The group is seeking individual compensation from BWS since it is unlikely that they will be reinstated if the court finds the company guilty of wrongful termination. Their lawyer, Senior Counsel Antoinette Moore, also echoes the sentiment of the court, that the matter should be settled between both parties. Don Gillett, Former Employee, BWS […]
A Dangriga family is tonight breathing a sigh of relief that their loved one is alive. Seventeen-year-old Hansel Garcia had disappeared some three weeks ago, following a threat on his life in the southern town. And while the family had assumed the worst, Garcia got in contact with them on Saturday morning, stating that he […]
Later tonight on the Dickie Bradley Show, Alverine Burgess will be making an appearance. You have heard her voice, but tonight Burgess will face Dickie Bradley one on one with her compelling story of a visa hustle. The whistleblower alleges that Minister of State Edmund Castro took thousands of dollars for recommending visas for nationals […]
Today is being celebrated as Veterans Day, in honor of those who served in the armed forces during the World Wars. Major conflicts of the First World War were formally ceased at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany took effect. In Belize, Veterans […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. For a 2nd week in a row, the seasonal rains has played havoc with the sporting scene across the nation. Over the weekend, the Belikin Cup Tournament found it impossible to stage even 1 of the 3 matches advertized adding to the scheduling woes […]
On his return to Belize on Thursday, Michael Joseph Silva was charged for the murder of Maritza Janet Santos, which occurred two years ago in San Ignacio. Police were called to the home Silva shared with his nineteen year old girlfriend, Maritza Santos in September 2011. She was dead and Silva was critically injured after […]
The woman accused of killing her three children on April twenty-seventh, 2013, appeared in Belize City Magistrate’s Court today for a preliminary inquiry into the matter. Twenty-two year old Felicia Chen spent almost five months in the psychiatric ward at the Belmopan Hospital before being remanded to the Belize Central Prison on September seventeenth. On […]
The Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize, FECTAB, called a press conference this morning; the association lived up to its reputation bringing down brimstone and fire. Led by president Tom Greenwood, FECTAB is once again up in arms over changes that have been implemented at the Fort Street Tourism Village, prior to the start […]
In light of the recent decision taken by the management of the Fort Street Tourism Village, president of the federation Tom Greenwood issued a stern warning that should there be a total shut out of independent operators, legal recourse is inevitable. According to Greenwood FECTAB is not going to sit back and allow anyone to […]
During the hour-long event an allegation was also made against an officer attached to the Tourism Police Unit, who reportedly manhandled Greenwood’s son a year ago. The matter is just coming to light, says Greenwood, because he hoped relations would improve with the Tourism Police Unit. While News Five has made several attempts to confirm […]
The Football Federation of Belize showed off its new team that will be competing in the upcoming regional Central American under sixteen tournament, this morning at the Biltmore Plaza. The Baby Jaguars will be watched closely because members of the team performed spectacularly at the inaugural CONCACAF tournament held in Caymans. The under sixteen games […]
The social partners are tonight expressing satisfaction that the majority of their recommendations were accepted to restructure the Public Accounts Committee, including a change to the working group. Those suggestions were presented by the Council of Churches, the unions, as well as the business sector during individual meetings with pro tem chairman John Saldivar. After […]
A Belize City man is behind bars tonight after he was accused of pulling a gun while at a party. Twenty-five year old Channing Garoy, a resident and Construction Worker of North Creek in Belize City was arraigned this afternoon with two counts of Aggravated Assault with a firearm upon Justin Baptist and Brandon Palacio, […]
Tonight, Kevin Anthony Jex is on remand after he was arraigned on charges of attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm. According to reports, on November fifth, 2013, Desmond Miller, a security guard for the City Council, was standing in front of the council when he was approached by Jex who […]
Also in the courts a father and his two sons, remanded to prison on a charge of kept ammunition without a gun license, were released on bail of eight thousand dollars each earlier today. They are forty-two year old Nazim Nasser, nineteen year old Jamal Nasser and eighteen year old Hilal Nasser. They were offered […]
The police are mourning one of their own. Shortly after two this morning corporal Timothy Card, began complaining of excruciating chest pain. Card was on duty at the prime minister’s residence on Buttonwood Bay. He was rushed to the hospital and by four o’clock this morning he passed away. A father of three, Card was […]
A family in Dangriga is desperately searching for seventeen year old Hansel Garcia, who disappeared without a trace three weeks ago. The young man left his residence in the company of a friend and that was the last time anybody in his family saw him alive. We’ve covered many missing persons’ stories over the years, […]
In Belize, Christmas time is always defined at its start by an annual invitation to those who have a little more to give generously to those with a little less. The Salvation Army launched that grand effort today under pouring skies that did very little to dampen the cheer present in the eyes of those […]
Two years ago Michael Silva left the country under a dark cloud. Then twenty-six years old, the young man was believed to have killed his nineteen year old girlfriend before drinking poison to take his own life. The tragedy occurred in a Kontiki Area home which Silva shared with Maritza Janet Santos. At the time […]
The family of businessman Michael Coye, who succumbed to a massive heart attack on Tuesday night just days after being released from the Belize Central Prison, is cash strapped and urgently requests that the Financial Intelligence Unit releases funds from bank accounts which have been frozen since 2009. The family has been living in dire […]
The Senate met on Wednesday in Belmopan to consider three bills, some housecleaning write-offs, but the hot button issue was a motion brought by Opposition Senator Lisa Shoman for the appointment of a Special Select Committee. In a nutshell, it was proposed that the Select Committee would investigate and inquire into any and all facets […]
And with that out of the way, the last two speakers were leader of government business Godwin Hulse and Opposition Senator Lisa Shoman. It was an unenviable position for Senator Hulse. He once fought for motions like the one being debated, and he is considered one of the champions of the SSB Senate Inquiry. But […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is recovering from a round of surgery he successfully underwent on Wednesday morning. The PM had been suffering for some time with chronic back pain due to three herniated discs on his spine. The surgery, according to the government press release, it took two hours and a half at the DISC […]
An eighteen karat solid gold trophy arrived in Belize this morning at the Phillip Goldson International via private jet and under heavy security. The arrival of the priceless FIFA World Cup Trophy was a highly anticipated event that was choreographed with precision. On hand were the Minister of Sports, International Football Federation (FIFA), the local […]
Now back to the Wednesday’s marathon session of the senate. At close to six in the evening the parting shots had all been fired and it was time for the senators to vote on the motion for the appointment of the Special Select Committee. Even for House meetings the media is generally packed up and […]
