Mayor Darrell Bradley also commented on the Lake Independence Boulevard. As both a citizen and Mayor, he was appalled at the state of affairs. He indicated that it was emblematic of a systemic breakdown which must be addressed by the Government with support from the press. After years of contracts being awarded with few details […]
The long-awaited consolidated appeals and cross-appeals between the government, Dunkeld International Investments Limited and Dean Boyce and the B.T.L. Employees’ Trust were heard this morning in the Caribbean Court of Justice in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The case concerns the government’s efforts to make Dunkeld and the Trust prove that its calculations of liabilities in […]
Answering for Dunkeld and the Employees’ Trust was Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay. He contended that the Government was seeking to delay its obligations under the agreement and ultimately not to pay what was owed, choosing instead to find ways around it. Here was his explanation to the court. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for Dunkeld/B.T.L. Trust […]
While litigation involving the Ashcroft group is before the Caribbean Court of Justice, Prime Minister Barrow has weighed in on the matter of arbitral awards that were supported by the U.S. Supreme Court. According to the P.M., the Ashcroft group cannot execute on the award in the United States since Belize has no assets abroad. […]
In an update to the alleged foiled abduction of three girls from El Progresso Seven Mile Community in the Cayo District, we can confirm tonight that the American businessman held in detention has been released. He was held for forty-eight hours, but no charges have been brought against him. News Five has been told that […]
The Barry Bowen statute was unveiled today at the municipal airstrip in Belize City which also carries his name. Among the invitees were his wife Dixie and family, ministers of government as well as friends and employees of the businessman that was killed in February 2010. Bowen would use that airstrip to fly his plane […]
The U.D.P. municipal convention held this weekend in Dangriga has brought into the open the division within the hierarchy of the party. Former U.D.P. minister Mark King and current Dangriga area rep, Frank “Pawpa” Mena, took to social media this week expressing their concerns and frustration with election tactics to secure votes. Mena went as […]
Bomb Expert and Commander of the Belize Defense Force, Brigadier General David Jones, is currently on pre-retirement leave after almost two decades of service with the force. But who will be moving up? Minister of Defense John Saldivar told News Five today that the current acting commander, Colonel Steven Ortega is the most senior officer […]
There have been complaints from residents on Caye Caulker that a dredging project may have adverse effects on the surrounding ecosystem and the barrier reef. Since the beginning of this month, San Pedro Belize Express Water Taxi has been dredging a spot next to its docking pier on the island because its boats have been […]
The Statistical Institute of Belize, in partnership with the United Nations’ Population Fund, wrapped up a two-day training in data analysis and micro-data access in Belize City. The training for personnel from different ministries including agriculture and youth, the Belize Tourism Board and University of Belize and several other organizations saw the introduction of a […]
It’s been said that there is something permanent and something extremely profound in owning a home – and that is what a south side family found out today when they officially received the keys to their spanking new house. A mother and her three young children ages eight, six and four will move into their […]
This Saturday at the Memorial Park in Belize City, man’s best friend takes center stage in the first ever Dog Show and Pawty in the Park. From two to six p.m., residents are being encouraged to bring out their pets and enroll them into the eight categories including best dressed dog, best dog trick and […]
A telethon organized by the Council of Churches and the Belize City Council to raise funds in aid of the thousands of hurricane victims in Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda is scheduled for Saturday at the Bliss. While a target has not been set, Belizeans are being encouraged to give generously in order to assist […]
Many consider a stroke to be a silent killer. The truth is that a stroke may not always lead to loss of life but it can disrupt or destroy the normal function of about any part of your body. Yet, strokes are not as silent as we think. Some recognizable signs and symptoms may give […]
Since the announcement last week, there has been growing public outcry over the awarding of another contract to Imer Hernandez, the family of the former Deputy Prime Minister, Gaspar Vega. This afternoon, Prime Minister Dean Barrow called a press conference seeking to quell the firestorm on the cost of the works as well as over […]
As to the tendering for the award of the lucrative contract, you heard the Prime Minister say he solicited estimates from two contractors before settling for Hernandez. He had also consulted with U.D.P. mayoral candidate Dion Leslie. He calls this process, limited tendering, to expedite the works. The contract was signed last Thursday and by […]
To bolster an explanation on the seemingly exorbitant cost of the Faber’s Road project, government brought in an engineering consultant who has had extensive history working with the Ministry of Works. Avondale Moody handles a majority, if not all, of the internationally funded projects and after a detailed breakdown of expenditure, he claims that the […]
The Prime Minister opened the conference by specifically challenging the charge that the Finance and Audit Act was violated by the use of the selective tendering process rather than open tendering. He also defended against claims that the contract should have immediately gone to the National Assembly for review. The Act, said Barrow, provides that […]
Does Imer Hernandez’s family ties to former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega place him under intense public scrutiny insofar as the Faber’s Road project and other past contracts are concerned? Interestingly, PM Barrow says the nephew of the Orange Walk North Area Representative is not known for any party political allegiance. Barrow adds that the […]
It has now been over a month since any member of the Police Department last gave an on-camera interview to the press concerning criminal matters, not counting Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie. In that time, by our count, there have been eighteen murders reported countrywide, no less than a dozen of them in Belize City […]
This evening, Caribbean Shores area representative Kareem Musa issued a statement on social media declaring that he would not contest the position of party leader of the People’s United Party against incumbent John Briceño. Musa’s name was raised shortly after the National Party Council meeting of September thirtieth as a potential challenger in the upcoming […]
The Donald Trump administration has put restrictions on U.S. banks from doing business with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and put the equivalent of ‘kingpin’ designations on President Nicolas Maduro and certain executives of the state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela. So what does that mean for the prices at the pumps? Well, Prime Minister […]
The controversy surrounding the cost of the Faber’s Road reconstruction has also managed to tear away the crust over the healing wound that is Lake Independence Boulevard. That stretch of road from its junction with Faber’s Road and the George Price Highway to the Chetumal Street Bridge was built within the past two years and […]
San Ignacio Police are yet to charge an American national who is currently in their custody for the alleged attempted abduction of three students from El Progresso Seven Miles Community in the west. News Five is being told that there is still not enough to charge the detainee, who has been in police hands since […]
Almost a week after well-known taxi man and activist Albert Cattouse was executed on Hicatee Street on south side Belize City; there is finally an official report on what happened to the seventy-two-year-old Lord’s Bank resident. It didn’t come from the Police Department or any person from within the Ministry of Home Affairs, but in […]
