The potential of a commercial oil find by Maranco Energy Belize Limited in northwestern Orange Walk was used by Prime Minister Barrow much like a dangling carrot back in April, during negotiations with the unions over much delayed salary adjustments. The likelihood of a wage increase for teachers and public servants is contingent upon an […]
The report was generated using cost data from BNE’s Spanish Lookout oil field, the existing terms of Maranco’s production sharing agreement, as well as corporate tax. The Production Sharing Agreement, Williams says, is favorable to the government. Tanya Williams, Exec. Dir., Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage “We had to use some assumption […]
Crime in Belize is typically categorized by murder, assault, carnal knowledge, robbery and burglary… So it is rare when a case falls out of those categories. But a senior citizen is being investigated for bigamy; that means he is married to two women. On Thursday, sixty-seven year old Faustina Coc nee Bol, a housewife of […]
An all points bulletin, issued for the apprehension of Sergio Moran, whom it is strongly believed brutally killed his wife on Wednesday in Caye Caulker, remains in effect tonight. Moran is suspected of butchering twenty-eight year old Julia Moran, who was hacked and stabbed multiple times with a machete inside the couple’s home on the […]
Twice convicted multiple murderers Patrick Robateau and Leslie Pipersburgh were in the Court of Appeal, just one of the their many stops during a legal process which has gone from the Supreme Court all the way to the Privy Council and back and has spanned almost thirteen years. The men were convicted in 2004 of […]
When thirteen year old Jasmine Lowe disappeared in June, 2012, the nation joined her parents in fear, and Cayo residents combed the land for clues. The murdered teen’s death changed the nation and there were protests in San Ignacio in front of the police station, and all chants were for justice. It has been a […]
Two Belize City men were today charged for a robbery of an Orange Walk businessman in the court of Magistrate Adolph Lucas. The duo, twenty-eight year old Jaime Villanueva and eighteen year old Wardworth Clark allegedly held up fifty five year old Jose Santos with a knife earlier today. They allegedly stole his backpack containing […]
Also in court, four persons including two females, one a minor and the mother of a one month old newborn were in court today facing charges for drug trafficking. Earlier today, at five am, Ladyville Police raided the home of Maskall businessman Winston Bevans and found one hundred and one grams of marijuana in twenty-nine […]
Immediately following the 2013 annual cross country cycling classic held in late March, several cyclists were selected to take a mandatory anti-doping test of which Channel Five was one of the sponsors. Well the samples were sent out and the results are back….the good news is that all the athletes tested negative for any form […]
The headlines and the country’s immediate future are both mired in court battles. The former managers of the registries and OCEANA Belize are not the only people taking on G.O.B. in legal wrangling. It’s a productive month for attorneys on both sides of the divide. So it was not surprising to find attorney at law […]
Earlier this year, in January, the Taiwanese Embassy held a scholarship briefing with students, teachers and principals from various educational institutions across the country. It was to provide information on the application process for scholarships as well as school-life in Taiwan. Well today, Ambassador, Republic of China (Taiwan), David Wu, took the opportunity to report […]
Contagious…it is a new exhibit that is launching tonight at the Image Factory. Although presumed to be the works of several artists, it is in fact the artwork of nineteen year old Julian Kuo. The fifty-five piece collection is the artists best works that he painted between February to April of this year. Using different […]
The September celebrations are months away but the National Celebrations Commission held its 2013 competition for the theme. And earlier this week, the commission announced that this year’s theme is: “Belize In You, Belize In Me, Land Of The Free.” This theme will now anchor the celebrations for the two hundred and fifteenth anniversary of […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow was very vocal about what he called a secret agreement between G.O.B. and Belize International Services Limited at his press conference on Wednesday. In his own words, the PM said that nobody was aware of that agreement, not legal counsel Gian Gandhi or the Financial Secretary or anybody in the public […]
At his press conference Wednesday, the PM described the agreement to extend the contract for the management of the IBC and Ships Registries as having been signed off in secret and that nobody knew about it. When News Five produced a letter proving that the Financial Secretary as well as Gian Gandhi to whom the […]
This morning during the United Democratic Party’s radio station, WAVE, Minister of National Security John Saldivar spoke about the management contracts. Saldivar and his co-hosts made some very serious allegations about Morgan and Morgan, the prestigious Panamanian Law firm that the company that managed B.I.S.L. Apparently, the three co-hosts used their combined intelligence gathering efforts […]
On June twentieth, Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin will issue his ruling on government’s application for a stay of execution of an injunction handed down by Justice Oswell Legall. The ruling by Legall declared that agreements between G.O.B. and six oil companies including Providence Energy and Princess Petroleum Limited were null and void. That matter, stay […]
In a release sent out by the Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology and Public Utilities, earlier today, it pointed out that no order or judgment was made against any of the oil companies since they were not party to the proceedings. Furthermore, it stressed that only the legal authority of a ruling by the […]
Seven thousand five hundred and thirty-three students sat the exams, a five percent increase over last year. The top twenty six students have been highlighted for their achievement. But the exam which tests proficiency in English, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science has not produced the desired results over the past decade. Scores in both English […]
Fifty-five year old Viola Pook, sentenced to life in prison for the New Year’s Eve murder of her common law husband in 2008, appeared in the Court of Appeal today represented by Senior Counsel Simeon Sampson. In July 2011, Pook was convicted of killing forty-seven year old Orlando Vasquez after lighting him on fire inside […]
In magistrate court, a repeat offender made another scheduled appearance. Thirty-four year old Denfield Lemmott, was arraigned on a single count of theft when he appeared in the magistrate’s court this morning. Lemmott is accused of stealing a five-gallon Crystal water bottle valued at thirty dollars, the property of Joan Burke. The incident reportedly took […]
Many of the repeat offenders at the magistrate court lack basic education. That is why it is important for schools to be constantly upgraded and the training of teachers are also paramount. Excelsior High School understands that message as a memorandum of understanding was signed today at the school grounds. The City Council giving back […]
A prolific art exhibit is currently hung at Belisle Art Gallery. The curator had scoured the country for artists who are constantly working to improve their trade. Some of the faces have been on display before but all of the emergent artists are hungry to share their work. Some pieces are vibrant and others carry […]
Training continues for the Belize Jaguars as they prepare to take on the United States, Cuba and Costa Rica in three games to be played in the United States for the 2013 Gold Cup scheduled for next month. The players are a unique set that have been playing to maintain national and international standards for […]
Banks are institutions that help the economy of a nation to thrive, but this week Healthy Living visits a bank where giving helps to literally save lives. Friday, June fourteenth, will be celebrated as World Blood Donor Day. I visited the Belize Blood Donor services to find out how this important vein finds blood to […]
