The protests were called off when the Prime Minister and the bus association sat down to dialogue. After that meeting at the P.M.’s Belize City office, the Belizean Bus Association and the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative agreed to a compromise. Thomas Shaw, President, Belizean Bus Association “He promised that he will resolve the situation and […]
Turning to the question of the week; we asked do you think that the scope of jurisdiction of the Gang Suppression Unit should be extended beyond the gangs and the city limits. That question garnered mix responses from our viewers with fifty-eight percent saying yes and forty-two percent saying no. One of the persons who […]
The protest paralyzed the country for hours, testing the resolve of the government to deal with its worst national crisis. After Prime Minister Dean Barrow met with the Belize Bus Association President Thomas Shaw and the Chairman of the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative Claude Frazer at ten this morning, he had a sit down with […]
The Chairman of BBOC, Claude Frazer did not attend this afternoon’s press conference. There was tension in the room when it appeared that the BBA had changed its position about the negotiations earlier in the day. But at the end of the conference, the BBA, BBOC and the Northern bus operators agreed to flesh out […]
In the north of the country, bus operators also blocked the main thoroughfare into the City. Police descended on the highway to keep things under control. Commuters waited for hours until they were finally allowed to proceed to their destination. News Five’s Andrea Polanco covers this leg of the protest. Andrea Polanco, Reporting Over a […]
The transportation crisis disrupted the C.X.C. exams that students were sitting today. Paper Two of the Social Studies were scheduled for this morning and Paper one was set for the afternoon. Despite delays the exams proceeded and according to officials about twenty to thirty students were affected. Here is how it fared off. Juan Vargas, […]
The bus operators are not alone in their plight and have support from many sectors. Today the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is calling for quick resolution to the crisis and an end to what they call political cronyism in the issuance of road service permits. In the interest of the consumers, the chamber […]
The protest was not the only event of the day. A trade mission coordinated by the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology, ProMex and the Mexican Embassy wound up today. Representatives from six companies as well as public and private sector organizations were in Belize for two days of meetings with local […]
Jose Alpuche was called to the Bar this morning in a ceremony at the chambers of Acting Chief Justice, Samuel Awich. The motion for his acceptance was made by Attorney Michael Young and was supported by an affidavit submitted by Attorney Philip Zuniga. Alpuche graduated from the University of London in 2005 with an L.L.B. […]
The annual Miss Y Pageant is coming up this Saturday night. It’s an annual event that brings senior contestants to the stage to show that they are still vibrant and talented. The pageant also attracts a big audience each year and is a major fundraiser for the Y.W.C.A. Seven contestants have been working hard to […]
The pre-dawn swoop on the premises of businessman Miguel Menjivar by the Police Department’s Gang Suppression Unit on May twentieth has been the subject of controversy in the aftermath of the shootout that ensued during the operation. Although the incident occurred a week ago, varying accounts of what transpired that morning have been ventilated. On […]
In mid-May at its Annual General Meeting, the Belize Electricity Limited declared that its profits had plunged by five million dollars for the 2010 financial year and that it made only three point four million dollars. At that juncture, B.E.L. declared that because of the declining profits, it has not been able to meet loan […]
A twenty-one page decision was handed down this morning by Justice Minnet Hafiz on the ongoing feud in the citrus industry over strongman Henry Canton. The Citrus Growers Association has been relentless in its efforts to oust Canton from his post as C.E.O. of Citrus Products of Belize Limited and at an extraordinary General Meeting […]
At midday today a deadline given to the Minister of Transport expired. It has been five days since West Line took over several bus runs to the north and despite protest by rival bus operators it seems that the company, owned by Sergio Chuc, will remain a fixture on the Northern Highway. That’s what Minister […]
The US government stepped up to the plate today to assist in the fight against crime. Through a regional initiative which benefits Central American countries and Mexico, it today made available a sizeable donation to the police. News Five’s Jose Sanchez was on hand. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Eighty-thousand U.S. dollars of equipment were donated to […]
We have been reporting on the precarious situation in the bus industry. Last Friday, the Minister of Transport, Melvin Hulse agreed to suspend for twenty-one days, bus routes approved for the north but over the weekend. However, the suspension did not include the changes already made to Western routes and chaos prevailed at the bus […]
The dry spell that has caused forest fires in the Mountain Pine Ridge area in Cayo has also been the source of many fires throughout the country. In the Belize District, a bush fire got out of hand and gutted a building in Ladyville. The structure was a warehouse and no one was injured. But […]
A teacher from the Belmopan Comprehensive School was killed and six others were injured in a traffic accident on the Western Highway last March. One man was charged with Manslaughter and when a preliminary inquiry concluded late Tuesday evening, it was decided that Gordon Brooks will stand trial at the Supreme Court. On March, fifth […]
In Tuesday’s newscast we reported on eighty-one year old Dalton Franklin, a resident of Lord’s Bank, who disappeared underwater when the dory he went fishing in the day before suddenly capsized in the Belize River. Several search efforts were later attempted by local authorities near Burrell Boom Village in the wake of the incident and […]
Earlier this month, Mexican police in Chiapas busted two tractor-trailers crammed with hundreds of men and women, squatting on the floor or grasping ropes to avoid getting crushed. There were seven people for every square yard, a total of five hundred and thirteen migrants in suffocating temperatures of over one hundred and five degrees, marking […]
With temperatures in the nineties, News Five’s Andrea Polanco caught up today with an eager group of children at the annual Y swimming program. During the course, the children acquired valuable like skills and learned how to feel comfortable in the water. The training concluded today with a short and long distance competition and the […]
We reported last week on the complaints by the Belize Bus Owners’ Cooperative over new zoning being proposed by the Department of Transport that granted West Line Bus Company Limited morning runs from Belize City to Benque Viejo and returning in the afternoons to Belize City. B.B.O.C.’s President Thomas Shaw made pleas to the Minister […]
A prisoner, who is considered to be dangerous, is on the loose after escaping from custody this morning. The Belize Police Department and the Kolbe Foundation are now asking for the public’s assistance to locate thirty-one year old Fabian Bain, who also goes by the name Carlos Escalante. Bain was being escorted from the Belize […]
The search for eighty-one year old Dalton Franklin, a resident of Lord’s Bank, who went missing on Monday afternoon, continued along the Belize River today. Franklin, who was accompanied by four others, went on a short fishing trip upstream when the vessel he was traveling in suddenly capsized near the Burrell Boom area. Franklin was […]
The case against the Attorney General’s Office which is being brought by Caleb Orozco and the United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM) challenging Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal Code is a little over two months away from being argued in the Supreme Court. Lawyers on both sides of the gay rights argument appeared before Justice Michelle […]
