A boat attendant was this evening remanded to the Belize Central Prison on a heinous sexual assault charge for fondling a seven year old child in the village of Biscayne on two separate occasions. The news is disturbing because the accused person is an adult who befriended the family and molested the child when the […]
Today was the final hearing of the CCJ appeal concerning the nationalizations of B.T.L. and B.E.L. Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, on behalf of British Caribbean Bank, replied to the arguments of the Government, which were presented by Senior Counsel Denys Barrow on Thursday. Courtenay told the CCJ that there was no legitimate public purpose for […]
Courtenay was followed by Lord Peter Goldsmith, Queen Counsel, who replied to the Government on behalf of Dean Boyce and the B.T.L. Employees Trust. Lord Peter Goldsmith, Queen Counsel, Dean Boyce & B.T.L. Employees Trust “The next miscellaneous point I would like to deal with emerged really from the exchange between my learned friend […]
The countdown is on…. There are only nineteen days to end 2014. Earlier today we looked at the crime statistics and at this point, it is safe to say that the number of murders is far above the 2013 stats. Our database shows one hundred and thirty-nine to date, compared to ninety-nine homicides in 2013. […]
Opening tonight at the Bliss, Landini, a paranda album by world renowned Garifuna artist, Aurelio Martinez will be launched. Since September, Martinez along with his team from Stone Tree Records, Ivan Duran, have been in Europe and the U.S. and Canada to introduce the album to international audiences. Tonight, they are back in Belize to […]
There is breaking news of a shooting in the Mahogany Heights community at mile thirty on the George Price Highway. News Five has confirmed that one Joel Sewell was shot multiple times and he has since been rushed to the Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan. More details of this shooting will be available in Friday’s […]
At two-thirty today, officials from A.S.R. and B.S.I. met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega at the PM’s office at Whitfield Tower in Belize City. The meeting was called so Prime Minister Dean Barrow could convey the B.S.C.F.A.’s last position to the company. That position is a decidedly more flexible […]
The Belize Defense Force Bomb Expert was called in on Fabers Road on Wednesday night where another deadly grenade was discovered. The active explosive device was safely removed off the streets of the Old Capital, following an operation led by a police strike team. Sometime around six-forty p.m., a team of officers visited an area […]
Well-known disc jockey, Samir Fernandez, known in the clubbing and music scene as DJ Kid, was discovered dead on Wednesday in the village of Esperanza. Fernandez, a resident of Santa Elena Town in the west, was last seen alive on Tuesday when he left home in a taxi. A day later, his father, attorney Orlando […]
At two-fifteen today, eight year old Kiran Moguel was taken off life support at the K.H.M.H. and pronounced dead. The student from Orange Walk sustained massive head and body injuries in a traffic accident on Monday in Chetumal. He and his mother, Esther Moguel, were in the pan of a pickup being driven by Zacharias […]
On Tuesday, the Government of Belize, through BELTRAIDE, announced the completion of the sale of Caye Chapel to a group of Mexican investors, who own El Secreto in San Pedro. The two hundred and sixty-five acre island which has been in foreclosure by the Belize Bank for a number of years has been sold for […]
Arguments continued today at the Caribbean Court of Justice in Port of Spain where Dean Boyce, the B.T.L. Employees Trust, British Caribbean Bank and Fortis are challenging the government acquisition of the Belize Telemedia and B.E.L. On Wednesday afternoon Attorney Eamon Courtenay presented on behalf of Fortis. Today, Denys Barrow for G.O.B. replied to the […]
Justice Michelle Arana is expected to make her decision on the case of Mark Menzies, Don Gillett, Michael Novelo, Journett McKoy, Charlette Barnett and Colin Morrison sometime next year after receiving written submissions from their attorneys Senior Counsel Said Musa for Menzies, Tricia Pitts-Anderson for the other claimants, and Rodwell Williams and Julie-Ann Ellis-Bradley for […]
Last Thursday, the Belize Tourism Industry Association held its twenty-third annual general meeting where its membership was updated on developments within the travel sector, including a pending suit in the Harvest Caye Development, a project spearheaded by Norwegian Cruise Line. While litigation is in the pipeline, construction on the multimillion dollar venture is going full […]
The Stake Bank tourism project remains on hold indefinitely while developer Mike Feinstein and FSTV are entangled in a lawsuit regarding the proposed project. Prime Minister Barrow has since gone on record to say that there isn’t much that government can do to resolve the issue since it is a legal matter presently before the […]
Earlier this week there was grim news from Yahoo Travel that Belize is among the countries with the worst ports of call. Well, tonight there is positive information for the tourism industry as it relates to air travel. Southwest Airlines today announced that they have filed applications to begin service to six new destinations, including […]
On Thursday, we showed you at length the difficult position in which Mayor of Belize City Darrell Bradley finds himself. Municipal elections are in three months, and all the workers from Belize Maintenance Limited are from Belize City. So obviously, leaving those workers out in the cold at this time is not an option, politically […]
And finally, it all boils down to the fate of one hundred and sixty workers post-January fifteenth, when BML’s contract expires. The reality is that Mayor Darrell Bradley has no definitive answer to offer them at this point. Unfortunately, their futures rest in that murky area between political reality, and reality reality! Still, the Mayor […]
As we said earlier, an article on Yahoo Travel earlier this week named Belize City as one of the five worst ports of calls for cruise ships in the Caribbean. The writer cites specifically that while the tours and trips to sites across the country are great, the old capital itself has little to do […]
Dara Robinson is known for his humanitarianism, specifically his feeding program to help underprivileged youths and families in poverty stricken areas across the city. For the second consecutive year, Robinson is teaming up with the owner of Mister Ham’s Juice Bar, Jennine Hamilton, to raise funds for his annual Christmas Hamper Program for needy families. […]
Five local companies are being given the opportunity to expand their reach to the Caribbean market through an initiative by BELTRAIDE. Included in the group is the popular Hot Mama’s Belize Limited and Caribbean Premier Products Ltd. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was at the Radisson today and has this report. Isani Cayetano, Reporting A […]
If you listen to all the Christmas songs that have been blaring on the airwaves or even in your home; you’re probably convinced that all days leading to Christmas are indeed “merry and bright.” After all, ‘tis the season to be jolly – right? Well, not for everyone. If you’ve been feeling more like the […]
There was a brutal and bloody murder in Corozal Town on Tuesday night. It happened at around nine o’clock on College Road as residents of the area were getting ready to turn in for the night. Two men, who are not known to be friends, became embroiled in a violent argument which led to murder. […]
But Mark Massam Junior is no stranger to the law; he received a nine-year sentence back in 2005 for a string of robberies in the Orange Walk and Corozal districts. After serving his sentence, in January of 2013, Massam Junior was remanded for firearm offences for an incident in Corozal. He was released earlier this […]
In mid-January 2015, a contract issued to Belize Maintenance Limited will expire, and one hundred and seventy workers from that company will be hired on by the Belize City Council. Or will they? That’s the million dollar question right now. Prime Minister Barrow has said yes, and Mayor Darrell Bradley has said no. Since the […]
