Since former Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh was retired in late 2010, the position has been temporarily filled by Justice Samuel Awich. There was a lot of huffing and puffing about whether or not the Bar Association would have been part of the selection process for the new CJ but cooler heads prevailed and its members […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow hasn’t had a press conference for some time, but he had a mini one this morning. After an appearance on Love FM, members of the press met the PM. He was questioned on a number of hot button issues that range from the BTL shares to the new CJ and those […]
The cost of just about everything is on the rise, but there is one area where Prime Minister Dean Barrow promised relief when prices passed a certain mark. That is the price of fuel. We asked our viewers if they believe the PM should be held to his word to remove the dollar tax that […]
An amnesty program for twenty thousand immigrants is now off the radar, at least for the foreseeable future. That’s what Prime Minister Barrow said today. Under the programme, the illegal immigrants would have been able to attain permanent residency status in Belize. It was to take effect this coming April, but the prime minister has […]
Just one day after his Cabinet announced resumption of normal relations with this station, the PM was on Love FM’s Morning Show jabbing at Channel Five while confirming that, indeed, “normal” relations had been restored with this station. In defending his government’s decision to freeze out Channel Five from ministerial and public officers’ interviews, the […]
Earlier our viewers polled that fuel prices should be brought down as promised by the prime minister. Prices for premium and regular gasoline are now over the ten dollar mark, but the PM says he is not about to revisit the one-dollar tax that he imposed a few years ago and promised to revisit. The […]
Two of four charges brought against a Guatemalan national were dismissed today. Manuel de Jesus Lopez Gomez, who is accused of stabbing Clive Hyde in September 2009, was initially charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm, Grievous Harm and Use of Deadly means of Harm. This morning a directive from the DPP’s office was forwarded to […]
There is never a dull moment in the transportation industry. Recently, National Transport went into receivership and bus operators are fighting over routes. But wait… there’s more; even employees from the different companies are bucking heads. A Belize Metro bus driver and his conductor spent the night in lockdown and were criminally charged today following […]
If you look hard enough, you’ll find business opportunities just around the corner. Author, sculptor and now businessman, Stephen Okeke has started what has turned out to be a flourishing chain of Fresh Juice joints. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has the story. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Sculptor and businessman Stephen Okeke’s new venture is transforming the […]
There’s a crisis looming for small boat operators in cruise tourism. We can confirm tonight that an exclusive contract to a foreign owned company can wipe out local tenders who ferry visitors to and from Norwegian, Carnival and Royal Caribbean cruise ships. That’s because, as we told you on Monday night, the three cruise lines […]
The National Transport debacle is now in its sixth week. The bus company went into receivership late last year and its assets were repossessed the owners, Tony and David, were way behind in bank payments, as much as two years. Just before the Christmas break, the Labour Department could only account for eighty-three employees out […]
The government embargo against Channel Five has been lifted. That was the only item in an official statement coming from Cabinet which met in a regular session today. According to the release from the Office of the Prime Minister, “Cabinet has agreed to lift the ban and reinstate normal relations with Great Belize Productions/Channel Five […]
After a hiatus during the holidays, we start the year with an issue affecting the daily lives of Belizeans from all walks of life; the exorbitant prices of fuel that have spiked well past the ten dollar mark. Back in March 2009, when a dollar tax was introduced the Prime Minister promised he would remove […]
Earlier we told you about the uncertainty facing the employees of the National Transport, but that’s not the only trouble in the bus industry. In the City, the well known Lopez shuttle, owned and operated by Carlos Lopez, is suffering its own woes. Lopez claims he is being boxed out of a bus route he […]
In the south, a police officer in Independence Village stands accused of terrorizing the family of Richard Logan on New Year’s night. The cop, Logan claims, was intoxicated and was looking for his nephew with whom he had a confrontation several months ago. The rampage started at the home of his niece, whose house was […]
Just hours before 2010 expired, a Belize City resident was cornered by three men and robbed. So far police have only nabbed one of the suspects and he was charged with Robbery of Paul Arzu. Today in the courtroom of Magistrate Emerson Banner, twenty-four year old Robert Tracey was charged with the crime. He pleaded […]
Who owns the weed? That was what Magistrate Aretha Ford had to determine in a case that concluded today. Police believe that ten pounds of marijuana found in a house on Raccoon Street belonged to Leila Marie Adolphus Williams, but she says not so. The forty-nine year old was charged with Drug Trafficking and Possession […]
As we reported in our newscast on Monday, Justice Manuel Sosa has been sworn in as President of the Court of Appeal in what has been described as the Belizeanization of the Court. Justice Sosa was sworn in by Governor General Colville Young and the event was witnessed by Attorney General, B.Q. Pitts at the […]
On Monday night we heard the concerns that two attorneys raised over the new amendments to the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act. Attorneys Dickie Bradley and Anthony Sylvestre say that the stringent law not only infringes on the rights of the accused, but also places a heavy burden on their family because meeting bail […]
The health sector received a substantial boost from Japan. The Ministry of Health was awarded a grant of six million dollars from the Japanese Social Development Fund. The funds are earmarked for a project on malnutrition in children under five years old. It is also expected to encourage healthy lifestyles for children five years and […]
Two appointments were announced today. The Ministry of Police and Public Safety has hired well known stage and radio personality, Raphael Martinez, as Public Relations Officer beginning January first. He will be responsible for all Public Relations duties of the Police Department, the National Forensic Science Service, the Belize Central Prisons and the Headquarters of […]
In culture capital Dangriga, the first ever Habinahan Wanaragua otherwise known as the Dance Jankunu Festival and Competition was held over the weekend. Seven of the top Jankunu groups in the south competed in the dance festival, giving the five judges a tough task to determine the best. At the close of the fest, Ligemeri […]
It’s the first news out of Belmopan for the New Year and confirms what we reported late last week that government intended to appoint Justice Manuel Sosa as the new president of the Court of Appeal. Well, it became official today when Sosa was sworn in by Governor General, Colville Young, at Belize House in […]
There were a number of controversies in cruise tourism when we left off last year. Zoning of the Fort Street Tourism Village and the proposed introduction of cruise tourism in the Placencia Peninsula were the two hot button issues. And to begin our newscast for 2011, we report on another storm brewing for stakeholders in […]
Police detained three men at the close of 2010 for the murder of Nigerian taxi driver, Francis Chukwu. After a weekend in lockdown, Kendal Green, Egbery “Eggie” Daly and Jermaine “Bow Foot” Zuniga, were arraigned today. They appeared unrepresented before Senior Magistrate, Sharon Frazer where they were jointly read a single charge of Murder. It’s […]
