There is an ongoing row between the Bar Association and Prime Minister Dean Barrow. It became public over the departure from office of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh and has become more pronounced over contracts for two justices of the court of appeal. This past Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s arrows were directed at senior counsel Godfrey […]
Smith also told News Five that he would consider an apology under certain circumstances. Godfrey Smith, Attorney at Law “If the Prime Minister of Belize apologizes to the Bar Association and the judiciary and the people of Belize for the disgraceful manner in which his government has treated the Chief Justice, if he apologizes for […]
Attorney Godfrey Smith was not the only member of the Bar Association who Prime Minister Barrow threw under the bus. This morning on the airwaves, Barrow also insulted Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay. When we caught up with him earlier today Courtenay recalled that Barrow also once represented Lord Michael Ashcroft and continues until today to […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you think it is too risky for the Social Security Board to invest fifty million dollars in BTL shares since the company is mired in litigation and the value is not known? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at […]
A battery of lawyers has been flown in by both sides in a challenge to the constitutionality of certain aspects of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act that was amended by the government back in March of this year. It is one in a myriad of legislation that has been passed in the war waged […]
As we have reported, the Social Security Board is required by government to invest fifty million dollars of pension funds in Telemedia. According to the PM, the prospectus will be released on October fifteenth. The full SSB is yet to meet to decide on whether or not the investment is prudent but the clock is […]
An entire family perished inside their home in Buena Vista Village when it was burnt down on October second, 2006. But it was not the usual house fire, caused by faulty electricity or something left on the stove; it was a malicious crime that claimed the life of Elias Mayen Ayala, his common-law-wife Maria Suchite, […]
The United States Deputy Assistant Secretary State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Julissa Reynoso has been meeting with different government officials over the past few days. Reynoso’s portfolio covers Central America and the Caribbean. Reynoso, an attorney by trade, is expected to meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs before her departure o Friday. Her visit […]
The story behind the killings of two Belizean wanted men who were linked to the Scotiabank robbery in March of this year is still under investigation. The men, Alexander Edwards and Benjamin Peters, were reportedly onboard a bus in San Pedro Sula, Honduras when they were killed. A third man, Gabriel Salazar, who was wanted […]
Earlier in the newscast Dr. Abdulai Conteh spoke about his retirement as Chief Justice. But before he brought down his gavel for the last time, his peers, other justices and senior counsels spoke of the man who vastly improved the judicial system and jealously guarded its independence. Members of the Bar let him know clearly […]
Expo 2010 was held on the eighteenth and nineteenth of September. The public visited the event and walked away with deals. Today it was the winners of the best over-all booths determined by text voting who got the recognition of the Chamber of Commerce. News Five’s Delahnie Bain reports. Delahnie Bain, Reporting The new location […]
The Tropical Gaming ads for the lotto promise to make your dreams come true. Well, that proved to be more than just lip service for a Belize City sanitation worker today. Carlos Armando Rodriguez Lopez is a forty-seven year old father of two who works hard to take care of his family. He had a […]
How Healthy is Belize? That’s the question we ask tonight on Healthy Living. It’s a major concern for our growing population that is relying more and more on fast food, yet exercising less. In fact, more than half of the population is well over the appropriate weight. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting It is no secret that […]
At news time tonight, there are two suspects in the latest homicide which took the life of BeJohn Martinez. The twenty-five year old was found clinging to life near the Haulover Bridge this morning with a gunshot to his head. He was transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where he expired shortly after. Martinez […]
On Tuesday night we reported on an alleged incident in which Belizeans may have been killed in Honduras. According to reports, three men who were detained in connection with a robbery of Scotiabank’s Spanish Lookout Branch back on March thirtieth were caught up in the incident. The three men identified as Juan Salazar, Benjamin Peters […]
The number of visitors to the jewel may be picking up but an incident in the Cayo district on Tuesday may possibly land a black eye to the tourism industry. A hotelier of San Ignacio Town was today charged with Operating as a tour guide without a proper license. The charge against forty-six year old […]
Last week, legislation was passed in the House of Representatives to legalize the controversial wiretapping of telephone calls or the interception of communications. On Tuesday we asked our viewers to weigh in on whether or not such measures will deter crime as is proposed by the government. Sixty-nine percent of our viewers thought it will […]
Foreign Minister Wilfred “Sedi” Elrington was the first speaker this morning at the United Nations General Assembly. The GA, in its sixty-fifth year, is one of most anticipated and significant events in the calendar of the UN; statements are normally delivered by the highest authorities, heads of state, governments or foreign ministers on both domestic […]
While Tropical Depression Matthew brought with it little to no damages as it made landfall in Belize over the weekend, it did wreak havoc off the coast. The Belize Audubon Society has confirmed that a lighthouse, one of the oldest in the country located on Halfmoon Caye near the Turneffe Atoll, was toppled by gale […]
They’ve been targeted a few times previously and on Tuesday night thieves again paid a visit to the offices of National Transport at two and three quarter miles on the Western Highway. The robbers were quick and precise and the incident lasted less than two minutes. It happened shortly after eight before employees were preparing […]
Nineteen year old Samantha Foreman has been missing for a week and her family believes she was kidnapped. Her father, Anthony Foreman, suspects that her boyfriend might be linked to her disappearance. Anthony claims that when the boyfriend was confronted about her whereabouts, he claimed Samantha is in Dangriga and since then he has also […]
A group of four heavily armed men who were intercepted by police in Ladyville on August second remain at the Central Prison following the rejection of their bail applications today. They are nineteen year old Tevin Abraham, nineteen year old Jareth Usher, twenty-six year old Jamal Tablada and forty-six year old Floyd Davis. A search […]
Most partygoers know the saying “after the party there’s the after party”. But in the wee hours of September twenty-sixth, after the party there was a robbery at Palm Island night club. Today Carlo Gutierrez and Derrick Munnings were charged with Handling Stolen Goods in connection with that armed holdup. Police don’t have enough evidence […]
There’s one more day to end September, the deadliest month so far this year and before it does another homicide has been added to the long and growing list. In fact, 2010 is likely to have the distinction of the year with the highest number of murders the country has ever seen. With three months […]
Former Foreign Minister Godfrey Smith came under heat today from the Government of Belize. In a press release earlier today Smith was criticized and condemned for a letter he wrote on September seventeenth to Richard Fraser of Digicel in Jamaica, discouraging him from considering any investment in Belize Telemedia. The government press release says that […]
