Sports Monday Hits the Hardwood
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday… [Feature on weekend sporting activities…]
Written on February 13, 2017 | Posted in Sports | No comment
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Melissa Ferguson Free; P.I. for Husband Danny Mason et al is February 21st
The time is drawing nearer for William Alexander “Danny” Mason and his accused cohorts to learn their fate. A preliminary inquiry into the indictable charges of murder, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the separate matters of businessman David Dodd and the late Pastor Llewellyn Lucas is scheduled for later […]
G.O.B. Claims Eamon Courtenay Abandoned Senate Hearing for Ashcroft
The United Democratic Party issued a first salvo on Wednesday of this week against Senator Eamon Courtenay. Today, smack in the middle of an ongoing hearing unearthing corruption in the immigration department, it was the government to tighten the noose. In a release sent out this afternoon via the press office, G.O.B. went on the […]
Higher Taxes? It’s Inevitable, Says Financial Secretary
Try though they might, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight was typically blunt in speaking to reporters today at the conclusion of consultations on the budget with the unions. And Belizeans should get ready for possible increases in taxes – it is something, he said, that is “inevitable.” But where will Government look to for possible increases […]
Another Extension for Superbond; FinSec Says There’s “Some Progress”
The Government of Belize has once again extended the Consent Solicitation Offer to bondholders for its terms on the proposed re-negotiation of the 2038 Belize Bonds or Superbond. The offer now expires on the twenty-fourth of February. Financial Secretary Joseph Waight told us that discussions continue and the Government it will make progress – perhaps […]
Written on February 10, 2017 | Posted in Economy,Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places | No comment
Government Spendthrift, Says Chamber of Commerce and Business Bureau
News Five has seen a copy of the Government’s working document for its ongoing budget consultations with the trade unions, civil society and the business community. It proposes an increase in revenues of up to two percent of G.D.P., on top of the one point five percent obtained last year through increases in import duties […]
Written on February 10, 2017 | Posted in Economy,Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places | No comment
Time to Cut Out Contract Officers, Businessmen Say
Another concern for the business community is the size of Government’s wage bill, bloated by three years of salary adjustment for teachers and public officers, which is now sitting at two-thirds of the expenditure of the administration. While not calling for something as drastic as retrenchment of public officers, Lizarraga tells us serious consideration must […]
Is the Government Serious About Change?
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Business Bureau have proposed a raft of ideas to help fix Belize’s economy, including emphasizing economic growth, reducing leakages and holes in tax collection, and righting the Government ship. But despite Government’s noises about change, are they really serious? We asked Senator Mark Lizarraga for his […]
Pawnshops on Notice After Major Supreme Court Judgment
A precedent-setting judgment in the Supreme Court, issued on Monday, has put key restrictions on moneylenders inclined to exact excess monies from their desperate and overburdened customers. Supreme Court Justice Sonya Young has ordered Laura and Julio Blanco of Pay Day and EZY Loans Pawning, located in Orange Walk Town, to return a thirty-acre cane […]
Written on February 10, 2017 | Posted in Trials | No comment
Substance of Judgment Safe in Event of Appeal, Says Attorney
Today’s interview with Perera and Arthurs widely covered the issue of pawnshops’ and moneylenders’ activities in Belize. While so-called “loan sharks” operating without a license are illegal as of law, those operating with licenses are governed by specific rules, which are not always enforced. The attorneys say this is just the start of what they […]
Unions Join Call to Get Tough with Government
As we told you earlier, the trade unions and civil society took their turn with the Government’s budget team today at the Belize Biltmore Plaza hotel. At its end, the interim president of the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, Jacqueline Willoughby, discussed the union’s stance on planned tax increases and where the Government can […]
FinSec Says Belize Did Not Give Up Sovereign Immunity for Superbond
In making arguments against the Central Bank (International Immunities) Act, Senator Eamon Courtenay said on January thirtieth in the Senate that Belize did a similar thing to the Accommodation Agreement and Settlement Deed in waiving immunity in court proceedings to the New York County or Manhattan courts. But while conceding that that was standard for […]
Alrick August Fights for Life at K.H.M.H.
Shooting victim, twenty-three-year-old Alrick August remains in a critical condition, clinging to life inside the Intensive Care Unit at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. On Wednesday night, August was shot eight times to the chest, neck and arm on Western Avenue as he headed home from a friend’s house around nine o’clock. It is not […]
Written on February 10, 2017 | Posted in Crime | No comment
The Puerto Azul Scam Through the Eyes of Former Investor Daniele Pistolesi
Daniele Pistolesi, a former investor in the failed Puerto Azul project, has been speaking exclusively to News Five about his role in exposing it as a massive scam and Ponzi scheme. In January, after a two-year investigation that is still ongoing, twenty arrests were made and millions of dollars in assets recovered. As many as […]
Rebecca is Back and Thanks Her Country for Support at Miss Universe
She travelled to the Philippines to compete in the most prestigious Miss Universe pageant, within months of becoming Miss Belize. It has been a journey of immeasurable experiences for the beauty ambassador who returned to the country today and was placed in the pan of a pickup truck for a parade through the city. Rath […]
Dolores Balderamos Garcia is Now a Senior Counsel
Attorney-at-Law, Dolores Balderamos Garcia has been appointed Senior Counsel. The appointment came today before the Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin who highlighted her stellar contribution through her years of practice and also through her public service in the legislature where she led major changes in the law that positively affected Women, Children and Family Law. The […]
Muscle Mania Comes to Bliss
On Saturday, the eighteenth of February, the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts will come alive as bodybuilding athletes from across the country will converge to compete in the Spiez Muscle Mania 2017 Competition. The athletes will partake in several divisions including welterweight and heavyweight bodybuilding; as well as men’s physique better known as beach […]
Da’ville to Rock B.T.L. Park for Third Anniversary of Remodeling
There is an activity to look forward to this weekend. Jamaican artist Da’ville touched down in Belize on Thursday as the featured artist for a concert this Saturday at the B.T.L. Park to mark the three-year anniversary since the public space was renovated by the Belize City Council. The event will also feature a lineup […]
P.U.P. Issues Message of Support for Senator Eamon Courtenay
The People’s United Party today issued a statement strongly supporting its lead Senator, Eamon Courtenay in the wake of a full-fledged U.D.P. campaign to remove Courtenay from the senate. The P.U.P. says that with the revelation that the Central Bank (International Immunities) Act has no teeth for enforcement in the U.S. and that Belize’s foreign […]
Written on February 9, 2017 | Posted in Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places,Politics | No comment
Government ‘Misleading’: Courtenay Says Belize’s Foreign Reserves Cannot Be Touched
The crusade by the U.D.P. started with their call on Wednesday for his removal from the Senate. It has to do with the ongoing fight over arbitration awards granted to BCB Holdings and other companies. BCB, now known as Caribbean Investment Holdings Limited, is challenging the Central Bank of Belize (International Immunities) Act in the […]
Why Constitutional Challenge is Personal for Courtenay, Coye LLP
As we said, a constitutional challenge has been filed in the Supreme Court by principals of Eamon Courtenay’s law firm against the Central Bank (International Immunities) Act and Crown Proceedings (Amendment) Act. The latter legislation is, as he explained to us, a personal matter, as he and fellow attorneys risk jail simply for advising their […]
Teacher’s Union Calls 2012 Nationality Rush “Illegal”
Former Immigration Director Ruth Meighan has admitted that thousands of persons who did not qualify were granted nationality in the mad rush to get them on the voters list for the 2012 elections. The effect is that the fraudulent exercise would have tipped the elections in favor of the U.D.P. Today, the Belize National Teachers […]
Written on February 9, 2017 | Posted in Education,Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places | 1 comment
G.O.B. Must Act on Nationality Question, Says B.N.T.U.’s Palacio
The B.N.T.U., through Elena Smith as the Senator for Trade Unions and Civil Society, has representation in the Senate Select Inquiry where the details of the rot in the system are being exposed. We asked National President Luke Palacio if there is any hope that someone will be held responsible for the illegalities in the […]
Written on February 9, 2017 | Posted in Education,Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places | No comment
Why Was Alrick August Shot on Western Avenue?
On Wednesday night there was more gunfire in the relentless violence gripping the City. Twenty-three-year-old Alrick August of Belize City was shot up to eight times on Western Avenue. He was heading home when he was ambushed by a gunman. Tonight, he remains at the K.H.M.H. clinging to life. Still in shock, his girlfriend tells […]
Ex-Puerto Azul Investor Daniele Pistolesi Tells News Five About Turning Point in Scam
Tonight, News Five has further details of an exclusive interview with former investor in the failed Puerto Azul project, Italian national Daniele Pistolesi. News Five has learned that the local face of the luxury resort project Fabio de la Rosa was arrested three days after the first announcement of arrests in January. A total of […]
Written on February 9, 2017 | Posted in Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places,Regional / International | No comment
