A fire in Dangriga has completely destroyed a house and partially destroyed another. Sometime around one-thirty this afternoon, a two-storey wooden house and its contents were gutted by the blaze, leaving one family without a roof over its head. According to reports from that southern municipality, the fire appeared to have started in the lower […]
The seventh edition of the anticipated Street Art Festival took place over the weekend in the downtown area of Belize City. The arts were in full display, from paintings to music and fashion. But one activity that had a strong following was the impressive sidewalk chalk competition. News Five’s Duane Moody was there and has […]
The C.W.U.’s membership is at about nine hundred and stretches across the country from north to south and east to west: Belize City Council and Central Bank to Saint Martin’s Credit Union to Citrus Products of Belize Limited. But it is safe to say that the humble stevedores working at the Port of Belize Limited […]
The National Beach Soccer Team of Belize returned to the country today following its participation in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2017 held in the Bahamas. Team Belize won four out of the six games they played and placed thirteenth out of the sixteen teams that participated in the tournament. Their biggest win was in […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Feature on weekend sporting highlights….]
Andre Vega, son of former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega, remains at the heart of a land scandal involving a parcel of prime real estate near the Haulover Creek and for which he was handsomely compensated. The land in question was acquired from the Ministry of Natural Resources by Andre for a paltry sum back […]
Since the weekend, the social media page, Belizean Cheaters and all its evolutions have been wreaking havoc across the country. Even as the pages are reported to the Facebook Administrator, visits have increased by leaps and bounds. Using fake profiles, information and pictures of men and women have been posted, slandering many reputations in the […]
The chorus of disapproval in the wake of the social media spectacle is forcing lawmakers to look carefully at new legislation to address the issue of cyber bullying. As it stands, Belize’s laws do not cover internet crimes, allowing for online users to virtually get away with these offenses. Earlier today, Solicitor General Nigel Hawke […]
Lord Michael Ashcroft’s interview with News Five this week touched on a wide range of topics but the one of most current interest is the various arbitral awards under litigation in the United States. The U.S. courts in Washington D.C. have approved BCB Holdings and the Belize Bank to attempt to enforce their award over […]
As pointed out by the principals of Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited, the language in the Crown Proceedings (Amendment) Act is similar to those passed in the Supreme Court of Judicature Act a few years ago that were subsequently struck down by the Caribbean Court of Justice. It is Lord Michael Ashcroft’s view that the similar […]
And this coming Monday, February twenty-seventh, the Supreme Court will hear an application by CIHL to discharge an injunction granted by Justice Michelle Arana restraining the company from enforcing a more than fifty-two million Belize dollars arbitral award and U.S. District Court judgment against the Government. CIHL has also filed a constitutional claim in the […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, have begun deportation raids in support of new policy by the Donald Trump administration. Hundreds have been rounded up across the country and reports in international media suggest that Belizeans may be among them. When deportees come home via the Philip Goldson International Airport, they are typically […]
Belizean entertainer Supa G is back in the country after being denied entry into the United States earlier this week. The popular artist, born Lensford Martinez, was traveling to Houston, Texas at the invitation of the Houston Tri-country Regional Black Chamber of Commerce when he was turned back by immigration officials at the port of […]
Earlier this week, the Government of Belize announced deferral of the coupon payment of almost twenty-six million Belize dollars to holders of the Belize 2038 Bonds. Officially, the plan is to continue seeking an agreement with the bondholders, and on Thursday, the Government moved to extend the period during which holders of the bond may […]
Turning to the current state of the economy…Lord Michael Ashcroft says that Belize has not shown the promise engendered by the various monies spent here over the last decade or so, particularly the Petrocaribe monies which he said were “squandered.” But the bigger concern for him is as an investor – and one that has […]
We asked Lord Ashcroft how things seemed to get so personal between himself and Prime Minister Dean Barrow over the various situations involving B.T.L. and the subsequent arbitral awards. To turn around and choose to settle the B.T.L. matter in particular with a man widely vilified in the Belizean sphere came as a shock to […]
On Valentine’s Day, a couple living on Victoria Street was socializing when it is alleged the woman pushed her common-law husband down the stairs. He sustained a head injury when he landed on a cement slab and was hospitalized. But days ago, Eric Kent Moses succumbed while at the K.H.M.H. Adult Intensive Care Unit. Genevia […]
Will government proceed with the purchase of the Chon Saan Building in Belmopan? As we’ve reported, the Immigration Department is looking for real estate to house a new passport system donated by the United States Embassy. While the restaurant building, property of businessman Lee Mark Chang, who is also President of the Senate, is being […]
The unpaid national debt that looms over Belize’s fragile economy continues to be a matter of concern in various sectors, including the business community. On Thursday, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry sent out a release addressing a number of issues pertaining to the upcoming fiscal budget, as well as the present economic situation, […]
Residents living at mile two and half on the George Price Highway on a street called “Lucky Street” say that it appears that one of the designated streets in their area has been sold off. The area lies within the Lake I division, has one principal street, a side street and is closed off with […]
A Mexican artist and students from Saint John’s College collaborated on mural earlier this week. The use of stencil and graffiti style art piece was started earlier this week and was completed today. With support from Belize Signs, the creators of the mural used a stencil to do their art next to the Mexican Institute […]
Reported cases of domestic violence are on the increase even though there are many that never make it to the police; and in other instances statements have been made, but then withdrawn. This morning, well known artist Briheda Haylock’s idea of an art action highlighted the abuse against women, children and men came to life […]
In an exclusive interview with News Five in Washington, D.C. Lord Michael Ashcroft touched on a wide variety of major stories, from the settlement of Belize Telemedia Limited’s nationalization by Government and the problems with payment to ongoing wrangles over arbitration awards and the impact of the titanic struggle on Belize’s economy. We start with […]
Much of the half a billion dollar settlement has to do with the Accommodation Agreement signed seven years earlier. That in turn reaches back to the mid-2000’s when Jeffrey Prosser was in charge at B.T.L. but was unable to come up with finance to complete his purchase. The Government, at the time, turned to Lord […]
The relationship between Lord Michael Ashcroft’s business concerns and Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s law firm, Barrow and Williams, retained for litigation on behalf of the Belize Bank Limited and others, is well-known. It is now confirmed that that relationship extends to the firm having shares in the former BCB Holdings, now known as Caribbean Investment […]
