This issue of P.U.P. Orange Walk East Area Representative Marco Tulio Mendez isn’t dismissed quite so easily. Mendez has been charged with six counts of aggravated assault of an indecent nature on two minors. Following his arrest and formal arraignment last week the party immediately removed him as head of the Northern Caucus and also […]
Season Two of the National Elite Basketball League kicked off in San Ignacio on Friday night with Cayo Western Ballaz taking on the Belize Hurricanes on their home court. While James Adderley has the full rundown in tonight’s Sports Monday, the NEBL introduced a new commissioner. He is Karim Juan, formerly of Western Ballaz. In […]
Up until a few weeks ago, the seemingly infinite public purse that is the Petrocaribe funds had been used to finance infrastructure projects across the country. Major road works and other initiatives, including the 2014 Christmas Cheer program and other incentives for the electorate have been financed from a two hundred and forty million dollar […]
Perfilio Rodriguez better known as Vanessa Paris Champagne was freed of an aggravated assault charge against President of UNIBAM Caleb Orozco’s sister when he appeared in court today. The nineteen year old transvestite appeared before Magistrate Herbert Panton to answer to a charge of aggravated assault with a knife upon Golda Orozco. Rodriquez, who appeared […]
A prisoner, who is serving a three year sentence, picked up another conviction for a drug related offense. Shaquan Almendarez, who has already served two years for drug trafficking, was slapped with an additional year which is to run concurrently with his previous jail term. When he appeared before Justice Sharon Frasier, Almendarez changed his […]
Will there be any justice for the families of twenty-four year old Emerson Daly or sixty-year old Feliciano Richard Noralez? Daly was initially reported missing and his body found two days later when it was pulled out from the river behind Banana Bank on January twenty-first. He had been shot to the face and then […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The national anthem rendered by the Moreno Sisters – Solie and Julie – heralded the arrival of the 2nd National Elite Basketball League Tournament Friday night inside San Ignacio and as usual, the Sacred Heart College Auditorium was packed to capacity. Nevertheless, the introduction […]
The Novelo family has been a political pincushion for more than a decade, and the saga continues. Today, attorneys for the Development Finance Corporation are set to jail Antonio Novelo for a long unpaid multi-million dollar debt to that institution. The Novelo family got the eighteen million dollar loan sometime in 2003, and since then […]
Today’s intent to apply for a committal became necessary when Antonio Novelo was also unable to pay the fifteen hundred dollars a month ordered in 2013. Nazira Miles, Attorney for Development Finance Corporation “Since February of 2014 no payment has been made, and therefore we are once again taking the step for a next […]
Last week, attorney Michel Chebat was endorsed as the P.U.P.’s Standard Bearer in Cayo North. He replaces Richard Harrison, selected in December 2014 to contest the by-election in that constituency. Chebat had also expressed interest in contesting the by-election, but says he made the decision to step out because it was felt by the Party […]
Today, we spoke to Chebat as he prepared to head into the division to campaign. To the casual observer that might seem a little premature, since general elections are likely some ways off. But he has a plan, and that plan involves hitting the ground now. Michel Chebat, P.U.P. Standard Bearer, Cayo North “I […]
As we told you, Chebat was endorsed last week amid some contention from the executive of the People’s United Party. There are senior politicians who don’t believe a truly democratic party should be endorsing candidates as opposed to duking it out at conventions. Still, it was done, and Chebat told News Five that he will […]
The date for the municipal election is set for March fourth and mayoral candidates on both sides of the political divide, as well as independent hopefuls are out on the campaign trail mustering support for their respective slates. Leading up to the 2015 elections we will be featuring candidates from across all nine municipalities. Tonight, […]
An Orange Walk man was crushed to death following an accident in Spanish Lookout. Ramon Ku was working at a steel company when he accidentally fell over and metal panels weighing some two thousand to three thousand pounds fell on top of him. Inspector Reymundo Reyes tells us more. Via Phone: Insp. Reymundo Reyes, […]
The Gang Suppression Unit has been on various operations in the city over the past three days. The unit is reporting the seizure of a substantive amount of cannabis and a firearm from various hotspots within the city. On Tuesday, in the Nurse Findley Crescent area, a search in an empty lot led to the […]
An investigation by the Ministry of Agriculture and BAHA into the discovery of tainted Irish potatoes on the local market has confirmed that the contaminated produce, currently being passed off as the Belizean red variety, is being imported from Mexico. Of the twenty or more importers who were granted licenses in January to bring in […]
Three alleged sea pirates, Leonel Sedacy, Giovanni Murillo and Everal Teck Junior, accused of shooting at coast guard personnel were freed today when they appeared in the Magistrate Court. When the men appeared in court this morning, the prosecution was unable to prove the charge of aggravated assault with a firearm because the witnesses, two […]
Popular George Street associate, twenty-nine-year-old Brandon ‘BET’ Tillett was freed of wounding, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. Back in August 2014, Tillett was accused of wounding Police Officer Abner Itza. The officer claimed that Tillett bumped him in his face and hit him on the nose which caused it to split open. Tillett, […]
On Thursday night in Corozal, the Santa Rita Maya Monument came to life as residents gathered to witness a traditional Maya wedding. Archaeologists believe that Santa Rita is the ancient city of Chactemal (Chetumal), which was occupied from 2000 BC to 1530 AD and that it was an important center for the trade of honey, […]
Twelve primary schools met today to face off in the national basketball competition. Following a series of games through-out the day, Orange Walk’s Louisiana Government School and Mount Carmel Primary from Benque Viejo emerged as best female and male primary school basketball teams in Belize, respectively. News Five was out at Bird’s Isle Basketball Court […]
Bikers from across the Americas, from as far north as Canada, the United States and Mexico, as well as their brethrens in Guatemala, Honduras and Panama, along with a few of their old ladies, are descending on the Old Capital this weekend for the second annual Belize Bike Rally. It’s a convention of leather and […]
Supporters of Special Olympics and fans of the Garifuna Collective are up for a treat this weekend as the internationally acclaimed band will be performing along with a host of Belizean artists at the B.T.L. Park on Saturday. The initiative is to raise funds for the Special Olympics team that will be competing later this […]
This morning the Supreme Court issued a ruling declining an application by the Belize Bank for enforcement of an award granted by the London Court of International Arbitration. The L.C.I.A. had ruled that government owes the Belize Bank for monies under a promissory note. But as we found out today, an award by an international […]
While this particular piece of litigation is just the first engagement in what promises to be a complicated and protracted war, another battle in another arena is nearing its end. Attorneys for the Government of Belize, Fortis and the Ashcroft Group of Companies recently concluded their arguments before the Caribbean Court of Justice. One aspect […]
The Court requested full submissions from all sides as to what remedies they should give in the event that they rule one way or the other. Whichever way the C.C.J. rules…the repercussions and legal ripples will be far reaching. Denys Barrow, Attorney for Government of Belize “If the acquisition was unlawful, then that raises […]
