The Government of Belize has gotten rid of one albatross which has been hanging around its neck since June 2011. That’s when government nationalized Belize Electricity Limited, seizing seventy percent of shares from Fortis, the Canadian company that has assets amounting to twenty-eight billion dollars. Fortis had initially challenged government’s takeover of B.E.L. and the […]
The Prime Minister says he is confident that the new and improved relationship will work out, and if it doesn’t, there is a clause which allows Fortis to sell its shares back to G.O.B. in four years. G.O.B. and the Social Security Board will also control the Board of Directors through its majority of nine […]
The matter of the settlement was taken to Cabinet in special session this morning, and will go before the House on Wednesday and the Senate on Thursday. The Governor General is expected to affix his signature by Friday. That means that the seventy million dollars will be paid to Fortis within a week with money […]
According to the Prime Minister lawyers for both parties are currently notifying the CCJ of the settlement so where litigation is concerned, the matter is done. The prime minister acknowledged his brother, Denys Barrow, as attorney for G.O.B. while Eamon Courtenay represents Fortis. So will the deal have any significant political impact when elections are […]
There were four brutal murders over the weekend. One in the City, another in Teakettle and the most sensational double murder occurred at a feeder road in Camalote also in the west. The dreaded Russell Hyde and his girlfriend, hair braider Marcy Humes were shot multiple times at about nine-thirty on Friday night. She died […]
So while there are no arrests for the murders of Hyde and Humes, a policeman assigned to the Special Patrol Unit has been charged for another murder. Authorities believe that thirty-three year old Ryon Wagner shot Nicaraguan, Eduardo Perez Sanchez, to the head and dumped his body in a remote location on the Young Gial […]
There’s one other murder to report tonight. In the City, a resident of the south side was shot multiple times and succumbed at the K.H.M.H. Malik Gibson, also known as “Toony,” was shot over the weekend and died soon after. His death, according to family members, was foretold. Gibson is a member of south side’s […]
But is community policing an effective approach to addressing the issue of crime and violence in the Old Capital? According to Senior Superintendent Chester Williams, when compared to August 2014, the numbers so far have reduced considerably. That is, Williams says, because residents of Belize City have been receptive of the new method. In Precinct […]
Director of Health Services Doctor Michael Pitts is retiring from his post as third in command of the Ministry of Health. His departure however, is not without controversy, as News Five understands that Pitts’ belongings, including files, documents and other personal effects were all boxed up and removed from his assigned office space well before […]
Embattled politician Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez was slapped with additional charges today when he appeared in the Orange Walk Magistrate’s Court. The P.U.P. Orange Walk East Area Representative was charged with carnal knowledge; adding to six previous charges, including aggravated assault of an indecent nature and common assault, brought against him back in February. The […]
In court this morning, a trio was charged jointly with Handling Stolen Goods and one of the three was also charged with the theft of two air condition units from businessman, Sanjay Hotchandani. Elmer Trujillo, Celedonio Ortiz, and Fermin Zabaleta, all residing at Lord’s Bank were arraigned for handling stolen goods; they pleaded not guilty. […]
A seventy-two year old man of the Buttonwood Bay area, Belize City, claims he is the recent victim of theft and is accusing a Buttonwood Bay mechanic of stealing over five thousand dollars in cash from his personal Scotia Bank account. The theft took place within a two-week period in which eighteen cheques were cashed […]
As many as six neighborhood teams converged on the Wilton Cumberbatch Field on Sunday where they all competed in a basketball tournament organized by Eastern Division South. The initiative, part of an ongoing effort by the Belize Police Department, is to bring together feuding groups through sports. The community/family sports day saw the participation of […]
If you are a fashionista, you would easily recognize the Pink Boutique Brand. It already has branches in Belize City and San Pedro, and on Saturday, responding to a demand for high fashion, Pink reopened a branch in the west where it hopes to make its mark among those with a sense of style. The […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. On Friday night, Central Bank forced a decisive 3rd game for the Interoffice Firms Division Basketball title with a 70 to 67 win over the Belize Bank Bulldogs. 24 hours later, the matter got settled at Bird’s Isle and there was no room for […]
The first confirmed case of Chikungunya was recorded in Belize’s public health archives back in November, following a rash of the mosquito-transmitted fever across the Caribbean and Latin America. Since then, there has been little to no reports on cases; that is, until today, when the Corozal Community Hospital sent out a PSA confirming several […]
There finally is an arrest in the vicious murder of a labor officer that occurred months ago in Punta Gorda. Fifty-five-year-old Alberto Coleman, the ex-boyfriend of Juana Cowo, has been arraigned on a single charge of murder, following her stabbing death on July third. The partly decomposed body of the twenty-nine-year-old woman was discovered inside […]
Opposition Senator Lisa Shoman is unrelenting on the issue of the incursion in the Sarstoon by the Guatemalan military. Today she wrote to the Clerk of the National Assembly informing him of a motion which she plans to present at the next Senate meeting. That will happen on Thursday, September fourth, two days after an […]
Shoman has tried to pass a motion once before, requesting an official Senate special select committee investigation into corruption in the Immigration Department. Thanks to a government majority in the Senate, that never came to pass. But Senator Shoman is hopeful that since this issue isn’t so directly political, the motion may see the light […]
More Creole women are gainfully employed than Creole men. Unemployment figures improved slightly and the cost of living is down marginally when compared to the same period last year. Those are the stats provided by the Statistical Institute of Belize. But did you know that twenty-five percent of every hundred dollars is spent on accommodation […]
Canada’s twenty-two man roster has been selected ahead of a two-game home and away series against the Belize Jaguars in the third round of World Cup Qualifiers. On Thursday, veteran midfielders Will Johnson and Atiba Hutchinson returned to the Canucks and are scheduled to play at BMO Field in Toronto and at the F.F.B. Stadium […]
The hurricane season started in June but in time for the school, year, the City Emergency Management Organization wants your support in purchasing exercise books that they say has very useful information for this hurricane season that ends in November. Wayne Usher, CEMO’s Liaison Officer with the Belize City Council, partnered with the Belize Port […]
Today, twenty-three year old Raheem Marsden, a resident of Belize City who was busted in possession of nine small parcels of marijuana, was arraigned at the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for the offense of drug trafficking. Marsden appeared unrepresented, but there was no objection to bail by the court prosecutor. Marsden was granted bail by […]
A Taiwanese businesswoman who was caught with eighteen undersized lobster tails at her business was today dragged to court on fisheries offenses. But she pleaded not guilty and is challenging the Fisheries Department to prove its case against her. Pin Yin Wu Li was read a single charge of possession of undersized lobster tails found […]
In September of last year, News Five aired a story on which three hundred lots had been surveyed and granted to residents as part of a proposed subdivision for the expansion of San Pedro Ambergris Caye. But it turned out that at least half of the lots were submerged in several feet of water. Since […]
