Another N.T.U.C.B. spin, according to the PM, also dealt with the Merlene Bailey Martinez D.F.C. Commission Report, which contained details of an investigation into the financial affairs of the D.F.C. That 2007 report was not made public when the court granted an injunction to prevent its release. The N.T.U.C.B. stated in its release that the […]
But a Belize City father is not happy with the police department tonight because he wants justice for his ten year old son who was badly injured in a traffic mishap. Terrence Moya says he sent his son, Tyrece, to the store last Monday and the child barely made it out the gate when he […]
Charles and Hirian Good resumed their protest today against political victimization. The Goods were offered jobs, through the Ministry of Housing, but they declined the offers when they did not get an apology from the Minister of Education, Patrick Faber who ordered Hirian’s dismissal as a school warden. News Five asked the Prime Minister today […]
Relations between The National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the government had gone sour in the past months. But it now appears that government has sweetened the pot for the union umbrella organization and things are on the mend. The N.T.U.C.B. has won major concessions from the government on five critical issues that the […]
While the postponement qualifies as a victory, the N.T.U.C.B. is keeping its fingers crossed and still hoping for a place on the Venezuelan Grant and Housing oversight Committee. Minister of Housing Michael Finnegan, said on July twenty-seventh that the ship has passed and the train had moved on and the N.T.U.C.B. would have to catch […]
The saga of the Goods started on August third when Hirian Good lost her job as a school warden because she voted blue in the last general election. Hirian and her husband Charles, a retired B.D.F. captain who, in his day, went on jungle missions with MI-six and the C.I.A., staged a personal protest at […]
An investigation is underway to determine whether malpractice or negligence was the cause of another baby’s death which occurred on Friday at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The child was born on Sunday, August twenty third at the K.H.M.H. and was discharged the following day. His parents took him home to San Ignacio that Monday […]
A week ago, the Barrow administration compulsorily took over Belize Telemedia, the largest utility company in the Jewel. Since then, numerous deceptive statements have been coming out of the new board of directors headed by Nestor Vasquez. Vasquez is in control of the day to day operations of Telemedia along with Anwar Barrow, the son […]
The hostile takeover of Telemedia was completed on Tuesday and since then the chairman of the board, Net Vasquez, has been making public allegations about the state of Telemedia before its hasty nationalization. Prime Minister Dean Barrow made the announcement in the House of Representatives on Monday and by Tuesday afternoon, the deal was signed, […]
But the allegations did not stop at just looting. Boyce also responded to claims that he had documents removed from the B.T.L.’s offices before he left and he addressed the issue of potential investors in Telemedia. Dean Boyce, Former Chairman, Executive Committee, B.T.L. “I don’t actually have any original documents in my office, I never […]
And there is a lot of noise coming from the new Telemedia management about the ownership of the N.D.F.B. building on Coney Drive acquired by Great Belize Productions. The obvious intention is to cast aspersions on a legitimate and transparent business transaction. Anyone with business sense would understand that the ownership the G.B.T.V. property cannot […]
Still on news in the industry, the nationalization of Telemedia is already sending shockwaves through cable subscribers from Orange Walk and Corozal. One of the casualties is Centaur Cable Station in Orange Walk, which is owned by P.U.P. leader John Briceño and his family. Since Tuesday’s appointment of the new chairman and owner of Channel […]
A Belize City mother is appealing to the public to help locate her missing daughter. Argelia Hernandez says that while she was at work last Friday, fourteen year old Ester Hernandez left her home on Santa Barbara Street, reportedly with her aunt. Argelia told News Five that three days before her daughter disappeared, she had […]
A commercial dispute has ended up in the nationalization of Belize Telemedia. Since Tuesday the Government took over full control of the telephone utility company, which, at least for now being, is run by businessman Nestor Vasquez and Anwar Barrow, the son of the Prime Minister. So what lies ahead for the other utility company, […]
But while Hulse says he feels he did the right thing, the Belize Business Bureau does not support his position. President of the Bureau, Misael Flores, told News Five today that while the Bureau is of the view that government was too hasty in making the decision – one that could have some serious implications […]
After spending the whole weekend and a total of five days of protest in front of the Supreme Court in Belize City, the appeals of Hirian and Charles Good have been answered. The husband and wife duo were petitioning the government to revoke the decision made by Minister Patrick Faber who dismissed Hirian from her […]
Today is day three of Charles and Hirian Good’s protest in front of the Supreme Court in Belize City. Hirian still wants her job back as a school warden at Trinity Methodist School. The Goods were out last night protesting and in fact, Charles spent the entire night on Regent Street. The Goods continued their […]
Today marks one week since Salome Busano gave birth to a baby boy at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and three days since he died. After the incident, Busano accused the doctor who discharged her baby with jaundice on Sunday with negligence because she felt that the child was released too early. But today when […]
Another youth has come forward to accuse a police officer of brutality. Mark Godoy Junior is claiming that he was taken to a crime scene and beaten before being charged for a burglary he did not commit. He alleges that he is being targeted because he has been charged a number of times, but has […]
The saga of the Good family continued today. The Belize National Teachers Union issued a release today that condemns the firing of Hirian Good from her job as a school warden for Trinity Methodist School. The B.N.T.U. release called on Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, to reconsider his decision to terminate her employment at the […]
On Tuesday we reported that Salome Busano was pointing fingers at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for the death of her jaundiced baby boy. Busano said she felt that if the doctor had not prematurely discharged her baby on Sunday, her child would still be alive today. Busano rushed the baby back to the K.H.M.H. […]
Ladyville residents, thirty-seven year old Jose Gonzalez and twenty-five year old Thomas Garcia attempted to buy gasoline from the Esso Ramon’s Service Station at closing time last Friday night. After being told it was too late to get any gas, the Omni security guard, Ignacio Reyes, exchanged words with the men as they returned to […]
On March twenty-sixth, 2008, an inferno consumed several buildings and the businesses that occupied them in the heart of Albert Street, which is considered the main thoroughfare of Belize City commerce. One of the businessmen who were hit the hardest was Umesh Mahitani, who owned the Romacs building. Mahitani immediately started to construct a new […]
A school warden and her husband protested in downtown Belize City today. It was over her firing, which she claims was political. Her husband, Charlie Good, has a reputation as a no-nonsense former military head and a CIA operative who has been around the block more than once. Good and his wife, who was fired […]
On Tuesday, News Five aired a story about a hostile incident between two bus drivers; one from Skai’s Bus Company and the other from Flores Bus company – both who operate in the Ladyville/Lord’s Bank area. In the story, Ladyville Police Officer Commanding, Inspector Calbert Flowers, told us that both drivers had drawn machetes at […]
