There is an unprecedented challenge before the Caribbean Court of Justice. The case got underway today with President Justice Denis Byron presiding. Attorneys Eamon Courtenay and Ileana Swift are representing convicted murderer Gregory August. In 2009, August was charged for the murder of Alvin Robinson, an elderly resident of Eight Mile on the George Price […]
Is incarcerated Ladyville resident Mark Seawell closer to being extradited to the United States or is he finally going home to his family in the days ahead? His fate as an inmate on remand at the Belize Central Prison hangs in the balance, pending a decision by the Supreme Court on April sixth. Seawell, who […]
Unlike Gary Seawell’s case, which was dragged through the entire judicial system, Cooper is confident that the matter will be resolved in the high court and that the case will be dispensed with in an expeditious manner. Ben Cooper, Attorney for Mark Seawell “I have every confidence in this court for justice to be […]
After several years in receivership, the Renaissance Towers complex on Newtown Barracks in the city was sold via public auction on Wednesday. News Five has been informed that the property is now owned by a group of investors including brothers Emil and Daniel Arguelles for four-point-seven-five million dollars. The Towers was owned by businessman Luke […]
All Fools’ Day may be on Saturday, but for those who enjoy beer and cigarettes or pay electricity bills of one hundred dollars and above, our next story will be no joke at all. Prices are going up effective April first for beer, rum, cigarettes, fuel and aerated water or soft drinks. Government legislated in […]
On Thursday, a group of stakeholders in the Fort George Tourism Zone voiced strong objections to a proposed three hundred dollar fee for rent that will be levied by the Belize City Council for use of its facilities. Vendors are beside themselves following an announcement that CitCo is considering implementing the new fee at the […]
It has now been a month since the Government successfully served Estevan Perera as attorney on behalf of Andre Vega, businessman and son of the former DPM and Minister of Natural Resources Gaspar Vega. Andre for unknown reasons could not personally be located for months so the papers were delivered to his attorney. Attorney Sharon […]
A total of four awards handed down by the London Court of International Arbitration for multiple companies hit the Government hard in January, forcing new regulations against any attachment of Belize’s foreign reserves, including proceeds from commercial transactions. In January, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear further appeals from Government for awards in favour […]
The Supreme Court faces an absence of judges to hear cases, particularly in the Northern Session. Justice Herbert Lord has been on sick leave since January, after suffering a broken tendon in a foot. Meanwhile, Justice Troadio Gonzalez is retired and restricted to wrapping up previous cases. There are presently three judges tackling the heavy […]
He cannot analyze it publicly for the time being, but Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte said he is keeping ‘eagle eyes’ on the drama unfolding every Wednesday at the Senate Special Select Committee on Immigration’s public hearings. As the nation’s top legal official, he will be responsible along with the Director of Public Prosecutions for laying […]
Annually, on the first Saturday in the month of April, the Special Olympics Belize hosts a fun run to promote awareness of what the organization does. At six a.m. on Saturday, in every district, residents including some three hundred athletes signed to the organization from across the country will take on the challenge. According to […]
On Thursday, after battling cancer for some time, Noel Escalante passed away at the hospital in Belize City. For many years, he’s been doing photography in Belize capturing snapshots of the country’s history through his camera lens. At an early age, the father of two developed that passion, seeing natural beauty in everything. His collection […]
A family is seeking the public’s assistance with some medical bills after one of their loved one was knocked down earlier this week. According to Laverne Arzu, her nephew, twenty-year-old Nathan Arzu, was heading to work when he was hit by a truck on the Central American Boulevard. He is now in the hospital awaiting […]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is putting off its second annual entrepreneurs’ expo, better known as the Belizean Roots Expo. This year, the expo moves from Burrell Boom to the Western Paradise Village at the eight mile community on the George Price Highway. The purpose is to promote the different micro-entrepreneurs and local […]
Shakera Young is on a mission to fight for peace and humanity in Belize City following the murder of her only child in November of last year. Young is the mother of seven-year-old Tyler Savery, who was shot and killed along with his cousin Porshan Pipersburgh on Daly Street as they headed to a nearby […]
For the past week, pre-schoolers have been putting on performances at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts showcasing the best in talent. On Saturday night, performers from the Belize District took to the stage to show off their skills in singing, dancing and acting. Here are highlights: {Highlights of the Preschool Festival of […]
More traffic, more noise, more chaos and significantly less profits, as residents, businesses and tour operators are livid that the Belize Tourism Board is once again proposing a shakeup of the Fort George Tourism Zone. This afternoon, stakeholders, big and small, as well as residents of Fort George, convened a press conference where major concerns […]
The proposed three-hundred-dollar rental fee, according to retailers using CitCo’s booths, will further cripple their already weakened bottom line. Patricia Madril has been selling food within the zone for the past fifteen years and maintains that not only is the fee exorbitant, but it is also unreasonable. She says the new regime doesn’t take into […]
Late this evening, we got a response from Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley, who told News Five that there has been a deviation from the initial tourism master plan for the Fort George area. Not only does the Belize City Council support the concerns of residents and the local business community, it accedes that the […]
Did Barton Middleton act as an agent in the very lucrative visa services industry between 2011 and 2013? He has been accused of such by no less than Patrick Tillett, a U.D.P. insider, who told the Senate Special Select Committee that he paid Middleton some three thousand dollars per visa to take the applications into […]
The logjam between the Belize Police Department and the media has been broken. This morning, representatives of various media houses met with Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie and four jurisdictional commanders. The meeting came after several weeks of a boycott instituted by the media when communications, as well as the free flow of information, ground […]
A recent fire in the Ladyville community has brought into sharp focus the ongoing issue of illegal dumpsites that have been popping up through the village on the Philip Goldson Highway. Residents from the village and elsewhere have indiscriminately been disposing of their garbage anywhere there is an empty spot. Aside from being an eyesore, […]
In early January, PASA Belize Limited shut down operations at the solid waste transfer stations and sanitary landfill. All operations within the central corridor—from San Ignacio/Santa Elena to San Pedro and Caye Caulker—came to a grinding halt. The very real hazard of accumulating garbage was quickly averted as Solid Waste Unit took up the charge […]
As we told you earlier, solid waste management is everyone’s business and there is need for enforcement of the law, specifically as it relates to violation of illegal dumping and littering across the country. While it will take an interdepartmental approach to solving this perennial problem, the Belize Solid Waste Management Authority is planning to […]
Tonight, a San Pedro security guard in his mid-sixties accused of molesting an eight-year-old girl is a free man. Sixty-seven-year-old Jose Romero walked from the serious offense for carnal knowledge of the child when the alleged victim chose not to testify against him. Prosecutor in the case, Sherigne Rodriguez, called two witnesses to the stand […]
