A banker made a decision while intoxicated to put a licensed firearm in a friend’s mouth, which cost that friend his life. Forty-five-year-old Edwardo Torres has avoided jail time after pleading guilty in court. But he must pay a significant fine. Torres appeared before Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Williams on a lesser charge of unlawful […]
A drug bust in the village of Teakettle in the west, yielded police eight thousand five hundred and three grams of cannabis, the equivalent of eight pounds of the drug. The cannabis was found inside a Toyota car parked on the road side on Thursday afternoon. Police detected a mechanic, twenty-nine-year-old Ernesto Almendarez standing outside […]
Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte has said that Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin has not indicated any plans of leaving Belize and his post. But Guyanese President David Granger still wants him as chancellor of the Guyanese judiciary and appears to be willing to go over the head of the Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo to […]
The case of Sunshine Holdings and the B.T.L. Employees’ Trust was finally before a judge in the Supreme Court, albeit briefly on Thursday. The crux of the case is whether Sunshine is entitled to all of the compensation awarded last November to the Trust as part of the settlement for the acquisition of Belize Telemedia […]
The proposed move to transition to direct consumption sugar continues to be discussed among millers across the region, Jamaica being the latest country to endorse the idea of producing plantation white sugar for the CARICOM market. It is described by manufacturers, including ASR/BSI, as a win-win situation for stakeholders in the industry. Earlier today, News […]
The issue of Common External Tariffs not being applied to imported white sugar continues to affect millers. The Sugar Association of the Caribbean, according to McLachlan, is looking at the idea of assessing whether there is truly a need for imported sugar into the regional marketplace. Mac McLachlan, VP International Relations, ASR/B.S.I. “At the […]
This week, the Caribbean Development Bank held its annual press conference at its headquarters in Barbados. The headline is that the performance of its nineteen member countries economically in 2017 was not the best. Belize, at zero point five percent, brought up the rear and is around the regional average. But President of the Caribbean […]
Belize recorded just a half a percentage point increase in GDP in 2017, and projects about one point five percent, hampered by increases in debt. But still, the C.D.B. remains confident that Belize can juggle growing debt and slow economic growth to rebound. The key, as a presenter told reporters, is in infrastructure, both physical and […]
The City Council is celebrating the fourth anniversary of the B.T.L. Park with a free grand fireworks showcase and concert on Saturday night. The event kicks off with celebrations for the kids and later in the night Jamaican and local artists like Baby Cham and Supa G will be performing. Today, we spoke with the […]
There is another concert taking place this weekend. Dara Robinson wants you to come out and support the sixteenth annual Bob Marley Tribute and Food Drive on Sunday. The annual fundraiser will feature Bob Marley’s music and performance from local entertainers. The show kicks off at four p.m. at the Bird’s Isle with a cover […]
These the two men were arraigned this afternoon in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court for the murder of Immigration clerk, Israel Perez. Cotton Tree residents, Cruz Castillo and Stanley Herrera Junior, were known to the murder victim and Police proceeded to levy charges after they found Perez’s vehicle as well as other items on Castillo. He […]
On Monday, we reported that Canadian national Jordan Bacchus was arrested by police in his home country for possession of drugs. According to the Canadian media, Bacchus will answer to the drug charges in Sudbury, as well as armed robbery and other charges in Toronto and then he will be extradited to Belize where he […]
A stabbing incident earlier today on Gill Street has left a couple hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. after receiving injuries to various parts of their bodies. Thirty-five-year-old Rhonda Burgess and her boyfriend, Erick Tillett, were at home babysitting a three-year-old toddler when they came under attack by an individual who is known to them. According to […]
A four-year contract renewal for Candice Burke to remain city administrator, along with four other directors, has brought outgoing mayor Darrell Bradley under fire. On Wednesday, he confirmed that a new agreement between the Belize City Council and Burke had been signed back in November 2017. Bradley contends that the purpose of the extension is […]
Guyana’s Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has turned down the nomination of Chief Justice of Belize Kenneth Benjamin to be Chancellor of the Judiciary of the South American country, according to Stabroek News from Guyana. A letter sent to President David Granger indicates that Jagdeo did the requisite due diligence on both the candidates for Chancellor […]
The United Democratic Party remains at the helm of central government until general elections are called. It means that until then, all municipal bodies will be functioning under the leadership of the Barrow administration. At the launch of the U.D.P. manifesto last Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber hinted that if cities and towns were […]
Since postponing its national convention a few weeks ago due to inclement weather, the People’s United Party has been busy organizing what it is calling the biggest political gathering that Belizeans will ever witness. With less than a month away from the March seventh municipals, gears are in motion to mobilize as many as fifteen […]
A protest was held today in front of the Elections and Boundaries offices in Santa Elena. Supporters, as well as candidate councillors of the People’s United Party, came out to decry what they allege, is the padding of the voter’s list in the western municipalities. In the Twin Towns, the P.U.P. has been out of […]
During the year-long immigration hearings of the Senate Select Committee, the former director of Immigration Ruth Meighan confirmed that at least two thousand persons, who did not qualify, illegally obtained nationality before the 2012 elections. The P.U.P. has maintained that aided by the U.D.P. politicians, these persons were able to vote in the last general […]
Well-known female cyclist Kaya Cattouse is the latest athlete to come out against the Cycling Federation of Belize, amid the controversy surrounding the stalling of its elections. She is not necessarily siding with Tariq Cano who is one of several candidates vying for presidency of the embattled organization, instead Cattouse has chosen to come forward […]
Cattouse has since taken to social media to vent her frustrations with the Cycling Federation. She outlines a number of issues, including a lack of transparency under Leslie’s presidency. Kaya Cattouse, Female Cyclist “From what I can see, the Cycling Federation definitely needs to have more races. For myself and the C-Ray Cycling Club, […]
In our ongoing series on mayoral candidates, we headed to the southernmost town of Punta Gorda. The population is mixed and there are just under four thousand voters who are expected to cast their ballots on March seventh. The town faces a myriad of issues which growing municipalities’ experience, especially in the area of garbage […]
With elections four weeks away, all eyes are how town councils have been performing in the different municipalities. Today, News Five learnt that at least three councils are heavily indebted to the Social Security Board for unpaid contributions on behalf of staff members. According to the information provided to the Board of Directors of S.S.B., the San Ignacio […]
Ongoing anti-drug operations took police up north to the village of Trinidad in the Orange Walk District. In an empty lot there, they found a plastic bag containing forty pieces of crack cocaine that amounted to two point nine grams. There were no arrests. But in a second bust in the village, on Wednesday morning, […]
There was a flash flood in the west on Wednesday night. Sometime after mid-night, NEMO was called out to an area in Unitedville where a portion of the George Price Highway and two houses were under two to three feet of water. According to Central Regional Coordinator for NEMO, Al Westby, the area floods whenever […]
