The other murder was in the city. ‘Break Dance’ as he was known, was killed on Sunday night. There are no motives at this time but the news of the death is still shocking to the family of the victim. Sunday started as the typical day of rest for most Belizeans including the Gabourel and […]
Police are investigating yet another death and the victim is a US national who lived in the Stann Creek District. Police say that the body of fifty-six year old Miriam Shimi was discovered around nine this morning inside her bedroom in Sittee River Village. From what we know, Shimi’s death is being treated as a […]
But prior to Sunday night’s murder another Belize City man was shot. Although Break Dance died from one gunshot, the second victim was shot about five times on Saturday night. Believe it or not, he survived that shooting incident. According to reports, twenty-eight year old Alvin Cumberbatch, a security guard, was standing at the entrance […]
Henry Canton was fired as CEO of CPBL last Friday, but that doesn’t mean that the dust has settled in the industry. The resolution for his termination was passed at an extraordinary meeting of the Citrus Growers Association in the Pomona Valley and followed months of upheaval. A letter was issued to this effect in […]
It has been an extremely chaotic and controversial week for football and this past Saturday Dr. Bertie Chimilio re-emerged triumphant after yet another attempt to oust him from his seat as president of the Football Federation of Belize. Despite strong opposition from Minister of Sports John Saldivar and FFB hopeful Sergio Chuc, Chimilio was installed […]
The European Union is providing twenty-four point nine million Euros, the equivalent of over sixty-two point three million dollars for aid in rural development and for the sugar industry. According to a press release, the funds should also assist with projects geared towards poverty reduction. Three financing agreements were signed today, between Prime Minister of […]
Presidents Alvaro Colom of Guatemala and Porfirio Lobo Sosa of Honduras were both in Belize on Friday for the Central American Summit of the Integration Movement. While in San Pedro on a five hour visit, the presidents spoke exclusively to this station in the margins of the SICA summit. News Five’s Delahnie Bain has that […]
Four hours and fourteen minutes was the time it took a jury to find twenty-two year old Jesse James Ochoa not guilty of Murder. Ochoa was also initially charged with Attempted Murder and Robbery but he was only tried for murder on indictment. The case relates to an incident back on June sixteenth, 2008, when […]
A family of three along with a close friend, all residents of Corozal Town, were arrested and charged today for drug trafficking. They are thirty-four year old mechanic Lionel Tillett, his sister fifty-one year old Joan Tillett, her daughter twenty-seven year old Crissie Tillett and thirty-three year-old Shane Morgan. This morning the group appeared before […]
A security guard who showed up late for work and appeared under the influence of alcohol is behind bars tonight after he allegedly pulled his point twenty-two service pistol and fired it at a co-worker. The incident allegedly happened during an argument on Saturday night at the Northern Fisherman Cooperative on North Front Street after […]
So far, the United Democratic Party has held two very hotly contested conventions which all lead to the national elections. Well, one PUP aspirant, Oscar Rosado, has bowed out and he won’t be contesting conventions in the Port Loyola constituency where he ran last election, but was defeated. Rosado is also a front line campaigner […]
In our newscast on Friday we did not go into full details of the bills that got House approval and others that were introduced. One of the Bills that was amended and passed was the Income and Business Tax Act. It generally offers a small tax relief to persons in the workforce whose incomes fall […]
But the big bulk of tax relief in the amended Income and Business Tax Bill will go to Telemedia which the government nationalized in August, 2009. Prior to that, in December 2008, the government had increased business tax from nineteen percent to twenty-four point five percent on telecommunications. Well, now government has reverted to the […]
Good evening I am James Adderley with this week’s dish of Sports Monday. On Saturday at Belmopan, the Football Federation of Belize endorsed Dr. Bertie Chimilio as President of this FIFA affiliated body by a 7 to 1 vote with the Belize Premier Football league being the only dissenting vote. The National Sports Council had […]
It’s the last sitting of the House of Representatives for the year. Perhaps because it is the Christmas season, both sides of the House were restrained in their rhetoric. But we’ll start with perhaps the big news of the day, which is the that new arrangements are being put in place to allow for US […]
Recently, the sugar industry also faced its own crisis when the Belize Sugar Industries was unable to make third payment to farmers and did not have the funds necessary to start the new crop. After BSI received waivers from both the ING and FirstCaribbean International Banks, it was able to access a ten million dollar […]
Following today’s House meeting, the Prime Minister, was asked about his decision to impose censorship on Channel Five. He provided a lengthy reply which we carry in full. Dean Barrow “Well they’re here, aren’t they?” Patrick Jones “Is that a reconsideration of that ending of normal relations?” Dean Barrow “Well, not at this time, but […]
We’ve told you about what happened outside the House. Inside, government passed two bills and introduced six new ones. But on adjournment, several statements were made. Fort George Area Representative and Former Prime Minister, Said Musa, raised the issue of hurricane relief. Christmas Eve will mark two months since Hurricane Richard pummeled Belize. The storm […]
The sparring was not limited to Said Musa and Anthony “Boots” Martinez; there was also an exchange between the two leaders, Dean Barrow and John Briceño. It came during the presentations on the Bill to amend the Income and Business Tax Act. The bill offers a small tax relief to working persons earning up to […]
On Wednesday night’s newscast we asked viewers “Do you believe that the workers of National Transport who were released due to the foreclosure are being used for political football?” A whopping seventy four percent voted yes and twenty six percent voted no. The poll indicates that there is a strong belief that political maneuverings are […]
Henry Canton is out. Up until this morning, Canton was the CEO of the Citrus Products of Belize Limited, the CPBL. For months he came under constant fire from his parent company, Citrus Growers Association, and by noon today, he was terminated but had not been served his official marching orders. Canton says it’s illegal […]
At the break of dawn this morning, firemen rushed to Waight Street where a house was on fire. The house, occupied Anselda Dougal and her son erupted in flames. The origins of the fire are unknown but there is a belief that the fire is a case of arson. Dougal had vivid recollections of how […]
A coronary inquiry into the death of Mark “T-Dog” Stuart, concluded today and after two hours of deliberation the jury could find no one responsible for the killing. The stunning decision comes seven years after Stuart was shot twenty-seven times at close range by prison officers on August twentieth, 2003. The inquiry didn’t start until […]
Also in court, five men who were busted on September seventeenth had a brief taste of freedom today. A charge against them for the possession of a nine millimeter pistol loaded with the ammunition was dismissed, but they were detained again as they exited the court. Jeffrey Flowers, Steven Flowers, Tylon Tillett, Charles Young Jr. […]
When the Committee to Protect Journalists was created almost thirty years ago, there were grave violations against the press, especially in Latin America, when the region was ruled by military dictatorships. The organization headquartered in New York, covers the planet in the protection of press freedom. On Thursday night, the CPJ’s Senior America’s Program Coordinator, […]
