The two week protest staged by Belize Maintenance Limited workers has come to an end… at least for now. And that is because the Belize City Council has come to an agreement with the company. Though the council has an outstanding debt of two point seven million dollars, B.M.L.’s managing director was asking for approximately […]
Just before B.M.L. reached agreement with the council, the Belize Workers Union announced their solidarity with the sanitation workers. News Five spoke to chairman, Horris Patten, and he says they are not happy with the way the situation is being handled and the union feels that central government needs to step in and do some […]
The hardship facing the one hundred and fifty plus families of Belize Maintenance Limited Workers who have been sent home is becoming dismal. Some of the women claim that they are being threatened with eviction, though they don’t even have money to buy food to eat. The few dollars they received recently were used to […]
Councilor responsible for Garbage, Philip Willoughby, has come up with wild proposals, which were quickly brushed away by his colleagues. Willoughby today had another brainwave and he says he will now meet with the Public Service Union, UB’s Student Government and the Chamber of Commerce. On Tuesday Cabinet established a ministerial sub-committee to meet with […]
Sitting justices hardly give interviews, almost never, nor is it customary that they issue press statements. That protocol was broken today, with a statement from the justices of the Supreme Court. The unprecedented statement is lengthy, four pages in all, and according to Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh, self explanatory. It starts on the principle that […]
Two point seven million dollars is owed to Belize Maintenance Limited. Its employees have been demonstrating in front of City Hall for days on end and still there appears to be no resolution in sight. City Hall is financially broke and has been unable to come up with an acceptable payment plan. Those who have […]
We know about home invasions, but now there is a mosquito invasion that is causing an uproar in neighboring communities. According to residents, with the number of dengue cases on the rise, there is growing fear that the recent surge may result in more illnesses. The Public Health Department says it has no resources to […]
Remember Mark King? He was the Councillor who dropped the first bombshell when he made allegations of financial mismanagement at City Hall as way back as 2008. King was not allowed to run for the U.D.P. City Council ticket and for most part he has been quiet. That is until this morning when he turned […]
And at La Isla Bonita, police were called to cool heads between two rival water taxis operating next to each other. Tensions flared over the weekend when Giovanni Marin, the owner of the Tackle Box Pier, reportedly had a misunderstanding with the San Pedro Belize Express Water Taxi, which was using Marin’s dock. Marin reportedly […]
Police had two suspects detained for questioning after fifty-one year old Lorleen Young was robbed and brutally murdered last Thursday. But when we checked today, no charges had yet been laid. And while that matter is under investigation, the Caye Caulker Neighborhood Watch Program says there are many other crimes that the cops simply ignore. […]
Earlier in the day, Belize Maintenance Limited workers who have been sent home continued their protest in front of City Hall. They blame their woes on the City Council for not paying their employer a two point seven million dollar debt. Not only are they angry with the council, they place responsibility squarely on the […]
While Mayor Moya Flowers was facing criminal charges in court, there was plenty more trouble at City Hall where a three-day protest was taking place. The Belize Maintenance Limited has been at odds with City Hall for an outstanding debt of two point seven million dollars. News Five’s Duane Moody found out that councillor Philip […]
On Tuesday the body of fourteen year old Dylan Ayuso was discovered at the abandoned building that was formerly the Venus Bus Terminal. His murder appears to be gang related but up to news time, there have been no arrests and it is believed that an acquaintance was involved. The second form student from Wesley […]
The Belize City Council continues in the eye of the storm in its worst financial and political crisis. Employees of Belize Maintenance Limited staged day two of their most recent demonstration at City Hall. Belize Maintenance Limited is owed two million seven hundred thousand dollars in arrears and the council also owes Belize Waste control […]
Murder capital number one just got worse. On Tuesday, two additional murders were added to the dreadful statistics in Belize City with the homicides of Dylan Ayuso and Norman Gillett. Just prior to that on Monday, two school children and a man were injured in a mid afternoon shoot-out in the Saint Martin de Porres […]
The People’s United Party turned fifty-nine today. Numerous activities were held which for most part seemed like the P.U.P. had a sudden resurgence. On this side of the town, its leader, John Briceño, spent the day on activities celebrating the GOP’s fifty ninth anniversary. One of his stops was with Charles and Hirian Good where […]
The Belize Maintenance Limited protested on Monday over the lack of payment of a total of two point seven million in debts by the City Council. The company has laid off workers and finds itself in dire straits. B.M.L. and the other sanitation company, Belize Waste Control, met today in caucus with the City Council […]
At the top of the newscast, we reported on the death of Elton Herrera, an employee of Brown’s Butane Gas Company. This afternoon, the Fire Department explained that the cause of the blast was the rapid expansion of the butane liquid in the cylinder. Divisional Officer of the Fire Department, Michael Middleton, says that the […]
Earlier we promised you details about the late Francis Johnston. He was the man who held a lease to farmland in Golden Stream Village which members of the Maya Leaders Alliance were contesting in court. This is because a Maya farmer, Alfonso Cal, had planted cacao on the land that Johnston had leased. Johnston bulldozed […]
The cries of the Concerned Builders of Dangriga who demonstrated at the entrance to Dangriga on Monday did not fall on deaf ears. Today, the implementing agency they staged the protest against, the Social Investment Fund, sent two officials to Dangriga to meet with the contractors and construction workers. The men had complained that because […]
It’s usually the lowest utility bill in the average household, but for one Freedom Street resident, his last water bill totaled more than twice as much as he would normally pay in a year. Stephen Bain has a family of four and lives in a modest house; his average water consumption has been in the […]
In news in the broadcasting industry, shortly after Channel Seven’s owner, Net Vasquez took over control of the B.T.L. Board as Chairman he cut off Channel Seven news from northern cable operators, including Centaur Cable Station, owned by P.U.P. leader John Briceño and his family. Centaur Cable Network turned to the Belize Broadcasting Authority seeking […]
The saga of Charles and Hirian Good remains in the news. Former school warden, Hirian, was terminated from her job on August fourth by Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, due to her political convictions for the P.U.P. And after weeks of protest at the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Barrow and the Minister of Housing, Michael […]
Who’s telling the truth? That’s what we tried to find out today. The National Trade Union Congress of Belize on Tuesday issued a five point release indicating that it worked out several issues with Prime Minister Dean Barrow at a meeting on August thirty-first. But the PM indicated today that the author of the release […]
But what was the spin that the PM had contention with? Well for one, he said that though he agreed to postpone the reading of the bill, he is not backing down on limiting employee strike action that would disrupt essential services. The PM said that he welcomed the union’s input regarding how the bill […]
