The son of former U.D.P. Deputy Prime Minister, Andre Vega, has been ordered by the court to return some four hundred thousand dollars to the Government of Belize. The government took Vega to court after he was compensated for a prime piece of land located along mile four of the Philip Goldson Highway, near the […]
Central to the case was the Minister’s Fiat grant, which was issued during the land transaction. The minister responsible for lands at the time was Gaspar Vega, father of Andre Vega. While Andre would not answer questions from the media, his attorney Estevan Perera was pressed on several issues relating to the case. Estevan […]
In the Belmopan Supreme Court, Justice Antoinette Moore handed down a major decision in the murder case of Danny Mason and his co-accused. At the conclusion of a voir dire this afternoon, a caution statement by accused murderer Ernest Castillo in which he takes the wrap for the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas three years […]
A two-year-old toddler was injured when a GSU vehicle ran over him about seven months on Iguana Street Extension, Belize City. Fortunately, he survived his near death ordeal. And even after the Belize Police Department had served one of their own officers with a Notice of Intended Prosecution, it took them seven months to charge […]
Tonight, we take a closer look at the millions of dollars, as much as a whopping one hundred and fifty million, approved in tax concessions to the failed Sanctuary Bay development, which is listed with a U.S. address. It resulted in millions not collected when import duties were waived. In a confidential memo to Cabinet, […]
Last Friday, the law firm of Barrow and Williams issued a statement which essentially served as a cease and desist letter warning the media against publishing or broadcasting details of a document in which serious allegations were made against Prime Minister Barrow by the Federal Trade Commission. Belize’s head of government was named by the […]
The P.U.P. has fired off a press release highly critical of the Financial Intelligence Unit, following the issuance of a statement today. The P.U.P. condemns the F.I.U.’s attempt to extricate itself from the Sanctuary Bay debacle, which it says the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is convinced it involves some level of collusion between the highest […]
An armed thief was captured on camera as he held up a store owner in southern Belize. He got away with thousands of dollars in cash, but soon enough, the long arms of the law caught up with him. Twenty-six-year-old Rasheem Garnett targeted a store in Santa Rosa, Stann Creek District and held up its […]
Businessman, Jose Hilario Diaz, was brutally murdered at his place of business on Cemetery Road as he was preparing to close shop on Tuesday evening. A gunman walked into the store and shot the vendor on the jaw causing his immediate death. Following investigations, police have charged twenty-three year old Leroy Haultzes, of Cemetery Road, […]
Twenty-eight-year-old Tyrique Munnings is at the K.H.M.H. in a critical condition after he was shot several times on Thursday night. Munnings was in the Milpa Area of Ladyville when a lone gunman pulled out a firearm and blasted several bullets in his direction. Munnings lay wounded on the side of the street as he sustained […]
An American retiree drowned on Thursday afternoon in San Pedro. He has been identified as sixty-six-year-old Steven Vorhaus of Colorado. News Five has learned that Vorhaus left on a boat along with other tourists to the B and D Dive location near the barrier reef. The group began to dive and upon reaching some forty-five […]
The state of affairs regarding crime and violence in the country, particularly in Belize City, continues to erode. The police department has fallen into distrust from the very public its officers have sworn to protect and serve. While family and friends of Allyson Major Junior are still reeling from his death at the hands of […]
In April 2017, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was instrumental in bringing together a number of feuding groups in Belize City to call a ceasefire. Along with Dianne Finnegan and Brother Nuri Muhammad, he helped in forging an armistice at a time when gang violence had spiraled out of control in the Old Capital. […]
When grilled about his recent anti-gang approach, ComPol Williams defended the position he took a few years ago in uniting the warring factions. However, those who continue to wreak havoc, he says, will be dealt with severely. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “What I did then, I stand by and I will still go […]
At a press conference on a range of issues this morning, Cola also touched on the reinstituted curfew that came into effect on Thursday night, COLA President Shawn Saldano scoffed at the idea that the imposed restriction on movement of teenagers below the age of eighteen will actually work. Shawn Saldano, President, COLA “It’s […]
The Belize Tourism Board held its annual digital summit today, a forum which allows stakeholders to learn how to market their companies, products, as well as the country, on the online and social media platforms. Separated into two simultaneous workshops, participants were given the choice of streamlining the information that they wanted to gather on […]
Financial literacy is the possession of a unique set of skills, as well as knowledge, that allow an individual to make informed effective decisions with all of their financial resources. It is also an area of interest for the Ministry of Education since it helps to prepare children and young adults for the future. While […]
Children are taking advantage of summer programmes they find appealing and capture their interests. The annual summer camp organized by SMART attracts aficionados of football. The event kicked off this morning here in Belize City; it is strong on competition and discipline and most importantly, keeps the youth away from the streets, engaging them in […]
Primary school children from across Belize City participated in a weeklong summer program organized by COLA. The camp which culminated this morning at Wesley Lower School in the downtown area saw roughly forty students participating. They received certificates of completion and recognition at a brief ceremony held on the school compound. The summer camp is […]
The eighteenth Pan American Games takes place in Lima, Peru from July twenty-sixth to August eleventh. A select few have been chosen by the Belize Olympic Committee to represent the Jewel in the upcoming games. Today, at its headquarters in Belize City, the delegation was revealed to the media. There will be three athletes, two […]
