Is Government broke? A recent report from the IMF raised alarm bells painting a dismal economic picture and recommends retrenchment and increased taxes. And tonight, we can report that G.O.B. wants at least fifty million dollars of Social Security money. News Five has been able to confirm government’s scrambling to raise money by seeking to […]
It seems that where the price of fuel at the pumps is concerned, it’s all bad news. We wish we could tell you different tonight, but we can’t. News Five has confirmed that at midnight tonight the price of Premium Fuel will go up by a whopping fifty-four cents at the pump, taking it to […]
Foreign Ministers Wilfred Elrington and Carlos Raul Morales met in Washington today. The start of the meeting was somewhat delayed because the permanent council of the Organization of American States was debating developments in Venezuela. There was no representative from the Opposition at the meeting since the P.U.P. announced last Friday that it would not […]
Tonight, thirty-five year old police constable Urbie Alamilla is on the other side of the law and on remand at the Belize Central Prison. This evening, he was denied bail for the offense of discharging a firearm in at Green Jade Restaurant located between miles eight and nine on the Phillip Goldson Highway on Saturday. […]
A well-known Belizean family within the local Muslim community was the subject of a predawn raid on Monday at their house in Hattieville. Former Superintendent of the Belize Central Prison Taheera Ahmad and her sibling Fareed, proprietor of the Real Barbershop, along with seventeen other relatives, were rounded up in an operation conducted by the […]
Audibaldo Monima Junior – he left the Coast Guard to take up a post as the Regional Health Manager in the North. It’s a post that calls for a Master’s Degree in Public Health Administration and five years of experience in health administration. Monima only has an Associate’s Degree in Business. Still, as happens so […]
The case against former C.E.O. in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Peter Allen, wrapped up this afternoon in the Supreme Court where submissions were made on behalf of Chief Pharmacist Sharon Anderson. The defamation suit was brought against Allen and Procurement Manager Arik Lima, of Central Medical Stores, following the circulation of an email containing […]
At the time of the dissemination of that email, a subsequent press conference held by the Ministry of Health also conveyed the fabricated information. The falsehood prompted the Public Service Union to demand answers from the Ministry of Health. Panton says that the C.E.O. had no right to slander his client. Herbert Panton, Attorney […]
In its defense, government, through Deputy Solicitor General Nigel Hawke, contends that the email was confidential and presented its argument from that position. But the content of the email was made public a few days later during a press brief held by the Ministry of Health. Herbert Panton, Attorney for Sharon Anderson “One of […]
This afternoon at the Central Prison in Hattieville, a ceremony was held to honor seven inmates who successfully completed the 2016 Primary School Examinations. The inmates took the exams at the prison, while primary school students sat in the comfort of classrooms for the same set of exam papers. The inmates prepared for months leading […]
As we showed you earlier in the newscast, G.O.B. appears to be in a serious cash crunch…so much so that they are trying to raise fifty million dollars from that perpetual cash cow – the Social Security Board. In addition, the pump price for fuel is going up again tonight by a significant amount, always […]
A significant part of the economic downturn has been attributed to problems in traditionally robust industries – like papaya, shrimp and bananas. Fruta Bomba has closed its doors, shrimp farms are struggling to recover from disease and over a thousand acres of bananas have rotted in the fields after Mayan King was forced to close. […]
Since Minister of Labor Hugo Patt has also been G.O.B.’s representative in the sugar industry, we also asked for an update on negotiations between G.O.B., the three cane-farmers associations and ASR/B.S.I. on a framework going forward. The industry has faced challenges caused by tension between players and market prices and Patt told us today that […]
Gold medalist Katy Sealy is back in the country after crushing her competition in the recently held Central American Championships in El Salvador. Sealy is one of several Belizean athletes who performed exceptionally well during the regional games. She participated in the heptathlon and broke the Central American record. The achievement, according to the young […]
According to Deon Sutherland, President of the Belize Athletic Association, all accomplishments by the participating athletes were record setting. Deon Sutherland, President, Belize Athletic Association “We attended the Central American Seniors Championship it was in El Salvador from Friday to Sunday and we took a total of twenty-two athletes in both male and female […]
Belize’s overall ranking has improved since the prizewinning outing over the weekend. Of the seven participating Central American countries, Belize ranks fourth place. Deon Sutherland, President, Belize Athletic Association “Actually we prepared very well for it because last year we had some of these records. It was just an improvement. But since we have […]
The University of the West Indies Open Campus Belize, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labor, is hosting a three day workshop for stakeholders entitled “Reinventing Collective Bargaining in the Public and Private Sectors”. It’s all about enhancing the relationship between employers and employees, and is being facilitated by regional lecturers in employee relations. According […]
The workshop only caters to a small cross-section of employers, employees and union representatives. So how does the message get from this small room to where it needs to go? Ivan Williams, Labor Commissioner “We’ve already spoken to the University and they intend to continue a process of perhaps ‘train the trainers.’ Here today […]
Results of a study show that as it relates to west, seventy-one percent of the population is thirty-five years and younger. Of that sector, thirty-five percent is less than fifteen years in age. Unemployment stands at thirty-five percent. So what can be done to empower the youth and change the economic status in the west? […]
