According to Bradley, had Grinage not been lucky enough to have had proof to support the claim that he was not involved in the homicide, he would have languished on remand indefinitely. Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley, Attorney at Law “The judge was very clear; he does not give bail for those two offenses. When you […]
In the courts, there is further delay for Anke Doehm, charged with cruelty to a child – her late adopted daughter, thirteen-year-old Faye Lin Cannon. She was scheduled to face preliminary inquiry but after a short appearance the case was adjourned to a date in February of 2018. There is no word on whether the […]
The Public Sector Workers’ Trust, established in 2014, has been a source of controversy in the trade union community. Three retired public officers who say they represent many others sued the Public Service Union, Belize National Teacher’s Union, The Minister of Finance and the Attorney General, as well as five established trustees of the Trust, […]
The Trust comes out of the infamous period between 1995 and 1997 when public officers’ wages and increments were frozen due to budgetary issues for the Manuel Esquivel administration, which also let go over eight hundred officers. Salary adjustments were re-instated in 1997 along with increments and the Government signed over nearly eight hundred thousand […]
Twenty-four-year-old Russell Hyde Junior remains hospitalized after being shot multiple times during an attack on Sunday night. Police believe that the young businessman, who bears his infamous father’s namesake, was lured to a location in Santa Elena Town where he was ambushed. The investigation into the near fatal violence, however, has taken an interesting turn […]
Edwin Antonio Baires Hernandez was shot by police on Sunday afternoon in Teakettle Village, during a pursuit of the alleged robber. The twenty-year-old Salvadoran national was injured in the right leg when a service weapon assigned to one of the responding officers suddenly discharged. According to police, the shooting incident was accidental. Nonetheless, simultaneous criminal […]
Will the trio of officers that brutally assaulted twenty-year-old Randy Chambers on Monday be disciplined internally for physically abusing the young man while in the process of surrendering himself? The incident unfolded on Chambers’ family property and was caught on tape by a nearby surveillance camera. The video shows Chambers exiting one property and entering […]
The Belize Tourism Industry Association held its thirty-second annual general meeting today at the Radisson where a new executive was elected. Reyneldo Guerrero is the new President of the B.T.I.A. Also on the agenda was the recently approved strategic plan to devise an action plan to meet the many targets therein to promote responsible tourism […]
The new sugar crop got off to a good start this morning at Tower Hill where relations between millers and farmers seem to be on a good footing. A projected one million three hundred thousand tons of sugar are to be produced during the seven-month crop. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting […]
Disability awareness week is being celebrated under the theme ‘Transformation Towards a Sustainable and Resilient Society for All’. As a part of the activities, the annual Finger Bee was held today in Belize City. Nine deaf students from Orange Walk, Corozal, Cayo and Belize Districts competed in junior and senior categories. After several rounds of […]
‘Toys for Tots’ is an annual event organized by United Airlines where primary school students are treated to a Christmas dinners, toys and entertainment. The organization also partnered with T-shirt Factory to provide for one hundred underprivileged kids from across the city. Sales Representative Jarrett Requeña says that this year they were able to increase […]
It’s the Christmas season and there are parties galore across the city! Today, we joined the Salvation Army at their annual grand Christmas festivities at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. About seven hundred students gathered for a day of dance, gifts, food and entertainment organized by the Salvation Army and supported by the Belize City […]
When we think of mosquito borne illnesses in Belize, Malaria is probably not the first disease to come to mind. There is a reason why that is so. That’s what we find out in tonight’s Healthy Living. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting 2020 – that is the target for Belize and other countries in this region […]
The abrupt departure of Franz Parke from the Court of Appeal still leaves many scratching their heads. But there is damning and damaging allegations that suggests that that departure may have been inevitable. News Five tonight has obtained the disclosure letter written by Courtenay Coye LLP on behalf of claimant John Briceño to the Solicitor […]
One year after they began, the Senate Special Select Committee’s public hearings are now over. Auditor General Dorothy Bradley was the last to appear in Belmopan before the Committee this afternoon, as she was the first twelve months ago. We will have more from her testimony later on, but we lead tonight with a significant […]
The release of the immigration audit reports sparked a frenzy of criticism from the ruling party and others who accused the Auditor General and her team of failing to follow up with them as it relates to certain findings and conclusions in the report. At the hearing today, Bradley did not claim any vindication when […]
Business Community Senator Mark Lizarraga acted as pro-tem chair for today’s final meeting, which was delayed due to an administrative error that pushed the start time from this morning to this afternoon. Absent were the two Government representatives, regular chairman Aldo Salazar and Doctor Carla Barnett, and Opposition representative Eamon Courtenay, was substituted by Michel […]
Two most recent presidents of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry – incumbent Nikita Usher and predecessor Kay Menzies – have been vocal that the G.O.B. must respect the rule of law and pay the ninety million dollars, which is growing in principal and interest on what was initially a loan of thirty-three and […]
Three residents from the Arizona area in Teakettle have been charged for illegal assembly at the Belmopan Police Station. Twenty-three-year-old Mervin Correa, twenty-two-year-old Guadalupe Guerra and fifty-five-year-old Plines Gutierrez were all charged in connection with a bonfire on Tuesday that blocked the entrance to the area. The burning tires was held as protest by residents […]
Auditor General Dorothy Bradley, though it was her second appearance, was the final witness to appear before the Senate Special Select Committee today. As some witnesses have done in their appearances before the Committee, Bradley began her testimony with a short statement to the Senate panel. She indicated in that statement that she had been […]
The Auditor General also addressed the question of whether Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions were informed of the Immigration Audit Report and the obligation to inform of any issues regarding improprieties reported. Aware that her office doesn’t often get responses with regard to their investigations, the Auditor General forwarded copies, but the obligation, […]
The traffic congestion from the Haulover Bridge to miles two and a half along the Phillip Goldson Highway is causing serious delays for motorists entering or leaving Belize City during the rush hour, particularly in the mornings. With roadwork underway to upgrade the stretch, commuters experience a delay of up to one hour coming into […]
Auditor General Dorothy Bradley met with the six members of the House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee nearly a month ago. The meeting did not get into details of the 2012-2013 Audit Report, which found various irregularities in the Ministries of Education and Works, the General Sales Tax Department and Belize Defence Force. Committee member […]
The Belize Progressive Party hosted a press conference this morning at its headquarters on Vernon Street to discuss a number of national issues, including its position on the much talked about UHS debt. In the bizarre press conference, the B.P.P. took square aim at the prime minister and his predecessor for putting taxpayers at risk […]
A San Juan man crashed on his motorcycle and died this morning in Orange Walk. Police say that around four-thirty this morning, twenty-four-year-old Audiaz Lopez was driving his motorcycle along a feeder road heading to his home in San Juan when he lost control and crashed in San Pablo Village. Lopez’s injured body was found […]
