While Nomination Day is theoretically an official event, in reality it’s just a big show…and in Belize City that show in the south-side is run by the U.D.P. which controls all the seats. Collet is one of those south-side seats which is being challenged with intensity by the P.U.P.’s Yasmin Shoman who has hit the […]
On Wednesday when the United Democratic Party flexed its muscles for Nomination Day, it was an ocean of red. Well, except for one spot of blue – the government license plate on a government vehicle in that political parade. That government vehicle carried Mesopotamia Area Representative Michael Finnegan and his protégé, former mayor Zenaida Moya. […]
The 2015 Grammy Awards ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Sunday before a packed audience of A-list celebrities. Kanye West’s now infamous post-show rant soundly criticizing the academy for awarding Beck ‘Album of the Year’ over Beyonce’s self-titled record, continues to buzz on social media. But it’s Belizean instrumentalist […]
The Embassy of the Republic of China/Taiwan has been successfully promoting the cultural exchange between Belize and Taiwan for many years. In an effort to continue to educate locals about the culture, the embassy is hosting the 2015 Taiwan Cultural Festival in Belize. The activities, which are open to the public and are free admission, […]
There is another activity to look forward to this weekend as the B.T.L. Park celebrates its one-year anniversary since it was renovated by the Belize City Council. The recreational space has been used for everything, from concerts to fitness training, and has been the venue of choice for families on weekends. To commemorate the event […]
Software magnate John McAfee fled Belize in 2012 after being named a person of interest in the murder of Greg Faull in San Pedro. Since then the sixty-nine-year-old, who claims that the Government of Belize is in his pursuit following accusations of corruption, absconded and surfaced in Guatemala briefly before returning to the United States. […]
Globally, it is estimated that half the people living with type two diabetes don’t know it. Even though type-two diabetes may remain undetected for years, it still poses a great threat to your health until it is diagnosed and managed. Eye tests have consistently been one of the ways people learn their diagnosis. The problem […]
As far as municipal electoral politics go, today was about as important as it gets – well, with the exception of election-day…that is. Across the country, in every municipality, candidates aspiring for office were officially nominated and their names officially entered at the Elections and Boundaries Department. It’s an occasion for mass political parties to […]
This afternoon at one, the United Democratic Party flexed its Nomination Day muscles, and answer to the P.U.P.’s respectable showing that morning. Mike Rudon was in front of U.D.P. headquarters at one for a political spectacle which did not disappoint. Mike Rudon, Reporting If the P.U.P. brought out a sea of blue for the […]
One point three million dollars paid in legal and professional fees – that’s the claim in an audit done of the Belize City Council for the period 2013 to 2014. But while it’s spelled out clearly in the audit, Mayor Darrell Bradley says that it’s wrong. He claims that one point two million dollars of […]
Today, in the midst of the melee surrounding Nomination Day, the incumbent Mayor and the businesswoman, who wants to unseat him, also spoke on the issue of a mayoral debate. Both have markedly different stories where that debate is concerned, but here’s one story you can take to the bank – there isn’t going to […]
In the capital city of Belmopan, the field is crowded with as many as five mayoral candidates, who were nominated today for the upcoming elections. While the U.D.P. is the incumbent and has been in office at city hall for three consecutive terms, it is Khalid Belisle’s first run for office and so is newcomer […]
The political race in Belmopan is seeing the endorsement of mayoral candidates by powerhouses from both major parties. The U.D.P.’s Khalid Belisle, as we mentioned, is supported by area representative John Saldivar and Jose Chacon is backed by P.U.P. Deputy Leader Julius Espat. While campaign finances are another matter entirely, Espat told News Five that […]
A fatal traffic accident in between miles eighty-five and eighty-six on the Phillip Goldson Highway has claimed the life of a UB graduate. Around six-thirty on Tuesday, twenty-five year old Iris Mabel Chicas lost her life when the grey 2006 Ford Fusion car she was driving slammed head on into a Toyota Tundra truck coming […]
P.U.P. Orange Walk East Area Representative, Doctor Marco Tulio Mendez, was arrested and formally arraigned in Magistrate’s Court last week, on six charges of aggravated assault of an indecent nature. He was immediately suspended as Chairman of the P.U.P.’s northern caucus, and also removed from any official function and responsibility within the Party. Just about […]
After the successful start of the 2015 crop season, the B.S.C.F.A. was mercifully out of the spotlight. But the reprieve did not last long. This week reports surfaced that a splinter group within that Association has staged something of a coup – registering the Association as a Company, and claiming that it gives them the […]
A casual breakfast at a very public place between attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd and Lord Michael Ashcroft has attracted attention in many sectors. Matura-Shepherd accepted an invitation to breakfast last Friday at the Radisson and she took her son along; someone took a photograph that was circulated since Friday on social media. Now, Matura-Shepherd is also […]
Audrey Matura-Shepherd also says she spoke of the possibility of reaching an agreement through mediation, to which Lord Ashcroft was not opposed. Audrey Matura-Shepherd, Attorney “The third question about is there room for compromise….to me that was a logical question for me to ask because if you are telling me. I am an attorney […]
In court, Belize City resident, Vicente Vernon, was found guilty and sentenced in absentia for handling stolen goods. Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith imposed a fine of three thousand dollars and ordered his immediate arrest. Vernon was found guilty of handling a stolen laptop valued at two thousand dollars along with a computer bag belonging […]
Our team also provides coverage of Nomination Day in Orange Walk Town. The P.U.P. controls that municipality and its slate was first to be officially nominated. There was hype, plenty energy, from the candidates and the supporters of Mayor Kevin Bernard’s team. In the afternoon, the U.D.P. went out in numbers through the streets of […]
Both political parties said they were confident in the west. Now there has not been a P.U.P. town council for some time in San Ignacio, but that did not dissuade the supporters of the opposition party. Both mayoral candidates are well known; one is tested and the other is hoping to turn things around. Andrea […]
In San Pedro, candidates for three political parties were nominated. While the municipal’s issues are pretty much the same, crime is a major headache for the U.D.P. town council. A total of twenty-one hopefuls made their appearance before Election Returning Officer, Colin Griffith, and Election Officer, Miriam Codd-Pott, at the San Pedro Town Council. First […]
In Monday’s newscast, we broke the news of the second murder in twenty days in Roaring Creek, just outside Belmopan. The details tonight are that an elderly man, John Smith, was shot once in the head by a gunman who simply walked up to him and fired the fatal shot. While Smith grasped for his […]
There was another shooting on Monday night. It happened in San Pedro where a well-known alleged drug peddler, was shot to the foot. Kareem Eagan is no stranger to the police on the island, in fact, less than a month ago he was the intended target of another shooting at his apartment. San Pedro Police […]
Today was the first day of a case which will draw much national scrutiny. Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega is suing Ramon Cervantes Junior for libel. In November, the Cervantes family released the recording of a phone call which shocked the nation. The caller, allegedly Manuel Castillo and the man wanted for the brutal murder […]
