Firebrand activist organization COLA has managed to find its way into many different causes which affect the quality of life of roots Belizeans all over the country. And they’re back in it again on behalf of tourism stakeholders. Belize has made it onto a list, and its not a good one. According to highly rated […]
You’ll note that Brackett disagrees with the article’s critical tone where Belize City is concerned. And there, indeed, he is joined by the B.T.B.’s Director of the Cruise and Regional Initiative Valdemar Andrade. Andrade reiterates that feedback has been consistently positive from those who go on tours and sample the product and country of Belize. […]
Two Belize City men from the PIV controlled area of the Southside of Belize City are facing charges for the Possession of a Control Drug with Intent to Supply to Another Person or Persons for the Purpose of Drug Trafficking. Last Thursday, the police apprehended Leon Grey and Wilbert Gentle and found them with seventy […]
A Honduran national, Marvin Leonel Lara Melara, was before the Supreme Court for illegal entry today. His case is significant because the ruling is the first ever interpretation of the removal order under section thirty of the Immigration Act, under which the offender must be sent home within seven days of the issuance of a […]
A Roaring Creek man is tonight in big trouble with the law and his two wives. Thirty-six year old John Chimilio has said “I Do” twice in four years. This came to light on Monday when one of his wives, twenty-seven-year-old Merkitia Castillo Chimilio of Belmopan City discovered a marriage certificate which states that Chimilio […]
On October thirty-first, 2003, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Convention against Corruption. The Assembly also designated December ninth as International Anti-Corruption Day, to raise awareness of corruption and of the role of the Convention in combating and preventing it. While Belize is among few countries that are yet to sign on to the […]
Since announcing its Christmas loan program a few weeks ago, hundreds of Belizeans from across the country have stood in snaking queues at the National Bank waiting to apply for government-funded credit. Many are up before the break of dawn and journey to Belmopan to participate in the promotion. The initiative has come under intense […]
The Petrocaribe money is rolling happily all over the country, and politicians are busy exchanging witty, sarcastic repartee over Christmas Cheer and the merry mortgage payment scheme. But while that happens, children in many schools attend classes hungry because they have no food at home. To address that problem, teachers and staff of schools are […]
Great Belize Productions/Channel Five has reached another milestone. Today we celebrate twenty-three years of broadcasting. The company was established in 1982 as a production unit, and in 1991 it obtained its first licence to broadcast which was followed by the first live newscast. A lot has happened since then as the company has continued to […]
On Friday, A.S.R./B.S.I. rejected the B.S.C.F.A.’s proposals on the three points which sit on the negotiating table like ten thousand pound gorillas. One is the timeframe of the agreement which would govern the relationship between farmers and factory. The second is the ownership of the cane, and the third is the formula for the payment […]
The Petrocaribe program was started in 2005 under President Hugo Chavez, and since then has provided countries in the region with invaluable social assistance. But that donor nation is now owed twenty billion through Petrocaribe, and with the country now cash strapped, there is talk of selling some of that debt to private entities to […]
So when that good thing comes to an end, G.O.B. will deal with it. But for now, the coffers are chock full of the green stuff…overflowing even. And some of it will be tricking down this Christmas. As has been traditional, more will be trickling to U.D.P. Area Representatives than P.U.P. Area Representatives – a […]
The People’s United Party will participate in Government’s Christmas Cheer program, funded with Petrocaribe monies. That announcement by the Party’s Secretariat has been met with raised eyebrows in some quarters, since the P.U.P. has been the most vocal and vehement when it comes to the disbursement of the “Roll It” money. News Five asked P.U.P. […]
A well known resident was murdered in the Valley of Peace area, Cayo, just after midnight on Saturday. The wife of Donatilo Canales and a neighbor found him dead in a bushy area after gun shots were heard. Following the murder, the Canales family moved out of the village in fear of their lives since […]
Forty-three-year-old Jose Miguel Abrego, a caretaker on a citrus farm near St. Margaret’s Village was shot and killed sometime after eleven o’clock on Sunday night. According to his wife, Abrego was on the property when she heard a volley of shots being fired. She was reportedly upstairs of their residence and took cover. When the […]
The case of Speednet Communications Limited and Belize Telemedia Limited returned to the courtroom of Justice Shona Griffith this morning. Speednet, parent company of SMART, had sought an interim injunction restraining Telemedia from cutting off their communication link in the South of Belize, which would leave over seven thousand SMART customers in the Toledo District […]
Four persons, including two tourists are lucky to be alive following an accident on Saturday evening between miles six and seven on the Phillip Goldson Highway. A Jeep Cherokee taxi traveling from Belize City towards Ladyville reportedly lost control and collided into a Ford Escape SUV coming from the opposite direction. Both drivers received various […]
Less than a month from today, two untried and untested politicians will go up against each other in Cayo North. The seat up for grabs is Cayo North, which was vacated a few weeks ago by the unexpected resignation of P.U.P. Area Representative Joseph Mahmud. As we said, both aspirants are new, but that’s where […]
What’s going on with Mayor Darrell Bradley? There’ve been reports that he’s been threatening resignation and all sorts of calamitous political stuff. Then there’ve been reports of him packing up his office and retreating to his law firm. We’ve been unable to confirm any of that, but we do know there is serious discontent in […]
Last September, twenty-two year old Tyrell Hyde was robbed by cops; it was all caught on tape by surveillance camera at a bank’s ATM machine. Hyde took his case to the media when he became frustrated that there was no action against the officers. Hyde claimed they stole his money after forcing him to withdraw […]
A nine year old child has made a report of sexual assault allegedly committed by a man she knows well. The incident occurred in the Lord’s Bank area, Ladyville, when the child was in the company of a younger sibling. She had been sent to buy at a nearby grocery store on November eighth, 2014 […]
Over at the Radisson today, a group of special kids were treated to Christmas goodies courtesy of the Belize Bank. It’s the sixth party the bank has been hosting for the Stella Maris School and from the looks of it; the students were having a fun time. Duane Moody dropped by for the celebration. […]
Belizean bodybuilders made their mark in the Central American Championships held in El Salvador over the weekend. Mister Belize, Rigo Vellos, Veteran Bodybuilder, Clayton Greenidge and promising Novice Bodybuilder, Oyinkro Akpobodor, were in Santa Tecla La Libertad, El Salvador for the Central American Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships. There, Belize secured five medals: one gold, two […]
Throughout last week, Channel Five celebrated its twenty-second anniversary with the annual Gimme Five Giveaway Show. Thousands of Belizeans from across the country participated and many walked away with fabulous prizes. The week climaxed on Friday with the annual Christmas Spectacular where the grand prize was won by the Lord family, who had a lucky […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday The struggle for the lead in the PBL football season intensified in week 8 as 5 ball clubs went in positioned to grab a place in the top 4 of the standings. Placencia Texmar Assassins rolled into the Norman Broaster yesterday with high expectation […]
