Businessman, Alex Chang, through his attorney Brandon Usher of Williams Law Firm, has commenced legal action against eight families. Those eight families, Chang contends, are illegally occupying his one point six-six acres of land situated in Belama Phase Four. As we have been reporting, in January Chang served some thirty families with a notice of […]
According to Usher, the land in question; Parcel 1999, was privately acquired in 1991 and has remained in private hands. The owner, he says, is Lu Tsu-Tieh. In order to amicably settle the dispute, Usher says a contract was shared with the Area Representative for Freetown, Francis Fonseca, for him to take back to the […]
At the Bliss this afternoon, eight delegates who made the cut to compete to represent Belize at Miss Universe Pageant were introduced and News Five was there. The line-up of beauties includes aspiring young ladies from here in the country as well as Belizeans living in the diaspora. Months of preparation will lead to the […]
Miss Universe Belize 2018, Jenelli Fraser, will be gracing the international stage once again, this time as the Belizean delegate for the La Reina de la Costa Maya pageant set for July twenty-sixth on La Isla Bonita, San Pedro. The twenty-seven-year-old has been selected and gears are in full swing as she prepares to compete […]
The Welcome Resource Center is an N.G.O. that assists the mentally ill, as well as the homeless population in Belize. The center, which is located in Belize City, offers its participants a hot lunch, shower and a change of clothing. It also engages the participants in programmes throughout the day to keep them occupied in […]
A house in Dangriga was destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire broke out at a residence on the George Price Boulevard. Firefighters responded quickly but were unable to contain the blaze before it consumed the twenty-two by twenty-four feet wooden structure. House owner, Jason Cacho says that the fire began at around seven-thirty […]
We’ve reported before about the shortage of blood at the Blood Bank where earlier this year the shortage has put elective surgeries on hold. Now, there has always been a challenge in getting voluntary blood donors and so often times the bank’s supply dips when there is a surge in violent incidents. And so to […]
On Sunday, June thirtieth, the final day of Pride Month, police officer Ralph Gillett was put in a chokehold while being a victim of homophobic insults. Gillett was arrested after being involved in a scandalous brawl with a couple of women inside a water taxi in Caye Caulker. The fight was over seating space. The […]
After the brawl, several witnesses went to the Caye Caulker Police station to file a statement of what they saw. They, however, were turned away and prohibited to enter the police station. Women Police Officer, Arbunie Claire attempted to file a witnessed statement but according to reports, she was manhandled and thrown in jail. During […]
The Caribbean Festival of Arts is held biennially across member CARICOM states and this year, the event will be held in Trinidad and Tobago. Hundreds of persons in the creative and performing arts will converge to showcase the best of the best in areas of fashion, visual arts, dance, music and the like. The event […]
According to Greg Vernon, with support from the National Institute of Culture and History, they are now trying to source funding for airfares and lodging for the contingent that will represent Belize at CARIFESTA. Greg Vernon, Director, ICA “It will be the government of Belize; we are also looking at the airlines, the private […]
Early on Wednesday night, two notorious siblings were shot to death on the north side of the city far from their home in the Port Loyola community. The duo, Maurice and Emory Felix, was released from prison in January of this year and they were to check in with the police twice weekly, including Wednesdays; […]
The body of a Dangriga resident was found miles away in the village of Frank’s Eddy on the George Price Highway. The murder, execution style, of forty-four year old Jermaine Balthazar Flores is baffling police. It presumably took place sometime on Wednesday night and the body found at around seven this morning in a bushy […]
In Hattieville, a twenty-three-year-old man was shot at around nine o’clock this morning at his house located in an isolated area of the village. Police recovered as many eight expended shells at the scene outside his house. Ozen Rhaburn is said to have been ambushed by someone he knew. A witness who heard the shots […]
There was a brazen daylight robbery at the PUMA gas station on New Road. The gas station has been held up in other instances. During the lunch hour on Wednesday, a pump attendant was held up at gunpoint by three robbers, one armed with a handgun. The thieves approached the unsuspecting employee and demanded that […]
The Central Bank through the Belize Chamber of Commerce has released a statement on the matter of bank charges for the issuance of cheques which is stirring concerns in the business sector. The new fees are linked to the Automated Payment and Securities Settlement System which came into effect on July first. The Central Bank […]
On Wednesday night, we told you the story of the largest onion producer in the Belize District. The Orellana family produces upwards of one hundred thousand pounds of onion annually, but this year, they found themselves competing with contraband onions on the market. And because the contraband produce is going for a cheaper price, local […]
The BAHA Quarantine team has implemented a number of measures to crack down on the contraband business. Those efforts include checkpoints for inspections, as well as surveillance and intelligence gathering to regulate imports to prevent entry of pests and diseases. The contraband problem is not unique to onions. There is also a Medfly outbreak along […]
There are changes in the prices of fuel; there’s a dip, but also an increase. Effective midnight, the pump prices for premium gasoline will go down to ten dollars and sixty-three cents per gallon, while kerosene decreases to seven dollars forty-five cents. But before you have a sigh of relief with the fifty cent decrease, […]
Forty-four-year-old Noewellin Williams has been ordered to stand trial for the stabbing death of his former common-law wife in August 2018. Roxanna Pop, the mother of Williams’ three children, was fatally injured at the Boulevard Plaza in Belize City last year when she was viciously attacked and stabbed as many as three times to the […]
Thirty-two-year-old Troy Hyde, a suspect in the murder of Kareem “Robbery” Lopez, is presently out on bail. Tonight, he is in the news after being busted, along with twenty-five-year-old Raheem Arnold, for possession of cannabis. Both men appeared before Magistrate Emmerson Banner earlier today to answer to two drug-related offenses. A raid of their home […]
This Sunday at the B.T.L. Park in Belize City, the Belize Olympic Committee is bringing together all its member federations and associations to put off an Olympic Day. Held under the theme, “Move, Learn and Discover,” it’s an opportunity for Belizeans to know more about the various sporting disciplines that are currently practiced in the […]
A first of its kind memorandum of understanding was signed this afternoon between the National Institute of Culture and History and the Belize Audio Visual Industry Association. The M.O.U. paves the way for both organizations to develop and promote the film industry in Belize as a viable, sustainable industry. Since 2008, BAVIA and NICH, through […]
The film and audio visual sector has been recognised by the government for about twenty years and Belize was one of the first countries within the Caribbean and Central American regions to appoint a film commissioner in 1998. According to NICH President, Sapna Budhrani, Belize’s economy has benefitted financially from the film industry through an […]
Opposition Leader John Briceño has written to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, requesting the results of the ongoing audit by the Department of General Sales Tax of B.T.L.’s financials. Briceño is also asking the P.M. for a copy of a letter purportedly sent by B.T.L. Chair Nestor Vasquez to Financial Secretary Joseph Waight seeking G.S.T. waiver […]
