the citrus industry, with dark clouds gathering overhead. It’s certainly not the first in what is a volatile industry, but it is serious. In recent weeks, Citrus Products of Belize Limited, the company which accepts and markets citrus, has been unable to make regular payments to growers. The crisis is rooted […]
Written on February 17, 2014 | Posted in
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With all that said…with shares swapped, loan facilities appropriated and the Board restructured, has there really been any fundamental change to the core of the dispute? As we understand, despite the re-configuration of the Board, Banks Holdings Limited still retains its veto power, which means that it can still do what it has been doing […]
Written on February 17, 2014 | Posted in
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At the start of the conference, Prime Minister Dean Barrow made reference to lining up the directors of Banks Holdings Limited against the wall and shooting them. That is testament to how tense relations have become between the two majority shareholders in CPBL. But PM Barrow reiterated that no money is being given to the […]
Written on February 17, 2014 | Posted in
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There have been sustained attempts to remove Dr. Henry Canton as C.E.O. of CPBL. In fact, in 2011, he successfully defended in Court his position after the CGA tried to terminate his contract and sought an injunction to remove him from office after he refused to go. So the relationship is hostile, to put it […]
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The Services Commission hearing for Sharon Neal, Erwin Robinson and Omar Phillips is set for Tuesday. There were reports that Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse would be attending the hearing, but apparently he will not be able to do so. Today, Hulse told us that his presence there has been perceived as too intimidating. But […]
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Disgraced former Minister of State Elvin Penner might be a political pariah in public, and indeed on camera he has been declared persona non grata by his boss Dean Barrow. But while there is every move to give the perception that Penner is down, he is most certainly not out. In fact, Penner is still […]
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Today is February seventeenth, the last of seven days given to Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie by the Opposition to commence a criminal investigation against former Minister of State Elvin Penner. Well it didn’t happen and News Five has tried repeatedly to get comment from ComPol Whylie. Last Monday, he told us that he had […]
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The 2014 sugar crop was delayed for two months this year due to issues over the payment of bagasse between the Belize Sugar cane Farmers Association and the Belize Sugar Industries. The mills at Tower hill finally got cranking on the twenty-fourth of January and today the first shipment of sugar was loaded on to […]
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Tour operator Yhony Rosado, an outspoken member of the Federation of Cruise Tourism Association of Belize, is in the news tonight again, following an arraignment in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday on a charge of disorderly conduct. The incident purportedly transpired on Boxing Day 2013, when it is alleged that Rosado was involved in a […]
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