A barrage of gunshots was unleashed before nine o’clock on Dolphin Street, Belize City on Monday night. Gunmen fired as many as fifteen shots at two men sitting on the steps of the Rolland family home. The duo would escape the gunfire, but a mother and daughter were not so lucky. Shennel Rolland, who is […]
While a mother and child were injured in the Dolphin Street shooting, a pair of Belize City men is fortunate to have escaped unscathed from a mid-morning shooting near Newtown Barracks earlier today. The intended target of the armed assault has reportedly been sought for quite some time by a rival group from Majestic Alley […]
The communities of Salvapan and Maya Mopan are still reeling from the brutal murders of two young taxi-men from those communities. The body of Isidro Suar was discovered late Friday night on the George Price Boulevard. He had been shot just minutes before. Even as Police investigated that murder, the decomposed body of Yoni Maas […]
Now turning to the issue of the Guyanese rice….Businessman Jack Charles has until January twenty-seventh to re-export three containers of the rice from Belize. That is the result of an agreement struck between the proprietor of Xtra House and the Ministry of Agriculture. This morning, attorneys Michel Chebat and Nigel Hawke, representing Jack Charles and […]
This afternoon, we managed to speak to Prime Minister Dean Barrow for his take on the Guyana rice situation. He told us that where it’s at right now is that he is awaiting a letter from Jack Charles to overturn the forfeiture order which will then allow the importer to export his rice, currently stored […]
The PM touched on a number of hot-buttoned issues this afternoon. The issue of the loss of U.S. correspondent banking relationships due to de-risking is poses as an existential threat to the economy, says the Prime Minister. Last year, the Bank of America severed ties with some local banks, disrupting wire transfers and other online […]
Barrow says that while we are not quite there yet, the potential impact on Belize is real and huge. That is what has forced G.O.B. to be galvanized into action with the hopes of finding a solution. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “It is potentially a crisis; in fact, I don’t want to overstate things, […]
Today, Cabinet sent out a release on an application by Stake Bank developer Mike Feinstein for exclusivity under a twenty-five year contract where that project is concerned. Last week, Feinstein told us that if he could not get some sort of guarantee from G.O.B., he would put a halt to the mega-million-dollar Stake Bank Project. […]
This Thursday, a new president will be sworn into office in Guatemala and News Five will be there to bring you coverage of the event in both our newscasts as well as on Open Your Eyes beginning on Wednesday’s newscast. The ex-comedian Jimmy Morales will take the oath in the presence of world leaders, including […]
The Gang Suppression Unit was involved in four anti-drugs operations in various areas of the City on Monday. At noon the Unit searched the house of alleged drug peddler Elvis Aldana on Rivero Street, Belize City. Aside from Aldana, Tyra Tillett, a resident of Crooked Tree, Marco Zelaya and Joseph Lopez, both of Belize City, […]
John Briceño…he’s a candidate for a position he held from 2008 to 2011, Party Leader of the People’s United Party. On January thirty-first, he will face immediate past Party Leader Francis Fonseca and Cordel Hyde at a National Convention. Briceño stepped back in 2011, so the immediate question would be – why get back in? […]
When Briceño stepped down in 2011, a major factor was allegedly the turmoil in the Party which could not be quelled. Briceño was unable to gain the support of those who would take over the leadership after his ouster. He reportedly spent and lost almost three million dollars during his time in that office, and […]
After spending six days in detention at a jail in Roatan, Honduras, Belizean businessman August Tabony is back home. The sixty-five year old businessman was detained at the Juan Manuel Gálvez Roatan International Airport on January fifth after he failed to declare more than sixteen thousand four hundred and ninety U.S. dollars in cash. This […]
Tabony is the proprietor of several gift stores in Belize and has also invested in Roatan for decades. He told the media today that the incident has left a bad taste and he is reconsidering his investments in Honduras. August Tabony, Vindicated of Money Laundering “Today I have a very negative feeling about Roatan. […]
The Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission has been named. Before we get to the names, the scope of work of the Commission is the implementation of the Consent Order of the Caribbean Court of Justice, which requires Government to take measures to protect rights arising from Maya customary land tenure. The Commission will also establish […]
After sending out the call to several education institutions to make the bid, today, Belize Telemedia Limited signed a memorandum of understanding with Saint John’s College Junior College. The MOU offers an associate’s degree program in Computer Networking with emphasis in IP Technology to Telemedia employees and SJCJC students. The joint initiative, which is valued […]
The media also took the opportunity to ask Chairman Barrow about several issues including the drop in profits at the government-owned telecommunications company. Barrow says that while the financials have seen a declining profit in the past, this year, the company expects to rebound. Anwar Barrow, Chairman, Executive Committee, B.T.L. “I think we have […]
But that is little or no consolation to Telemedia customers who for months now have been experiencing dropped calls, interruptions in data services despite the stabilization of the 4G service offered by B.T.L. Barrow says that the hiccups in the system are caused by demand. Anwar Barrow, Chairman, Executive Committee, B.T.L. “We put out […]
In 1990, Belize signed on to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Twenty-six years later, government through the National Committee for Families and Children has established a group called CRC Ambassadors, who will be deployed across the country to monitor compliance with the various commitments made under the convention. News Five’s Duane […]
