It was not the biggest demonstration to ever hit the streets of Belize City but today’s protest had significant implications because it was against the country’s most powerful businessman. News Five’s Marion Ali reports on the war that has been declared against Michael Ashcroft. Marion Ali, Reporting This afternoon an estimated three hundred people took […]
And while protestors were chanting his name in the streets, attorneys representing Michael Ashcroft’s Belize Bank continued to do battle with the Government of Belize over the Venezuelan millions. When we left the courtroom of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh at six on Tuesday evening, the case had climaxed with the questioning of Governor of the […]
While Pleming was upstairs arguing that matter in the Supreme Court, Eamon Courtenay was representing the Belize Bank downstairs in the Magistrate’s Court. The Bank has been charged with seventy-nine counts of money laundering in connection to a series of deposits made by Belize Telecommunications Limited between 2004 and 2005. The Bank has pled not […]
Lois Young was also busy today as she was part of proceedings in the Court of Appeal. Young is asking the high court to grant her leave to appeal the Chief Justice’s decision to grant judicial review on the proposed amendments to the Referendum Act. Viewers will recall that the C.J. denied that same application […]
And in unrelated news from the foreign affairs front, there are startling reports coming out of Belmopan tonight which indicate that the top British diplomat’s mission to Belize has come to an abrupt end. According to our sources, British High Commissioner, John Yapp, who arrived in Belize last August on a three year assignment has […]
Following initial reports on Tuesday, tonight the position on flour has been clarified. The controlled cost of bread increased by twenty-five cents today and bakers will now have to pay the same eighty-five dollars per hundred pound sack like the rest of us. However, the biggest problem facing consumers is not the price tag of […]
One of the last things you wanted to hear today was that the world price of petroleum shot up again. Oil is now retailing for a one hundred and thirty-six U.S. a barrel, up two bucks from last night. The trickle down effect is of course higher prices, in fuel in the first instance, which […]
There is little to new to report in the ongoing investigations into Monday evening’s kidnapping, robbery and murder off the Coastal Road. Investigators have recovered the missing Caterpillar bulldozer and tow head that twenty-two year old Emigdio Gomez and twenty-seven year old Cornelius Schmitt were in charge of when they were ambushed by three armed […]
Traffic accidents are hardly rare in Belize City but two people were lucky to have survived a collision on Princess Margaret Drive this afternoon. Details are still sketchy as police investigations continue but News Five understands that around noon today a Nissan car driven by Lee Fung Shen collided with a Rav-4 SUV driven at […]
Since April, utility companies have been turning the streets of downtown Belize City inside out in an effort to upgrade their systems before CitCo begins its much anticipated paving project. But progress has not been painless and both pedestrians and motorists have been subjected to the inconvenience caused by blocked roads, congestion and a very […]
Books by Belize authors have increased over the years but literary works by local writers is still very much an untapped artistic medium. However, this week, Belizean American Ian Vasquez made a special pilgrimage home to launch his first novel. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting With a crowd of relatives, friends, and […]
