It involved all day negotiations and by five thirty, government was confident enough to break its silence and issue a press release. No, we are not talking about the ongoing dispute between Belmopan and the unions. This high wire act involves government’s apparent decision to take back control of Belize Telecommunications Limited, following Jeffrey Prosser’s […]
And now to those other negotiations. Late word from the Central Bank is that representatives of Government and the NTUCB are on the verge of settling their differences, which now centre around a small core of tax issues. Sources indicate a spirit of compromise on both sides and expectations are that an agreement will be […]
On last night’s newscast we looked at how Belizean merchants are dealing with any prospective rise in taxes. Today I made the rounds with Belize City Police officers who are trying to make sure that those sometimes-obscure price control regulations are strictly enforced. Inspector Dennis Arnold, Price Checker ?Police will be going to business after […]
Details remain elusive tonight but investigators in the Cayo district are tonight processing a murder scene in St. Matthews Village. According to police, around one this afternoon, the body of sixty-eight year old Wilford Requena was found wrapped in a tarpaulin in the downstairs flat of his home. News Five understands that Requena was working […]
Tonight police continue to investigate a brazen morning attack on the offices of an offshore bank in Belize City. According to authorities, around nine this morning two armed men hit the Provident Bank and Trust of Belize Limited on Barrack Road just as employees were taking money from inside the building to a waiting vehicle […]
They form part of the burgeoning labour force of Belize’s biggest industry, and over the last year they’ve spent the time and money to improve their skills and talents. Today News 5’s Patrick Jones joined these graduates for some much deserved recognition. Patrick Jones, Reporting The informal ceremony marked the graduation of close to sixty […]
The weather was perfect, the crowd large and happy and the competition as close as ever. The KTV drama continued for the fourth consecutive week. William Neal, Host, KTV Competition Tonight?s winner for the KTV competition is…contestant number four, Hubert Goff Hubert Goff, along with the winners of the first three shows, will join six […]
