He’s only been away for a few days … but during that time the burning issues facing the country have, if anything, only grown hotter. This morning News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams and other journalists caught up with Prime Minister Dean Barrow as he left the studios of Love F.M. The questions covered a wide set […]
A civil suit to recover money is one thing; a criminal prosecution in which people can go to jail is another. And while Barrow was more cautious in his assessment of the case against Said Musa and Ralph Fonseca arising from the diversion of those same Venezuelan millions, he still expressed confidence that the legal […]
The crimes allegedly committed by Barrow’s predecessors make for good political theater … but the crime problem faced by the new government is grounded in the hard reality of deadly violence on the streets. And to solve it the prime minister is making proposals that can only be described as radical. Prime Minister Dean Barrow […]
And no trip abroad, particularly to a meeting of the Interamerican Development Bank, would be complete without an account of future financial assistance. During his election campaign, candidate Barrow claimed that upon his taking office, the multilateral funding agencies would welcome him with open arms. According to the P.M., they did not disappoint. Prime Minister […]
Late unofficial word to our newsroom is that there has been a fatal traffic accident on the Northern Highway. The mishap occurred around four-thirty this evening near mile twenty-six in Biscayne Village. We understand that the head-on collision involved a delivery truck and an S.U.V. The deceased are both Mennonites from the Orange Walk District. […]
Their appeal to party leader Johnny Briceño for the calling of a meeting of the P.U.P. executive having fallen on deaf ears, fourteen members of that twenty-five person body decided to meet anyway without Briceño. It is not clear who chaired the conclave this morning at Independence Hall, but Deputy Leader Godfrey Smith was the […]
A thirty-seven year old fisherman of Rhaburn’s Alley in Belize City has been remanded to the big house until May second for the carnal knowledge of a thirteen year old girl. When Joseph Vacarro appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb today she denied him bail after the prosecution objected on the grounds that the offence […]
Roy Pitter, a thirty-seven year old labourer who lives on a street of the same name, was today remanded to prison until May second, having been charged with Wounding, Using Threatening Words and Aggravated Assault. Reports are that on April eighth Pitter beat up his twenty-three year old common-law wife Lucretia Belgrave and threatened to […]
Just a week before the General Elections, P.U.P. Public Relations Chief, Yasser Musa, claimed someone had hacked into his e-mail account and was sending off bogus letters to his contacts. Today, it is a Ministry of Health employee who has become the latest target of an email security breech. Maternal and Child Health Technical Advisor, […]
It happens more often than you think and is usually handled quietly, but every now and then the case of a U.S. spouse illegally running off to Belize with the children goes public. And that’s what’s playing out this week in San Pedro Town. The Douglas County Sheriffs office of Colorado has issued a warrant […]
On Tuesday we offered a preview of a meeting to be held this week by members of the Caribbean Development Bank. And while the official gathering opened this morning, on Wednesday News Five’s Marion Ali traveled with the delegates to see first hand how the bank’s funding has influenced the lives of ordinary Belizean. Marion […]
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