The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the cases of the Government against Belize Social Development Limited, Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited (formerly BCB Holdings Limited) and Newco Limited, upholding prior judgments by courts in Washington, D.C. The government now owes over a hundred million dollars to these three companies, but says it will […]
The national team departed Belize today for Panama with hopes running high as they embark on the first round of competition in regional games that lead to the Gold Cup. There are new international players to complement the home grown footballers who made the cut on the national team and there is also a new […]
But where is the F.F.B. financially? The team is sporting new jerseys, a new coach and international players are now in the mix. President Marlon Kuylen says that the intent is to advance to the Gold Cup and the jaguars will need monetary support. Marlon Kuylen, President, F.F.B. “Financially, we are always (chuckles)…I keep […]
Wil Maheia, the leader of the Belize Territorial Volunteers, continues to keep close watch on illegal activity at and near the mouth of the Sarstoon River, half of which is considered Belizean territorial waters. For the past few years, the area has seen persistent depletion of resources by Guatemalan fishermen who – with the exception […]
The relationship between the Belize Police Department and the local media has, for the most part, been a mutually beneficial arrangement. We have been able to provide you, our viewers, with firsthand official information on crime-related matters, as well as initiatives undertaken by the law enforcement agency to address these social issues. The past few […]
Firearm offences remain on the rise, as handguns are the weapons of choice for criminals committing various felonies. The proliferation of guns in the streets of Belize City has caused great concern within the Ministry of Home Affairs. Not only has that number increased significantly, but those pistols, more often than not, find themselves in […]
While the department tries to get a handle on the domestic gang infestation, another problem seems to be looming overhead. That is the influx of gang members from neighboring Central American countries, particularly El Salvador where the prison system is overran with feuding criminal organizations. Those individuals, primarily belonging to the MS-Thirteen gang, may be […]
Belize was gifted three command vehicles by the Japanese Government. The official handing over ceremony took place in the City where Minister of NEMO Edmond Castro accepted on behalf of Government. The vehicles will be handed over to three departments who will use them as on-site command centers during emergency situations. News Five’s Andrea Polanco […]
The B.T.B. says that tourism arrivals for 2016 went way up – the highest it has been in twenty years. In release issued today, the B.T.B. says that 2016 has proven to be the most successful year for the overnight sector with almost forty five thousand more visitors when compared to 2015. These numbers translate […]
Jaws caused a spectacle today at the Quality Poultry Products compound on North Front Street in Belize City. The eight-foot croc was transferred from the American Crocodile Education Sanctuary in San Pedro to Belize City via boat before his handlers placed him in the cab of a pickup truck and whisked him off to his […]
There is a thirteenth senator to represent the non-governmental organizations. The historic vote took place this morning resulting in the election of Osmany Salas, the president of the Belize Tourism Industry Association. With significant experience in the N.G.O. sector, Salas glided through two rounds of balloting trouncing the other four aspirants. The thirteenth senator was […]
Former executive director Greg Ch’oc, of the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, had been tapped as the representative of the N.G.O. community in the House of Senate when the United Democratic Party took office in 2008. While that appointment never materialized, today’s outcome is widely viewed as a milestone in the fight for a […]
Despite the individual objectives of the various N.G.O.s, the idea, says Salas, is for members of the community to unite for a common cause which is sustainable human development. Osmany Salas, Senator Elect “When we say that the work is just beginning it means that we have to get our organizational structures in place, […]
Wednesday is the thirty-fifth birthday of the Government of Belize’s chief press officer, Dorian Pakeman. But today, the man accused of causing the traffic fatality that took the life of a Biscayne mechanic, Dean Dawson, back in March of 2016, finally appeared in court for it. Pakeman was read only one charge: causing death by […]
There is a development to report in respect of the judiciary, this time in the Supreme Court, which opens its 2017 session this coming Monday, January sixteenth. Several attorneys tell News Five that one of the stalwart figures of the Court and the Belizean judicial system for many years, Justice John “Troadio” Gonzalez, has quietly […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice today heard arguments in the Bar Association’s final stand against the Government. It regards a case concerning the overturning of constitutional amendments, limiting time of judges on the Court to sit where their instruments of appointment are open-ended. The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, passed in 2008, sought to close […]
Replying for the Attorney General and Government of Belize, Senior Counsel Denys Barrow noted that at least part of the amendment is no longer of value, and that the Government believes that by establishing a specific term for the judges in question, it would be to their benefit rather than to their detriment. He also […]
On Monday, police managed to stop a robbery taking place at the North Front Street offices of Northern Fishermen Cooperative Society Limited in Belize City. Tonight, several well-known criminal figures are remanded to the Central Prison on firearm-related offenses in connection with the incident. Five adult men – taxi driver Gilroy Thompson; Dorian Blair, Aaron […]
On Monday night, we showed you the remnants of tragic accident that resulted in the death of twenty one year old Jamalski Young. Tonight, one man has been charged with Young’s death. Thirty-five-year-old Guatemalan Eric Rene Salazar Guzman, a driver of Boom Road, was arrested and charged for Causing Death by Careless Conduct; Manslaughter by […]
Wilfred “Chickie Blue Nicholas, a resident of Ladyville, received cut wounds to the head and a few of his dreadlocks were chopped off after the owner of Green Jade Restaurant reportedly attacked him with a cleaver. But there was another act of violence in the village later than night on Friday. Thirty-year-old Jesus Mai was […]
Initially, Mai was in a critical condition and his condition had improved. According to Torres, he was to be released, but he has developed an infection and the doctors will continue to monitor him. She says that she is hoping for the best and hopes that the family gets justice for what has happened to […]
Bank of New York Mellon, trustee for Belize’s five hundred and thirty million U.S. dollar “Superbond”, has formally approved and recognized a bondholder committee to talk to the Government of Belize about restructuring the package for the third time in a decade. According to Reuters, Funds including Greylock Capital Management and Grantham Mayo van Otterloo […]
PASA Belize Limited, the operator of the solid waste transfer stations, suddenly informed Solid Waste Management Authority that they ceased operations effective Monday, January ninth. The halt of operations means that transfer stations of San Ignacio/Santa Elena, Burrell Boom, Belize City, San Pedro and Caye Caulker, as well as the Mile Twenty-Four Regional Sanitary Landfill […]
The Marine Multibeam and Sea Seep Survey consultations have been cancelled. In a rather brief three line – one sentence – press release issued today by the Government Press Office, the Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum informed the public that the consultations scheduled for the eighteenth and twenty-fifth of this month have been cancelled. […]
If you’ve exhausted your supply of butane baking cakes and hams during the Christmas Season and you’re waiting for payday to refuel to your gas tanks then you’re in for quite a surprise. As of Wednesday the cost of liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, is going up. The new controlled price per hundred pound cylinder in […]
