B.T.L. and MMR Belize Limited, the company that owns the game-show Mek Mi Rich, are currently being taken to Court. It’s a highly technical case, but in a nutshell – one young programmer, Curtis Swasey, is alleging that B.T.L. used his concept and intellectual property without legal authority or permission to partner with MMR in […]
According to Musa, the non-disclosure agreement between B.T.L. and Swasey specifically says that no information can be shared within two years of the termination of the agreement. The relationship between the parties was terminated by email in August 2014 so Musa says it is quite clear the agreement was breached. But while that’s the technical […]
Curtis Swasey was present today, but declined comment. Still, the case in which he is suing for damages is based primarily on his expectations after more than two years of delivering his concept and product to B.T.L. Today, his attorney outlined those expectations. Kareem Musa, Attorney for Curtis Swasey “Certainly to be where MMR […]
And tonight’s question is: should the use of marijuana be legalized in Belize? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com
About a week ago we spoke with the new president of the N.T.U.C.B., Marvin Mora; he told us that they were confident that the Prime Minister would be reasonable in his assessment of Floyd Neal’s appointment to the Social Security Board. The S.S.B. has rejected Neal’s appointment on the grounds of conflict of interest. Mora […]
The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, established over fifty-five years ago, has existed as a recognized body representing the interests of eighteen branches. But that was until mid-January when government amended the Sugar Industry Act to allow for other independent groups to do business with ASR/B.S.I. The amendment to that piece of legislation came as […]
In other developments in the sugar belt…Since opening on January twenty-sixth, the 2014-2015 sugar crop has been off to a slightly rocky start with milling coming to a grinding halt just few days later. While projections are that there is more cane to be harvested this year than in previous seasons, there are still a […]
Today Mayor Darrell Bradley vigorously defended reports that his Council paid out over one point three million dollars in legal fees between 2013 and 2014. In fact, he took great offence that we reported it in Monday’s newscast, saying that we should have gone to him for an explanation. The Mayor is referring to an […]
But while vigorously defending himself and the Council, the Mayor was noticeably warmer towards, in his own words, his political brother Santino Castillo. In an interview done with Castillo a week ago, the Caribbean Shores Area Rep was less than charitable toward Mayor Darrell Bradley, who had expressed interest in running in that area. Castillo […]
There is sign of activity at the Memorial Park, finally. Belizeans probably remember the joyous ceremony well over a year ago when the newly upgraded, multi-million dollar upgraded park was launched. There were booths everywhere, high tech structures to house vendors aplenty. But that never happened. It still hasn’t happened, but like we said, there […]
A large contingent of Mexican entrepreneurs is in Belize conducting high level meetings with government officials and local business owners. While conducting meetings, the team is also scouting Belize and seeking opportunities to invest in. Some of the areas they are looking to tap into include tourism and other business ventures. Today, the team, led […]
Today, fifty year old Jeremiah Pott pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter of his brother, fifty seven year old Fidencio Pott. Jeremiah was sentenced to twelve years in prison, but ordered to serve only seven since he begged for the court’s mercy. At mitigation plea, Jeremiah with the advice of his attorney, David Moralez, […]
Two Belize City men, Albert Clother and Tareef Westby, were freed of attempted murder after Samuel Halliday, who is currently incarcerated, decided he wanted no further court action. The matters of attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and dangerous harm along with conspiracy to commit murder, for which Clother and Westby were charged […]
There is a total of nine town councils nationwide; the opposition party controls three. Up north, the People’s United Party hopes to retain the Orange Walk Town Council in the upcoming March fourth elections. The battle on the ground at the mayoral level is between Kevin Bernard and political novice Yvette Liu Torres. This morning, […]
An eight year old Roaring Creek student, Al-Dane Moro, and his mother, Latoya Lennon, are tonight asking for help. Moro was diagnosed back in August of 2014 with stage three of Hodgkin Lymphoma, an aggressive form of cancer that originates from the white blood cells. The cause of the disease is not known, but requires […]
Today a visiting delegation of war veterans from the Royal Canadian Legion were in the country to pay respects to Belizean veterans of the World Wars. In a brief ceremony at the Memorial Park this morning, more than one hundred legionnaires took time out to honour our local heroes by laying a wreath at the […]
There is breaking news: a few minutes ago, a Roaring Creek resident was murdered in the Hattieville area of the village. At this time, we cannot reveal the name because family members have not been notified. But we can say that he was found with a gunshot wound. We’ll have more on this murder in […]
A father of two and a teenage friend from the Belmopan area lost their lives instantly in a terrible traffic accident. Both Leonardo Ramos and Rigoberto Cabrera Junior were riding on Ramos’ newly acquired motorcycle when a car crashed into them on a stretch of the Hummingbird Highway in Belmopan, early on Saturday morning. As […]
A fire quickly spread through the house of the Ford family on Allenby Street in Belize City last Friday night. Tanya Ford, a single mother, was at work when she received the bad news by text. While no one was injured, Ford lost all her belongings in the blaze which was caused by a lit […]
The People’s United Party launched its manifesto over the weekend…we’ll have that story coming up. But at the event, we caught up with successful businesswoman and aspiring Mayor Yolanda Schakron. Schakron also has some queries for her opponent in the upcoming Municipal Elections, and it has to do with one point three million dollars paid […]
On Saturday, the P.U.P. Belize City municipal team officially launched its manifesto, as it prepares to contest elections less than a month away. The launch was done at the ITVET compound in Belize City and the manifesto is entitled Change Begins Now. That’s a message that the team, and certainly the party, hopes will resound […]
On the podium, successful businesswoman and aspiring Mayor Yolanda Schakron also made a commitment that if she is elected, she would work for free. In the past we’ve heard aspiring teams commit to taking a cut in salary, but we’ve never had a Mayor agree to serve pro bono. Schakron says she’s made up her […]
Business owners and vendors are being asked to exercise vigilance for counterfeit currency. According to the Belize City police, around eleven o’clock on Friday morning, they visited the Michael Finnegan Market where several fruit vendors handed over seven-twenty dollar bills with six notes having the same serial number: DL-two-eight-seven-six-five-five and one with serial number: DL-one-eight-three-one-five-six. […]
Two Belizeans were attacked by three unidentified persons in Playa del Carmen over the weekend. According to Police reports from that area, authorities were called to downtown Playa del Carmen at around two-thirty Saturday morning where they discovered twenty-five year old Abner Torres with a wound to the left side of his face. Torres, who […]
While the P.U.P. focused, at least this past week, on the city’s manifesto launch, last week the party took two successive political hits, both in the north. Two area representatives were criminally charged on successive days. On Saturday, P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca spoke about both – first the charges against former P.U.P. leader and Orange […]
